Google Bundles Toolbar With Adobe Apps

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday June 24, 2006 @09:28PM from the jab-landing-close-to-home dept.

grammar fascist writes "Sci-Tech Today reports that Google is paying a 'significant amount' to bundle Google Toolbar with certain Adobe downloads. From the article: 'The initial venue for the Google mini-app will be downloads of the popular and free Shockwave multimedia player. The move is seen by some observers as an effort to outflank Microsoft, especially as Internet Explorer 7 nears its formal launch this summer [...] Interestingly, Google's search toolbar will be available only when Shockwave is downloaded for use with Internet Explorer on Windows.'"

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I wouldn't worry about IE7 by QuantumG · 2006-06-24 23:35 · Score: 1, Troll

It stands to be completely unusable for ordinary users. It can't even save downloads to the desktop anymore.

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Correct me if i'm wrong... by EMacAonghusa · 2006-06-25 00:37 · Score: 0, Troll

...but was this not in the news already last week?