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Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal Gets Go-Ahead From EU, US DoJ

Posted by timothy on from the will-it-blend? dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft and Yahoo announced Thursday morning that the US DOJ and the European Commission have approved an agreement between the two firms to have the Bing search engine power Yahoo's sites. The companies said that engineers will begin adapting Bing for the Yahoo site 'in the coming days' and that they hope work is completed, at least the US, by the end of this year."

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  1. The formula: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    • Microsoft - third-rate, virus-ridden shitware from a company that is a load of stinky stagnant Indian-driven pants chili.
    • Yahoo! - the foremost playground for chat room trolls, 12 year olds, and the panty-sniffing Japs who follow them.

    Here are the mathematical equations which describe their partnershitp:

    Microsoft = Yahoo = shit = bad
    shit + shit = 2 * shit

    and since

    2 * shit = 2 * bad

    we find, counterintuitively and as a matter of public opinion, that

    more shit is less than or equal to less shit

    Q.E.D.

  2. Re:Who will suffer? by uvajed_ekil · · Score: -1, Troll

    So will this make Yahoo suck like Bing, or Bing actually find pages (I'm interested in) just like Yahoo?

    I refuse to RTFA, and the summary makes it sound like bing technology will power Yahoo, I think. So Yoohoo will suck even more than it does now, and I will never use it, instead of using it as a tool of last resort.

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  3. Re:I think... by FlyingBishop · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm beginning to think we should all boycott Google and use Bing. Between the Buzz mess and their outright lies on China (we'll shut off censorship, oh wait, maybe not) I feel like something needs to happen to get their heads out of their asses.

    I wouldn't give up my Droid, Gmail, or Google Apps (the alternatives aren't even comparable) but I could live with Bing.