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by niedzielski 1632 days ago
There is already http://microsoft.bing. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom....
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Which redirects to bing.com, proving that they really have no use for the .bing TLD other than to prevent someone else from grabbing it.
Imagine the clamour of people who want to be associated with Bing

The real problem is can I still type weirdfilename.exe into the browser bar and get to a search engine?

The Crosby estate?
.bing tld is theirs, is not available for the public

and even if it was available to register, they can reserve words for their own usage before launching it

and if you mean, someone else actually doing the paperwork to get the .bing tld for them, it wouldnt ever be approved.