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  1. May 7th, 2002, 08:23 PM #1
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    Thumbs down M$ to Rule the World.

    And now they're admitting it...

    http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/...,52355,00.html


    A Microsoft official acknowledged Tuesday that the company uses a new feature in its Internet Explorer Web browser to play digital music files even if the user has already chosen a different music player.

    The new IE overrides your preferences. Don't you feel lucky?
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  2. May 7th, 2002, 08:29 PM #2
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    Doesn't surprise me in the slightest.......such a m$ thing to do

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  3. May 7th, 2002, 08:39 PM #3
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    As i have said on other threads, you can't trust big companies and most of all M$. They try to spy us and win money.
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  4. May 7th, 2002, 09:05 PM #4
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    Heh heh, never really wanted to use RealPlayer after all the spyware stuff came out. . .now I gotta go download it. . . I love M$, hehehe heh.
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  6. May 7th, 2002, 09:22 PM #5
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    1 more reason i'm switching to linux.
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  7. May 7th, 2002, 09:24 PM #6
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    Microsoft always puts these little 'surprises' into their software.... ii-monk is right, never trust big companies like MS... They always track you in many ways, Big Brother is watching
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