Google has released its own official blog promising "insight into the news, technology and culture of Google" and "the latest word direct from the Googleplex about new technology, hot issues, and the wide world of search."

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From Search Engine Lowdown: Microsoft plans to unveil its own Internet search technology this year after seeing what MSN director Lisa Gurry termed the 'amazing' consumer demand and the moneymaking potential."
And I thought they were going to do it because they liked us.