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Microsoft Rebrands Live Search As "Bing"

Posted by timothy on from the after-sherlock-holmes'-more-obscure-brother dept.

JacobSteelsmith writes "Microsoft is attempting to re-brand its Live Search, also known as Kumo. Bing, as it's known, is another attempt by Microsoft to lure consumers away from Internet search leaders such as Google. Microsoft has posted a quarterly loss in its online advertising business, compared to Google's sales, $4.7 billion in the first quarter. According to the Live Search blog, Bing goes 'beyond the traditional search engines to help you make faster, more informed decisions' by combining a 'great search engine' with organized results. It also adds unique tools to help the user make important decisions. It is being touted as a 'decision engine.'"

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  1. Hmmmm... by skrolle2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Here, let me bing that for you."

    Hmmmm... No.

    1. Re:Hmmmm... by lavacano201014 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bing! Fries are done! Hmm. Progress, but still no dice...

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    2. Re:Hmmmm... by BabyDuckHat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh wait, nevermind. I already squirted it.

  2. We use the search engine that goes bing! by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Funny

    This has Monty Python written all over it.

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  3. But What If ... by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bing! Fries are done! Hmm. Progress, but still no dice...

    True, however:

    Developer One: "You know that hot girl I met at the bar last night?"
    Developer Two: "Yeah?"
    Developer One: "I bing'd her."
    Developer Two: "No way! What did you find?"
    Developer One: "Bing says she's categorized as head of a right wing conservative group that attracts females and funnels money into Karl Rove."
    Developer Two: "Ohhh, dude that sucks, maybe next time?"
    Developer One: "Yeah ... thank god for bing."

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  4. B.I.N.G.? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bing Is Not Google

  5. Re:Bing? Seriously? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, on a web site focused on FOSS the readership will now complain about the name selected by Microsoft for their search engine.

    Some examples of the naming accumen of the FOSS crowd:
    - Ogg Vorbis
    - Gimp
    - Apache
    - IceWeasel
    - Thunderbird
    - X
    - Gnome
    - Prefacing thousands of KDE apps with K
    - Gnu
    - A thousand other recursive acronyms
    - etc etc etc

  6. Bing! by spire3661 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ned: Phil? Hey, Phil? Phil! Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you!
    Phil: Hi, how you doing? Thanks for watching.
    [Starts to walk away]
    Ned: Hey, hey! Now, don't you tell me you don't remember me because I sure as heckfire remember you.
    Phil: Not a chance.
    Ned: Ned... Ryerson. "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
    Phil: Ned Ryerson?
    Ned: Bing!
    Phil: Bing.

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  7. Re:Bing? Seriously? by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    <VOICE type="Chandler Bing">
    Could this branding be any more lame?
    </VOICE>

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  8. Re:Bing? Seriously? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'