Microsoft to offer improved tools to search books
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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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Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. on Thursday launched a test version of its new MSN Search service, hoping to compete with Google and other major Web search services.
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New Search Suggest tool tries to guess what you're looking for and offers a drop-down list of terms.
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The search company throws some downloading capabilities into digitized books.
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Microsoft releases Windows mapping, search, functions for phones.
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The online search battle was extended earlier this week, when Microsoft launched its new desktop search tool - allowing users to find their favorite music, email, acrobat files and other documents in a friendly and effective manner.
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Competing with a similar offering from Google but taking an approach one analyst describes as "sound, prudent and correct," Microsoft on Wednesday launched a beta version of Live Search Books.
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Seeking to narrow the gap with Google, Microsoft Corp unveiled a retooled Web search service that aims to deliver more relevant results and combines text, video and other information onto a single page.
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New technologies from Microsoft will help advertisers better target ads to content in search, video, on Web pages and public kiosks.
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Following the lead of Google and Yahoo!, Microsoft has announced a &#39;beta&#39; version of a desktop search tool, the &#39;Toolbar Suite&#39;.
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Microsoft launched its book search in beta form on Wednesday. However, unlike Google's project, publishers must opt-in to have their books included. Also, Live Search Academic receives a major update.
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MICROSOFT has launched a new desktop search tool that allows personal computer users to find documents or messages on their PCs. The new search tool, launched in the wake of a similar effort from Google, appears on the task bar in Microsoft Windows.
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Microsoft on Friday added copyrighted books to its online library, saying it has permission to offer the works to searchers on the Internet.
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Microsoft is launching a new look for some of itâs Live Search results in an attempt to win more of the search business from Google.
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Microsoft's search and advertising head spoke said the company is taking steps to improve its search market position.
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REDMOND, Wash. - 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 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.