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Much is made of the fact that Google's empire relies solely on its advertising search prowess, for example, but the truth is that Internet search is responsible for just 3 percent of the time people spend online. So while Microsoft will continue working on search, it also feels that the other 97 percent is important as well.

Breaking down the average Web user's time online, Microsoft sees that 32 percent of that time is spent viewing content, 33 percent is spent engaged in online commerce, and 33 percent in communications tasks (like email, IM, or social networking). They can break down these broad categories further as well. For example, email takes up 9 percent, IM 13 percent, and social networking 10 percent.

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