Acamar Films and Fisher-Price have extended their partnership, which sees the early childhood development company continue to serve as the master toy licensee for Bing.

Acamar Films and Sambro International have announced a new three-year partnership which will see a range of arts and crafts and outdoor toy products hit the market.

While Windows 7 is stealing most of the headlines this week, Microsoft -- and one of its MVPs -- are also rolling out some new developer toys.

The mysterious Windows 8.1 with Bing build that popped up last week is Microsoft's experiment in subsidizing Windows with services, sources say.

In a nice nod to nostalgia, Microsoft has made a Bing commercial featuring the toys from the 1964 TV special 'Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer' in addition to that troubled little elf, Hermey.