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Introducing Bing : By Microsoft

So, why a new [wikipop]search engine[/wikipop]? Why the new name? Why now?
Well, because even though search is a pretty amazing thing, the current state of [wikipop]search engines[/wikipop] has some equally amazing statistics.
So far in 2009, there are four and a half websites created EVERY SECOND as the web continues to expand. While more searchable information [...]

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With MobileMe, Apple Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

When Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, introduced MobileMe onstage at the WWDC keynote in June, the audience was wowed into believing that the most stylish hardware and software company had transformed itself into a formidable Internet service provider right before its eyes.
MobileMe not only promised to [...]

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Apple Admits MobileMe Mess… To Itself – Faster Forward

The MobileMe meltdown seems to have led to some heads rolling at Apple: Last night, Ars Technica reported that the company is reorganizing the MobileMe effort. The (generally reliable) tech-news site’s report quotes an e-mail from Steve Jobs, in which he calls the service “not up to Apple’s standards” and “a mistake” to have been [...]

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Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline on offer

Microsoft set the clock ticking for Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer in a letter to the Internet pioneer’s board Saturday, warning that if a deal wasn’t reached by April 26 the software maker would launch a hostile takeover at a less attractive price.”If we have not concluded an agreement within the next [...]

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