The local versions of Microsoft's latest crack at Google, a new search engine called Bing, will go live in Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday in beta form.
The Victorian Government's refusal to provide data for Google's bushfire map mashup limited its scope and highlighted glaring problems with Crown copyright provisions, the search giant's top Australian engineer said yesterday.
Search giant Google has confirmed it will shortly unveil a new Web browser dubbed 'Chrome' and based on code from the Webkit project.
I did a double take recently after listening to Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell acknowledge that his company was ready to lose even more money in online services in the near term, if that's what it takes to catch Google.
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.
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When it comes to Web search, Microsoft is the undisputed underdog, a position it doesn't usually find itself in. Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of search and advertising at Microsoft, explains how the company plans to improve its market share and improve search for the long haul.
Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.
Designed to make it extremely easy to find files on your hard disk no matter where they're stored, Vista's Desktop Search features a very cool new user interface ... but it's the integration that really takes the cake.
Windows chief Kevin Johnson has two huge tasks: Chase Google with Windows Live and get the operating system back on track.
The Asus Eee PC 1000HE is a good 10-inch netbook; while we're hanging out for the higher-resolution HP Mini 2140, this is definitely one of the better 10-inch netbooks on the market.
All Lenovo computers worldwide will soon come bundled with Microsoft's Windows Live software, the companies announced Wednesday.
Though it doesn't offer earth-shattering new features and interface issues remain, Windows Mobile 6 brings a collection of noteworthy improvements that makes its mobile devices easier to use and equips mobile professionals with more robust productivity tools.
Office Live is still not an online version of Office, but the set of small business tools has a few new tricks and is heading out of beta.
With Google Desktop, you can search for files on your hard drive just as easily as you can search the Internet.
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