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Business
Steve Ballmer Up Close Talkin’ Bout Phones And Stuff
3:25AM Matt Buchanan | There’s something disarming, humanising even, about sitting Steve Ballmer in front of a webcam, sipping a giant iced coffee from Starbucks (which explains so much), talking about how Apple can only dominate “niche” categories, like media players, not something bigger. More »
Online
Bing Visual Search Could Be A Great Tool, Maybe, Someday
7:39AM John Herrman | Oh, what a romantic vision Microsoft has here, with Visual Search: Imagine a search engine that served up results in images instead of text, and had easily-recognisable pictures, organised by topics and other parameters, which you could narrow down until you found what you were looking for. That dude, with the hair, in that movie? Done. The camera, with the stumpy lens and retro body? Found. That girl, in that band, with that smile, and that voice? Binged. More »
Music
Surprise! Zune HD Will Have Integrated Bing Search
5:00PM Danny Allen | After gushing over the Zune HD last week, CNet has now posted some pics of its self-rotating, pinch-able Web browser in action, including a shot that reveals a “Search with Bing” branded query box. More »
Software
The Month In Windows Mobile Apps: Fancy Browsing, VoIP Magic, And An App Store
6:00AM John Herrman | You name it, we’ve got it: Sexy search tools! Google Voice! Upstart app stores! Maps, with stuff on them! Radio! Emulators, from the future! Fresh new browsers! It’s all in a day’s month’s work for Windows Mobile. More »
Games
Microsoft’s ‘Page Hunt’ Online Game Helps Improve Bing
6:20AM Sean Fallon | How good of a web surfer are you? Put your skills to the test with Microsoft’s Page Hunt online game. Besides a nerdy sort of satisfaction, your queries will help improve the Bing search engine. More »
Software
Microsoft VP On Chrome: “Most Of What Google Does Is Defensive”
1:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Microsoft’s Vice President of Developer and Platform Evangelism, Walid Abu-Hadba, explained in an interview what he thinks Google’s real motivation for creating the Chrome OS might be, and according to him, it’s not out of love for the consumer. More »
Software
Bing: The Fastest Way To Google
6:00AM Adam Frucci | Have you guys heard about Bing? It makes Googling stuff super easy. More »
Software
Ballmer Thinks Microsoft’s Biggest Mistake Is Search
10:20AM Jason Chen | Asked if he could have just one do-over, Ballmer replied, “I would probably say I would start sooner on search.” More »
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