Microsoft may have solved that problem with MyLifeBits software, still in development, which is letting users annotate their stored data with hyperlinks and voice notatations, while automatically recording web pages, IM transcripts, radio and television.

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At the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco, Microsoft showed how Bing can let you play games in search, IM people in Windows or Facebook a the same time, plan air travel, even choose and watch television or listen to music.

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