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  • MSN launches revamped search engine

    Microsoft is expected to take its first baby steps on the road to Web search independence on Thursday, with the launch a test version of a homegrown Internet navigation tool and changes to its current search engine.

  • Microsoft answering Google's wake-up call?

    Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie doesn't necessarily think Google has all the answers, but he does credit the company for opening Microsoft's eyes.

  • Startup plans Aussie blog search engine

    Melbourne-based tech startup Feedcorp has spent the last year indexing thousands of content feeds generated by Australian Web sites and blogs, and plans to launch a localised search engine next month.

  • Search engines take the stand

    Fifteen years after his trial, a convicted drug dealer in New York state belatedly got a chance to clear his name--thanks in part to an Internet search.

  • Yahoo to buy Overture for US$1.63 billion

    Yahoo announced on Monday its plan to buy search company Overture Services in a US$1.63 billion deal, bolstering its position against rivals Google and Microsoft in the booming market for Web search advertising.

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  • Google's man behind the curtain

    Craig Silverstein -- Google's technology director and employee No. 1 -- discusses the future of search.

  • Microsoft's new search head on how Redmond will fight Google

    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.

  • Future of search rides on relevance

    Search engine companies agree that their success is contingent on becoming more important in people's daily lives.

  • Microsoft's nightmare inches closer to reality

    Ten years ago, Microsoft executives worried that an Internet platform could threaten Windows. The nightmare now has a name: Google.

  • Do you Google?

    As the company reaches beyond its Internet search roots, critics ask whether success may breed an identity crisis.

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Reviews (17)

  • The Google gods

    Does the power of the world's most popular search engine pose a threat to the Web's independence?

  • Search Engines

    From the capital of Tugo to a Hang Seng IPO, it's on the Web -- if you can only find it. PC Magazine reviews 20 search engines that make the hunt easier.

  • First Take: MSN Search

    Microsoft hustles to catch up with search engine giants Google and Yahoo, but the beta version of MSN Search still leaves plenty of room for improvement.

  • MSN gets on search bandwagon

    Web portal MSN is testing a new search service that touts faster, tidier results, in what is the latest development in a fast-moving contest to help people find what they're looking for online.

  • Investigating Vista's new search features

    While Virtual Folders offers one technique to help us keep track of our data, there's still a need for a Search tool in Microsoft's new operating system. We look at Windows Vista's new Search features and how they work.

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