Microsoft recently announced an agreement with Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest PC manufacturer that would considerably make stronger its fight to collapse Google as the head in search. Starting upcoming year, Microsoft’s search engine – Windows Live Search – would certainly be installed as the default search tool on all PCs moved by HP – a move that must augment the number of people who use the software gigantic to aid them search the web.

Google’s engine further performs the vast mass of the searches mannered by users of Firefox; an option browser to Microsoft’s made by Mozilla. Taking into account PCs that are made use at work and in the home, Internet Explorer is used by maximum 75 per cent of people to steer the web. Firefox is the next well-known browser, used by 11 per cent, according to Nielsen Online.

Yahoo has exposed a new beta version of Yahoo Messenger 9 software where user can have new and amazing options for reconstructing networks of friends and contacts they have built anywhere.

This new beta of Yahoo Messenger 9 could further help user to invite contacts on AOL, Google’s Gmail and Orkut, Microsoft’s Hotmail, MySpace, and also from other online services to get connected through the Yahoo service. Version 9 as well has a special group of all people in your Yahoo address book, assisting to connect with contacts users might have stored somewhere else within Yahoo itself. Yahoo Messenger 9 is planned for use on Windows XP, on the contrary to the more clearly named Yahoo Messenger for Vista. The last version of the Yahoo Messenger 9 is due in the third quarter, Yahoo said. The Mac equal is programmed to be exposed by the end of the year.

Google Inc. exposed its nearly done mobile software system to about 3,000 computer programmers this week, expecting to grow more services and marketing for people on the go. Although short, the display at the Internet search leader’s annual developer conference at San Francisco stated the most wide public look so far at “Android” – an open-source platform being intended for “smart” phones and other mobile devices, which surf the Web. Android was first proclaimed about seven months ago.

The bells and whistles exposed Wednesday comprised: a way to unlock phones by drawing a precise shape on the touchscreen in its place of typing a password; bookmarks for favorite Web sites on the device’s index page; a “compass” tool, which mechanically roams with the phone while a user looks at graphic images of a city map; a expanded tool to zoom in on Web content; and a mobile version of the video game “Pac Man.”

Google is soon planning to release a near-last version of the Google Web Toolkit 1.5, software intended to simplify the burdensome parts of writing complicated Web-based software. GWT 1.5 comprises support for Java 5, a version of the Sun Microsystems programming language that was launched in the year 2006, and produces software, which runs about 1.2 to 2 times quicker for complex Web applications, stated Bruce Johnson, Google’s engineering manager for GWT.

This fresh software fuels Google’s goal of making the Web a much wealthier software environment – a purpose on present this week at the Google I/O meeting in San Francisco. Johnson also considers that the Web is by now “really close” to the abilities of PC as a software foundation.

“We’ve observed that there’s no question anymore whether you’re going to target the browser or a desktop app. For almost any new exciting app, you’re going to target the browser,” Johnson said. “For the right set of applications, it’s already better than what you can do on the desktop. For extremely low-latency applications, like video editing, I think we’re still a couple years out.”

Viacom’s $1 billion copyright contravention charge against YouTube “threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information” over the Internet, YouTube parent Google stated in an official response to the suit.

The response, reported by the Associated Press, was filed late Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Google says the risk comes from Viacom’s try to make “carriers and hosting providers” legally responsible for what people post. Google, in passing, has said this suit would only be determined in court

Google, in its response, said YouTube “goes far beyond its legal obligations in assisting content owners to protect their works.” Google added that YouTube has loyally followed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and responded to claims of contravention.

Google Inc. sprawled it’s acquire of Internet searches in Apr to 61.6 proportionality, while Yahoo Inc. sites and few other solon search engines saw dismiss declines between March and April, according to comScore’s April search rankings. Google’s assets of Internet searches chromatic 1.8 percent from Walk to April, from 59.8 percent in March to 61.6 pct.

Yahoo, on the other hand, aimed an affirmable proxy war and of a takeover bid by Microsoft early this period, saw its percentage status 0.9 percent, from 21.3 percent to 20.4 percent of searches. Shadowing Yahoo were Microsoft Firm’s sites, downward to 9.1 value of searches in April from 9.4 percent in March, AOL LLC, behind to 4.6 percent from 4.8 percent; and Oakland-based Ask.com, down to 4.3 percent of searches from 4.7 proportion in March.

Searches beyond the nucleus field, much as map searches and searches for user-generated/friendly videos, were not comprised in the figures. The rankings further stated that Americans incorporated 10.6 billion searches on the main search engines, a 2 percent turn from March. More than 6.5 billions set searches were also conducted on Google, subsequent by 2.2 billion on Yahoo sites and 961 million on Microsoft sites. AOL saw 491 million searches, and Ask.com saw 458 million, according to comScore.

Microsoft may not look to bid for acquiring Yahoo but now it would be other type deal with No 2 Search engine – Steve Ballmer stated yesterday. “We are not bidding to buy Yahoo,” Ballmer said at the inauguration of Microsoft’s new research and development centre in Israel.

“Yet, we are trying to have discussions about deals with Yahoo that might create value, but not a whole acquisition of the company,” he said without elaborating further. Earlier this month, Microsoft moved away from the offer to obtain Yahoo for $47.5 billion (24.16 billion pounds), or $33 per share, after Yahoo rejected the offer, saying it would only resolve for $37 a share.

Microsoft is now planning to make an alternative offer, proposing to purchase Yahoo’s search business and take a marginal stake in the Web firm, a person well-known with the discussions told Reuters this week.

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) this Monday stated it is now taking third-party ad tags on the Google content network in North America.

“This will empower advertisers to work with approved third parties to serve and track display ads, including rich media ads, across the Google content network through AdWords, giving them more options, flexibility and control over their campaigns,” wrote Google senior business product manager Rajas Moonka in a blog post. A Google speaker stated that the company had spoken about certification with Atlas representatives and that Atlas could be specialized at some point in near future. The speaker also said she could not comment on possible enclosure of ads served by Yahoo.