Microsoft launches its own search engine
Microsoft on Tuesday launched its own Internet search engine built from the ground up entering a new market dominated by rivals Google and Yahoo
The new search service part of a redesigned home page uses the software giants own technology eliminating the underlying search provided up to now by Yahoo
Microsoft said the search engine which was unveiled in a test version last November is now available in 25 markets and 10 languages
Our mission at Microsoft is to use the power of software to solve our customers toughest problems Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said in a statement on the website...
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Google Inc saw its revenue and net income grow significantly in its fourth quarter as the search engine giants ad sales continued to climb both on its Web sites and on its ad network partners Web sites
Google closed the quarter which ended Dec 31 with 103 billion in revenue up 101 compared with s fourth quarter the Mountain View Calif company said in a statement Meanwhile the company generated million or 71 cents per share in net income up from 273 million or 10 cents per share
Googles own Web sites generated 51 of the quarters total revenue or 530 million...
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As for products on the horizon Google plans to soon update the desktop search tool Page said Google is also working on further developing the multiterabyte database of images and mapping information it acquired recently when it bought Keyhole Corp with an eye toward integrating it into its search services particularly in the area of localized searching Page said
In the coming weeks and months Google will be delivering more product improvements and new products that personalize localize and internationalize Page said...
Microsoft introduces new search engine
Microsofts internet search engine in the works for about two years is ready for its bigtime debut
The company is announcing today that the search engine it built from scratch is to take centre stage at the companys web portal com which has previously relied on search technology from rival Yahoo
The whole goal with our new search service is to deliver answers faster said Mark Kroese s general manager of information services product management In a world where the search engine user experience is getting lots of links but no answers were really focused on giving users quick answers to their questions...
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Microsofts highly anticipated
search engine
debuted today with the software giant officially entering the fray in a market that gets more competitive by the day
Offered through the companys Internet portal the service is available in 25 markets and 10 languages and promises to deliver morerelevant results instant answers to specific questions and a collection of tools that give Web surfers more control in targeting and refining searches...