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Microsoft To Change Desktop Search After Google Complaint

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the we-didn't-mean-it-honest dept.

Raver32 writes to tell us that Microsoft will be making changes to their desktop search tool in Vista after a 49-page antitrust complaint was filed by Google. "Microsoft initially dismissed the allegations, saying regulators had reviewed the program before Vista launched. However, Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said in an interview last week that the company was willing to make changes if necessary."

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  1. Re:Wow! by GaryPatterson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Look at Vista, then look at OS X. Do you really see no link between the two? The two interfaces bear more than a passing resemblance, although after running Vista for a while, I've got to say that OS X's interface works for you, while Vista's interface works against you. Still, the general look and feel is quite similar.

    Even if Apple's marketshare is low (which it definitely is) the products released by Apple help drive the entire industry forward by introducing new ideas or cleaner interfaces. Like them or not, Apple matter to the entire computing world.