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Microsoft open to investing in search

Microsoft Corp is willing to invest 5 to 10 percent of its operating income in its search business for up to five years, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, as its Bing search engine gains ground with Web surfers.

Microsoft makes gains with Bing

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Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine won more market share from rivals last week, according to new industry data released on Wednesday, but still trails Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
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Microsoft files lawsuit over click fraud

Microsoft Corp filed a lawsuit against three individuals believed to be based in Vancouver, accusing them of a form of click fraud by improperly using Microsoft's online advertising service for profit, court documents show.
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Bing tries to be porn-free by offering filtering

After receiving widespread criticism over how easy it was for children to find porn on Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, the company said it has made changes that allow parents to monitor or block what their children see on their site.
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Opera says Microsoft EU browser offer not enough

Norwegian browser maker Opera ASA said on Friday that Microsoft's plan to ship its Windows operating system in Europe without its Internet Explorer web browser was not enough to restore competition.
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Microsoft to unveil free anti-virus software

Microsoft Corp is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for personal computers that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc.
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Microsoft sees some Russian issues resolved soon

Microsoft's Russia unit can resolve some of the issues raised in an anti-monopoly probe by providing information and will fully comply to resolve the rest of them, the CEO of Microsoft Rus LLC said on Wednesday.
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Microsoft gets Bing bump in first week, ComScore says

In the first week since Microsoft's Bing.com went live, traffic to the site has increased into double digits for the first time in two years, but this is only the beginning and time will tell how well the search engine does in the long run.
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Microsoft reports record number of security flaws

Microsoft Corp issued software to fix 31 security flaws in its programs, a single-day record for the company whose products are targeted by hackers because they sit on the vast majority of computers.

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