The bing.com domain records were last updated this past March and now indicate the site is owned by "Microsoft Corporation" at One Microsoft Way in Redmond. A tiny blue, orange, and white logo has appeared in the site's -- that little square box that pops up next to the URL in your browser -- on and off during the day. It shows a lowercase "b" with a white-outlined orange circle inside.

So what's next for Bing? Microsoft has yet to say much, although CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to demo the company's updated search product sometime at this week's in Carlsbad, Calif. Maybe then, we'll see if Bing's the thing to put the spring back in Microsoft's swing -- or if its launch will sting worse than an ill-fated fling. (Zing.)

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