Posts Tagged ‘search engines’

Microsoft teams with Sun, aims to take Google down

by Marc Flores on November 10th, 2008 at 5:40pm
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Microsoft announced today that it will be teaming up with Sun Microsystems on a web search deal in an attempt to move one step closer to catching up with Google. It would appear as though Microsoft is getting pretty aggressive…

Microsoft targets Google’s Achilles Heel in the online search war

by Kelly Hodgkins on September 1st, 2008 at 3:03pm
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Rather than take Google head on in the search wars which given Google’s dominance is probably an impossible feat, Microsoft is honing in on Google’s weaknesses instead. This strategy is apparent in its latest acquisition announced Sunday in which Microsoft…