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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."

4 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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    If you've never been modded as "flamebait" or "troll," you've never tried to argue a minority viewpoint here!
    1. Re:BING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bing Is Not Google

      recursive