Microsoft buys Lookout to boost search
Now isn’t this interesting. I was just looking at this tool a few days ago. Google is making a tool. Apple is working on a tool. X1 is a hot tool. I’ve just downloaded Lookout to give it a whirl. If I were MS, I would give the tool away for free. Just have it as a download for Outlook. If they’re looking for an edge, this could be it.
Microsoft's MSN division announced Thursday that it has acquired Lookout Software, a firm whose technology searches messages in the software giant's Outlook e-mail client.
Details of the acquisition remain murky, as Microsoft did not disclose financial terms and did not describe how Lookout will be integrated. What the company did say was the acquisition builds on MSN Search's ongoing efforts to refurbish itself through a series of changes.