Microsoft Removes Projectile-vomiting IE8 Ad From Web (PC World) PC World - An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste in viewers' mouths that Microsoft has decided to remove it. Microsoft adds selected "tweets" to Bing (AFP)
Microsoft Pulls Gross-Out Ad for IE8 (PC World) PC World - It looks like the image of a woman throwing up after inadvertently viewing pornography was too controversial for Microsoft. As of this morning, the online-only ad for Internet Explorer 8 called O.M.G.I.G.P. -- oh my God! I'm gonna puke -- has been pulled from all Microsoft and third-party video Web sites -- including the dedicated IE8 si...... Bing Builds an Underwhelming Twitter Search (PC World) PC World - Looking for a competitive edge in the Internet search wars, Microsoft plans to index Twitter updates in real time for Bing, its recently rebranded search engine. Windows 7 May Get Family Pack Discount (PC World) PC World - Microsoft may be introducing a Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium, with a shared license for three computers in the same household. The license details in the latest build of Windows 7 have the following clause under ‘Installation and Use Rights': "If you are a ‘Qualified Family Pack User,' you may install one copy of the softwa...... Microsoft posts modest search gains with Bing (AFP)
Microsoft's Bing search wins share from Google (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp's new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday. Cisco may offer Web-based office software (Reuters)
5 Features Internet Explorer Will Likely Crib from Firefox 3.5 (PC World) PC World - Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browser launched today not only besting Internet Explorer 8 when it comes to features, in my opinion, but also when it comes to speed. As I'll predict here, for its next Internet Explorer launch Microsoft will crib innovative Firefox 3.5 features and skimp on giving credit. After all, haven't we seen Microsoft do th...... You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AFP - Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.
AFP - New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of the search market in the United States in June but, still lags behind Yahoo! and Google, a Web analytics firm reported Wednesday.
Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp's popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet.
