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As the company reaches beyond its Internet search roots, critics ask whether success may breed an identity crisis.
Search engine companies agree that their success is contingent on becoming more important in people's daily lives.
The software giant updates its corporate Web search technology with in-house software, its latest effort to catch up with innovations in the navigation tools market.
Firm quietly working on data storage software designed to help companies find business documents scattered across their networks.
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Web portal MSN is testing a new search service that touts faster, tidier results, in what is the latest development in a fast-moving contest to help people find what they're looking for online.
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