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--- bootcat:news:important_announcement [2012/06/18 17:38] – eros
+++ bootcat:news:important_announcement [2012/07/02 14:37] (current) – eros
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-====== A new version will be released soon  ======
+====== Version 0.60 will stop working  ======
-On May 17, 2012 [[http://bing.com|Bing]] announced that **version 2.0** of their Search API (a fundamental service used by BootCaT) will be decommissioned on August 1, 2012. This means that the current version of BootCaT will stop working on that day.
+BootCaT 0.60 will stop working on August 1, 2012.
-Moreover, Bing is no longer allowing users to register for version 2 of the Bing Search API, this means that, while existing AppIds will continue working until August 1, **new users will not be able to obtain an AppId and therefore will not be able to use BootCaT**.
+In order to continue using the program, you need to **upgrade to version 0.61** (available on the [[http://bootcat.sslmit.unibo.it/|official BootCaT Website]]).
-The next version of the service, called Windows Azure Marketplace, will be supported by the new version of BootCaT, which is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2012.
+Moreover, you will not be able to use your existing Bing AppId: version 0.61 requires a **free** Windows Azure Marketplace Account Key, see [[bootcat:help:search_engine_key|this page]] for more information.
-Summing up:
+===== What version of BootCaT am I running? =====
-  * if you have an AppId you should be able to continue using it until August 1, 2012
+To find out what version of BootCaT you're running, see [[bootcat:help:determine_version|this page]].
-  * if you **don't have** an AppId, you won't be able to get one that is compatible with the current version of BootCat, there are only two things you can do:
-    * borrow an AppId from someone else
-    * wait for the next version of BootCaT to be released
-====== BootCaT and Bing are two very different things ======
-The authors of BootCaT (mostly people working at the universities of Bologna and Trento) are in no way affiliated with Bing (a commercial search engine controlled by Microsoft).