Microsoft to enter battle of the search engines
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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&#39;s MSN has unveiled desktop-search technology, entering a hotly contested race to dominate information access on the PC.
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Seattle - Software giant Microsoft is hoping to repel a challenge from Internet rivals Google and Yahoo by launching its own search engine on Thursday, according to reports on Wednesday in the American technology press.
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A beta version of the search engine Microsoft Corp. is developing went live Thursday, offering users an interface and a set of features that make the product begin to resemble established search engines from competitors Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Ask Jeeves Inc. and America Online Inc. (AOL).
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Microsoft on Thursday began phasing in a slick new version of its Live Search service in a bid to gain ground on leading Internet search rivals Google and Yahoo.
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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.
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Microsoft&#39;s search engine is due to appear on MSN tomorrow, Thursday, according to an awful lot of anonymous sources. The New York Times heard from &quot;a person knowledgeable about the announcement&quot; while Reuters made do with &quot;sources close to the company&quot;.
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Microsoft Corp  plans to invest  heavily in Web search to compete against Google Inc ,  even if it fails to acquire Yahoo Inc , the company's  chairman Bill Gates said on Monday.
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Microsoft officially started its new Internet search engine crafted to compete with offerings from rival online powerhouses Google and Yahoo.
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Microsoft&#39;s MSN division is planning to make an announcement today related to online-search technology, giving rise to expectations that the company will begin offering its own Internet search engine tomorrow.
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The battle for search-technology supremacy extended to new front today when Microsoft launched a tool for finding files stored on personal computers.
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Microsoft Corp. is set to launch a  blistering attack on rival Google Inc.
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Microsoft launched its own Internet search engine in a move aimed at challenging market leaders Google and Yahoo.
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Microsoft Corp. unveiled a preliminary version of its Web search engine late on Wednesday, in its first attack on Google Inc. leading position in the market.
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SEATTLE Microsoft launches Web search technology today that it hopes will give it a share of the market dominated by Google. The new search engine will initially be available only on a special test site.
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Microsoft Corp., stepping up its efforts to compete with rival Google Inc., will offer consumers a preview of its technology for searching the Internet, beginning Thursday.
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Microsoft has launched a beta version of an MSN search engine designed to compete directly with Google. MSN Search lets users search through more than 5 billion documents, Microsoft says.