Microsoft is picking up speed in its race to overtake Google’s huge lead in search technology with the rollout of a beta search application and the announcement it has acquired a privately held company’s search technology assets. The software giant rolled out a beta of its Windows Live Search application, including a new Windows Live Toolbar, on Tuesday at the O’Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference. Live Search will also be included in Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Mail once they are introduced, Microsoft said.
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Microsoft Targets Google With Live Search Rollout, Acquisition
Posted by: Erika Morphy March 8, 2006 02:10 PMMicrosoft is picking up speed in its race to overtake Google’s huge lead in search technology with the rollout of a beta search application and the announcement it has acquired a privately held company’s search technology assets. The software giant rolled out a beta of its Windows Live Search application, including a new Windows Live Toolbar, on Tuesday at the O’Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference. Live Search will also be included in Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Mail once they are introduced, Microsoft said.