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Ubuntu Moves To Yahoo For Default Firefox Search

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @01:16AM from the can-you-say-bing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Starting in Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx release, Firefox's default search engine will be switched from Google to Yahoo. The switch was made after Canonical 'negotiated a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo.' Google will still be available as a choice. Since Yahoo search is now powered by Microsoft's Bing, this would seem to mean that Microsoft will be paying people for using Ubuntu."

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Re:Embrace, Extend ... Extinguish by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-27 01:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Mod up, that comment made my morning.
Go ahead, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-27 02:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

nobody gives a fuck what you do. Also if you're one of those weenies who constantly act smug and superior about using linux, I'd say its an upgrade of the Ubuntu community when you leave.