Wed, October 19, 2011 - Microsoft CEO lists Bing successes to Web 2.0 Summit audience, but many wonder if it can really take on Google

Sun, August 14, 2011 - A Google search might not be your best bet if you want to find what youre looking for online, new data suggests.

Fri, May 13, 2011 - Microsoft's partnerships with RIM, Nokia and Yahoo (and acquisition of Skype) underscore the need to form alliances against Google or Apple in certain markets.

Tue, May 03, 2011 - Microsoft's plan to put Bing search and maps in BlackBerry mobile devices by the fall holiday season pits Research in Motion and Microsoft against Google in a massive scramble for mobile search customers.

Tue, April 12, 2011 - Bing, Microsoft's little search engine that could, has taken 30 percent of the U.S. search market share, posing a serious threat to Google's dominance in the field.

Fri, March 11, 2011 - Microsoft's Bing search engine is on the rise, while Google's still-dominant market share has dropped to about two-thirds of all U.S. searches.

Thu, February 17, 2011 - Microsoft has unveiled its new Bing Bar, a free browser toolbar designed to expose all the latest and greatest features of Redmond's search engine--many of which you may not know exist. To make all of this goodness happen, however, you'll have to open up a little--well, a lot--to Bing's toolbar, which collects information about your computer and searches, as well as the addresses of the websites you visit. Who knows, it may even be silently judging you as well.

Wed, February 09, 2011 - Search engine Bing, and even Yahoo, are providing users with more accurate searches than their rival Google, according to a report out this week.

Fri, February 04, 2011 - Google very publicly called out Microsoft's Bing search engine--claiming that it copies its search results from Google. The initial charge has been followed by a back and forth exchange of insults and accusations, but one thing that is sort of lost in the melodrama is that Google apparently considers Bing to be a serious threat.

Wed, February 02, 2011 - When involved in a spat over allegations of unauthorized copying or misappropriation of content and ideas, Google -- fairly or not -- usually plays the villain, accused of parasitically overstepping boundaries to profit from someone else's work.

Tue, February 01, 2011 - Officials from Microsoft and Google sparred at an event on Tuesday over Google's accusation that Microsoft copies Google search results and feeds them into its Bing search engine.

Tue, January 25, 2011 - As Google continues its fight to court the enterprise, will new CEO Larry Page help or harm that push? Some folks paint Page as a t-shirt wearing, Wall Street-oblivious CEO, but analysts say Microsoft may not have much time to celebrate.

Mon, December 20, 2010 - 2010 looked like a picnic in Redmond compared to 2009, but Microsoft still fumbled a few times. It fell asleep at the wheel in the tablet and mobile phone race — and despite some pointed romancing, did not charm Wall Street.

Wed, December 15, 2010 - Microsoft on Wednesday showed off how Facebook friends will influence Bing users' search results, as part of a wide-ranging update on search that also showcased developments in its local and image search and maps offerings.