Live Search is getting ready to change its name some time this spring, and this has just been confirmed via Twitter.
We know that Microsoft snatched up the Kumo.com domain name last November.  “Kumo”, by the way, is the Japanese word for “cloud” (or spider, depending upon your translation).
Today, a Microsoft rep perhaps became a bit [...]

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Is it just a cute coincidence, or is something else going on behind the scenes?
A snow leopard is the background image on Live Search this afternoon.
“Snow Leopard” t happens to be the nickname for Apple’s next operating system, OS X 10.6, due out later this year.  Microsoft is either having a little fun with us, [...]

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