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You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Microsoft and Yahoo tie the knot, iTablet rumors thicken the plot
By Dan Tynan, InfoWorld
July 31, 2009 02:00 PM ET
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A quiet week it wasn't, thanks largely to the long-anticipated consummation of a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo. There were also yet more juicy rumors of an Apple tablet, rumblings of discontent over the iPhone Store's decision to boot Google Voice apps, and even larger rumblings when one of the world's biggest ISPs took on the Net's largest collection of juvenile delinquents. Can you Rickrolling LOLcats nail a perfect score? Correct answers are worth 10 points. Now ... go.

1. Well, it finally happened. Microsoft and Yahoo struck an ad/search deal that's slightly less complicated than the Treaty of Versailles. Which of the following is NOT one of the terms of the deal?

a. Yahoo Search will be powered by Bingb. Yahoo will sell premium search ads for Microsoftc. Microsoft will pay Yahoo 88 cents on the dollar for traffic acquisitiond. The deal will last in perpetuity

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