Announcing Bing

Nice to see it finally on the outside.

Whoever came up with the name should be fired. Wow. Bing? That's the best they could do?

I also think Kumo is a lot better. I don't really like either of the names IMO.

does this company have an original thought?

Geesh, nice comments. So now the Apple morons have moved over to Google and just slam anything Microsoft. Nice. Once again, you could slap an Apple logo on this and you guys would be in love. So once again, using the best tool available doesn't make sense to you. It's all about the Apple. I'm eager to try it out and compare. Competition is good!

Something interesting: The word for "bing" translates to 冰 in Chinese, which is the same glyph for "ice".

"Isn't "bing" the sound that tells you it's safe to remove your seat belts when the plane lands?" According to Google Translate, "bing" is the Japanese word for "cooking in a microwave". In North American, that's known as "nukeing" (I doubt the Japanese like using that term), so it's a bit contrary to the Chinese definition.

It is a lonely Friday night and I have no idea what to do, I guess I'll go home and bing it.

"I wonder what you would find if you binged "cherry"?" Wouldn't the word be "banged" there? ;-) Bing it on, beeeaaatch. I kid!!!

@tayme: why? We're all on-topic. One question about it though: What's the deal with the images in the background? Are they random? Can you set them? Or are they based on search tracking?

"I didn't think they let you on the outside, galos." They don't let him in the inside anymore.

"The word for "bing" translates to 冰 in Chinese, which is the same glyph for "ice"." In Canada it stands for "poutine", so Wae's gonna be all over this like a sesame seed on a McDonald's bun. Back on topic: This actually doesn't look bad. I mean, if you're gonna stand up and shout "Me Too!", you might as well at least have something to back it up. Looks like they may have gotten a lot closer this time.

"When you figure that the iPhone 3rd-party developer support was supposed to be entirely AJAX web apps" As you would say, Wae, "WRONG!" From the beginning, Apple indicated that there would be third-party apps, and that web apps were a stopgap. I know you know this...but you'd rather live in your little WinJihadist fantasy. To wit: Steve Jobs at the D Conference, May 30th 2007: "… we’ll find a way to let 3rd parties write apps and still preserve security on the iPhone. ...If you can just be a little more patient with us I think everyone can get what they want." http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/30/steve-jobs-live-from-d-2007/ Again, that was on May 30, 2007. The iPhone was introduced June 29, 2007. So a full month before its introduction, Apple (through Jobs) was indicating that there would be a 3rd party SDK. That's hardly saying, "iPhone 3rd-party developer support was supposed to be entirely AJAX web apps". Quit making sh1t up, Wae. It's eroding your already thin-ice credibility.

"I was on Microsoft Campus most of Tuesday afternoon." Hanging around the hot dog stand and peering through cracks in the door doesn't count. :-) I kid. I'm a kidder. The place wouldn't be the same without you, mg@msn. I'm glad we can make your life just a little more enjoyable in return.

"Apple indicated that there would be third-party apps, and that web apps were a stopgap." Stop playing Apple apologist and history revisionist losta. The webapps were the only option Apple wanted to give to developers until they were torn a new one at WWDC. "Apple (through Jobs) was indicating that there would be a 3rd party SDK" Nowhere does he mention one. You're the one making stuff up. "Again, that was on May 30, 2007." Fast forward to June 11, and Jobs stood in front of developers at WWDC and told them to use Ajax and CSS to develop apps. That was the only mention of 3rd-party development options at WWDC: http://www.macworld.com/article/58396/2007/06/iphoneapps.html The so-called "stop-gap" issue was something that Apple wanted to judge reactions on. Steve never even announced an SDK at that WWDC. They had no solution available at launch and probably had no intention of releasing an SDK were it not for developers drilling them for one at WWDC and after launch knowing that AJAX would limit their options, otherwise Apple could've announced developer support and early beta access. Instead, they didn't announce an SDK until March of 2008. So Apple DID NOT indicate that third-party apps were going to be available from the start. You are so full of manure that you could keep an Alberta farm fertilized for the summer.

@hamiltonstallings: "It is a lonely Friday night and I have no idea what to do, I guess I'll go home and bing it." Maybe if you didn't stay indoors browsing the internet on a Friday night, you wouldn't BE alone :) (Just kidding, of course, I don't actually think us geeks belong in the 'outside')

Lotsa, You are completely and totally wrong. Apple offered only the option of AJAX as a developer option when iPhone came out. Nothing else except for a hand-picked select group of partners (like Google). And the developers at WWDC were told effectively to pound sand. Read ANY contemporaneous stories from any source and that's clear. The only difference in the coverage was the reaction ranging from horror and shock from those who had a clue about development and felt that Apple had once again screwed over their developers to parroting the line that "AJAX is fine for anything and Apple should preserve the integrity of the platform" from the hopelessly brainwashed (who apparently now pretend it didn't happen like every other Apple 180 that became "doubleplus unfact" in Apple's best Orwellian "goodfact vs truefact" style).

"… we’ll find a way to let 3rd parties write apps and still preserve security on the iPhone. " ....and he answered that with statement a few days later at WWDC: Web apps with AJAX and CSS. Nowhere did he mention an SDK for native apps. NOWHERE. Show me where he specifically said that - you can't. And. Using. A. Single. Word. For. Each. Sentence. Doesn't. Make. You. Any. Less. Wrong.

@Waethorn; hamiltonstallings: I think the background image has no meaning, just eye-candy? It's been on Live Search for a while. @hamiltonstallings: I like the idea of having a image background based on the search. _ I don't like the name but I guess Microsoft was going for something catching, like, say, oh... I don't know. Google, perhaps? ;-) "Bing it" has ring to it better than "Kumo it", it rolls off the tongue. Usually when I want to shop for something I head on over to Amazon, so I don't know if I'll use Bing for it's shopping but I'll give it a spin. @Thurrott: I thought there were no news today? ;-) (Well, that's what I saw when I came to the SuperSite earlier.)

Here it is in all the truthful glory, losta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcTNm3WhHgE

The app is called Abit AirPace, it's a Wi-Fi SoftAP utility for my desktop's Abit AirPace Wi-Fi card. Can I add the certificate myself? Where can I read about UAC and digital certificate interaction? Never heard that UAC could be turned off this way. Can I use that digital certificate trick to shut UAC off for a few select admin-access-requiring apps that I run regularly?

The most important thing about this is that Google has nothing to worry about. Absolutely nothing to worry about.

Bing is the final part of 'badda bing', so it seems appropriate. See below. "badda bing" A common phrase usually used by an Italian when you are excited or ancy. Also, is uses as an exclamation http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=badda+bing

@mikegalos - I'm glad to see you acknowledge that Apple listened and delivered what their customers wanted. --tayme

I was surprised that the bing video demo was in flash (using Firefox and Chrome). I opened bing.com in IE8 expecting to see the video in Silverlight but instead got nothing.