Need something to do while your loved ones slave over hot stoves and turkey platters? Microsoft and Bing have got your back, offering gamers another free Xbox Live Gold weekend to help you frag your way through the holiday… Tweet This Post

In what could be the first sign of a potential buyout, Microsoft has signed a confidentiality agreement with Yahoo to get access to the company’s financial information, Reuters reported Wednesday. Citing a “source familiar with the matter,” the report says Microsoft is one of many companies now combing through Yahoo’s business… Tweet This Post

The Associated Press reports: “Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL are teaming up to sell some of the online advertising space that they have had trouble selling on their own. The alliance announced Tuesday represents a joint attack on Google… Tweet This Post

In a move that can be simultaneously described as puzzling and pragmatic, Microsoft has decided to bring its Bing for Mobile app to Android and iOS before launching it on its very own Windows Phone platform… Tweet This Post

The PC business is not the most dynamic place to be these days, but fortunately for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) it has a growing presence in the gaming and entertainment markets to offset slow growth in the PC market… Tweet This Post

Could search results be customized based on persona? If a recently uncovered Microsoft patent moves forward, they could. Geekwire discovered a patent application filed by Microsoft that deals with the concept of personalizing search results based on preferences, personality traits and even celebrities… Tweet This Post

No, really. Microsoft wants to turn you into a zombie. It all started when the Redmond-based company pitched a Bing product placement in AMC’s hit zombie show, “The Walking Dead,” reports The New York Times… Tweet This Post

Groupon. Living Social. Google Offers. Yelp Deals. Woot. Yipit. Dealster. SocialBuy. BuyWithMe. Not to mention Target, Nordstrom … heck, seattlepi.com even offers a daily deal. Jeez, got enough daily deal sites? How can you ever follow every one of them? Well, Microsoft is trying to help us out by launching a new daily deals aggregator [...]

For some, the Xbox 360 is becoming a $300 Netflix machine – the video-game platform is quickly becoming more of an all-around entertainment platform. And “the content choices on Xbox will grow dramatically from hundreds of thousands to millions” this year, especially as Microsoft adds live TV to the mix, CEO Steve Ballmer said today… [...]

Microsoft and Yahoo have been implementing their search-advertising partnership for more than two years now with limited success. Bing now powers Yahoo search in North America and the two companies share advertising sales and revenue, but there have been technical roadblocks and Google still brings in the lion’s share of online-ad cash… Tweet This Post

This fall, the CW will give a lot of airtime to a new up-and-comer: Microsoft’s Bing. The search engine will appear on the lower third of TV programming during certain shows, highlighting “TV to Bing About,” a twist on the network’s “TV to Talk About” slogan… Tweet This Post

Microsoft and Yahoo have started transitioning Yahoo search in Europe to Bing’s back-end technology as part of their search alliance, the companies announced Wednesday. Organic search results will soon be powered by Microsoft’s Bing platform in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom… Tweet This Post