Microsoft's New Bet on Search
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| Now, it's trying again, still intent on chipping away at the huge lead held
| by the company's most troublesome rival, Google (GOOG).
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2007/tc20070926_626712.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/3dkaf4
This is another huge budget drainer to Micrososft (one among many).
Reading: So What About Those Cars?
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| Vishesh Kumar of TheStreet.com says Microsoft’s potential interest in buying
| a piece of social-networking Facebook smacks of desperation. “The hallmark of
| Microsoft’s Internet strategy seems to be to throw money around,” he writes.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2007/09/27/reading-so-what-about-those-cars/?mod=yahoo_hs
Another article says that using MSN/Live is unusual. Microsoft plans to
integrate using updates, which is illegal (antitrust).
Hearing: Is Google Trying To Buy FedEx, Or Post Office?
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| Earlier, in prepared remarks, Microsoft's Smith said a relatively small
| number of intermediaries connect ads with Web sites.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/070927/tech.html?.v=1
Related:
Microsoft ties Windows Live services to OS in updates
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| Microsoft is tying its Windows Live services directly to its Windows OS.
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http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/070905mslivesvcs/index.html
A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft
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| When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is
| that virtualization is something that should be built into the
| operating system."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/technology/24soft.html?ex=1172898000&en=bbca645a927ef7f8&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
http://tinyurl.com/35jkur
Microsoft Finds Legal Defender in Justice Dept.
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| Nearly a decade after the government began its landmark effort to break
| up Microsoft, the Bush administration has sharply changed course by
| repeatedly defending the company both in the United States and abroad
| against accusations of anticompetitive conduct, including the recent
| rejection of a complaint by Google.
|
| [...]
|
| In the most striking recent example of the policy shift, the top
| antitrust official at the Justice Department last month urged state
| prosecutors to reject a confidential antitrust complaint filed by
| Google that is tied to a consent decree that monitors Microsoft's
| behavior. Google has accused Microsoft of designing its latest
| operating system, Vista, to discourage the use of Google's desktop
| search program, lawyers involved in the case said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/business/10microsoft.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Microsoft Struggles With Online Shift, But Remains Huge
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| Rivals like Apple, Google, Red Hat and Salesforce.com have gained
| prominence thanks to technologies like Web 2.0, open-source software
| and mobile devices. Those technologies have also lessened the need
| for Microsoft's products.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/070703/feature.html?.v=1
Microsoft profit on slide
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| Some analysts are looking for any signs of improvement from
| Microsoft's internet division, which continues to lose market
| share in web search to Google.
|
| Microsoft's online services group saw revenue fall for the last
| four quarters and posted a loss in the past three quarters while
| it shifted to a new internet advertising platform and overhauled
| the company's web properties.
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http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21109542%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
Microsoft 'not happy' with search results
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| Microsoft is continuing to lose market share in the search business
| to industry rival Google, something the software maker's financial
| chief said Thursday he is "not happy" about.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6153584.html
Will Berkowitz keep Windows Live?
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| At the risk of moving this article over to the opinion blog, many
| of the problems Berkowitz faces were caused not by too much focus
| on technical wizardry, but by a lack of clear direction, both for
| MSN and for Windows Live.
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http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2006/12/10/ny-times-will-berkowitz-keep-windows-live.aspx
Sources: Several Windows Live Projects Halted
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| Microsoft's Windows Live desktop search project has been
| shelved "indefinitely," although not much reasoning has been
| given as to the reason for its demise.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Sources_Several_Windows_Live_Projects_Halted/1163715423
Ozzie: Vista, Office must adapt to Web era
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| Ozzie said that the transition to integrate online services into Microsoft
| products has been a challenge but that changes within the company are
| happening.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6133895.html
Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?
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| Allchin shared his thoughts on Windows Live (which, along with Windows and
| developer tools also falls under his organization); competition with Google
| and Apple; and why a client-based version of Windows won?t ever completely
| disappear, regardless of how successful Web services become.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=66
MSN Still Going Nowhere Fast
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| It is worth noting that Microsoft still hasn't made any headway
| in the search-and-portal game and, in fact, is falling farther andf
| arther behind. As a result, it is not surprising that Steve Ballmer
| is now warning media companies that Google is the Evil Empire --
| because no other competitive tactic has worked.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061116/20767_id.html?.v=1
Google, Yahoo gain share in U.S. Web search market
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| Web audience measurement firm comScore Networks said No. 3-ranked
| Microsoft's share slid 0.5 percent to 10.5 percent of U.S. Web
| searches while InterActiveCorp's Ask.com's share dipped 0.1
| percent to 5.4 percent.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6150230.html
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