Gallery: Microsoft's Bing.com search

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Microsoft's Steve Ballmer took the wraps off the new version of its search engine — and its new search brand, “Bing” — at the D7 conference on May 28. Here are some screenshots provided by Microsoft of Bing that will officially debut June 3.
For more on Bing, read Mary Jo Foley's blog.
The Bing.com home page.
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Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
Caption by: Andy Smith
Steve Ballmer tells Walter Mossberg about Bing at the D: conference.
Credit: Ina Fried

Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
Caption by: Andy Smith
Microsoft is publicly detailing its upcoming search engine, Bing. The revamped search tool has several new features, including a left-hand navigation pane for moving among different types of searches, category breakdowns for search results, and bringing some information directly into the results page.
For health queries, Kumo now has the ability to include full articles, including content licensed from the Mayo Clinic.
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Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
Caption by: Andy Smith
Here's a search for a Nikon.

Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
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Find a restaurant.
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Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
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Travel on Bing.
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Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
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Shopping for speakers on Bing
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Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
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It looks like Microsoft made a late switch from the name Kumo in this publicity shot.
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Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
Caption by: Andy Smith
Kumo... err... Bing search.

Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
Caption by: Andy Smith
Bill Gates on Kumo/Bing.

Published: May 28, 2009 -- 10:35 GMT (03:35 PDT)
Caption by: Andy Smith