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Microsoft's Bing Teams With Twitter

It hopes to gain edge over Google in social networking

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 21, 2009 4:54 PM CDT

(AP) – Microsoft has picked up a new weapon in its Internet search duel with Google—full access to Twitter's communications hotbed. The partnership announced today represents a coup for Microsoft as it tries to spice up its Internet search engine, Bing, in its long-running attempts to... Read full story »

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