Microsoft launches Windows Live Search and Live.com

BANGALORE: Microsoft today launched beta versions of

its Windows Live Search service and new search homepage, Live.com, across the

Asia Pacific region as part of an additional roll out to 33 new markets around

the globe.






The service features an innovative new user-interface and rich and powerful
organisational tools designed to place the user in control and help people

simply find what they need, from anywhere. It will also become available across

additional Windows Live services that launch over the coming year.






Alex Stewart, regional director for Microsoft's
MSN
and Windows Live business in Asia Pacific, said, "Outside of email,

Search is the most popular online activity in Asia. It's become a ubiquitous

part of the web and yet there is still huge potential in terms of what it can

deliver for Asia's netizens. These services are core to our strategy and we

believe that the innovations unveiled today deliver an outstanding level of

power and simplicity to search".






Windows Live Search features a new user-friendly interface and simple precision
tools such as search preview, a detail slider bar that increases the level of

result information on the results page, and smart scroll that enables people to

view search results without moving from page to page.






All news search, and RSS feeds are just a few of the search categories unveiled
in some of the markets today with new categories including image search, MSNR

shopping, MSN spaces, and local search to be introduced over the coming months.






Live.com, customisable search home page for Windows Live, includes a new design
together with features that help consumers quickly customise the Windows Live

Search experience with several new, advanced search services. These include the

ability to add persistent search results to one's Live.com home page, subscribe

to RSS feeds directly from search results, and view search results in the

advanced contextual format.






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