Following my last post, the perceived Battle between Microsoft and Google hots up!
Google have apparently poached a Kai-Fu Lee, former corporate VP of Microsoft's Natural Interactive Services Division, well known in the areas of speech recognition and artificial intelligence, and also knowledgable on Microsofts search strategy and its business plans regarding the People's Republic of China
Story here: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/75010/microsoft-sues-google.html