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Microsoft Changing Users' Default Search Engine

Posted by timothy on 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."

14 of 389 comments (clear)

  1. Really? by Beatlebum · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's most surprising.

  2. Re:Once more with feeling by seekret · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  3. BING by penguin_dance · · Score: 5, Funny

    BING = But It's Not Google

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    1. Re:BING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bing Is Not Google

      recursive

  4. Re:Also installing unwanted Firefox extension by 0123456 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  5. Re:I wonder what we'd say if the shoe was on... by koreaman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mod parent up and grandparent down.

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  6. Re:Once more with feeling by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's already hard enough to switch to Google.

    Nah. It's pretty damn painless actually.

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  7. iBing! coming in 2010 by InsertWittyNameHere · · Score: 3, Funny

    Icant Believe It's Not Google!

  8. Re:Once more with feeling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    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!

  9. Re:Once more with feeling by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 2, 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.

  10. Re:Once more with feeling by jamstar7 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  11. Run your own test by Sir+Holo · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  12. Re:Once more with feeling by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Still no reason to resort to senseless violins.

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  13. it was just an accident by viralMeme · · Score: 2, Funny

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