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searchengineland.com - 6/3/2009
Internet Explorer 6 Forces Bing As Default Search Provider
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It appears that Bing is overriding the default search provider set by users of Internet Explorer 6. Several IE6 users have complained that since Bing launched, the search provided went from Google (which they set manually) to Bing. To makes things even worse, when the user tries to set the ...
decisionengine.com - 5/28/2009
Bing - A better way to search from Microsoft
— decisionengine.com — 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement... (more) Bing - A better way to search from Microsoft

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To Bing or not to Bing? Hands on with Microsoft's new search
arstechnica.com - 5/28/2009
To Bing or not to Bing? Hands on with Microsoft's new search
— arstechnica.com — Microsoft has finally taken the wraps off the new branding for Live Search, and the final name... is Bing. We've known since March that a rebrand was coming, and we've been saying for even longer that Live Search is in dire need of one ... (more) To Bing or not to Bing? Hands on with Microsoft's new search

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Microsoft forcing Bing upon IE6 users
DV Hardware — ... Search Engine Land reports a bug in Internet Explorer 6 is forcing users to use Microsoft's new Bing service as the default search provider. Since Bing launched, the search provider was automatically switched to Bing and when a user tries to switch from Bing to Google or another search engine, it doesn't allow them. ...

Wednesday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News — Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 6:16 AM on June 3, 2009 Wednesday TweakTown covers AMD Fusion press conference - The future is Fusion DigiTimes reports DRAM prices may return to cost levels in 3Q09, says A-Data chairman and Nvidia's 5-year plan coming to fruition as GPU compute goes mainstream: Q&A with Ujesh Desai , VP of product marketing The Register reports US Patent Office backs Nvidia with Rambus rejection AppleInsider reports Apple sued over methods for repeat iTunes, App Store sales C|Net reports Court orders Dish to pay $103 million to TiVo DSLReports: Comcast 50Mbps to see price cut NordicHardware ...

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