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  Bing will tap Facebook, Twitter in answering queries

  Microsoft is introducing a phone-a-friend feature into its Bing search engine, allowing searchers to ask their Facebook and Twitter contacts to supplement information gathered by the search engine itself.

  By Tim Greene | 11 May, 2012 07:26

  Tags: web 2.0, unified communications, twitter, software, social media, search engine, networking, Microsoft, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, collaboration, bing, applications

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  Bing and Yahoo sponsored results lead to hard-to-remove rootkit

  Searching for Flash Player on Bing and Yahoo can lead to rogue pages distributing a hard-to-remove rootkit, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor GFI Software.

  By Lucian Constantin | 15 October, 2011 01:37

  Tags: advertising, bing, Exploits / vulnerabilities, internet, intrusion, malware, Microsoft, search engines, security, Yahoo

• IBM: After 30 years, PC going the way of the vacuum tube and typewriter

  Thirty years ago, IBM created the first personal computer running Microsoft's MS-DOS. Today, IBM and Microsoft seem to have very different views on the future of the PC.

  By Jon Brodkin | 11 August, 2011 08:17

  Tags: Android, Apple, bing, Commodore Windows, Components, IBM, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Office365, pc, Skpe, smartphone, tablets, Xbox

• User satisfaction study: Facebook vulnerable to Google+

  User satisfaction with Facebook is low enough that the social networking site risks losing significant market share to Google+, according to a new study.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 19 July, 2011 14:07

  Tags: bing, Facebook, Foresee, Google, Google+, internet, Microsoft, msn, MySpace, search engines, social networking, Yahoo, youtube

• Microsoft's frenemies: The necessity of partnering up

  How do you solve a problem like Apple and Google?

  By Shane O'Neill | 14 May, 2011 01:50

  Tags: Apple, bing, Blackberry, consumer electronics, Convergence, Google, internet, Microsoft, mobile, networking, Nokia, Phones, rim, search, search engines, Skype, smartphones, Telecommunication, unified communications, wireless

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  Microsoft adds Facebook 'likes' to Bing search results

  Microsoft on Wednesday showed how Facebook friends will be able to influence Bing users' search results, as part of a wide-ranging update on search that also included developments for its image, maps and mobile services.

  By James Niccolai | 16 December, 2010 06:24

  Tags: bing, Facebook, Facebook 'Likes', Google, internet, Microsoft, search engines, Yahoo

• Microsoft's Q4 Earnings: Seven Facts Likely to Be Spun

  Microsoft will announce its fiscal 2010 earnings Thursday afternoon, and the pressure is on Redmond to deliver big numbers now that PCs sales have jumped this year, Windows 7 is the "fastest selling OS ever" and Office 2010 is generally available.

  By Shane O'Neill | 22 July, 2010 06:52

  Tags: Apple, applications, Applications | Office Applications, bing, desktop pcs, fiscal 2010, Google, hardware systems, Microsoft, Office, operating systems, revenue, software, Windows, Windows 7

• Microsoft Bing grabs search share from Google

  After struggling for a few months, Microsoft's Bing search engine showed growth in the U.S. in June.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 15 July, 2010 07:34

  Tags: bing, e-commerce, Google, internet, Internet Search, Microsoft, networking, search engines, Yahoo

• Bing client for Android due within weeks

  Microsoft will release its first full-featured Bing search client for Android in the next six weeks, matching the search capabilities that Microsoft offers for the iPhone, company executives said Tuesday.

  By Michael Kan | 14 July, 2010 10:49

  Tags: bing, consumer electronics, Google Android, internet, Microsoft, Phones, search engines, smartphones

• Microsoft to boost Bing's music, TV, movies, game search

  Microsoft will unveil new features next week to enhance the Bing search engine's capabilities to search for entertainment-related content, specifically in areas such as music, television, movies and online games.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 19 June, 2010 09:08

  Tags: bing, Microsoft, search engines

• Google's new Bing-like look disappears

  Only hours after launching vibrant background imagery on its homepage, Google stripped the page back to its usual stark white.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 11 June, 2010 05:23

  Tags: bing, Google, search engines

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  Microsoft brings Facebook into social search

  Microsoft is launching a new social search page that displays results from Facebook and Twitter, an executive announced on Wednesday at Search Marketing Expo in Seattle.

  By Nancy Gohring | 10 June, 2010 03:20

  Tags: bing, Facebook, Microsoft, social networking, social search

• Deal with Apple 'easy,' Microsoft executive says

  Microsoft may be the biggest software company in the world, but like everyone else who does a deal with Apple, it too was sworn to secrecy.

  By Nancy Gohring | 10 June, 2010 03:46

  Tags: Apple, bing, iphone 4, Microsoft, mobile phones, search engines, smartphones, WWDC 2010

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  Search marketers consider optimizing for Bing

  Once Google cornered the bulk of the search market, many search marketers stopped optimizing their sites for other engines, but that could change when the Bing-Yahoo integration happens, experts speaking at Search Marketing Expo said.

  By Nancy Gohring | 09 June, 2010 06:01

  Tags: advertising, bing, digital marketing, search engines, seo

• Bing gives Microsoft search credibilty -- and pushes Google

  A year after Microsoft launched Bing, the product has returned Microsoft to credibility in the search market, and appears to have prompted renewed innovation at Google.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 02 June, 2010 03:56

  Tags: bing, Google, Microsoft