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Google Gets Away With What Microsoft Couldn't

Posted by Zonk on from the you-can-tell-a-book-by-its-cover dept.

FreshlyShornBalls writes "WebProNews is reporting that Google's new beta toolbar apparently sports an "AutoLink" feature which appends hyperlinks to existing content. These hyperlinks, of course, point to their services, such as maps for addresses, isdn numbers for books, etc. Sounds an awful lot like Microsoft's "Smart Tags"." Update by J : ... except that Microsoft's proposal was in the monopoly browser while Google's software is a third-party add-on, and Microsoft's was (originally) on by default while Google's is a button to click.

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  1. Re:Not a monolopy ... by DaFrogBoy · · Score: 0, Troll

    a.k.a. If you've innovated too much, you must stop. Let someone else innovate.

  2. You forgot... by LighthouseJ · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple is Not
    US is Evil
    Everyone Else is Not
    Linux is Not

    ad nauseam ...

  3. Re:It is simple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Problem is this is a genuinely useful feature.

    I wish Microsoft had been able to develop this feature, instead of being yelled at as monopolistic.

    Instead, I have to use Google's tool of the same.

    Who says Microsoft can't innovate? Problem isn't inability, it's that if they do, they have an AntiTrust suit slapped on them...

  4. Good *god*, has anyone read the comments ... by de1orean · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... on the Web Pro News site?? and i thought you lot were a bunch of contentious retards.... :-)

    linky

  5. Update by SafteyMan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well looks like the update cleared up an important point: You can't bash google on /. without a mod defending it.