The U.S. Division of Justice is expanding its review with the pending Microsoft-Yahoo search partnership the pair unveiled this summer time.The DOJ has requested more information from each firms,
Office 2010 Key, according to a number of reports. Microsoft isn;t commenting around the specifics of what the DOJ is requesting. But a Bloomberg tale, citing “a person familiar using the matter,
Office Professional Plus 2010,” said the pair are likely to be asked about their search-engine investments, ad pricing and product plans.(I;ve asked Microsoft officials whether there are any far more specifics about the DOJ investigation to share but have yet to hear back.)Microsoft and Yahoo agreed to a complex partnership in July, via which Microsoft would provide a great deal (but not all) with the lookup technology to Yahoo for use within its different online properties and Yahoo would sell the Microsoft-Yahoo search and advertising platform to advertisers. The goal with the proposed partnership is to create a more formidable No. 2 player in the search market by combining the development and sales forces of the current No. 2 (Yahoo) and distant No. 3 (Microsoft).In July,
Windows 7 64bit, according to comScore,
Office 2007 Pro, Bing had 8.9 percent share with the U.S. lookup market and Yahoo had 19.3 percent. Google had 64.7 percent.Microsoft is expected to be launching an update to its Bing search engine,
Office 2007 Professional, known tentatively as “Bing 2.0″ before the end of this month — and possibly as early as next week