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July 09, 2004

AltaVista Code Hacker an Employee of Microsoft's MSN Search

This could get uncomfortable for Microsoft. According to news reports, a Kirkland man arrested last week on allegations that he stole proprietary technology from the AltaVista search engine two years ago is a Microsoft Corp. employee who has been working on the Redmond company's MSN Search initiative.

While the man wasn't in Microsoft's employ at the time of the incident, it doesn't help that he now works on their MSN Search team. Could Microsoft unknowingly be using search technology stolen from AltaVista? Then again, did AltaVista have anything worth stealing?

Andy Beal | permalink | +marktd |

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