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Google muscles in on Microsoft
As Google rapidly rolls out new products the company best known for its wildly popular search engine is muscling into the software giants turf including its stronghold the computer desktop Analysts say Googles aggressive ambitions could pose a formidable threat to Microsoft because it gets to the heart of what drives Microsofts dominance its control of the user experience through the Windows operating system...
Google muscles in on Microsoft
Theyd be mad not to said Jupiter Research analyst Niki Scevak
Marissa Mayer Googles director of consumer web products said the companys goal is to organise information and make it universally accessible and that goes far beyond search
But she downplays the suggestion that Googles tools could eventually overtake Microsofts ubiquitous software saying the company doesnt currently have such plans but its hard to speculate what the future might bring Chief executive Eric Schmidt has however ruled out developing a Google browser to compete with Microsofts dominant Internet Explorer...
MSN Search 'rivals Google': report
new search engine has caught up technically with market leader Google the British weekly New Scientist reports in next Saturdays issue
It asked software engineers to test an early version of Microsofts Search service which was released last week
The experts gave Search high marks for quick retrieval of data for the quality of hits the ability to respond to naturallanguage questions and possibility of finetuning the search...