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Microsoft will begin paying searchers who use Microsoft Live Search and complete a transaction. Think of it as a rebate. This is either:

A) Genius - right up there with the wheel and sliced bread

B) Idiotic - equivalent to the “make your own change night”

C) Meh - feed mayo to the tuna

The more I think about this, the more I think it is a vowel. I know what I am going to do next time I need to buy something big. What will get interesting is if it works and Google decides to counter. This is yet another nail in the coffin for the local retailer.

If you are looking to burn some hours this weekend and don’t have anything to do, head over to Microsoft’s Photosynth. Photosynth isn’t exactly new but if you haven’t seen it before, it is sure to elicit more than a few “hey, that’s cool’s”. Photosynth take a collection of random tourist photos of a given location and stitches them together over a 3D model to create a pretty interesting mosaic. You can essentially walk about the 3D model and view the location from that point (as a photo taken by a tourist at that location). They have several different locations including Piazza San Marco in Venice. 

Buzzkill of the Day: Only Vista and XP users need apply. Photosynth doesn’t work on the Mac OS.