To me, it seems quite simple. Someone at Google used Bing toolbar and IE8 in following way:
a) Search from Bing toolbar for hiybbprqag.
b) Bing does not display anything.
c) Bing toolbar remembers that term internally.
d) Go to www.google.com and type hiybbprqag.
e) Google displays one intentionally seeded link.
f) Google engineer click on that link.
g) Bing toolbar notices that shortly after user searched for hiybbprqag, s/he clicked on seeded link.
h) Bing toolbar sends that piece of that to mothership: There is relationship between hiybbprqag and seeded link.
...
i) After some time, Google engineer searches for hiybbprqag from Bing toolbar.
j) Bing looks up its index and there only one piece of evidence regarding term 'hiybbprqag'. It is not much, but it is all it has, so it presents it to the user.
Google accusations strongly imply (using words like 'stealing') that Bing simply scraps google.com for results, while reality is not so simple.
Now, bigger Microsoft problem is that it employs VPs like Yusuf, who cannot express simple facts and easily fall into corporate speak.
Well, remote desktop protocol for connecting to OSX or Linux would be significantly different and would basically mean that it will be two (or more) applications in one. I am all for apps which do one thing and do it well.
a) Search from Bing toolbar for hiybbprqag.
b) Bing does not display anything.
c) Bing toolbar remembers that term internally.
d) Go to www.google.com and type hiybbprqag.
e) Google displays one intentionally seeded link.
f) Google engineer click on that link.
g) Bing toolbar notices that shortly after user searched for hiybbprqag, s/he clicked on seeded link.
h) Bing toolbar sends that piece of that to mothership: There is relationship between hiybbprqag and seeded link.
...
i) After some time, Google engineer searches for hiybbprqag from Bing toolbar.
j) Bing looks up its index and there only one piece of evidence regarding term 'hiybbprqag'. It is not much, but it is all it has, so it presents it to the user.
Google accusations strongly imply (using words like 'stealing') that Bing simply scraps google.com for results, while reality is not so simple.
Now, bigger Microsoft problem is that it employs VPs like Yusuf, who cannot express simple facts and easily fall into corporate speak.
UPDATE: Here is good summary of what I wanted to say: http://directmatchmedia.com/google-proves-bing.php