Bing wants to seduce you away from Google Maps, so they've introduced a neat little feature that allows you to make your route appear more visually interesting. The feature includes design options like: Sketchy, European, American, and Treasure. Try it out here. [via Kottke] more ›

Sure, Rupert Murdoch wants people to pay for his content, but now he's definitely considering upping the ante. From the Media Decoder: "News Corporation...has engaged in early stage discussions with Microsoft about a pact to get paid from Microsoft to remove its news content from Google’s search engine... The Financial Times first reported on the discussions, which involve Microsoft possibly paying News Corporation to index its content on Microsoft’s search engine, Bing. The development has the potential that the newspaper industry could finally find a way to make online news lucrative." Wired, though, thinks it could be disaster. more ›