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You would've thought they would stay away from "B" names after "Microsoft Bob"
Let's all go and see if we can break it..
Microsoft has unveiled Bing, the rebranding of its Live Search service. Ars takes Microsoft's latest attempt to grab search market share for a spin and discovers much to like—and some frustration.
Full Story: To Bing or not to Bing? Hands on with Microsoft's new search - Ars Technica
You would've thought they would stay away from "B" names after "Microsoft Bob"
Let's all go and see if we can break it..
bing is a terrible name, that alone will stop me from using it.
Sounds too much like "bling".
saw the coming soon page also it has the potential to be pretty good judging from the trailer.
Wow, Bing, seriously?
The first thing I thought of was the episode of Friends where Chandler is about to marry Monica and realises they're going to be 'the Bings,' and how ridiculous and terrible it sounds.
It does look great from the preview...but I hate the name so much... it's just stupid.
I understand the purpose of 'rebranding', but the design (logo, not the layout, I love that) and name...it's like they're trying to hide that it's Microsoft.
And, agree or not, I think it should still have the MS or Windows logo.
But, then again, I love the Windows Vista/7 orb. =P
In my opinion, keep the current live logo (the white Vista orb...or maybe make it into a white 7 orb) and find a better name then 'Live', and a WAY better name then 'bing'.
But all in all, make it known that it's still a Microsoft thing.
Honestly, is the name such a big deal? Although I prefer the sound of Live search, you cant say I'm going to "live" that word, like you can say "im gonna google it". People thought google was a pretty silly name too. If anyone here is a long time gaming nerd, they probably know about the uproar the name "wii" caused as opposed to its codename "revolution". Imo, bing is fine. But that's just me =P