Bing Gains Market Share in July

The web analyst firm, StatCounter, released its analyst today, and it shows Microsoft’s Bing gaining slightly in market share.

Last week, Microsoft and Yahoo reached a deal to redirect all Yahoo Search traffic to Bing, which essentially means that Yahoo’s and Bing’s market share are combined. Combined, Bing/Yahoo increased market share 1.09%, up from 19.27% in July. Google’s market share shrunk slightly in July from 78.48% to 77.45%.

StatCounter’s number are based on an analysis of 1 billion search engine referring clicks.

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Student Fined $675,000 For Sharing 30 Songs

Teenager, Joel Tenenbaum, admitted to sharing 30 songs illegally and was originally fined $150,000 per song. He managed to negotiate the price down to $22,500 per song but he still has to pay $675,000 in total.

Unlike other unfortunate people, Tenenbaum has not said he will refuse to pay the $675,000 fine so it looks like a victory for the RIAA. 

The RIAA pointed out that the money will go towards more lawsuits and not artists.

Remember, DONT PIRATE SONGS OR THE RIAA WILL BE AT YOUR DOORSTEP.

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Snow Leopard Now Available For Pre-Order on Amazon

Amazon is now accepting pre-orders for Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard, for an incredible price of $29. The five user family pack costs $49 and the server edition is $49. You can bundle iLife and iWork with Snow Leopard for an additional $169 and $229. Unlike Windows 7, most people do not see the operating system being in short supply come launch time, but if your worried here.  

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FCC Investigating Apple for Rejection of Google Voice App

  The Federal Communication Commission is looking into Apple’s rejection of Google Voice, asking whether AT&T was involved, and why it was rejected.

The request is part of a broader-ranging inquiry by the commission on exclusive deals between cell phone carriers and handset manufacturers for hot phones. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Thursday that the FCC wants to look into rural areas where customers can't buy the latest fancy phones because of such exclusive deals.

Unfortunately, Google Voice still may not be included in the iTunes App store, but it may pressure Apple into including more Apps.

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PlayStation 3 Slim Appears on Amazon Listings

Amazon’s German website has added a listing for "PlayStation 3 Konsole slim” (Translation: PlayStation 3 console slim) from Sony. The PlayStation 3 Console Slim is listed as Platform Independent and has its own ASIN. Unfortunately Amazon does has not posted any photos or launch date.

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