Microsoft to Buy Medical Search Engine
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Microsoft says its purchase of Medstory is part of an effort to build a suite of tools and services related to health care.
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Microsoft on Thursday will launch its long-promised Internet search engine, which will compete directly with market leader Google, sources close to the company said Tuesday.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft has offered to buy enterprise search software company Fast Search And Transfer for 6.6 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.2 billion), it said Tuesday.
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Microsoft released its latest search engine, Windows Live Search, which is said to enhance sifting through search results by utilizing categories such as digital images, news, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds, and blogs.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O plans to   officially launch on Tuesday its new Windows Live Search   engine, a pillar in its strategy to topple market leader Google   GOOG.O and wrestle away billions of dollars worth of online   advertising.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on  Wednesday it will buy privately owned Tellme Networks, a voice  recognition technology company, as it promotes the service for  computer users and customer call centers.
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Microsoft has offered to buy enterprise search software company Fast Search And Transfer for 6.6 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.2 billion), it said Tuesday.
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Microsoft offers to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn in cash and shares.
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Microsoft is set to launch a trial version of its long-awaited Internet search engine, as it reacts to the growing threat of Google.
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Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday  it would offer improved capacity to search copyrighted books on  the Internet as the company battles Google Inc. for advertising  dollars from Web-based services.
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New York - Microsoft Corp will roll out its long-awaited internet search service on Thursday, adding fresh competition to Google Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on  Thursday it would offer improved capacity to search copyrighted  books on the Internet as the company battles Google Inc.   for advertising dollars from Web-based services.
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U.S. software giant Microsoft   said on Tuesday it would bid 19 crowns per share for Norwegian  Internet search software firm Fast Search & Transfer ,  valuing the company at about $1.2 billion.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on Monday  it will buy Medstory Inc., a California-based start-up company  that develops Web search technology for medical information.
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Wants to mine web with Fast buy Microsoft is to acquire Norwegian business search engine company Fast Search and Transfer for 6.6bn kroner ($1.23bn).â¦
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Microsoft has offered to buy enterprise search software company Fast Search And Transfer for 6.6 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.2 billion), it said Tuesday.The acquisition will bring Microsoft powerful high-end search technologies to complement its enterprise infrastructure offering, the company said.Microsoft&#39;s recent efforts in the enterprise search market have been aimed at the other end of the market. In November, It introduced two new low-end enterprise search products,&#160;Search Server 2008 and Search Server Express 2008, both based on its SharePoint Server 2007 business productivity platform. It is pitching&#160;Search Server 2008&#160;as a cheap entry into enterprise search, while the Express version is free for single installations.By integrating Fast Search&#39;s products with SharePoint, and drawing on its worldwide network of partners, Microsoft hopes to bring Fast Search&#39;s products to a wider audience, it said Tuesday.It is also counting on Fast Search&#39;s Norwegian research team to bolster its research efforts in Europe. Microsoft has laboratories in Cambridge, England, and in Copenhagen, Denmark.The directors of Fast Search, based in Oslo, have recommended that shareholders accept the offer, which represents a premium of 42 percent over Fast Search&#39;s share price at close of business on Friday. The companies expect the deal to close in the second quarter, subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the holders of at least 90 percent of Fast Search&#39;s shares.Fast Search&#39;s rivals in the market for specialized enterprise search tools include Google, with its Search Appliance; French search company Exalead, and Autonomy, which recently acquired Meridio and Zantaz.Representatives of Fast Search could not immediately be reached for comment.&#160;
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Microsoft Corp. plans to officially  launch on Tuesday its new Windows Live Search engine, a pillar  in its strategy to topple market leader Google and wrestle away  billions of dollars worth of online advertising.