Kumo
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Intelligence sifting through the Web
News Interest in the Semantic Web appears to be taking off, with users flocking to social bookmarking sites and search engines incorporating new technology.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Search, Semantic Web, Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, W3C, social bookmarking, software, natural language
Yahoo's Bartz willing to sell search
News But, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz says, the right company would have to have a technology she believes in and "boatloads of money".
Tags: Search, Business development/management, Twitter, Positioning, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., co-founder, CEO, Search Technology, brand
Does Microsoft's new limited liability company point to search deal?
News An acquisition of Citrix would make business sense, but Microsoft's registration of a limited liability company in Delaware is likely to lead to a deal with Yahoo.
Tags: Mergers, Search, Citrix Systems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Advertisement, search engine company, toolbar, partnership, MSN
Kumo: Already a step behind Google, Yahoo?
News In the months that Microsoft has been testing Kumo, both Yahoo and Google have been working on their own search enhancements. Will Microsoft's update be enough?
Tags: Search, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search, News Corp., Kumo, IM, revenue
Microsoft to start testing 'Kumo' search service
News Beginning this week, some of Redmond's employees will get access to the new look for Microsoft's Live Search, CNET News has learned.
Tags: Search, Twitter, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Tool, Kumo, Environment, co-founder, Search Technology, search tool
The countdown to Microsoft's Kumo
News A clock on Microsoft's campus reportedly shows that the software maker plans to launch its Kumo search engine in 40 days.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., TV, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, software company, Kumo, software, News.com
Microsoft's Kumo sneaks out in public
News Some of the design changes that are part of the upcoming search engine revamp are now in limited public testing, the software giant confirms.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Kumo, release candidate, software, Search Technology
Kumo to be dubbed Bing, AdAge says
News The advertising magazine says Microsoft will spend US$80 million to US$100 million in an ad campaign to promote its revamped search engine.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, TV, Conference, Google Inc., Search Engine, software company, Advertisement, CEO
Report: Microsoft to unveil Kumo search engine next week
News Company expected to demo its next-generation search technology at the D:All Things Digital technology conference, according to reports citing unnamed sources.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Spokesperson, Ina Fried, News Corp., Search Technology
Windows Live Search to be rebranded Kumo?
News Microsoft has taken control of the domain name and is reportedly directing internal traffic to the test site.
Tags: Search, Branding, Domain names, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Windows Live, Yahoo! Inc., TechCrunch, Microsoft Windows
Report: Yahoo, Microsoft CEOs meet face to face
News The two sides have reportedly had preliminary talks in recent weeks exploring what kind of a search partnership might be possible.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., advertising partnership, Advertisement, Redmond, CEO, toolbar
Microsoft merges product search, Cashback
News The software maker combines its Live Search Cashback promotion with its product search, a move it says will simplify things for consumers.
Tags: Search, Marketing, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Product Search, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., U.S., blog, blog posting
Google: We've got cool search, too
News Google adds a link to its home page describing how to search for interesting results on Google. It's long offered such capabilities, but Bing's bump could have prompted a reminder.
Tags: Search, Web services, Stock, Microsoft Corp., search bar, Google Search, Internet search, search technology, Search Engine, Search
Microsoft Live Search exec Goldberg departing
News General manager Brad Goldberg is leaving Redmond and will be succeeded by Mike Nichols. That's amid a number of recent executive changes for the tech titan.
Tags: Search, E-mail servers, Web sites, Leadership, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Yahoo! Inc., Chicago, Advertisement, Seattle
