News Microsoft to buy ciao.com

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  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    CardJoe, 1 Sep 2008
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  2. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Well its cheaper than yahoo and probably about as useful to them, i skip these things in general seach and if i want to use one i'l use the bit or froogle ones.
     
    steveo_mcg, 1 Sep 2008
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  3. Baz

    Baz I work for Corsair

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    argh, so true - stupid ciao.com results cluttering my search results!
     
    Baz, 1 Sep 2008
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  4. Hugo

    Hugo Ex-TrustedReviews Staff

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    I always read it as C.I.A.O and pronounce it sea-ay-oh for some reason. Naff name for a naff site.
     
    Hugo, 1 Sep 2008
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  5. mclean007

    mclean007 Officious Bystander

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    Top tip - add "-ciao -dealtime -pricerunner" etc. to your Google search string. Works like a charm!
     
    mclean007, 1 Sep 2008
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  6. Mongoose132

    Mongoose132 Duckmad

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    Never even heard of it, I'll think I'll be like most people and completely ignore live search and it's un-useful ness
     
    Mongoose132, 1 Sep 2008
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  7. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    Google = cheesecake!
     
    DXR_13KE, 1 Sep 2008
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  8. spoon.uk

    spoon.uk Frag Me Bitch!

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    More war with google :) FIGHT, FIGHT :)
     
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  9. Mr T

    Mr T 4 Left Into Long 3 Right

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    486million is peanuts to Microsoft.
     
    Mr T, 1 Sep 2008
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