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A woman looks at a computer site on November 30, 2012 in Washington, DC. - Just in time for the holidays, Microsoft and Google have become embroiled in a bitter dispute over who is the fairest of them all for online shopping, stepping up the battle between the tech giants.Microsoft threw the first punch when it launched a campaign for its Bing search engine "to highlight Bing's commitment to honest search results." The campaign also seeks "to help explain to consumers the risks of Google Shopping's newly announced 'pay-to-rank' practice," a Microsoft statement said. As part of the campaign, Microsoft created a Web page called "Scroogled," which points out that its rival has reversed course on its pledge at the time of the Google stock offering to avoid paid ad inclusion for search results. ©Getty The Public Image 5:10pm

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People eat in the cafeteria at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California January 13, 2012. The 100,000 square-foot campus was designed by architect Frank Gehry, and includes an entrance through an iconic pair of giant binoculars designed by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Around 500 employees develop video advertising for YouTube, parts of the Google+ social network and the Chrome Web browser at the site. ©Reuters Feb 7, 2013

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Naivasha, Kenya --- A Kenyan woman packs red roses at the Sher Agencies flower farm in Naivasha, some 90 km (56 miles) from the capital Nairobi February 8, 2006. Shipping out more than 88 million tonnes of cut flowers worth $264 million annually, the east African country is the biggest supplier to the lucrative European market. But the industry's success rings hollow for many workers, some of whom make only a dollar a day. Picture taken February 8, 2006. ©Corbis The Last Word Feb 7, 2013

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