The Next Java Update Could Make Yahoo Your Default Search Provider

itwbennett writes: At the company's shareholder meeting on Wednesday, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced a partnership with Oracle that could result in Yahoo becoming your default search provider in your browser. Starting this month, when users are prompted to update to the next version of Java, they'll be asked to make Yahoo their default search engine on Chrome (and Internet Explorer, for what it's worth). And, according to a Wall Street Journal report, the button will be checked by default, so if you aren't looking out for it, you might unwittingly find yourself a Yahoo user.

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No Java

[pubwvj]

Get a Mac.
No Java.
Solved.
Easy.

Re:Google is too wild . . .

[Plumpaquatsch]

Which, depending on the subject, can lead to totally off-topic results

What is off-topic about those results?

The organisation in question's website - which is no longer called the Wisconsin Tourism Federation - comes second in the list, and only because you've used google.de. Use its new name, or use google.com, and it comes top.

Seems like it's working perfectly to me.

It was a fucking example, you bloody moron. An example that was sort of fixed in part by the fact that they changed their name because the bloody search mostly returned off-topic results, and in part because it was one that was reported.