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Saturday, May 06, 2006

Microsoft unveils Google-killer

It was too lucrative a market to pass up. Yahoo and Google, among other pureplay Internet players made US$9 billion last year(WAN)from online advertising, taking 53 percent of the pie. So why shouldn't the biggest, greediest software company in the world get some of that action.

Microsoft launched adCenter earlier in Singapore and France, and is now bringing it home.

Asked about Google, Gates replies he aims to "keep them honest". Which begs the question: What is Google lying about?



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posted by Julian | 5/06/2006 01:37:00 PM

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