Yahoo to take on Microsoft in desktop search - Computerworld
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Yahoo Inc is hoping to leapfrog Microsoft Corp by releasing a tool that allows users to quickly and easily search for information on their s as well as in their personal files stored at Yahoos online services a source familiar with the plan said yesterday
Microsoft previewed an upcoming desktop search application last week at an event for financial analysts at its Redmond Wash headquarters see story The tool builds an index of content on a users computer and makes it searchable...
Search engines rev up in the race against Google
When it comes to Internet searching and the advertising dollars that come with it everyone seems to be playing catchup with Google the No 1 search engine which is preparing for an initial public offering
On Tuesday Yahoo the owner of the secondmostused Internet search engine said it was starting to test a service that helps consumers search for information about local businesses
Ask Jeeves another search engine also said on Tuesday that it had formed a partnership with 47InterActiveCorps Citysearch group of Web sites to get access to information with a local business focus...
Gates: Microsoft Search To Be 'Extremely Personal'
Chairman Bill Gates wants to get extremely personal with search technology Microsoft
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people said on Monday it was pushing to customize search services for users The software leviathan seeks to render results geared to individual needs and tastes Earths richest manranked No 1 on the Forbes Worlds Richest People listaddressed a crowd of information technology researchers According to Reuters Gates was responding to a query about privacy issuesthe lessglittering flip side of the golden search coin...
Microsoft aims to search and destroy
Once again activity is stirring on the sprawling campus of Microsoft Corp Once again the software company is playing catchup in a technology field where its famously driven management team was slow to spot an opportunity and threat
And once again technologists are betting the ultimate winner in the coming donnybrook over computer search wont be todays market leader Google or its Bay Area rival Yahoo Inc which now powers Microsofts consumer search site It will be the Puget Sound software goliath which is known as a ferocious competitor...
Daum acquires Lycos for $95 mil.
Ending weeks of speculation Daum Communications Corp said yesterday it has acquired Lycos Inc offering billion won 95 million to buy the remaining assets from Spains Terra Networks
Analysts predicted the move by Koreas largest Internet portal would have a limited impact on its intentions to expand overseas pointing out the companys lack of products to penetrate the market and Lycos demise in popularity among search engines
The deal marked the second ownership change for Lycos Terra acquired the search site in for 125 billion amid the height of the Internet boom...