The New York Times August 1 ">published this nice piece about how Google is aping some of Microsoft Bing's newer features. That's something I've been tracking for awhile and been meaning to write about but backburnered for other newsy things. Good thing Google Watch lets me opine on others' coverage. But I don't think the Times has zeroed in on what this means for Bing and Google. I'll come back to that. Here's what the Times said: Microsoft closely,