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With us, because we know it’s a camera, we immediately open up categories on the left-hand side, breaking it down into the things you are likely to be looking for, such as where to buy Nikon D80s, or how to use Nikon D80s”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6380613.ece" target="_blank"&gt;Microsoft Bing - the successful search to challenge Google? - Times Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://backofabeermat.co.uk/post/114429400</link><guid>http://backofabeermat.co.uk/post/114429400</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 20:04:55 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Three Screens and a Cloud - “This is a phrase I think...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/8heAMwXGOns6rnimJuge4fP7o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2009/05/21/three-screens-and-a-cloud.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Three Screens and a Cloud&lt;/a&gt; - “This is a phrase I think we’re going to hear more of from Microsoft over the coming months and years”</description><link>http://backofabeermat.co.uk/post/111379929</link><guid>http://backofabeermat.co.uk/post/111379929</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 09:40:14 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>This application generates a transparent email application at...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/8heAMwXGOns68ulzQWK7LXx1o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This application generates a transparent email application at the same time as turning the camera on so you can see what is in front of you - &lt;a href="http://www.mrmobileblog.com/2009/05/20/look-out-im-emailing/" target="_blank"&gt;Look out! 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