Microsoft Changing Users' Default Search Engine 389

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 02, 2009 @07:34PM from the now-what-did-we-say-about-playground-behavior? dept.

BabyDuckHat writes "Cnet's Dennis O'Reilly caught 'Windows Search Helper' trying to change his default Firefox search from Google to Bing. This isn't the first time the software company has been caught quietly changing user's preferences to benefit its own products."

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Really? (Score:5, Funny)

by Beatlebum ( 213957 ) writes: on Thursday July 02, 2009 @07:38PM (#28566167)

That's most surprising.

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Re:Once more with feeling (Score:5, Funny)

by seekret ( 1552571 ) writes: on Thursday July 02, 2009 @07:40PM (#28566193)

I'm sure they'll find some way of avoiding any type of legal problems, they always do.

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BING (Score:5, Funny)

by penguin_dance ( 536599 ) writes: on Thursday July 02, 2009 @07:41PM (#28566205)

BING = But It's Not Google

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Re:BING (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday July 02, 2009 @07:43PM (#28566233)

Bing Is Not Google
recursive

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Re:Also installing unwanted Firefox extension (Score:5, Funny)

by 0123456 ( 636235 ) writes: on Thursday July 02, 2009 @08:07PM (#28566479)

Fortunately the .Net runtime installer crashes every time it tries to update my Windows machine, so I don't have this problem :).

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Re:I wonder what we'd say if the shoe was on... (Score:3, Funny)

by koreaman ( 835838 ) writes: <uman@umanwizard.com> on Thursday July 02, 2009 @09:23PM (#28567105)

Mod parent up and grandparent down.

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Re:Once more with feeling (Score:3, Funny)

by ScrewMaster ( 602015 ) * writes: on Thursday July 02, 2009 @09:41PM (#28567295)

It's already hard enough to switch to Google.
Nah. It's pretty damn painless [mozilla.com] actually.

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iBing! coming in 2010 (Score:4, Funny)

by InsertWittyNameHere ( 1438813 ) writes: on Thursday July 02, 2009 @09:53PM (#28567361)

Icant Believe It's Not Google!

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Re:Once more with feeling (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday July 02, 2009 @10:36PM (#28567611)

I need to have Digg's "OK this is lame" to bury this article.
Yes, please go back to digg where you belong. Reading the article is breaking a sacred rule around here you insensitive clod!

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Re:Once more with feeling (Score:3, Funny)

by 0100010001010011 ( 652467 ) writes: on Friday July 03, 2009 @12:13AM (#28568239)

Legal - Free legal advice, legal directory, legally blond staring Reese Witherspoon, LeGaL - Lesbian & Gay Law Association of Greater New York, legal sea foods, legal......
Suffering from search overload? Only Bing knows how to keep you out of legal trouble.

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Re:Once more with feeling (Score:5, Funny)

by jamstar7 ( 694492 ) writes: on Friday July 03, 2009 @12:21AM (#28568303)

I ain't illiterate, you insensitive clod!! I SEEN my parents get married!

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Run your own test (Score:3, Funny)

by Sir Holo ( 531007 ) writes: on Friday July 03, 2009 @02:10AM (#28568791)

Search something like "bill gates evil" in google and bing. Compare. Discuss.

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Re:Once more with feeling (Score:4, Funny)

by Opportunist ( 166417 ) writes: on Friday July 03, 2009 @05:16AM (#28569593)

Still no reason to resort to senseless violins.

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it was just an accident (Score:3, Funny)

by viralMeme ( 1461143 ) writes: on Friday July 03, 2009 @08:47AM (#28570553)

It was just an accident, Microsoft have never stopped to manipulating the Windows paltform to give itself an unfair advantage ... :)

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Really? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Once more with feeling (Score:5, Funny)

BING (Score:5, Funny)

Re:BING (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Also installing unwanted Firefox extension (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I wonder what we'd say if the shoe was on... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Once more with feeling (Score:3, Funny)

iBing! coming in 2010 (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Once more with feeling (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Once more with feeling (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Once more with feeling (Score:5, Funny)

Run your own test (Score:3, Funny)

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it was just an accident (Score:3, Funny)

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