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Microsoft Introduces Competition For Google News

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday November 19, 2003 @04:01AM from the up-to-the-minute-or-something dept.

Romeo E. Cabrera writes "In advance of an imminent launch of its own search engine, Microsoft has launched its own version of the popular Google News service. Based initially on feeds from the Moreover news aggregation service, the new beta service (known as MSN Newsbot) aims to provide news on a range of subjects including World, Sports, Entertainment, Science and Technology."

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and perhaps conversely... by Snar+Bloot · 2003-11-19 04:05 · Score: 0, Troll

any article positive to MS might be at the top of the list?
When I checked the Newsbot the top two most popular articles were "Microsoft tests Web news service".
This is good. by chadjg · 2003-11-19 04:47 · Score: 0, Troll

I'm glad to see that Microsoft is diversifying. They are very slightly losing their grip on the crash prone operating system market, so it is a good idea to come up with innovative and novel services.

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Re:Definition... by Luigi30 · 2003-11-19 08:54 · Score: 0, Troll

Microsoft's software doesn't work for Jews?

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You =! 'we' by nurb432 · 2003-11-19 11:32 · Score: 0, Troll

Subject says it all. You don't belong with us. Go away.

Oh, and i wouldn't consider myself a troll.. Just stating reality when it comes to business practice.. the only goal is to decimate your opponents... nothign less.

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