The LiveSide Blog reports that Microsoft has launched a new site named Live Search Club, where you can play games to earn rewards. Some of the prizes you can win include ringtones, earphones, T-shirts, Microsoft Office, Xbox and many other prizes.

Microsoft did offer a Search & Win program in the past, but that seems to have been taken down now.

LiveSide Blog also reports that Microsoft is going to redirect start.com to live.com on May 22, 2007. Start.com is a personalized portal powered by Microsoft that launched in November 2005.

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