>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/19/ebayer_live_search_game/

Obviously, the hole in it was already drilled even before the article was written, or else more than 10% would still be available. I can imagine there may be hundreds of thousands of smart kids out there, who will gladly seize the opportunity to get some of their money back from Microsoft - which probably already happened.

As for the quality of the search engine, I know I never found anything (but empty sales pitch) on Microsoft's websites by using it; googling Microsoft usually yields better results and is far faster.