Rupert Murdoch is considering a tie-up with Microsoft which would see the technology group pay for exclusive rights to content from his stable of newspapers, including the Times and the Sun, to attract visitors to its Bing search engine. Richard Wray, The Guardian.

Meanwhile

Internet search giant Google has lifted the lid on its operating system, known as Chrome OS.

The free and open source system is initially aimed at low-cost netbooks and does away with many of the features of a traditional program. BBC.

It seems like Microsoft is busy trying to turn itself into Google, whilst Google is busy trying to turn itself into Microsoft – perhaps “turn itself into” is the wrong words I should’ve used “crush”. Either way I’d gladly see the back of that viper Rupert Murdoch – is this the last gamble of a desperate man?