Along with representatives of the search team, renowned undersea explorer Robert Ballard is expected to express his support for the new effort.

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After the disclosure of the high-profile attack on Google and other big companies last fall, word quickly leaked out that the flaw used to compromise the search giant was an unpatched problem in Internet Explorer.

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Today, for instance, Microsoft uses Internet Explorer to channel people to its Bing search engine.

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Faster, easier Web browsing experience with Internet Explorer 9 and one-touch Bing search.

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Pierre Brazza's rival, the British explorer Henry Morton Stanley, mythologised through his search for Livingstone, reached the far shore, establishing a trading post that was to become the town of Leopoldville.

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