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White Paper Driven by their low cost, affordable bandwidth and their scalability, Ethernet services are growing rapidly and are also now reaching critical market mass. Network performance, and SLA verification in particular, is even... [11 Sep 2008]
Microsoft coffers swell on Vista, Office sales
News s Overture service. Microsoft said its online services business, which includes its MSN and Windows Live efforts, saw revenue grow 11 per cent, with advertising revenue up 23 per cent from a year earlier. [27 Apr 2007]
Microsoft depressed by search results
News s Overture engine to Microsoft's own AdCenter paid search system has had a particularly strong impact, with Microsoft taking a hit in the amount of revenue it derives from each search query. Microsoft said its internet... [26 Jan 2007]
Microsoft plans "long-term investments"
News The company is in the process of transitioning its search engine from the former Overture service, now owned by Yahoo! However the company forecast sharply lower profits for both periods, saying it planned to step up its... [02 May 2006]
Google to thwart Microsoft with AOL bid?
News Google began providing search services for AOL in 2002, replacing Overture, which was acquired by Yahoo! Google could try to bid for AOL to pre-empt a Microsoft takeover and protect the $380m in revenue... [20 Sep 2005]
Zennström: 'Skype to reach billions with video phones'
News Draper, who helped fund cutting-edge companies such as online email provider Hotmail and internet advertising software firm Overture, affirmed that he and Zennström would like to keep Skype a private company. [21 Jul 2005]
Update: Barry Diller group bids $1.85bn for Ask Jeeves
News The new MSN AdCenter service, set to debut in Singapore and France in the coming months, is also likely to diminish Microsoft's dependence on Overture, a subsidiary of Yahoo! At that time, the company split off its... [21 Mar 2005]
Microsoft launches into paid search
News s Overture Services currently supplies MSN with sponsored search links, which complement MSN-sold "featured sites". But the new MSN service, called adCentre and set to roll out in Singapore and France in... [16 Mar 2005]
Microsoft launches into search
News s Inktomi search technology has powered MSN for more than three years, and its commercial subsidiary Overture Services has provided targeted text ads for several years, too. MSN's Payne would not comment... [01 Feb 2005]
Yahoo! wants to be a Hollywood star
News also maintains offices in nearby Pasadena, California, for its commercial search arm Overture Services. properties including games, news, sports, finance, movies and the music services... [26 Jan 2005]
Yahoo! fashionably late for desktop search party
News commercial-search subsidiary Overture Services. In a step to keep pace with chief rival Google, Yahoo! plans to start testing a downloadable desktop search application in early January. The Sunnyvale,... [10 Dec 2004]
Google grabs AOL Europe from Overture
News America Online and Google have expanded their partnership in Europe, in a deal that once again pushes search rival Overture Services to the margins. The agreement is yet another coup for Google in the... [20 Oct 2004]
Microsoft quietly opens song shop
News Microsoft will wrap the site into its online advertising and into paid search links provided by Yahoo's Overture Services division. MSN corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi said during a press briefing... [02 Sep 2004]
Newspaper websites loving paid search ads
News The Financial Times, Guardian Newspapers and Independent News and Media have all signed deals with Overture Services, a Yahoo! and Google settled a two-year court battle involving the companies'... [25 Aug 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.08.04
Round-Up s subsidiary Overture Services. The front pages of high-tech news services have been dominated by stories about the two companies in recent months. It is a truth universally acknowledged... [13 Aug 2004]
