[By the end of the week, Microsoft acknowledged its mistake and said it would issue a correction.] We launched the Microsoft Phishing Filter Add-in to more effectively protect customers from phishing and identity theft and we applaud other companies for their efforts in this area, as well, ... We recognize we were not first to deliver a phishing filter to the market and apologize for any confusion. |
For millions of us who love college basketball, having so many games packed into three weeks of nonstop action is both a cause for joy and a real challenge to stay up on all the outcomes. With real-time scores and Instant Answers from MSN Search and FOX Sports, fans are never more than a click away from the cure for their basketball fever. |
For us, this is certainly a first step, and we want to do a lot more. |
It just made sense to include it into the products we have. |
It's another opportunity to reach a new segment for us and get people acquainted with the Windows Live search brand. |
It's primarily, for us, an exposure mechanism -- an opportunity to get people using our technology, familiar with our technology, and get that brand awareness out there. |
It's very important for us to reach out to different partners in the search space. |
The beauty and the curse of the Internet is that stuff can live pretty much forever. Certainly at some point, we will have to kind of expire things. We're not there yet. |
There's going to be more and more of those to come. |
We know how to work in the developer world, so we in no way see ourselves as catching up. |
We view this as more of a marathon than a sprint. |
We want to be able to give them the tools they need to turn around and build unique and creative things. |
We want to help customers be more aware of where they are landing online and steer clear of this phishing phenomenon out there, which unfortunately continues to grow. |
We'll have more to say on this in the coming weeks. |
We're definitely heading in that direction to get ready for the transition. |