News junkies rejoice: now there's another place to search the Internet for the hottest news stories of the moment. Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday launched a test version of a service it calls Newsbot that rivals a similar offering from Google Inc. The goal of both is to give people an easier way to find the latest news online in an easily digestible form. Microsoft said its service aims to be a "personal newsstand" that will heed user preferences while culling data from more than 4,800 English-language news outlets.
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