Live SearchThe official blog of the Live Search team at MicrosoftNew home page helps you explore more on the Web- July 30, 2008 Today we're releasing an update to the Live Search home page that received positive feedback from customers in trials last month. The new design features background images that will change frequently, augmented with what we call "hotspots." These interactive areas highlight parts of the image and help you explore search results related to the highlighted area. Users who have tested this new home page have found it both engaging and a great place to start a search. New images and hotspots In...http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/07/30/new-home-page-aims-to-help-you-explore... Powerset joins Live Search- July 1, 2008 We're excited to announce that we've reached an agreement to acquire Powerset, a San Francisco-based search and natural language company. Powerset will join our core Search Relevance team, remaining intact in San Francisco. Powerset brings with it natural language technology that nicely complements other natural language processing technologies we have in Microsoft Research. More importantly, Powerset brings to Live Search a set of talented engineers and computational linguists in downtown San..http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/07/01/powerset-joins-live-search.aspx |