Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Microsoft launches Windows Live beta today with search

Microsoft today launches Windows Live Beta and adds their new flagship search capability to take on search leaders Google and Yahoo. And it has numerous interesting features. I'm not entirely convinced about the results yet - but check it out.

Windows live will fast become Microsoft's answer to software services over the Internet. Users will be able to freely access search, email, messaging, news and much more from one web enabled panel at live.com.

It is still very much in Beta. But if Microsoft get their act together (and they seem to be moving fast with Windows Live), it could become the leading software and services portal on the web.

Expect Google to respond with more of their own software services. They need to. Microsoft wants this space.

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