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Microsoft Labels Yahoo/Google Deal Monopoly

Microsoft tonight quickly responded to Yahoo's Google ad trial, attacking the deal as a potential move towards a monopoly. The Windows developer argues that any more permanent agreement would place "over 90%" of all search ads under Google's control and would shut out attempts by other firms to offer alternatives.

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toughNAME - 638 days 15 hours ago

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I'm with Microsoft, that'd just be unfair

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Chuck Norris - 638 days 13 hours ago

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Don't worry MS still has MSN.com :)

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TripleTags - 638 days 13 hours ago

1.2 - dunno

Pot ... Kettle ... Blackness.

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toughNAME - 638 days 13 hours ago

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Apprarently the irony went over your head, as it did with all the disagree-er's

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FAT MAN GO BOOM - 638 days 12 hours ago

1.4 - @ TripleTags

LOL.... that was awesome.... thanks...

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BrianC6234 - 638 days 3 hours ago

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Give me a Yahoo/Google monopoly over Microsoft any day. They've already done more than their fair share to destroy the computer industry. I love seeing Microsoft cry about another deal being a monopoly. This is just too funny.

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theredfoxisquick - 638 days 3 hours ago

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LOL at Microsoft. Double standard anyone?

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streeks1984 - 638 days 1 hour ago

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Hey tough, you do know that M$ is a monopoly right??? I hope your kidding and didn't actually side with M$ on this. This is a double standard if there ever was one. LMAO!

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IntelligentAj - 637 days 15 hours ago

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By strict definition they would be a monopoly since they would control a majority of the ad revenues and there would little to no significant competition. That being said I'm uneasy with any company(even google) controlling the majority of that market.

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InYourMom - 638 days 15 hours ago

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insert the "well if anyone would know what a monopoly looks like it's Microsoft" joke here..

Just get that out of the way before the MS bashers go to town.

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Shadow Man - 638 days 15 hours ago

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You mean Sony Fanboys right ;D

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Breakfast - 638 days 14 hours ago

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Dont let them get to you...have fun with them.

lol...look i disagreed with you. Im a fanboy.

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Bathyj - 638 days 13 hours ago

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No Fair ! You guys are Damage Controlling before we've even had a chance to say anything.

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TruthBTold - 638 days 4 hours ago

2.4 - LMAO

That reminded me of EMINEM 8 Mile... Pappa Doc

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Shadow Man - 638 days 15 hours ago

3 - Damn Son

I didn't know Yahoo/Google are uniting. This will suck for microsoft but I don't care I love google and firefox.

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TruthBTold - 638 days 4 hours ago

3.1 - MS already has a monopoly of their own so...

who cares if they loose out on this one but like you I love Google, its the ONLY search engine I ever use and I make it my home page.

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Lets-Game - 638 days 14 hours ago

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ohh look who is talking! you forgot what you did to Netscape?
microsoft killed netscape by releasing IE with each windows pack, making it unremovable and slowly killing the other browser. this is only one example. anyway FF is here and MS is getting their ass kicked. haha
I still use 2 ms products thought,media player and windows. windows is not perfect but i pick it over mac any day. media player is pretty good. I have VLC but still prefer using media player.

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tethered - 638 days 14 hours ago

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Pot - kettle - black.

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Skerj - 638 days 13 hours ago

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Damn you beat me to it.

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TripleTags - 638 days 13 hours ago

5.2 - ahhh balls

I didnt see this before i posted mine. nice.

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harv711 - 638 days 6 hours ago

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Ya Microsoft is kicking around the sand in the sand box yelling "NO FAIR" when they start to get a taste of their own medicine.

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The Fungus - 638 days 13 hours ago

6 - Hmm

When it comes to most things, I think monopolies can be considered bad. Search engines, however, don't bother me. I only use google anyways, and so do many people(or yahoo).

MS is like a spoiled child. "But, but, I want that TOOOOOOO!!!"

It almost seems like their whining.

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Fighter - 638 days 13 hours ago

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Microsoft are hypocrites

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Bathyj - 638 days 13 hours ago

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Oh the Ironing is delicious. - Bart Simpson.

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Kassanova07 - 638 days 13 hours ago

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Get the f@ck outta here with that sh@t! Damn I'm angry!!

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LastDance - 638 days 12 hours ago

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and they say gamers are violent people!....the nerve.

;) jj

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DJ - 638 days 13 hours ago

10 - The irony Killed Me!

I still don't understand why they see the business market as a killing field. Great example is Sony and Toshiba. They competed with Blu-ray and HD-DVD, HD-DVD lost, and they still have a close-knit relationship as they're still continuing work on the Cell Processor (with IBM).

Edit: I pointed out low polygon counts in Gears 2, and the rest is history. I'm a 3D artist, so I couldn't help it, haha. I private messaged a bunch of the people who responded to me on the article, explaining exactly what that entailed, but no one's responded yet.

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Breakfast - 638 days 13 hours ago

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howd you end up with 1 bubble...a day ago you had 3.

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toughNAME - 638 days 13 hours ago

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I gave you a bubble man...that's pretty much what the future holds for WEAKname

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gEnKiE - 638 days 13 hours ago

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LMAO!!! M$ can eat a d***.... This is the best thing I have seen happen in a long time. They had it coming...

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9331 - 638 days 13 hours ago

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Microsoft are hypocrites,,,they are the one wish to takeover yahoo....
microsoft just monopoly that is....just like in windows....n hddvd

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ChefDejon - 638 days 13 hours ago

13 - whats

wrong with this deal....... nothing

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Chuck Norris - 638 days 13 hours ago

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I'd prefer it if Yahoo! remained as is, no Google partnership or MS takeover.

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harv711 - 638 days 6 hours ago

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I agree with Chuck on this one. I hope that Yahoo can still be Yahoo instead of Googlehoo or Yahoosoft.

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kurochi - 638 days 13 hours ago

14 - For some reason....

I just have the picture of Nelson Muntz from the Simpsons in the background going "HA HA" at MS...... LOL

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Chuck Norris - 638 days 13 hours ago

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with Abe Simpson telling a story of how he once was a majority owner of MS back-in-the-day.

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Rob4Vendetta - 638 days 13 hours ago

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maybe now goolge and yahoo can buy microsoft...lol

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supremacy - 638 days 13 hours ago

16 - in all honesty

i do hope yahoo and google merge or become part of one another, hey after this is done than i would love for the same blow to happen to ea with take 2, only i wish it were activision or sony or one of the other, just to show these monopoly hungry companies the door.

i mean i rather have google consume yahoo than ms a million times, why? google isn't owned by greedy execs that why, and the other thing here is google its just more popular of a search engine than yahoo and even ms itself.

this right here would be a major blow, and one that would put ms back to work hard on its broken windows os.

now i wonder how much would a company like nvidia would cost, sony could sure use its talent to craft some new graphics cards for its next gaming machine. i imagine something that would blow anything seen or heard of before. but nah, sony is too busy trying to buy out the rest of the bluray shares at this time, a company can only do so much you know.

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FAT MAN GO BOOM - 638 days 12 hours ago

17.1 - Great than that would suck...

That would be a bad thing... MS nows how to online right but it would mean a whole lot of faulty Hardware... this would be a bad thing...

I like it the way it is ... 3 companies three different system all fighting to please us...

THE GAMERS

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Jason 360 - 638 days 12 hours ago

17.2 - "microsoft should just buy sony"

Thats ok I'm not a big movie buff, I would rather play my games. Besides If I wan't to watch a movie there are other options.

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gEnKiE - 638 days 11 hours ago

17.3 - @ Jason_360

You can make all the "movie" comments you want. I'll take that over the RROD anyday..... Atleast I can turn my PS3 on without having to worry about it ummmm....not turning on at all.

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Diugu - 638 days 3 hours ago

17.4 - Well...

Microsoft has neither the money nor the structure to absorb a operation as big as Sony. At least not at the moment.

In fact, I believe it would be easier for Sony to absorb Microsoft then the other way around. Seeing as they already have knowledge on how to manage software productions...

... and microsoft... you know how that went when they tried to make hardware. Imagine if they would go on to manufacturing eletronics?? I mean, seriously, would anyone here buy a TV with the microsoft brand on it?! I know I wouldn't.

Can you say... Read ring of LCD Death. RROLCDD... I mean It would be difficult to even make fun of them.

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Forbidden_Darkness - 638 days 12 hours ago

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microsoft is just mad that google got yahoo. i think its great that google is getting yahoo. its not like their going to do anything wrong as a monopoly.

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Jason 360 - 638 days 12 hours ago

19.1 - The world needs to be explained to you using pop up books

Your PC probably has Windows. "As much as I hate monopolies" (BMG) ring any bells?

bootsielon, you get to do finger painting today in art class, right after that it's nap time and a cookie.

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LastDance - 638 days 12 hours ago

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ahhhhhh the simple life.

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Jason 360 - 638 days 12 hours ago

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Such drama

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Lumbo - 638 days 11 hours ago

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At least you should give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt, it is 100% clear that if one company should know what a monopoly is, it is Microsoft. Based on them being the biggest and most oppressing software monopolist out there. :D But i agree, pot-kettle-something very very dark

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Warbletot - 638 days 11 hours ago

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I will soon have enough cash to buy Microsoft.

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Obama - 638 days 13 hours ago

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*Falls off chair laughing*

Did MS really use the word monopoly??

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jams_shop - 638 days 13 hours ago

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I know

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Atomic - 638 days 13 hours ago

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Microsoft is the Hillary Clinton of the Tech world.

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Spinitus - 638 days 12 hours ago

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lololololololololololoollololo lolololololololololollololoolol oollool

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PimpHandHappy - 638 days 11 hours ago

4 - that is funny

maybe they have a point

you know they understand what they are talking about when it comes to that!

Cant say the same about gaming thou

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Omg_Armageddon - 638 days 6 hours ago

5 - the boy that cried wolf...

Can MS even use the word mono***, jesus that is just to much. They own the pc market with IE for what over a decade and they want to cry over this? Give us a break what other search engines do people use nowadays Google & yahoo... they should fuse and be known as

GOOGLIN'YAHOO lol

ok small morning rant (because we love MS so much)

~Arm

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LinuxGuru - 638 days ago

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Wow...this has to be the funniest thing I've read all week.

Microsoft wants to talk about MONOPOLIES?!?

Sh|t, son...never thought I'd see the day where Microsoft would cry foul about a MONOPOLY, when they are MOST ASSUREDLY one themselves.

I smell bullshit.

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eagle21 - 637 days 23 hours ago

7 - Monoposoft, errrm I mean Microsoft :)

has the NERVE.....lol

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budbundystyles - 637 days 15 hours ago

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Epic irony lulz

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Vulcan Raven - 637 days 15 hours ago

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Did the pot just call the kettle black? Wow, that is one of the funniest articles I have ever read on this site.

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