Microsoft continues to build search technology team

Seems like Microsoft has decided that it doesn't have to buy Yahoo to get its search technology, they can just hire the brains behind it.

In the last two months they have hired Qi Lu, who was EVP of search engineering technology and Sean Suchter who ran Yahoo's search engine.

Do they really think they can take on Google? Hmmmm

Seems like there are a lot of other areas where they could spend their money.