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    Overture has launched its operations in Australia offering paid-placement search services, headed up by an ex-Alta Vista heavyweight.

  • Ballmer: Not the time to scale back

    Despite Wall Street's negative reaction to Microsoft's plan to invest billions in its emerging businesses, CEO Steve Ballmer told employees that "now is not the time to scale back."

  • Google to bid on AOL?

    Analyst report speculates that Google may want to pre-empt Microsoft takeover and protect the revenue Google gets from its biggest partner.

  • Yahoo joins desktop search party

    In a step to keep pace with chief rival Google, Yahoo plans to start testing a downloadable desktop search application in early January.

  • Ballmer: Search was our worst mistake

    Microsoft's failure to invest more in Internet search technology was the company's biggest mistake in years, a chagrined Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Thursday.

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  • Google: Gunning for desktop space

    In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.

  • Lessons from Microsoft

    Microsoft's venture into online news and digital music proves how volatile and inconsistent the IT industry is. What if the software giant decides to make PCs and servers next? How will this affect IT spending?

  • Microsoft.com revamps search

    The software giant updates its corporate Web search technology with in-house software, its latest effort to catch up with innovations in the navigation tools market.

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