usefulness of microsoft vs. google (Score 2, Interesting)

This "branding" aside, I find the MS site not all that well done. First off, the photos are way too large. With news.google.com, I can load the page, and see 10 or 12 stores at once. With microsoft, I might see one headline and a large photo. I run 1024x768 due to my eyesight, and so increasing resolution is not an option. The microsoft side simply does not have anything that appeals to me as it is currently designed. In addition, You need to click on the story link to see the other news sites; goolge lists them under the "dominant" headline-Drew