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Microsoft's chief Washington lobbyist has been convening regular meetings attended by the company's outside consultants that have become known by some beltway insiders as "screw Google" meetings, DailyFinance has learned.

Bing's share of the search market grew another percentage point in July, indicating that some of those initial users may be sticking around for the long haul.

Microsoft will offer a free Web-based version of Office as it looks to compete with Internet-based software from Google and increased competition from "open source" products.

Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for a personal computer, a direct challenge to Microsoft.

Google said it will allow users of its email and calendar to access the online services through Microsoft Office, as it tries to woo business users.