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Confirmed: Microsoft's New Search Engine Is Called 'Bing', Opens June 3rd
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Posted on 05/28/2009 9:42:00 AM PDT by Gomez

Steve Ballmer just confirmed rumors that Microsoft's new search engine, previously called Kumo, has been christened with the wonderfully onomatopoeic, possibly stupid name, "Bing". UPDATE: And it's coming next week.

From the AllThingsD interview, a peek into Ballmer's brain:

I'm not the creative guy, here …. short mattered … people like to ‘verb up' … works globally, doesn't have negative connotations. Early word is it's got a simple, minimalist, colorful interface, and boasts some Wolfram Alpha-like features though a function called "Instant Answer." More as we get it. (Image courtesy of Ars Technica.)

UPDATE: Bing will go public on June 3rd. Ars has a hands-on, and Microsoft has posted an info page. Their strategy, it seems, is to provide direct answers to questions, sort of like Wolfram Alpha does, but with a focus on everyday queries like consumer product info, weather, local interests and even health questions. Ars's conclusion:

(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: bing; bung; microsoft
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1 posted on 05/28/2009 9:42:00 AM PDT by Gomez
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To: ShadowAce

Microsoft has a machine that goes BING


2 posted on 05/28/2009 9:43:31 AM PDT by Gomez (killer of threads)
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To: Gomez

Who is more evil? Gates or Google?


3 posted on 05/28/2009 9:44:26 AM PDT by SolidWood (Palin: "We do not want to become slaves of Washington.")
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To: Gomez

Ba Da Bing!


4 posted on 05/28/2009 9:47:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Gomez

Hindsight for Southwest Airlines: Should have copyrighted that one...


5 posted on 05/28/2009 9:50:09 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: SolidWood

Who says that they’re different?


6 posted on 05/28/2009 9:50:12 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Gomez

Bing
7 posted on 05/28/2009 9:51:03 AM PDT by CT-Freeper (Said the frequently disappointed but ever optimistic Mets fan.)
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To: Gomez; a fool in paradise

8 posted on 05/28/2009 9:52:24 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Gomez

Bing!

9 posted on 05/28/2009 10:01:33 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (No free man bows to a foreign king.)
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To: Gomez

10 posted on 05/28/2009 10:01:55 AM PDT by doodad
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To: Gomez

I thought it was “Live.com”

MSFT certainly has a strange way of going things.


11 posted on 05/28/2009 10:02:34 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (http://ccwsaveslives.blogspot.com/)
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12 posted on 05/28/2009 10:03:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: dfwgator

Is Microsoft Bing a cousin of Microsoft Bob?


13 posted on 05/28/2009 10:07:05 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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14 posted on 05/28/2009 10:09:56 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Gomez
At least the didn't call it Boogle or something stupid like that.
15 posted on 05/28/2009 10:12:07 AM PDT by McGruff (Bumper sticker I saw on a older pickup, "Eat my Carbon")
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To: Gomez

B.I.N.G. was a robot on "321 Penguins" in the "Doom Funnel Rescue" episode.

16 posted on 05/28/2009 10:15:43 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Gomez

Holy Insurance Salesman, Batman, all I can think of is Ground Hog Day!


17 posted on 05/28/2009 10:24:41 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Tyranny is always whimsical." Mark Steyn 3/9/2009)
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To: fishtank
No negative connotations globally to the word “bing”. Au contrare “Bing” is the most commonly used word for “sick” in Chinese Mandarin. i.e. Wo bing le= I'm sick or Ai ze bing = AIDs (love illness).
18 posted on 05/28/2009 10:26:00 AM PDT by lajefa
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To: Gomez
As a web developer who has to build SEO (search engine optimization) into every project, the thought of having to deal with the quirks of yet another major search engine makes me queezy (or as Fishtank put it, Wo BING le).

And since Microsoft controls so much of the browser coding, I bet they will make doing my job very difficult to say the least.

19 posted on 05/28/2009 10:41:33 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: lajefa

At least they didn’t name it “Nova”.


20 posted on 05/28/2009 10:48:30 AM PDT by TexasRepublic
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