After Microsoft’s on-again-off-again-maybe-not-done-yet bid for Yahoo or some part thereof, its acquisition of Powerset shows that it want to be a serious player in search. Better search results might drive users to Live Search, or at least keep them from leaving when the results aren’t so hot. Yet there’s still a lot more Microsoft needs to do.

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Adobe announced a partnership with Google and Yahoo to make rich Internet applications (RIAs) friendlier to search engines. The enhanced capabilities by search engines are targeted at crawling and reading the Flash file format (SWF). Previously, search engines like Google were able to crawl text and links on static SWF Web content, but the new partnership looks to help bring that information to users immediately.

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A new study has linked increased HDL, the “good” kind of cholesterol, with a decreased risk of memory loss with age. Doctors say keeping your HDL up benefits your mind and your body. The study tested 3,000 British subjects to find their levels of HDL cholesterol and then asked them to try to memorize 20 words.

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Anne Hathaway’s family tried to warn her about boyfriend Raffaello Follieri, the New York Daily News reports. The “Get Smart” star, 26, was reportedly encouraged by her father to move out of the couple’s New York City apartment, and a source says “he and Anne’s mother always had their suspicions about Raffaelo.”

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