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Move Over, Google: Here's MSN Virtual Earth
News Microsoft is playing catch-up to rival Google with the release of a beta world mapping service, MSN Virtual Earth. However, Microsoft has also released a separate client-side application, Microsoft Location Finder, which integrates with MSN Virtual...
[July 25, 2005, 18:25]
Move Over, Google: Here's MSN Virtual Earth
Talkback Given Microsoft/MSN's history, I am really impressed with its openness for once, now, once they can map the world and actually make it "Virtual Earth", as opposed to "Virtual USA" it might be a useful product.
[July 26, 2005, 8:23]
Move Over, Google: Here's MSN Virtual Earth
Talkback I think that the Locate Me option that uses Wi-Fi would be really useful as a cheap GPS for digital cameras. Take the Kodak EasyShare One cam that has Wi-Fi built in allowing the user to send images over the web or syncing wirelessly with a computer.
[July 26, 2005, 12:01]
MSN Grows But Google Holds Firm
Talkback Google dominates. However, by setting the default settings for MSIE to point to their own service which is gunning for Google, that's an example of abusing an existing monopoly. John O. It is illegal to use one monopoly to gain a monopoly in a new...
[August 23, 2005, 9:28]
Why MSN And Yahoo Joined Forces Against Google
Talkback However i cant see MSN actually gaining much from this.i cant really say how many people use YIM.it certainly cant be that many, i am a user of it and i know of one other person who uses it, no one else, they all use MSN.
[October 26, 2005, 15:49]
Has MSN's Time Come?
Talkback For the first time i am actually seeing Microsoft as the underdog to Google. Can't help but hope that Microsoft actually gets its act together and counters Google's increasing influence. I love Google, i just don't want it to become what Microsoft...
[September 25, 2005, 3:23]
Windows XP Hacks: Out-Google Google With MSN Desktop Search
White Papers MSN Desktop Search does a far better job of finding email and files on the computer because it hooks directly into Windows, Outlook, Outlook Express, and Microsoft Office and lets one search in ways one can't with the Google Desktop.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
MSN Grows But Google Holds Firm
News Third place for overall searches submitted went to Microsoft and its MSN unit, at 15.5 percent, ComScore said. For the moment, add Google's search dominance to the short list - death and taxes - of things that are inevitable.
[August 22, 2005, 10:15]
Google Claims IE7 Is Anti-competitive
News Google has complained to both the European Commission and the US Justice Department about the next version of Internet Explorer, saying it unfairly funnels users to Microsoft's MSN search engine. Internet Explorer 7, which will be included in the...
[May 3, 2006, 11:55]
Microsoft Tests Google News UK Rival
News MSN Newsbot targets Google in an area Microsoft believes can be improved through technology and in which its established relationships with Web surfers may give it an advantage. Microsoft Web portal MSN has unveiled a test, or beta, service called...
[November 18, 2003, 8:50]
Gates: We'll Keep Google Honest
News Speaking to a crowd of MSN's largest advertisers, Gates said Microsoft would prefer not to be coming from behind. With its annual MSN Strategic Account Summit, which runs through Thursday, Microsoft is both trying to hone its pitch to advertisers...
[May 4, 2006, 8:55]
Hotmail Bounces Gmail Invitations
News At least it was for Joel Johnson's girlfriend, whose MSN Hotmail account bounced invitations to join Gmail twice last Wednesday. MSN representatives said there were no known problems with Hotmail users receiving Gmail or Orkut invitations.
[June 16, 2004, 9:55]
Apple, Google And Symantec Top Loyalty Stakes
Talkback So dont talk shit, it has not be shown that msn is as good as google because it isn't. it has not been shown that googles results are better than MSN or Yahoo's. It is superior to both MSN and Yahoo combined.
[July 14, 2006, 17:28]
Microsoft Platform Tops Web 2.0 Developer Survey
News The survey, conducted by US market research firm Evans Data Corp, ranked Microsoft's MSN/Live developer package above other offerings from Google, Yahoo, Facebook and eBay according to user satisfaction.
[May 7, 2008, 8:09]
Microsoft Sends Bot To Search Web
News The software is part of MSN's effort to challenge Google by revitalizing MSN Search with its own algorithmic search technology. In preparation for unveiling its own algorithmic search engine, Microsoft's MSN has quietly launched software that will...
[June 19, 2003, 10:17]
Acer Sets Up Home With Yahoo
News PC maker Acer has agreed to set Yahoo's search pages as a default into all its PCs, giving the portal company a leg up in its battle with Google and MSN. On most new PCs, Microsoft and MSN are the default search and homepage, but the deal is not...
[September 14, 2006, 13:50]
MSN Search Launched
News While Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, Google and smaller sites like Answers.com have sought to fill in search requests with answers to questions on the weather, entertainment and package tracking, MSN believes it can do one better with its encyclopaedia...
[February 1, 2005, 10:50]
Stakes Multiply In Search Wars
News Web surfers are anything but loyal when it comes to their favourite search engines, according to new research that could give hope to Net titans Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN as they seek to wrest the search crown from Google.
[February 17, 2004, 14:35]
MSN Search Beta Builds Momentum
News The coming switch-over will be significant not only because Microsoft will no longer be reliant on an outsider, but also because it will likely begin a fierce campaign by MSN to win users away from Google and Yahoo.
[January 17, 2005, 12:15]
