Microsoft’s week involved patching a number of security flaws in Internet Explorer, which were apparently exploited in a wide-ranging attack against Google and dozens of other U.S. companies, and taking its Bing Maps Silverlight site out of beta. In addition, Microsoft was rumored to be in talks with Apple to possibly use Bing as the default search engine for the iPhone, perhaps a sign of increased tensions between Google and Apple as both companies attempt to gain and hold market share in the smartphone operating system space.
– Microsoft’s week revolved around patching a number of security flaws in
Internet Explorer, and around the future of Bing.
Arguably the biggest news on the Bing front came courtesy of Apple, which
is allegedly engaged in discussions with Redmond over possibly using the search
engine as the defau…