: Poeple wont start to use Bing just so they can access those news. Who cares? And Microsoft, telling other companies to remove themselves from Google. Microsoft...you make me sick. I hope that Murdoch will loose alot of money on this, and that people don't "migrate" to Bing.
Silicon Alley Insider:
Microsoft wants to pay News Corp (NWS) and other large publishers to de-list their Web sites from Google's (GOOG) search index, the Financial Times reports.
The idea is to force Google (GOOG) to pay for content, thinning its currently fat margins.Join the conversation about this story ยป
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Mashable!:
The New York Timesโ Nicholas Kristof is controversially asking web users to โBoycott Bingโ, claiming that Bing is censoring Simplified Chinese queries even outside the Peopleโs Republic of China. Last night, Bing responded to Kristofโs Friday afternoon posting, citing a programming bug but failing to deny the censorship cl (Read More)
mashable:
Weโve been matching up popular web services, applications and mobile apps against each other in heated one-on-one battles here in our weekly Faceoff Series. Last week Microsoft Office bested Google Docs in a head to head race for the title of office suite champion.This week we turned our attention to a rather timely battle (Read More)
Mashable!:
This post is part of Mashableโs Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: Fido Factor Quick Pitch: Fido Factor is a dog-specific local search a (Read More)
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader:
The partyโs in full swing today on Google Chrome OS bashing โ it seems that the blogosphere took cues from Steven Hodson yesterday, and multiple bloggers are attempting to advance the theory that Chrome OS is going to fail, and fail hard.Randall Kennedy has a long screed on why Google Chrome OS will fail at Infoworld. Not (Read More)
Scobleizer:
Today InfoWorldโs Randall Kennedy says that Googleโs Chrome OS will fail.What he is missing is heโs looking at the wrong field.Google is playing a different game. Google Chrome OS is NOT about killing Microsoft or Apple.What is it about? Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers.See, what happens if the wor (Read More)
Submitted by Logicalextremes
from Google Reader:
There are mistakes and there are mistakes. Some mistakes we learn from. For example: Thinking that selling toys for pets on the Web is a great way to get rich. We're not going to do that again. Other mistakes we insist on making over and over. For example, thinking that: (Read More)
Microsoft Watch:
Back in August, Microsoft and Nokia announced a partnership that would see Microsoft Office applications ported onto Nokia smartphones, starting with the business-centric Nokia Eseries. At the time, the move seemed a good one for Nokia, given that it would help strengthen its competitive position within the North American m (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Seesmic is having a huge week. The startup that develops Twitter and Facebook clients for the web and desktop just unveiled a native Windows client at Microsoftโs Professional Developer Conference earlier this week. At the Real-Time CrunchUp today, Seesmic is launching its first venture into the mobile space with impressive (Read More)
Submitted by Koltregaskes
from Google Reader:
Law fim puts out call for gamers tossed from Microsoft's online service in pre-Modern Warfare 2 purges. In the error message displayed by as many as 1 million Xbox 360s reportedly banned from Xbox Live earlier this month, Microsoft told gamers that there was "no recourse" for violating the system's terms of use agreement. T (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo must keep its share of search above 11% for the next three years, otherwise the Microsoft deal won't add additional profits, says Doug Anmuth of Barcalys.His key points from the a report he released this week: The Microsoft partnership would still generate incremental EBITDA for Yahoo! (vs. not having the deal) down t (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
EA may be cutting 1,500 people, but there seem to be plenty of jobs at Microsoft for Natal and other projects.Continue reading ยปJoin the conversation about this story ยปSee Also:AIDS Vaccine Beat Out By Xbox Natal In Time's "Best Inventions of 2009" (MSFT)Xbox's Natal To Launch With 5 Million Units, 14 Games* (MSFT, NTDOY)So (Read More)
All about Microsoft:
I'm not one of those ready to write Windows an RIP certificate now that Google has finally taken (some of) the wraps off its Chrome OS. In fact, after reading through industry watchers' questions and Google's answers about it, I'm thinking that Chrome OS may not look quite so appealing by the time it rolls out in late 2010. (Read More)