Microsoft CEO plays down Google threat
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Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, in Tokyo to launch new Windows Live services, played down the threat of Google on Thursday, denying the rival was ahead in any way but in online searches.
"Google is not ahead of us," he told reporters at a Tokyo hotel. "In the area of search specifically, Google would lead." Microsoft on Thursday began offering its Windows Live programming package for e-mail, instant messaging, blogging and photo-sharing in Japan. The product was announced in the U.S. Tuesday.