Microsoft Changing Users' Default Search Engine 389
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timothy
from the now-what-did-we-say-about-playground-behavior? dept.
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."
Really? (Score:5, Funny)
That's most surprising.
Re:Once more with feeling (Score:5, Funny)
BING (Score:5, Funny)
BING = But It's Not Google
Re:BING (Score:5, Funny)
Bing Is Not Google
recursive
Re:Also installing unwanted Firefox extension (Score:5, Funny)
Fortunately the .Net runtime installer crashes every time it tries to update my Windows machine, so I don't have this problem :).
Re:I wonder what we'd say if the shoe was on... (Score:3, Funny)
Mod parent up and grandparent down.
Re:Once more with feeling (Score:3, Funny)
It's already hard enough to switch to Google.
Nah. It's pretty damn painless [mozilla.com] actually.
iBing! coming in 2010 (Score:4, Funny)
Icant Believe It's Not Google!
Re:Once more with feeling (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, please go back to digg where you belong. Reading the article is breaking a sacred rule around here you insensitive clod!
Re:Once more with feeling (Score:3, Funny)
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.
Re:Once more with feeling (Score:5, Funny)
Run your own test (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Once more with feeling (Score:4, Funny)
Still no reason to resort to senseless violins.
it was just an accident (Score:3, Funny)