The planned outsourcing deal with Microsoft hasn't stopped Yahoo improving the search engine's integrating with Twitter. Yahoo users will now see 'tweets' appearing directly in Web search results
The company spends US$1.2 billion to take on the Norwegian enterprise provider of search services. Execs discuss the Sharepoint integration while a Canadian partner reacts to the news
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer criticized rival Google, saying it is devoted primarily to ad-supported search while Microsoft has reinvented itself many times over.