According to a source familiar with the situation, Microsoft's Bing search engine and the mathematical answer engine Wolfram Alpha have struck a deal. The agreement will permit Bing to show some of Wolfram Alpha's specialized scientific and computational data. Little else is known about the deal, as both companies declined to comment when approached.

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"With Bing spreading like wildfire, who - or what..." is rather an overstatement?

Obviously a Microsoft masterminded Google attack plan. Methinks they have a lot of work to do, though.

Right on Phantasm, especially with gmail on the rise after hotmail/live email. I still use google myself, I tried using bing. I actually like it but havn't made the full turnover yet.