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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Microsoft unleashes Bing to counter Google

US software giant Microsoft has unveiled its new search engine, Bing, a new search engine to compete against the hugely dominant Google. Bing should be available online on May 1 in the United States.Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a new search engine, Bing, designed to intuitively understand what people are searching for on the Internet and challenge online king Google.The US software colossus refers to Bing as a "Decision Engine" and said it will have it deployed worldwide at bing.com by Wednesday."Today, search engines do a decent job of helping people navigate the Web and find information, but they don't do a very good job of enabling people to use the information they find," said Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer."When we set out to build Bing, we grounded ourselves in a deep understanding of how people really want to use the Web."Bing search employs semantic technology intended to help it recognize not just key words but what is intended by phrases typed in as online queries, according to Microsoft.Internet search engines have traditionally relied on matching key words to words found at websites.Bing is built to "go beyond today's search experience" by recognizing content and adapting to query types, according to the Redmond, Washington-based company.Bing takes aim at Microsoft arch-rival Google, which dominates the online search market. Bing will replace MSN Live search, which has languished in a distant third place behind Google and Yahoo!

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