[Am-info] Microsoft runs search for a way to take over internet

[Erick Andrews]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1075604,00.html

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The phenomenal success of Google, the internet search engine, 
has attracted the attention of the biggest name in hi-tech business, 
the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. 

Microsoft is said to be pursuing talks to buy the Silicon Valley firm. 
Google, which was started from scratch five years ago by two Stanford 
computer science graduate students, was recently valued at between 
$15bn and $25bn. 

According to a report in the New York Times, Microsoft executives 
have approached Google about a range of options, including a takeover 
by the software company, at meetings in the past two months. 

The discussions were said to have gained "little traction" but they 
underline just how important a player Google has become in a 
relatively short space of time. It handles around 150m searches a day 
and has become the first point of reference for net users looking for 
anything from obscure quotations to health advice. 
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Erick Andrews