Microsoft has launched the UK version of its Virtual Earth Platform, a set of online mapping services aimed at customer-facing businesses such as retail stores, estate agencies and the tourist ...

Microsoft has unveiled a test version of a new location-based search tool, the software giant said Monday. Virtual Earth--which offers a combination of aerial imagery, maps and yellow-pages data--is ...

Microsoft previewed its new search platform, MSN Virtual Earth, at the D Conference ("All things digital") in Carlsbad, California, this week.Most commentators immediately linked the announcement to ...

Microsoft Monday is planning the release of a new online local search product that goes head to head with a similar offering from rival Google. Microsoft Monday is planning the release of a new online ...

Updates for worldwide virtual mapping applications are like buses: you wait ages for one then two come along at once. We had a spare minute this morning, so we thought we'd take a look at Virtual ...

Microsoft was set to release on Monday a new online local search product that goes head to head with a similar offering from rival Google. MSN Virtual Earth, first announced by the Redmond, Washington ...