Google on Thursday added another reason for you to never leave the confines of its Internet walls. The searchengine giant has beefed up its movie pages, providing more detailed information on showtimes, theater locations, and reviews. …
Read Original Story: Google Beefs Up Movie Search Pages – Appscout (subscription)
Microsoft adds features to its Bingsearchengine, including localized news and weather, an expanded video page, and searchresults from WolframAlpha, a so-called computational engine designed to provide users with a definitive answer to a search…
Read Original Story: Microsoft Bing Search Engine Incorporates Wolfram Alpha, Local News – eWeek
Local TV news has long lived by the maxim, "If it bleeds, it leads." It appears that Microsoft has decided that when it comes to local news on Bing, that’s also the path to success, at least when it comes to Massachusetts. …
Read Original Story: Microsoft Bing's approach to local news: If it bleeds, it leads – Computerworld
If you haven’t noticed, Bing and Google are engaged in a tit-for-tat over which searchengine has the best features. On Wednesday, Bing unveiled new and improved tools like WolframAlpha integration, Facebook Previews and full-page weather reports. …
Read Original Story: Bing vs. Google: Feature Wars – PC World
After a search agreement between Yahoo and Microsoft is finally approved by federal regulators in the US, the partnership could expand outside of the country, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer noted. "It’s possible that we will extend that partnership (with …
Read Original Story: Microsoft, Yahoo Expected to Take Search Partnership Overseas – DailyTech
MICROSOFT HAS TURNED TO WolframAlpha to help bolster its searchresults in a bid to try and eke out a bit more market share. Bing will return WolframAlpharesults in select areas across nutrition, health and advanced mathematics. …
Read Original Story: Bing taps Wolfram Alpha for improved search – Inquirer
Microsoft has teamed up with a web tool once hailed as a rival to Google to provide results for its searchengineBing. WolframAlpha aims to answer questions directly, rather than display a list of links like a searchengine. …
Read Original Story: Bing teams up with Wolfram Alpha – BBC News
Microsoft has announced a deal that will bring the WolframAlphasearch tool to its Bingsearch service. The company said that the deal will allow users to take advantage of the WolframAlpha algorithms and search tools within Bing queries. …
Read Original Story: Microsoft adds Wolfram Alpha to Bing – V3.co.uk
Often hailed as the solution to Windows Vista performance problems, we wanted to know just how much better Windows 7 really is. We put one of our most recent test platforms through its paces to find out, benchmarking raw performance and responsiveness. …
Read Original Story: Tom's Hardware : News Bing Wolfram Alpha Search Deal – Tom's Hardware Guide
Earlier this week, Microsoft and mobile media company jiwire began a promotion that offers visitors to airports and hotels across the country access to free wifi in exchange for performing one search with Microsoft’s recently launched …
Read Original Story: The new paradigm: Seeing is believing – Media Life Magazine
