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Microsoft may use 'Kumo' name for more than search Microsoft has been rumored for some time to be renaming its Live Search "Kumo" in 2009. However, a trademark application the company filed this month suggests Microsoft may use the name for more than just its search engine. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Verizon to include Microsoft Live Search on phones Microsoft has struck a five-year deal to pre-install its Live Search as the default search engine on Verizon mobile phones.Users will be able to download a Live Search software package to their mobile phones wil Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Will Microsoft's 'Kumo' Replace Live Search? Microsoft may rebrand Live Search with a new trademark, Kumo, but so far the company isn't talking. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Internet.com |
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Microsoft Live Search goes Kumo? The old Venezuelan switcheroo Microsoft's confused internet search service could be in for another re-branding, although it faces a potential trademark hurdle.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Will Microsoft spin its way into the cloud with Kumo? Windows Live Search jumps on fluffy bandwagon Microsoft has sown confusion across the blogosphere after it registered the domain name Kumo.com and redirected it to several Windows Live servers late last week.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Update: Microsoft releases new API for Live Search Microsoft unveiled on Thursday a revamped Live Search API that developers can use to embed search on Web sites with more support for frequently used Web-development technologies and less restrictions on how third parties use the technology on their Web sites. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's Ballmer talks search, virtualization Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday evening emphasized the company's ambitions in search and virtualization while offering his perspective on the current nervous U.S. economic situation.Speaking at a Churchi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft pursues search improvements, sans Yahoo While the company only has a 10 percent share of the search market with its Live Search technology, Microsoft has big plans to enhance its platform regardless of what happens with its now-dormant proposal to buy Yahoo. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft, HP do search deal for PCs Ramping up its efforts to build search market share, Microsoft signed a deal to embed a Live Search toolbar on all Hewlett-Packard consumer PCs in North America starting next year.In addition, Live Search will b Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Despite Yahoo drama, Microsoft forges ahead with search Microsoft is pushing ahead with plans to expand its enterprise and Internet search offerings even as its quest to purchase Yahoo remains uncertain and could get uglier.On Wednesday, Fast Search and Transfer ( Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft surprise reorganization aimed at online woes Microsoft has built its massive software business by watching other companies take the lead in emerging technology markets and then following fast with competitive products that eventually become dominant once those markets begin to pay out. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Gates: Microsoft fights back from underdog status on search After vague statements over the last weeks about internal investments that will allow it to compete in search without Yahoo, Microsoft on Wednesday laid out more of its vision for improving on its current "underdog" position in search. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft redesigns Live.com A redesign of the Live.com home page may not be quite what analysts had in mind last week when they asked Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about how the software giant plans to streamline its online presence .Startin Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft and Powerset confirm deal Microsoft and Powerset confirmed Tuesday that Microsoft will purchase the search-engine startup. The news comes several days after a rumor about the deal circulated on the Web.[ See related video of Eric Knorr's Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft signs MSN Toolbar deal with Sun People who download Sun's Java Runtime Environment will be offered the MSN Toolbar as well, through a search distribution deal Microsoft has struck with Sun, the companies will announce Monday.Starting Monday, w Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.CEO Steve Ballmer made the offer in a letter to Yahoo's board of di Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft shuts down book search Microsoft plans to shutter its book-scanning operation next week, the company said on Friday.It will shut down the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic Web sites and stop scanning library and copyright boo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft unwraps search engine reward program Microsoft launched a comparative shopping feature in its Live Search engine on Wednesday. The service offers consumers a rebate on purchases made through the site, a scheme that could lure shoppers from Google and Yahoo. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Three companies Microsoft could buy instead of Yahoo Assuming that Saturday's public walkaway by Microsoft doesn't prove just to be a high-risk negotiation tactic against Yahoo -- after all, the companies are rumored to have been talking about some sort of merger or acquisition for almost three years -- then what we hav Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft updates Windows Mobile, IE Mobile Responding to increasing pressure from other mobile phone platforms, Microsoft on Tuesday planned to introduce updated versions of Windows Mobile and Internet Explorer Mobile and also make its new enterprise device management software available to all medium-size and Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |