Microsoft's Live Search Team is ending its book search efforts, according to a blog post Friday. Its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic sites will be discontinued next week, and books and academic publishings will show up in regular search results rather than separate sites.
Microsoft hopes to back up its refrain that it has a plan to catch Google by showing off some improvements to its Live Search product at a company-sponsored advertising conference later this month.
A Microsoft employee last week removed a blog posting and apologise after revealing details about planned changes to Microsoft's Live Search.
Microsoft has officially announced version 6.1 of its Windows Mobile operating system.
Lost BlackBerry users will soon be able to say "show me the way" to their devices thanks to Microsoft's plans to enrich Live Search for Windows Mobile.
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When it comes to Web search, Microsoft is the undisputed underdog, a position it doesn't usually find itself in. Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of search and advertising at Microsoft, explains how the company plans to improve its market share and improve search for the long haul.
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In a rare joint interview, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer discuss ad-supported software, the battles against Sony and Google, and what's so great about the upcoming Vista.
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By now, the regulatory, cultural, practical and financial problems in Microsoft's Yahoo acquisition have been well aired. Let's skip forward to 2009, when they've all been solved and Yahoo is now a Microsoft brand.
All Lenovo computers worldwide will soon come bundled with Microsoft's Windows Live software, the companies announced Wednesday.
With Google Desktop, you can search for files on your hard drive just as easily as you can search the Internet.
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