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Microsoft is gearing up to join the ranks of Google AdSense and Yahoo Publisher Network with Microsoft adCenter.

"Microsoft adCenter is designed to ultimately provide advertisers with a one-stop-shop experience, whether buying search, contextual or display ads across a number of Microsoft properties."

Microsoft's new search engine, www.Live.com is in beta.

When you do a search, you can click on the various tabs at the top, in these categories: Web, News, Images, Local, Feeds, and you can create your own tab. It's very Web 2.0, in that you can even use it as your start page with a list of your feeds, your Hotmail email, weather, sports, and more.

I just came across my new word processor, and it is, of course, Ajax. Considering I don't have Microsoft Word, this is lovely. A completely browser run application, it looks just like Microsoft Word or any other major word processor does.

You don't even need to sign up. Just go to www.ajaxwrite.com and click on the "ajaxWrite" text to the right, and voila.

You can save files in MS Word, RTF, Text, and even PDF format. You can open files on your computer. You can print them out, just like any other word processor. It's completely free, too.