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Windows Live Search goes live

September 12, 2006 Online search portal features a user interface designed to fetch more accurate Web search results. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Live Search, local search, Internet search, query, Microsoft Windows Live, portal, search, search engine, Microsoft Corp., U.S., Google Inc., Microsoft Windows

EU voices concerns over Microsoft's Vista

March 29, 2006 European antitrust regulators cite possible bundling of Internet search, PDF-like formatting in the next OS. TAGS: commission, antitrust, product development, Internet search, European Union, Microsoft Windows Vista, concern, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Corp., letter, operating system

Has Google actually read U.S. v. Microsoft?

September 20, 2007 Policy analyst James V. DeLong says Google's real game is to blur boundaries between desktop search and Internet search. TAGS: desktop search, middleware, antitrust, monopoly, Google Inc., Internet search, Microsoft Corp., order, Microsoft Windows Vista, U.S., operating system, Microsoft Windows

In their own words: Search engines on privacy

August 13, 2007 CNET News.com tries to clear up recent privacy announcements by surveying Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Ask.com and AOL. Here, they respond.How search engines rate on privacy TAGS: Ask.com, user identity, America Online Inc., cookie, privacy, Time Warner Inc., search engine, survey, IP address, Internet search, IP, knowledge, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., backup, e-mail

Week in review: Yahoo merges with...Icahn

July 25, 2008 Activist investor agrees to join the Internet company's board, though Microsoft appears ready to move on. Also: An Apple a day. TAGS: settlement, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, Week in review, Forrester Research Inc., Internet search, Internet company, Steve Ballmer, asset, CEO, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft's new search guru talks strategy

September 27, 2007 Microsoft aims to get current MSN users to stop going to Google. TAGS: Satya Nadella, market share, Microsoft Windows Live, MSN, traffic, Internet search, portal, Yahoo! Inc., search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Search engines race to update privacy policies

July 23, 2007 Microsoft and Yahoo are the latest to announce limits on how long they will keep Web search data. TAGS: online advertising, cookie, Internet search, IP address, Yahoo! Inc., search engine, IP, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft giving away business search tools

November 6, 2007 Software maker slims down SharePoint into a free server-based program for managing corporate search, aiming to take on Google and start-ups. TAGS: enterprise search, Fast Search & Transfer, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft SharePoint, collaboration, Internet search, search result, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., search, server, database

Microsoft shows off improved search

August 7, 2006 Microsoft scientists reveal new "3D" analyses and machine-learning algorithms for search at conference. TAGS: researcher, paper, algorithm, search engine, Internet search, scientist, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Web browser, Firefox, Google Inc.

Week in review: Microsoft seeks for search gains

May 23, 2008 Company gets creative in quest for larger search market slice, while Facebook tries to make nice with Google. Also: Soft cell market. TAGS: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Week in review, Yahoo Search, acquisition, Google Inc., asset, Internet search, Microsoft Corp.

Will search keep Google on the throne?

May 10, 2006 CEO Eric Schmidt maps out the future of search and his company, and he asks Google when he will die. TAGS: Eric Schmidt, commerce, OCR, Google Inc., Google Earth, Web service, moment, Internet search, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

This week in search

February 3, 2006 Search giants take more heat over what the giants of the Web search world are doing and what they aren't doing. TAGS: Internet search, government, Google Inc., MSN, Microsoft Corp.

Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft

September 21, 2005 Search giant could become more important than Redmond rival, says author who has studied its patents and engineering. TAGS: Larry Ellison, network computer, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., author, Oracle Corp., Internet search, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Memo to Microsoft: Yahoo's A-list

February 13, 2008 The merger-minded software giant will likely want to keep Yahoo execs in a host of areas, including online ads, social media, and Web search. More layoffs for Yahoo? TAGS: layoff, Yahoo! Inc., social media, online advertising, merger, Flickr, Internet search, community, talent, vice president, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Week in review: Microhoogle intrigue

July 4, 2008 Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google are facing probes, proxies, and accusations of backroom politicking as their various attempts to link up come under scrutiny. Also: searching for content within Flash i... TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., Week in review, Shockwave Flash, Internet search advertising, Yahoo Search, News Corp., Shockwave, Google Inc., search engine, Internet search, Time Warner Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Internet search gets Web 2.0 style

August 24, 2006 So-called social-search sites are heating up again. But experts doubt they'll unseat the good old-fashioned algorithm. TAGS: social search, personalized search, Web 2.0, Yahoo! Inc., search engine, general manager, co-founder, Internet search, algorithm, Google Search, Netscape Communications Corp., search result, expert, blog, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Google's antisocial downside

July 13, 2006 When it comes to the online social-networking party, the search giant is playing the wallflower. Is that a wise move? TAGS: MSN Spaces, Orkut.com, social networking, Esther Dyson, MySpace, Google Inc., networking, MSN, visitor, blogging, Internet search, blog, portal, Yahoo! Inc., video, e-mail

Year in review: Search goes mainstream

December 28, 2005 Behind 2005's headlines about search champ Google, there was another tale--of an industry maturing. TAGS: Interactive Corp., Ask Jeeves Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., tagging, search engine, search technology, e-commerce, Internet search, Microsoft Corp.

Google suffers setback in copyright case

February 13, 2007 Belgian court says newspaper excerpts are a no-no. But experts question whether there will be much of an impact outside Europe. TAGS: Google News, excerpt, court, Google Inc., Belgium, copyright law, attorney, lawyer, Internet search, spokesman, Europe, article, U.S., message, Microsoft Corp.
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