internally under the name of Kumo.com, a spokesman for the software
company said on Monday.
The service is not yet available outside the company, but may
eventually form part of Microsoft's attempt to catch up with Internet
search leaders Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
The new service was unveiled in an internal memo sent by the head of
research at the company's online services division on Monday. It did
not provide details about the new features.
"Kumo.com exists only inside the corporate network, and in order to
get enough feedback we will be redirecting internal live.com traffic
over to the test site in the coming days," said the memo from Satya
Nadella. "Kumo is the codename we have chosen for the internal test."
The memo was first made public on The Wall Street Journal's All Things
Digital blog.
Microsoft's Nadella reckons the company can put together a better
search engine than those currently available.
"We believe we can provide a better and more useful search experience
that helps you not just search but accomplish tasks," Nadella said in
the memo. "An explorer pane on the left side of results pages will
give you access to tools that help you with your tasks."
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