Microsoft has unveiled a test version of a new location-based search tool, the software giant said Monday. Virtual Earth--which offers a combination of aerial imagery, maps and yellow-pages data--is ...

Microsoft has launched the UK version of its Virtual Earth Platform, a set of online mapping services aimed at customer-facing businesses such as retail stores, estate agencies and the tourist ...

Microsoft has enhanced Live Search with a new service, Virtual Earth giving searchers the option to display search results as two-dimensional views or three dimensional models. However another ...

Microsoft has bought Caligari, a developer of 3D modeling software, in a move that could help enrich the graphics experience in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth mapping system. Caligari started making 3D ...

Updates for worldwide virtual mapping applications are like buses: you wait ages for one then two come along at once. We had a spare minute this morning, so we thought we'd take a look at Virtual ...