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Microsoft’s Windows Live Search, released just over a year ago in April, is now quietly being filed away while another Microsoft search engine is slowly launching- Bing. Based on the theory by Microsoft that “search has evolved”, Bing isn’t anything special but also comes with a new 411 service by newly Microsoft accquired telephony company TellMe to go along with it. Almost exactly identical to TellMe’s 1-800-555-1212 service and AT&T’s VoiceInfo, Bing-411 sure hopes to lure away customers from competitor Goog 411- but who knows. Bing-411’s TellMe voice is the same for all of their clients so it annoys me that you hear the exact same voice when you call UPS, TellMe,  AT&T VoiceInfo or other TellMe clients. You can get stocks, news, weather, and 411 info by calling Bing at 1-800-bing411 (1-800-246-4411).

Would you consider using Bing 411 at all? Submit a vote or let me know in the comments!

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