Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Microsoft expected to show new search engine next week - WSJ.com

May 20, 2009

Microsoft Corp. is expected to show a new version of its Internet search engine next week, in a renewed effort by the company to compete against Google Inc., people familiar with the matter say.

The software giant, these people say, plans to demonstrate its new search engine publicly for the first time at D: All Things Digital, a technology conference in Carlsbad, Calif., put on by the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News Corp. The new search engine, which has been in private tests within Microsoft for months, is designed to better organize search results for consumers to ...