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 ...

The EVE project, developed by Pi School with support from Imperative Space, is creating an innovative virtual expert capable of answering queries about Earth Observation and Earth science in natural ...

Microsoft’s MSN division will add to its search engine in about two weeks a local search index for finding business directory listings, and later on will enhance this local index with MSN Virtual ...

Microsoft has released a beta version of Virtual Earth, a web-based application that combines local search with maps and aerial photography. MSN has offered satellite imagery with maps with its local ...

OnStar's services are now powered by Virtual Earth, and Virtual Earth lets its users create synths using PhotoSynth.<BR><BR><a href='http://arstechnica.com/microsoft ...

Microsoft has integrated Photosynth, its technology that stitches pictures together, with Virtual Earth, encouraging businesses to combine the two technologies. The company envisions real-estate ...

Earth 2 is a concept for a second virtual Earth; a metaverse, between virtual and physical reality in which real-world geolocations on a sectioned map correspond to geographically accurate digital ...

The evolution of planet Earth and the emergence of life during its first half-billion years are inextricably linked, with a series of planetwide transformations—formation of the ocean, evolution of ...

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