Microsoft released a revamped search engine Wednesday, named Windows Live Search, with a new design and features such as search preview, scoping tools, a search "slider bar" that increases the level ...

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 company is releasing some APIs as part of an ongoing effort to woo support for its Windows Live hosted services, particularly from small, Web-based firms In an effort to drum up support for its ...

Microsoft and search branding has been a mess for a while … there has been separate chatter about a rebrand back to Windows Live Search, which would tie the search engine back to the other Windows ...

Microsoft has released a beta version of its Windows Live Academic Search service — an unusual move for the company, which tends to hold back from releasing its products until fully developed. The ...

Microsoft's heady comments about unseating Google at the top of the search pile have--miraculously--turned out to be quite timely: the AP reports that the search industry's vice-deputy is relaunching ...