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Article: Microsoft will offer Live Search.
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- Automotive News
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- August 4, 2008
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Byline: Leslie J. Allen
The software that powers infotainment systems such as Ford Sync soon may allow motorists to do Internet searches likely by voice while they drive.
Microsoft Corp. will make its Live Search Web search engine available as part of its Microsoft Auto software. Live Search is a service similar to Yahoo! or Google.
It would be up to individual automakers and suppliers to decide whether to implement Live Search in vehicles, navigation units and radios and to decide how drivers would access the information.
"Part of this should be voice-driven,'' said Tom Phillips, the new general manager of Microsoft's automotive business unit. "Part of it ...