Reports of IE Hijacking NXDOMAINs, Routing To Bing 230
Update: 08/11 23:24 GMT by KD : Readers are reporting that it's not Bing that comes up for a nonexistent domain, it's the user's default search engine (noting that at least one Microsoft update in the past changed the default to Bing). There may be nothing new here.
Comment Re:Antitrust avoidance (Score 1) 348
But I'm trying to figure out what you meant by this statement?
They then continued to grab anything that they thought could entice users, and bundle it into the operating system. gui text editors, word processors, games, disk degragmentation, disk compression, networking, to name just a few...
I'm inferring from your observation that this is somehow wrong, and that an "operating system" should be nothing but a kernel. You seem to be saying that in creating an attractive product by including value-added features like "networking", games and (gasp) a text editor, Microsoft has somehow overstepped their bounds.
I suppose it would be different if $YOUR_FAVORITE_DISTRO or Apple included such obvious userbait...wouldn't it? Oh, wait...