PImail (Microsoft) for 12/9/2009

Microsoft How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top The Associated Press reports: SAN FRANCISCO – Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Hitwise: Google's share grows, Bing's shrinks Google's share of the search-engine market continued to grow in November as both Yahoo's and Bing's shrank, according to numbers released Wednesday by Experian Hitwise. Tech docs for U.S. antitrust case 'substantially complete' In June, Microsoft delivered the final technical documentation required in a long-running U.S. antitrust case, marking the process "substantially complete," according to court documents. Video: Exploring Microsoft's licensing taxes Jeff Reifman is back, this time on SometimesDaily with Amanda Congdon. The former Microsoft employee, who has been writing about the company's software-licensing taxes, appeared on the popular Web show's "Internet Justice" segment. Google's personlized results deserve extraordinary attention Search Engine Land reports: On Friday afternoon, Google made the biggest change that has ever happened in search engines, and the world largely yawned. ... Whatever the reason, it was a huge development and deserves much more attention than it has received so far. Microsoft begins work on next version of Office Microsoft released the Office 2010 beta in October and the productivity suite is set to officially launch in June 2010. But the company already is starting to work on the next version of Office. Iowa schools get $60M from Microsoft settlement From The Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa – Gov. Chet Culver says Iowa schools will get more than $60 million from the settlement of a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. Culver says more than 1,000 schools will be eligible to apply for some of the money. Microsoft consolidates Azure, WinServer into new division Microsoft has consolidated its Windows Azure and Windows Server & Solutions groups into a new Server & Cloud Division under the Server & Tools Business.   Wish you had current local news headlines on your web site? Add the Seattle P-I's FREE headline modules to any web page. Get the code here: http://www.seattlepi.com/onyoursite"> Click here to edit your topics Click here to unsubscribe				CHANGES TO PImail PImail will now be delivered in the afternoon instead of the morning and will contain articles that have been updated in the previous 24 hours. We've deleted some content areas and added a few new ones. Update your selections by clicking here.     USER RESOURCES Edit my e-mail address Edit my topics Unsubscribe

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