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Monday, June 1, 2009

Bing: Is That an Acronym for “Bing Is Not Google”?

bing_ballmer1Microsoft’s new search engine Bing unexpectedly went live this morning ahead of its scheduled June 3 launch date and it’s already done much to distinguish itself from Microsoft’s previous efforts in search. Certainly there’s far more verb potential in Bing than “Microsoft Live Search,” the service it’s replacing. And — beyond all this silliness about Bing’s prowess in adult entertainment queries — there’s a lot to impress.

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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »

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