Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy Powerset, a start-up that is working on a new class of Web search that relies on insights from linguistics rather than simple keyword strings.

Reuters - A major Hollywood studio and online search engine Google Inc on unveiled separate moves on Monday to put movie and TV-like content on the Web, highlighting the way in which both see the Internet as critical to reaching customers.

Reuters - Citigroup added Google Inc and Time Warner Inc to its top picks live list, based on the search engine giant's near- and long-term outlook and a possible sale of Time Warner's AOL advertising and dial-up businesses.

Reuters - Yahoo told shareholders on Wednesday that the search advertising pact it signed with Google earlier this month was "financially attractive" and struck the right strategic balance.

AP - Yahoo Inc.'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer's commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders.

Reuters - Google Inc on Wednesday named Patrick Pichette, president of operations at Bell Canada, as its new chief financial officer, replacing CFO George Reyes after a nearly year-long search.