MSN Search Beta Set To Launch
Microsoft Corp.'s MSN division on Thursday will launch a public beta of its Web search technology, according to sources familiar with the plans.
Source: eWeekThe beta will expand on MSN's technology preview of its new search engine that has been available through the MSN Sandbox site. MSN launched a second preview last month with a Web index of about 5 billion documents after conducting a smaller two-month test earlier in the summer. Sources said that the beta will add "more bells and whistles" to MSN's previous previews and will be more widely available. The launch this week will not involve MSN's desktop search, which is slated for release in December, the sources said.
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