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Microsoft & Yahoo try to take down Google
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Microsoft & Yahoo try to take down Google
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Re: Microsoft & Yahoo try to take down Google
Rigggghhhhtttt!!
too little, to late!
too little, to late!
:pirateflaARRRRRRR YA DOIN'?
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That's what I'm saying!!GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:Rigggghhhhtttt!!
too little, to late!
I'm a hard-core Google fan myself
Bing.com is pretty nice but I'm sure that Google will have a response to it very soon and blow it out of the water. :D:
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Re: Microsoft & Yahoo try to take down Google
Good luck to the Yahoo's at Microsoft.
I mean come on. when you tell someone to look something up online what do you say? "Google it"
I mean come on. when you tell someone to look something up online what do you say? "Google it"
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Re: Microsoft & Yahoo try to take down Google
Heck.. i just got approved form Google Voice a couple of days ago.. i love this service
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Google voice is cool :)Doctor McKey wrote:Heck.. i just got approved form Google Voice a couple of days ago.. i love this service
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I'd not heard of it before, but it looks great. So... how are they going to make all of those new numbers available and yet have it be a free service? (Didn't stop me from asking for an invite!)ktulu wrote:Google voice is cool :)
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Ads on ringback. Instead of sitting there hearing a ringing noise when someone calls you, they can hear geographically targeted ads.
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Re: Microsoft & Yahoo try to take down Google
Yahoo's @ Microsoft! :D:Honda Enoch wrote:Good luck to the Yahoo's at Microsoft.
I mean come on. when you tell someone to look something up online what do you say? "Google it"
I will always say "Google it" I mean, saying "Bing it" just doesnt seem right...and things can go sour very fast if it's mistaken for "bring it"
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Re: Microsoft & Yahoo try to take down Google
You could always Cuil it.Monorail_Red wrote:Yahoo's @ Microsoft! :D:
I will always say "Google it" I mean, saying "Bing it" just doesnt seem right...and things can go sour very fast if it's mistaken for "bring it"
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