With Microsoft mum, analysts mull next moves for Live Search

In this Nov. 7, 2007 file photo, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer reacts during Tech.Ed, a technology conference, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Without the influx of Web traffic Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)