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Microsoft will pay you to use their new search feature. The Live Search Cashback program gives you a cash rebate when you buy things that you've done a search for. They really want you to kick that Google habit. Google stock *did* take a dip after they annouced it, but so did the rest of the market.

Bye bye Linux! Microsoft has allowed the One Laptop Per Child project to use their operating systems in their latest model. Along with that, it's gotten a major upgrade - it's more of an e-reader now with a touchscreen.

Free at last from cell phone termination fees? Not quite, but the FCC is considering a proposal that would regulate them and prorate them depending on your contract.

Apple users, look out - iTunes is the latest target of phishing scams. People are reporting getting emails that tell them they need to re-enter their personal information on their iTunes account - but the URL doesn't lead to anyplace on the Apple site.

Where did that YouTube video go? Try YouTomb. They're collecting videos there that are taken down for copyright reasons. You can't watch them, but you can see why they were taken down and who requested it...

Well, the FAA hasn't approved them yet, but three quarters of the people surveyed said they'd like people to be allowed to use cell phones while in flight - but only the silent features. Nobody wants to sit next to a yapper.

Here's a Google gadget that will put Webb Alert on your Google home page!