Koogle, a kosher Google, launches

[katty]

more:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5540481/Koogle-a-kosher--Google-launches.html

Koogle, a kosher Google, launches
A kosher version of Google called Koogle, has been developed in Israel for Hebrew-speaking Orthodox Jews.

By Emma Barnett, Technology and Digital Media Correspondent
Published: 11:55AM BST 15 Jun 2009

[MADem]

1. What, no Koogling bacon, or ham salad?

It's a NANNY search engine. How stupid. You can do the same thing with strict filtering options and personal self control. And clearly, there's no Panic Button for emergencies. Dumb. But someone's making money...so maybe "not so dumb" for them!!

...The search engine links to Israeli news and shopping sites but the results are filtered to exclude items deemed unsuitable.

"This is a kosher alternative for ultra-Orthodox Jews so that they may surf the Internet,” Yossi Altman told Reuters, Jerusalem.

“The site was developed in part at the encouragement of rabbis who sought a solution to the needs of ultra-Orthodox Jews to browse the Web particularly for vital services,” he added.

Nothing can be posted on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath, as Jews are banned from all types of work and business activity. If Koogle users attempt to search for an item or post a message on the Sabbath, it crashes and won’t let you.

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[katty]

2. looks like it has been blessed/ok'd by the Rabbi

[MADem]

3. He'd better not have stock in the project! nt

[elleng]

11. "THE" Rabbi?

There isn't a "THE" Rabbi, is there????

:wtf:

[damntexdem]

4. Doesn't mix meat with dairy?

What about entertainment on the Sabbath?

[SpookyCat]

6. I'm guessng they can't search for "Baconaise"

[MADem]

7. HA! The gravity defying bosom is a nice touch!!! nt

[damntexdem]

8. It's all due to Baconaise.

So are the clogged arteries.

[cloudbase]

5. All of the actors in the

porn flicks are circumcised.

[Tutankhamun]

10. I'm going to start a web search engine for Jews and call it "froogle".

It will only link to sites that sell really inexpensive items.

[Canuckistanian]

9. So it doesn't work on Saturdays?

:shrug:

[ima_sinnic]

12. no it does not (nt)