I've also noticed stale results when trying to solve some unusual tech problems... questions about early adoption and beta testing of bleeding edge tech (in 2005) rank higher than current issues now that it's been established and is widely used.
I'm using bing more and more lately. I wouldn't have thought I'd ever be doing this, I just automatically start typing "goo" in the address bar (it fills out the rest) but these days I often pause a moment and load up bing instead. Give it a try.
