Archive for May 28th, 2009

Microsoft bets that Bing will beat Google (Independent)

Microsoft hopes to unseat Google as the internet user's search engine of choice after spending millions of dollars to launch its new Bing browser yesterday, though one analyst believes it struggle to overtake its giant rival.

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Non-beta Google betas may lose beta tags (The Register)

'They're not betas. We just call them that' Google I/O Five years after its public debut, Gmail is still "in beta." But Google is willing to bring the curtain down on this long-running online farce. Or maybe not. Its decision to eliminate meaningless beta tags is still in beta.… Video - Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Microsoft and Google face off over innovation (Financial Times)

Microsoft and Google on Thursday took direct aim at each other’s core businesses as they showed off ambitious new services that represent some of their biggest internet development efforts.

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Bing it: Microsoft to launch new search engine but doesn’t bank on beating Google (Daily Mail)

Bing it: Microsoft to launch new search engine but doesn't bank on beating Google

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

EU to study how Google Books impact authors (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

The European Union's executive body will study plans by Google to make millions of books available online after Germany said the Internet company's project flouts EU copyright law.

Thursday, May 28th, 2009