Microsoft and search branding has been a mess for a while … there has been separate chatter about a rebrand back to Windows Live Search, which would tie the search engine back to the other Windows ...

Microsoft Corp. this week redesigned the home page for MSN Search to give it a similar look other services under its “Live” brand. The move is in anticipation of MSN Search’s imminent name change to ...

The company is releasing some APIs as part of an ongoing effort to woo support for its Windows Live hosted services, particularly from small, Web-based firms In an effort to drum up support for its ...

Microsoft Corp. today will begin testing an enhanced version of its search engine, which will feature a new image search service, a redesigned user interface, new tools to refine query results and a ...

Microsoft released a revamped search engine Wednesday, named Windows Live Search, with a new design and features such as search preview, scoping tools, a search "slider bar" that increases the level ...

At his 10th annual CEO Summit Wednesday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates hinted the software giant will crush Google in the same way that it crushed Netscape -- by integrating enterprise search deeply ...

Microsoft has released a beta version of its Windows Live Academic Search service — an unusual move for the company, which tends to hold back from releasing its products until fully developed. The ...

For Windows Live Contacts, Windows Live Spaces and Windows Live ID, once the APIs are out of beta, Microsoft will charge 25 cents per user, per year for anything above 1 million unique users per month ...

Microsoft will begin testing on Wednesday an enhanced version of its search engine, which will feature a new image search service, a redesigned user interface, new tools to refine query results and a ...

Microsoft's heady comments about unseating Google at the top of the search pile have--miraculously--turned out to be quite timely: the AP reports that the search industry's vice-deputy is relaunching ...