Microsoft Demonstrates New Hard Drive Search Tool
Reuters Microsoft Corp Quote Profile Research which is challenging market leader Google Inc in the online search market demonstrated for the first time on Thursday a search engine that looks for information on computer hard drives as well as information on the Web
The worlds largest software maker had hinted before that it was interested in offering search technology for information beyond the Web but Microsoft vice president Yusuf Mehdie gave the clearest signal yet that Microsoft would enter the local hard drive search space considered the next battleground among search technology providers...
Microsoft tests news search service
News junkies rejoice now theres another place to search the
Internet for the latest on everything from Gwyneth Paltrow to the
Democratic National Convention
Microsoft Corp on Tuesday launched a test version of its news search
service dubbed Newsbot which is similar to a service offered by rival
Google Inc
The goal of both is to give people an easier way to find a breaking news
story online without being subjected to a repetitive list of the same or
very similar stories or being fed outofdate information...
Microsoft tests news search service
The goal of both is to give people an easier way to find the latest news online in an easily digestible form
Microsoft said its service aims to be a personal newsstand that will heed user preferences while culling data from more than Englishlanguage news outlets
Googles news site scours Englishlanguage news outlets The Google site which is also still officially in a test form has been around in various iterations since late
The test version of Newsbot was launched as part of com a news Web site that is a partnership with Microsoft and News...
NewsFactor Network - E-Commerce - Google Sets IPO Price, Selects Ticker Symbol
Google or as it will be known on the Nasdaq exchange could raise up to 38 billion when it launches its later this year Shares will sell for 108 to 135 The company is setting the price high to avoid the risk of seeing a toorapid rise when the shares hit the market which then could precipitate a price crash
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Is Google Worth It?
Googles
initial public offering is being billed as Wall Streets most breathlessly awaited tech issue for the year Yet even amid these high expectations the companys recent filing with the has turned more than a few heads Its price per share 108 to 135 could be the highest ever for a company
By selling 246 million shares Google could raise about 166 billion giving it a market capitalization between 29 billion and 36 billion Street watchers stock pickers financial analysts and no doubt competitors all are raising the same question in the wake of these grand plans Is Google worth it...