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Mozilla sides with Microsoft against Google IE

A web less knowable Mozilla has joined Microsoft in questioning the logic of a new Google plug-in that turns Internet Explorer into Google Chrome. But unlike Redmond, the open source outfit actually presents a well-reasoned argument.…Offloading malwa... ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Tue, Sep 29 2009

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