Tag: Google

  • Microsoft Testing Its Own ‘Google Base’

    Microsoft Testing Its Own ‘Google Base’
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    Microsoft Corp. said it is readying an online marketplace, code-named Fremont, which is apparently in response to a similar feature that rival Google Inc. introduced a few weeks ago. Fremont is a free service in which people contribute listings, whether it’s about a couch for sale or someone looking for a commuting partner. Microsoft plans… Read more

  • Google Turns to Channel to Develop Enterprise Solutions

    Google Turns to Channel to Develop Enterprise Solutions
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    Google this week entered the channel with the launch of a partner program to advance Google’s search applications behind the corporate firewall. Using Google Inc.’s search appliances – Google Mini and Google Search Appliance —12 initial VARs, ISVs and integrators have developed unique solutions designed to deliver Google’s ability to index and retrieve unstructured information… Read more

  • Google Targets Internet Domains

    Google Targets Internet Domains
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    Google Inc. is continuing to expand its Internet aspiration, this time by adding the title “domain-name registrar” to its list of roles. Google on Friday officially became a registrar after completing a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the nonprofit body that oversees the Domain Name System, ICANN officials confirmed. ICANN’s… Read more

  • Google Delves into the Desktop

    Google Delves into the Desktop
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    Google Inc. upped the ante Thursday in the growing desktop search battle, introducing an application that combines Web results with those from a user’s hard drive. In its beta release, Google Desktop Search supports only the most common file formats and applications. But Google plans in future releases to open access to application developers through… Read more

  • The New Era of Public Web Services

    The New Era of Public Web Services
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    When you talk to many developers today about Web services, you’ll get the glassy eyed stare of someone who has dealt with vaporware for far too long. The promise of Web services has indeed eluded developers, and the original promise of Web services still hasn’t arrived. However, in the mean time, a number of public… Read more

  • MSN Toolbar Appears To Take Cues From Google

    MSN Toolbar Appears To Take Cues From Google
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    In a move that may lend credence to rumors that Microsoft is increasingly focused on competing with Google, the company has made available a free, pre-release version of a new MSN Toolbar. The new offering serves up search and navigational features and is somewhat similar to the toolbars offered by both Google and Yahoo! The… Read more