Yahoo! Says, "Me Too!" -- Again
Ah yes Its another yawner Yahoo Nasdaq launched its desktop search application today in beta as has become the customary way of search function launches This word is no surprise whatsoever given the historical progression of the search wars not to mention Yahoo had already made the promise
Major rival Google Nasdaq launched its own desktop search product quite some time ago And then several other search players followed suit including Microsofts Nasdaq service and Ask Jeeves Nasdaq Rich Duprey didnt see anything too revolutionary about the trend last month...
Q&A: Gates not feeling threatened
Now onto the Google question Why do you want to compete or does Microsoft want to compete against them Does Microsoft want to build up to be a general search engine
Absolutely We were in the search business even before Google was around The commitment we made is to build unique search technology across the board And if you look at the Microsoft Research things that weve had breakthroughs in natural language document analysis personalisation image analysis language translationour research agenda will allow us to take todays search from ourselves and Google and make what we have today look like a joke...
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Sells Business for 175 Billion
has officially confirmed it will sell its business to Chinese computer maker Lenovo for a total of 175 billion Rumors about a potential deal swirled on Monday following a report stating the two companies were in talks Lenovo will pay 650 million in cash another 600 million in common stock and assume 500 million in debt from Big Blue
Lays Off 750 Workers
As expected America Online has cut 750 jobs in Ohio California New York and Virginia the company acknowledged Tuesday Reports of impending layoffs surfaced last month following parent Time Warners earnings statement...
2005 Predictions - Watershed Ground
Three weeks ago we promised our predictions for the coming year Here they are Please remember we are technogeeks not psychics Some of these predictions may come true and some may be way off base We do know the search industry is evolving faster than ever before What seems fantasy today may well be reality next month was an interesting year in the business of search setting the stage for what should be a watershed year in
was an amazing year for the search engine marketing sector...