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 Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:08 pm Post subject: Look out, Google: Microsoft Buys Looksmart |
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| Quote: | Microsoft's MSN online division has bought e-mail search firm Lookout as part of efforts to improve its own search technology and compete with Google and Yahoo.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
San Francisco-based Lookout makes software that helps users more quickly search through e-mail stored in a Microsoft (MSFT) Outlook mailbox. Outlook is part of Microsoft's Office software package.
An MSN director said the company will incorporate Lookout's technology into its planned new MSN search offering. That technology, still in development, will let people search the Internet, e-mail, documents and other data. |
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tntcheats
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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Are Looksmart and Lookout the same company or is the thread mis-titled?
I don't think that the public will react kindly to search engines looking through email and documents on their computer--they got pissed at Google for a spider reading just online email, documents are even more sensitive an issue.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| privacy issues... |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:40 am Post subject: |
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isnt it just funny how microsoft and the other companies are trying their hardest to give gmail a run for its money?...lol as i have stated before on these forums...i am not a fan of microsoft at all..im a linux and unix junkie.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:00 am Post subject: |
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| thumbs up to google |
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jjpowers
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:54 am Post subject: MSN Lookout |
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Privacy is the issue!
How about this.
MSFT may have to aquire a new software in the future to protect users from Lookout searches.
Maybe is will be called Lockout!
Just a thought on the subject. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:24 am Post subject: |
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i see no threat here, microsoft will never buy google, or overpower google, because the usa would not allow that, a monoply (sp?) would not be allowed...
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:02 pm Post subject: Google forever |
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| yea, if microsoft wanted to buy (in other words take over) google, they should've done so LOONG ago. But now, hehe, too late! muhaha....which mean gmail for us...hooray!. |
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cvrk3
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| no way neither Micrsoft will be interested nor google will be interested. |
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tntcheats
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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If Microsoft had purchased Google (even if Google kept the same management and did exactly the same things) it would have never gotten as large at it is.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| besides microsoft is good at plgiarising only. look at their history. only one good thing i commend about them is that they know how to market. |
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