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Microsoft’s New Search Engine Might Be Called ‘Bing’

9:09PM John Herrman | Microsoft is planning to publicly unveil their new GOOGLE KILLER, codenamed “Kumo”, to the public at All Things D as early as today. We don’t know a whole lot about it, but word is they’re calling it “Bing”, as in the cherry, the Crosby or the sound of Microsoft’s planned $US100m planned advertising budget bouncing off of Google’s market share. More »
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Microsoft Will Unveil ‘Kumo’ Search Engine At All Things D

9:09AM Jason Chen | The May 26 to May 28 conference will allow Microsoft to show off a search engine that’s supposedly more competitive to Google than its current solution. (”What current solution,” you may ask, if you’re trying to be a jerk.) [All Things D] More »
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Microsoft Embracing Open Source Big Time with Kumo

11:20PM Jesus Diaz | Not only Microsoft is using open source technology for Kumo—their new search technology and Nth Google Killer—but they are giving back to the community: More »