Microsoft has debuted into testing the service designed to kill Live Search. Dubbed Kumo, Japanese for spider or cloud, the new search engine from the Redmond company is now live, however, it is accessible only internally, to Microsoft employees. Kumo is an integral part of the software giant's efforts to fuel the organic evolution of its search engine, having failed to acquire Yahoo in 2008. Microsoft emphasized that Kumo was used exclusively as the codename for the internal test service. In this respect, the company is yet to announce the final label for the Live Search killer.
However, make no mistake about it, Microsoft is not only cooking a new search engine designed to bring it closer to Google, but is also getting ready to completely rebrand Live Search. More at; http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kumo-Is-Live-Live-Search-039-s-Killer-Debuts-into-Testing-105905.shtml