Isaiah's Tech

Microsoft's new Kumo search engine has just been confirmed to be available starting on Wednesday of next week, June 3. Unfortunately, the "Kumo" name has been changed to "Bing." Personally, I think the Kumo name was better and I'm sad to see that they changed the name. I'll be sure to try it out though, even though it has an underwhelming name. This new search engine will be simultaneously battling with Google and Wolfram Alpha with their new features.

[Gizmodo]

According to a couple of reports, Microsoft will launch their new search engine, Kumo, next week at the D: All Things Digital technology conference. Apparently, "Kumo" is still not a finalized name for their new search engine, but they do have to do something drastic to catch up with the likes of Google, Yahoo, and possibly also the recently launched Wolfram Alpha. This is not confirmed, but it does come before the expected June 2nd release date of Kumo we heard a couple of months ago. We'll see what happens next week, but I'll be sure to give it a try whenever it's available.

[CNet News]

Apparently, over at Microsoft's search headquarters there is a countdown, well, counting down to a date - specifically June 2. It could be the day that the Windows Live brand gets renamed to Kumo. We've heard rumours about this in the past and Microsoft has done a good job about keeping their mouth shut about this. Microsoft is busy trying to find a way to keep up or chase down Google and Yahoo for the top search engine. They are expected to be making a push this Summer with their new ad campaign. We'll see what happens on June 2, but as of right now, I'm not all that thrilled.

[Maximum PC]