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Things that have actually happened in the last week, as opposed to the Microsoft-Yahoo deal

By Nicholas Carlson, 3:00 PM on Fri May 2 2008, 223 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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While we wait on Microsoft-Yahoo, things that have actually happened since Saturday's deadline include: 1.21 billion Google searches, 441 million Yahoo searches, 197 million MSN/Windows Live searches, 4 announcements that news was imminent, and 0 actual announcements. [Beyond Binary]

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