News bites: Google prepares to overhaul search formula

Google plans to overhaul its search engine formula over the next few months, including putting more facts and direct answers at the top of the results, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Technical improvement keep the new iPad ahead of its competition but "don't take it in any new directions," David Pogue writes in his review of Apple's new tablet in The New York Times.

Clearwire added Leap as a wholesale customer of its 4G network, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Clearwire could be benefiting because competitor LightSquared is bogged down in regulatory troubles.  

A Dutch court rejected Samsung's bid to ban the sale of iPhones and iPads in the country, Reuters reports.