Here are the Pandia headlines from this week. As you can see, Microsoft’s deal to boy a large chunk of Fast Search & Transfer gets thorough coverage. Pandia is, like Fast, located in Norway, so we have access to plenty of Norwegian news stories on the subject.

Many Fast Search & Transfer developers hate Microsoft

Microsoft is buying 37 percent of the Norwegian search engine company Fast Search and Transfer. Not all Fast employees are equally enthusiastic. Click here to read more.

Microsoft to buy Fast
This morning (central European time) it was announced that Microsoft wants to buy the Norway based enterprise search company Fast Search and Transfer.Click here to read more.

Wikia Search
About a year ago, we reported that Jimmy Wales was starting work on a wiki-like search engine. It’s here: Wikia Search was launched yesterday. Will it change our perception of search engines? Is it a Google killer? I’t say no, but on second thought I’ll say it’s too early to call.Click here to read more.

The definitive top 5 online RSS readers
Almost a year has passed since I wrote the popular article Top 5 online RSS readers. So it’s time to revisit the subject and find out what’s happened in the year that passed and which online RSS readers are the best. Click here to read more.

Here is our weekly list of recommended news posts from search engine related blogs and sites this week:

It’s “Horses for Courses” at SES London
The conference agenda for Search Engine Strategies London, which will be held February 19-21, 2008, at the Business Design Centre. (SE Watch Jan 9 2008)

Introducing SphinnCon; SphinnCon Israel Agenda Posted
SphinnCon is designed to be “low impact,” which means low-cost plus a time-friendly half-day format. (SE Land Jan 10 2008)

Baidu to Launch Japanese Version of Search Service After 1-month Delay
China’s most used Internet search web site, Baidu.com, is set to launch a Japanese language version of their site (SE Journal Jan 10 2008)

ChaCha launches new mobile initiative
They’ve just launched a new mobile service that allows people to text questions directly to them for answers. (Phil Bradley Jan 3 2008)

At Ask.com, Barry Diller fires another entrepreneur
Why did Lanzone get the boot? Diller’s recent comments about Ask.com’s failure to take market share away from Google are revealing. (Valleywag Jan 10 2008)

What IncrediMail’s Ban from Google Teaches Us
A large company is thrown out of the Google text ad programme and the stock is plummeting (The Alpha Marketer Jan 12 2008)

Google Checkout Trends Launched
The launch of Google Checkout Trends would allow you to know what customers have been buying and selling online on Google Checkout. (Page Traffic Blog Jan 12 2008)

Will Google Takeover Yell?
Yell is an international directories business which operates in the classified advertising market in the UK, USA, Spain and Latin America. (PageTraffic Blog Jan 12 2008)