Few weeks back I wrote about a possibility that Microsoft may re-brand their live search as Kumo.com. At that time, all the speculation was based on the fact that they have acquired the domain – Kumo.com. However now it just got more interesting, as LiveSide is reporting that Microsoft has even trademarked the name Kumo. [...]

Microsoft’s Live Labs has recently released a brand new online bookmarking service called Thumbtack, which allows users to compile web links, media and text snippets and store it online for future reference. Thumbtack also offers collaboration – users can share their thumbtack collections with friends and they will be able to add their own clips [...]

Microsoft have just released an alpha version of its own open source content management system (CMS) platform – Oxite. What is Oxite? Oxite is blogging flavored CMS platform that is currently available under the Microsoft Public License. Its target user base is not ‘end users’ but developers who perhaps use Microsoft’s platform to make a [...]

Microsoft has recently signed a major deal with the Pioneer PC Manufacturing company – Dell. According to a source Dell will be shipping new PCs with Microsoft’s Live Search toolbar preinstalled with their operating system. Even though Microsoft & Dell officials has denied to comment on this deal, ZDnet’s source has confirmed that Microsoft has [...]

After a lot of speculation earlier, The UK’s Times Online is reporting that Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search business for $20 billion and install Jon Miller and Ross Levinsohn to run the company. The whole thing may sound very reasonable to you, but the price sounds really ridiculous as Yahoo’s whole [...]