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This is a fascinating interview led by Robert Scoble with Brad Goldberg who runs Live Search - learn about Brad's perspectives on how Microsoft will look to change the game in search. http://www.fastcompany.tv/video/microsoft-search-will-it-use-mahalo-techniques-compete-with-googl
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There is a Microsoft-hosted forum going on right now for the leaders of the online advertising business - http://www.advance08.com/home.html And as part of the event there are a few announcements of interest to partners tracking the developments in this
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" REDMOND, Wash. — April 25, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has completed settlement of its tender offer for Fast Search & Transfer ASA, a leading provider of enterprise search solutions. Microsoft’s plans to acquire FAST were originally
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Press release: "REDMOND, Wash., and OSLO, Norway — Jan. 8, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) today announced that it will make an offer to acquire Fast Search & Transfer ASA (OSE: “FAST”), a leading provider of enterprise search solutions, through
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Some big announcements have just been made on our search offering yesterday. The main item is the announcement of a free enterprise search product - Microsoft Search Server Express 2008 - with a release candidate available for download today. Main product
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http://partner.live.com/windowslive/Default.aspx I've blogged this before but as the Live story ramps up now it's probably time for a reminder. This part of the portal gives a whole bunch of info for partners such as: Windows Live Opportunity Windows
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See here for a press release on the updated Live.com search engine. I then just tried a sample search and was honestly (!) amazed at the speed improvements alone. Go on try it yourself and let me know what you think: www.live.com (More info available
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This has been in works for a while, and has now gone live. The Sharepoint equivalent of the Desktop Deployment Planning Services initiatives. You can sign up for free and we will pay you to deliver a deployment plan for one of our Software Assurance customers.
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One of the Vista team in the US went to the trouble of creating a list of Microsoft team blogs - meaning those in the product groups in the US building our products. If interesting then please go back to the list as I am sure this will get updated regularly.
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" Windows Live™ Quickstart is your one-stop-shop for training, resources, up to date information, news, and pre-release cool stuff! As a member you will be eligible for all of the Windows Live™ commercial offers. Sign In to participate! " You can register
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This just came out - a new experimental front end for Live Search - FAQ Here . The introduction of the 'shelf' is quite novel - here is how you use it: Step 1. Go to www.tafiti.com Step 2: Enter your search term (I am going to search for Tafiti itself):
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http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2007/07/27/three-new-features-in-live-search-images.aspx Now that is a great idea - we've all spent ages scrolling through pages of images looking for something - at least now you can narrow a search for someone
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7a0bce98-eab4-40a3-b7ec-43c09d6ae8cb&DisplayLang=en I installed this today - useful add-on for Outlook. Quick dry run so you can see how it works: I created a test appopintment with myself at
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Just read that Tesco has moved it's store locator to Virtual Earth: http://www.tesco.com/storelocator/ - excellent to see. Keep watching this space for a local initiative for partners on VE...
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Firstly please note that whilst we call this 'enterprise' search we encourage partners to think 'business' search - this applies to all sizes of customer not just the biggest ones. Found this great offer and realised I hadn't promoted it beforehand. Basically
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