AskJeeves launched a new search engine Monday, going toe-to-toe on quality claims with Web darling Google. AskJeeves' Teoma.com faces a mountain of competition from back-end technology providers.

NEW YORK - The loyal butler is gone. AskJeeves.com said Monday that it has retired Jeeves, its mascot servant, and will now answer the door simply as Ask.com, adopting a self-service approach for ...