Microsoft’s week involved the release of several new features for Bing, its search engine, including new-and-improved Bing Map applications. Bing users can now view local terrain at eye level in 100 cities, in a feature seemingly designed to compete with Googles Street View. This week, Microsoft also wrestled with the erroneous perception that two of its Patch Tuesday security updates were responsible for a small number of PC users experiencing what quickly became known as the Black Screen of Death.
– Microsofts
week involved two words that start with ‘B’: Bing, its search engine that
received multiple improvements and added features, and Black, as in quot;Black
Screen of Death. quot;

Around the end of November, reports began circulating online
that some Windows users were experiencing w…