Microsoft is gunning mightily for Google in the Internet search and advertising space, but it might stand to benefit by putting some of that corporate focus back on its bread-and-butter: the desktop operating system.
Lots of commentary is coming forth about Microsoft's changes to its Live Search Cashback program where the software giant, essentially, is promising to make payments to those who find certain products through Live Search and then buy them. It's a nifty way to try and pick up share from Google. But by placing so much emphasis on search of late (including it's failed effort to buy Yahoo), is it finally risking the edge it has long held with Vista?
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