by Vera H-C Chan A salamander that looks like E.T. , a micosized frog smaller than a fingernail, and a spiny-crested grasshopper. Who says the age of exploration is dead? It's definitely not for Conservation International (CI). Their scientists have come back with some startlingly vivid images of endangered and never-before-seen critters from a whirlwind trip to the Nangaritza Protected Forest in Ecuador, near the Peruvian border.

by Vera H-C Chan A salamander that looks like E.T. , a micosized frog smaller than a fingernail, and a spiny-crested grasshopper. Who says the age of exploration is dead? It's definitely not for Conservation International (CI). Their scientists have come back with some startlingly vivid images of endangered and never-before-seen critters from a whirlwind trip to the Nangaritza Protected Forest in Ecuador, near the Peruvian border.

by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Koenigsegg (Searches increased by 2,784%). GM is selling its ailing Swedish Saab (+305%) unit. The buyer is a  luxury car company that makes a handful of million-dollar vehicles per year. Katie Holmes haircut (+773%). Perhaps the bob is the way to go. Hey, if it works for Katie' iPhone 3.0 update (+463%). iPhone users, start your (search) engines. Today is software upgrade day . Summer recipes (+380%).

by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Koenigsegg (Searches increased by 2,784%). GM is selling its ailing Swedish Saab (+305%) unit. The buyer is a  luxury car company that makes a handful of million-dollar vehicles per year. Katie Holmes haircut (+773%). Perhaps the bob is the way to go. Hey, if it works for Katie' iPhone 3.0 update (+463%). iPhone users, start your (search) engines. Today is software upgrade day . Summer recipes (+380%).

It's Scott Thompson here. I had the distinct honor of taking part in WIRED Magazine's first Business Conference titled, "Disruptive by Design" in New York on Monday. I was alongside notable industry disruptors such as Shai Agassi of Better Place and PayPal Founder Elon Musk of Tesla Motors. It was .

Yahoo has just updated its browser toolbar bringing in some new features to make the browser  more useful.  Along with the upgrade is the immediate availability of the Yahoo toolbar for Firefox.

Latest data from comScore is still looking favorably for Bing. Looking into Bing's second week since it's launch, comScore's data showed that Bing's search penetration for June 8-12 increases to 16.7% from the previous week's 15.8% (June 1-5) Prior to Bing's launch Microsoft Sites' search penetration was only at 13.7%.  Overall search market share of  Bing for two weeks also leaped from 9.1% prior to Bing's release to 12.% in its second week of release.

Microsoft's relaunched search experience continued to pile on new users in its second week, according to a new comScore estimate. After gaining market share of almost 2 percent during the the first week of its launch (June 1 to 5), Microsoft racked up another 1 percent of share last week (June 8 to 12), the researcher said. That put Microsoft's average daily reach among U.S. searchers at 16.7 percent, up 3 percentage points from pre-Bing levels.

In February, visual search engine Searchme began testing a search advertising program in a closed beta. Now, the ad program is officially launching to all interested advertisers. Searchme's results offer up images of website pages, which provides search marketers with an opportunity to include more design concepts into their campaigns. "We've basically fused together the best elements of brand and keyword advertising. At the same time,

New data from comScore shows that Bing's big bang launch in week one has carried over to week two. The percentage of internet users searching Bing continued to increase and the search share enjoyed a slight uptick as well. "It appears that Microsoft Bing has continued to generate interest from the market for the second consecutive week," said Mike Hurt, comScore senior vice president.