[Darksheare]

Yes, it IS teh point of teh debate.
IP addies are registered to people, or corporations.
A web admin can see who is scanning (pinging) them by their ip addy.
If there is an addy registered to Microsoft scanning you, you will be able to tell by IP lookup.
A Google admin noticing they are being sniffed repeatedly by a Microsoft business IP would be kinda suspicious.
Got it yet?

[KwasiOwusu]

"A Google admin noticing they are being sniffed repeatedly by a Microsoft business IP would be kinda suspicious"

We always trash the liberal media for not telling both sides of the story.
I go back to my original question: Have you gone to Microsoft Research and challenged them on this "fact" of yours and gotten them to respond or not?