Games Boost Microsoft's Search Share

July 18, 2007 By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Microsoft, long stuck in third place behind Google and Yahoo in the search wars, suddenly boosted its share of the market last month by playing a shrewd game of chicken.

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