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What's Microsoft's next move for search?

May 9, 2008

** FILE ** In this March 3, 2008 file photo, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, addresses the media during a news conference at the CeBIT in Hanover, northern Germany.  Without the influx of Web traffic Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, file)Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer.


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Microsoft refunding gamers, Games for Windows Live goes free

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Best of Both Worlds: Games you won’t find on the Mac

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