In the Form S-1 that Google filed with the SEC this afternoon, the search engine names the companies with whom it has the most competition with. Calling the competition “formidable,” Google gave names to the search engines it thinks will give Google the most competition.
Google Prepared For Microsoft Challenge
The battle lines for search supremacy have been drawn. Google, the presumed search engine leader, is gearing up to ensure that their search engine is versatile enough to endure.
Introduction to Microsoft’s .NET Platform
In the present Internet scenario, accessing data from different accounts at various places isn’t practically feasible. Usually databases are designed for particular devices such as a PC, a WAP enabled Cell Phone, a PDA (HPC) is inaccessible from other devices. Microsoft has unveiled MICROSOFT.NET which supports the following technologies keeping all these aspects in mind.
Email Linking Microsoft to SCO Confirmed
SCO spokesman Blake Stowell has confirmed that a memo indicating Microsoft is funding SCO’s attacks on Linux is legitimate. The memo was leaked last week to Eric Raymond by “an anonymous whistleblower.”
America Online, EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo! Sue Over Spam
“Today is a red-letter day for big-time spammers, and the letters they should remember from this day forward are ‘CAN-SPAM,'” said AOL Executive Vice President and General Counsel Randall Boe.
Understanding Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) Planning and Optimization
Planning decisions are critical for a successful firewall implementation. Missing some of the most important points when designing a firewall implementation can jeopardize our information integrity and the overall network security.
Microsoft Search = Google Apocalypse?
I spoke with Dan Thies (author of today’s feature article) earlier today about Microsoft Search and he shared a great observation: Microsoft’s strategy is about squashing competition, not competing with it.
Will Microsoft Search Kill Apache?
Microsoft dominates the software world because they are better at strategy than anyone else. Beginning with the way they beat everyone to the punch with Altair BASIC, to their decision to embrace the PC platform, over and over we see very sharp strategy from Microsoft. MSN is already a very popular search service. They’re also an ISP, and a major portal. 1/3 of web users use MSN for one thing or another, not necessarily search, but MSN is already big. They serve about 12-15% of the searches on any given day.
Microsoft’s Services For Unix
Gosh, you’d never expect me to say something pleasant about a Windows machine, would you? Well, actually that’s not entirely true: I’ve been known to grudgingly admit that while it isn’t Unix, Windows XP Professional really isn’t awful. In fact, if you can live without Unixy stuff at your beck and call, Windows XP is pretty good – there are even things I actually LIKE about it.
How to Search for Date and Time Values Using Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Suppose you’re writing a query to find all the invoices that were written on January 6, 2003. You know from the control totals that 122 invoices were written that day. But when you run this query: