Google got Microsoft to change Vista

[temi]

Microsoft has agreed to modify its Windows Vista operating system in response to a complaint that its computer search function put Google and other potential rivals at a disadvantage, the Justice Department and Microsoft says.
Under an agreement with the department and 17 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia, Microsoft will build into Vista an option to let users select a default desktop search program on personal computers running Windows.
The function, known as "Instant Search," allows Windows users to enter a search query and get a list of results from their hard drive that contain the search term

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[seohp]

thanks to update with this news, good job!

[midlandi]

I love power struggles!!

[gkd_uk]

If Micrsoft were to take over Yahoo and built in a yahoo search into all their operating systems (optional) sent out via Windows Updates.

They could be quite ahead. What do you think?

[temi]

neither Yahoo or MSN is particularly renown for their search technology so I don't think technology will give them any edge but size may.