It is hard to imagine your day to day working life without a search engine.
No longer do we struggle to find the answers or waste hours arguing over the most likely remedy. Instead we type in a few characters to a search bar and Bob's your uncle.
There have been many incarnations of search engines, with some achieving great dominance whilst others disappeared into the ether.
Microsoft might be the leader in a number of software products, but the company left it late to embark on this essential business, and consumer, tool.
Its search engine, known as Bing, was launched globally two years ago today, so we take a look back at some of the headlines the search engine made in its ongoing attempts to kill off its bigger rivals.
May 2009
Talk turned to truism in May two years ago when Microsoft's search engine was unveiled. Previously codenamed Kumo,' the website was unveiled to the press under the new title Bing.'
June 2009
The US might already have had its mitts on the new search engine but the rest of the world had to wait until 3 June for the global release.
July 2009
The search story had to move on from the days of mere answers to the days of integration and leading social networks were key. To this end, it only took Bing a month before it had Twitter results built in to the search engine.
September 2009
Words are great but how about pictures? The next addition to Bing came in the shape of visual search.'
November 2009
Despite numerous features being launched, it wasn't until October Bing came out of beta in the UK.
December 2009
Microsoft has had its fair share of days in court but the first one for the Bing product came when a design firm from St Louis named Bing! Information Design sued it for the title.
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Cheap cyber crime kits can be bought on the dark web for less than $25News Research from NordVPN shows phishing kits are now widely available on the dark web and via messaging apps like Telegram, and are often selling for less than $25.
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Microsoft hikes Bing Search API prices to “reflect technology investments”News Microsoft cited recent high-profile investments in Bing as justification for the price increases
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How to change your search engine in Microsoft EdgeTutorials If you'd rather search through Google than Bing, here's how to change your default search provider in Windows 10's new browser
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Microsoft joins Google in war on revenge porn with removal requestsNews Both Google and Bing will allow people in explicit images to request they be removed from search results
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Microsoft Bing will encrypt by defaultNews Microsoft will also no longer pass on customer search queries to marketers
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Google right to be forgotten rule extends to Bing & YahooNews The EU’s controversial right to be forgotten ruling against Google will now also apply to Yahoo and Bing
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Bing's search now includes academic research
News Scholarly articles will also be featured in Microsoft's Cortana Personal Assistant
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Windows 8.1 with Bing launched for budget devicesNews Microsoft launches Windows 8.1 with Bing, which is programmed to use its search engine by default
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Microsoft sets out ad-free Bing vision for schoolsNews Software giant announces ad-free Bing pilot scheme in US schools.
