In preparation for unveiling its own algorithmic search engine, Microsoft's MSN has quietly launched software that will index Web sites, a move that raises questions about MSN's relationship with ...

The improved search engine bears a remarkable resemblance to Google, with Direct Answers linked from Microsoft Encarta being the main edge over competitors. According to Microsoft, the new Direct ...

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

Microsoft's MSN is slowly turning up the dial on its Web search beta, sending more and more visitors home-baked results over results from partner Yahoo. While the lion's share of MSN search results ...

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 Watson 2.0 contextual search software released by Intellext earlier this month is now available as an add-in package for Microsoft’s MSN Search Toolbar application, Intellext announced Friday.

Microsoft is gunning for Google and Yahoo. Now MSN Search, the third most popular search engine, accounts for 15% of all search queries. (Google is first with 45% market share, and Yahoo second with ...

A beta version of the search engine Microsoft Corp. is developing went live Thursday, offering users an interface and a set of features that make the product begin to resemble established search ...

Remember the long-running e-mail hoax from the early days of the Web, the one that had Bill Gates testing an "e-mail tracing program" and offering to pay recipients big bucks if they passed his test e ...

Microsoft Corp.’s MSN network said Thursday that it is further strengthening its ties with eBay Inc. by placing direct links to the auction site on its search pages. Users performing searches on MSN’s ...

Microsoft Corp.’s MSN search engine, the third most popular in the U.S., suffered an hours-long outage on Thursday as queries returned an error message instead of ...

The MSN Search service is expected to be ready in final release in 2005 and will eventually replace the search engine technology that Microsoft currently licenses from Yahoo to power the MSN portal’s ...