Microsoft Corp. said on Monday it was aiming to make search services -- a hot technology right now with the impending public offering of Google Inc. -- customized for users so that results would be based on individual preferences and interests.

Google's unorthodox auction-style IPO is forcing portfolio managers to play Wall Street's version of The Price is Right.

A Web site with the same name as the Democratic presidential ticket failed to attract the $150,000 minimum bid its owner wanted at an online auction.

Microsoft Corp. wants to be your electronic paperboy. The software behemoth debuted a pilot service at MSNBC.com Tuesday that automatically assembles news summaries, partly personalized for each visitor.

South Korea's top Internet portal, Daum Communications Corp., said it has acquired the US portal business of Spain's Terra Lycos.

Google Inc.'s highly anticipated IPO took a major step toward reaching the stock market late Friday when the online search engine leader opened the Web site where prospective investors must register to bid for the company's shares.