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Very few are fluent in the the guttural language of the Klingon warrior race — but now Trekkies around the World Wide Web can try their hand at the ancient alien dialect with the new Klingon Translator by Bing for web and Windows Phone.

Head over to bing.com/translator to see what your favorite Star Trek-isms look like in Latin-based Klingon or the traditional piqaD Klingon script. In the words of Captain Picard, "make it so," and master the old alien tongue one word at a time!

The Klingon Language Institute, along with professor Marc Orkrand, who is credited with inventing the language, built the Star Trek-approved translation algorithms from the ground up. This, of course, means that there is still a lot of work to do on the translator, and master Klingon speakers can contribute to its progress by emailing translator@microsoft.org.

Before you hit the theater on May 17 to see Star Trek Into Darkness (which stars the one, the only Benedict Cumberbatch), learn the language of Worf to impress all your Trekkie friends.

Because taking the time to move your cursor up to the "Pin It" browser plug-in button gets in the way of a rapid-fire pinning session, a Pin to Pinterest function is now available on Bing image search. It's as basic as searching for a photo, whether it's of a new laptop bag, Spring vegetable recipes, or vacation inspiration.

Once the images populate, click on the desired photo, where it'll appear as a pop-up with a Pin It button in the lower right-hand corner of the page. When adding to a Pinterest board, Bing fills in the name of the item with the original online source noted. Expect your pin count to go way up.

Who doesn’t love getting a discount at your favorite restaurant or spa? I think it’s fair to say that we all do, but with so many offers out there, staying on top of the latest deal can feel like an impossible task — until now! Thanks to Bing mobile deals, all your favorite daily deals are aggregated straight to your mobile device, making shopping for discounts in your exact location a cinch.

To celebrate the launch of Bing Mobile Deals — available at m.bing.com on your iPhone or Android — PopSugar is giving away $500 to three lucky winners to be used toward any Bing mobile deal. Tell us what kind of local deals you’d buy if you won; everyone who logs in and leaves a comment will be automatically entered to win! Good luck!

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Bing just released a video detailing new mobile deals program, which is available on an HTML5-enabled mobile device. The platform aggregates deals and offers for over 200 different providers. (Speaking of amazing deals, have you checked out the new PopSugar City?)

Learn more about it after the break.

Microsoft's Bing search engine has just released a shiny new iPad app, aimed to help users search and discover what they're looking for within a bright, colorful, and engaging interface. The app's homescreen image changes daily (similar to Bing.com and its other mobile apps), and also features smaller tiles for staying in the know. Also included, Bing's image search, displaying search results in grid view with image sources and full-page previews.

Additionally, a special Trends feature shows users the top 10 trending searches of the day (and past seven). Bing Maps offers road, aerial, and bird's-eye views of streets. It even includes voice search! You can download this free app from the App Store.

Bing's shopping function has always allowed users to compare prices and check item reviews, and starting today, a new search feature will make your holiday shopping a little bit easier. Shopping List For Bing works in conjunction with the search engine's product search, and through Facebook Connect it allows users to share their shopping lists with friends and family.

Find out how to create and share your own list after the break.

Celebrity searches may bring up dangerous results, but that won't stop curious fans from hunting down stories and pics of their favorites online. Bing recently released its list of the top search trends of 2010, and taking the crown for most searches is one hot cell phone hacker: Kim Kardashian.

Although there were some major searchable milestones this year, like Antennagate, the World Cup, and the release of Sex and the City 2, just to name a few, it seems that a bikini-clad Kardashian can take them all down with just a few Twitpics. Want to see who and what else topped Bing's search topics in 2010? Check out the list after the break.

I'd argue that Google knocked it out of the park with its Arcade Fire Chrome Experiment, but now Bing is hoping to use a big-time musician for a successful marketing push. Jay-Z is releasing his 300-page autobiography a page at a time in cities across the country, and fans can locate the pages by logging onto bing.com/Jay-Z, which uses Bing Maps to guide players to the pages.

The project also takes advantage of the new Bing-Facebook partnership as Facebook is used to authenticate users who sign up, and clues to the pages' locations will be posted on Bing's Facebook page. According to Bing, the campaign is aimed at growing the Bing audience, and apparently Jay-Z fans (not just his 4 million social networking connections) have "heavy search tendencies." Who knew?

The promotion (scavenger hunt?) lasts until Nov. 20; 200 registered winners will receive prizes for finding pages.