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Yahoo R&D Chief Joins MSN Search

sriram_2001 writes "In a major hiring coup, the MSN Search blog announced that Yahoo's head of Research and Development, Dr.Gary William Flake has now joined MSN. According to Oshoma Momoh, General Manager, MSN Search, Dr.Flake will be 'responsible for bridging the innovation happening between Microsoft Research and MSN and for setting the technology vision and future direction of the MSN portal, web search, desktop search and monetization engine.' Dr.Flake is also the first person to be directly hired as a Microsoft Distinguished Engineer, an elite group that has Dave Cutler and Anders Hejlsberg among other luminaries"

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  1. Re:innovations by wheelbarrow · · Score: 0, Troll

    Opera is not a "standard" browser. Why do you still use it?

  2. Re:The moral character of some people by gary.flake · · Score: 1, Troll

    Me love you long time.