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The world’s second largest social network, MySpace has found a new partner that may make the relationship between MySpace and Google  a little more rocky: Microsoft.

Specifically, MySpace and Microsoft announced today that the MySpace website will be available for Windows Mobile this summer. In addition, they announced that MySpace would be supporting Microsoft’s Silverlight platform (a rival to the popular Adobe Flash), especially for the creation of applications on its developer platform.

Confused yet? It’s a lot of partnerships and technology integration to announce all at once. It is also a very interesting move for both companies. This announcement adds a new dynamic to the rivalry between Google and Microsoft: Google already has a multi-million dollar deal with MySpace, while Microsoft owns a small chunk of MySpace rival Facebook  and helps power its search and advertising platforms. It will make these relationships even more complicated and something to watch for over the next year.