Google fired back on Sunday at Microsoft's bid to acquire Yahoo, accusing Microsoft of seeking to extend its computer software monopoly deeper into the Internet realm.
Microsoft has made a $44.6bn takeover bid for Yahoo!.
Microsoft is offering Yahoo! shareholders a mix of cash and stock under the unsolicited offer.
Microsoft aims to be one of the top two players in the online advertising market in three to five years, a company executive in charge of the business has said.
Amazon.com and Microsoft today announced the 1,000 HD DVD IndiesProject, designed to lower the barriers to entry for filmmakers to produce movies in the HD DVD format.
Microsoft has it will offer improved capacity to search copyrighted books on the Internet as the company battles Google for advertising dollars from Web-based services.