Microsoft's FAST Bid Signals a Shift in Search
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Enterprise search companies and analysts say Microsoft's deal to buy FASTshows the market has arrived.
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Microsoft Corp. is set to unleash its much-anticipated search technology on Thursday, as it ramps up efforts to take on market leader Google Inc.
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Microsoft's unveils improved Live Search but we've seen most of it before.
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After 14 months of work and a $100 million investment, Microsoft rolled out a test version of its new search engine late Wednesday night.
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In November, Microsoft representatives began to comment that the enterprise search market had reached &quot;a tipping point&quot;; on Tuesday, the company backed up that claim with a bundle of cash,&#160;offering to buy enterprise search software company Fast Search And Transfer (FAST)&#160;for 6.6 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.2 billion).
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Microsoft Corp joined the battle for supremacy in so-called desktop search, introducing software for quickly locating files on personal computers that challenges Googleâs two-month-old rival product.
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Microsoft&#39;s latest step into the enormously profitable search sector is unlikely to win any first-stop commitments from users, but the signs are promising.
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Renegotiation may provide glimpse into Microsoft's search plans.
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Chances are you've been hearing more than the usual news this week about Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. But a lot of other search technology is also going strong right now, all of it vying for more than fifteen minutes of fame.
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After months of diminishing market share in the search industry, Microsoft may have found the answer to competing against Google and Yahoo: Chicktionary. The addictive game, which is available on the Live Search Club site, rewards users with prizes such as software.
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For years, the competition in the search business has focused on finding things on the Web quickly and accurately. And Google has been widely perceived as the winner.
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Changes to come in Microsoft Windows Vista will allow users to select a default desktop search program that's not Windows Instant Search.
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Microsoft Corp., the No. 3 Web search provider in the U.S., is rolling out changes to its search engine aimed at narrowing the gap between it and market leader Google Inc.
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Microsoft Corp. released its long-awaited desktop search technology yesterday, entering a crowded race to dominate information access on Windows-based PCs.
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Microsoft Corp. isnât often an underdog in anything, so when the software powerhouse released its new search engine, I was anxious to give it a whirl.
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Microsoft's highly anticipated search engine debuted today, with the software giant officially entering the fray in a market that gets more competitive by the day.
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Microsoftâs $1.2 billion bid for a Norwegian search software company is seen as an effort to add tools to its lucrative Office products and fend off Google.