The Courier-Mail: Microsoft joins battle for Earth [26jul05]
Correspondents in San Francisco
26jul05
has weighed into the internet mapping competition with Virtual Earth which enables people to view any neighbourhood from the air
Virtual Earth was released on the internet on Sunday night company spokesperson Jessica Munn said
Online mapping and search technologies have created quite a buzz over the last few months she said In general people love maps
It makes sense to merge mapping and search to provide the richest experience possible for our customers Ms Munn said
Virtual Earth available at virtualearthmsn...
Analysis: DVD dip trips loud alarm
When presented with the opportunity to aggressively explore viable new alternatives to their challenged business models why didnt traditional media players respond as if their existence depends on it as suggested by a recent flood of troubling statistics
There was almost no interaction between traditional media companies and new media companies one highlevel Sun Valley conference attendee says
Google was talking about video search and Intel talked about WiMax and all the new media companies were talking about changing the existing business models...
Ballmer: We Will Win on the Web
At the companys annual Financual Analyst Meeting Thursday Microsoft Steve Ballmer had no qualms about boasting his expectation that Microsoft will win on the Web just as it did on the desktop While may be struggling to keep up with Google and Yahoo Ballmer said the Web is now a top priority for Microsoft
When you look at the last 10 years we have won on the desktop I think a lot of people can now fairly say with what weve done with Windows Server we have won in the business marketplace And now we really are going to win on the Web Ballmer said in his presentation...
InternetWeek | Google Sees Record Number Of Search Queries In Second Quarter
Leading search engine Google Inc attracted a record amount of traffic in the second quarter but rivals Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corps also saw more Internet visitors a webtracking firm said Wednesday
Mountain View Califbased Google ended the quarter with 37 percent of search queries the highest percentage since ComScore Networks started tracking search engines in December In the same period a year ago Google had 353 percent
The number of search queries on Yahoo Sunnyvale Calif rose to 304 percent from 282 percent in while No 3 saw an increase to 156 percent from 145 percent Oakland Calif...