Microsoft has acquired a small search technology company Powerset to buttress its search efforts, but it won't shake Google's grasp of the search market in the short term.
A year after Google launched its Gears project, Yahoo has decided to make your browser better, too.
If Microsoft acquires Yahoo, the deal may leave the pair's joint venture partnerships with PBL Network and the Seven Network on shaky ground.
Microsoft went public on Friday with a US$44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo.
A European Commission advisory body has suggested that search companies delete data collected about their users after six months a far cry from what most companies currently do.
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Search engine companies agree that their success is contingent on becoming more important in people's daily lives.
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