[NEWS] Google Gets Away With What Microsoft Couldn't

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| Google Gets Away With What Microsoft Couldn't |
| from the you-can-tell-a-book-by-its-cover dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 18, @13:25 (Google) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/18/1652244 |
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[0]FreshlyShornBalls writes "WebProNews is reporting that [1] Google's new beta toolbar apparently sports an "AutoLink" feature which appends hyperlinks to existing content. These hyperlinks, of course, [2]point to their services, such as maps for addresses, isdn numbers for books, etc.
Sounds an awful lot like Microsoft's [3]"Smart Tags"." Update by [4]J:
... except that Microsoft's proposal was in the monopoly browser while Google's software is a third-party add-on, and Microsoft's was
(originally) on by default while Google's is a button to click.

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3. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-267992.html?legacy=cnet
4. http://mccarthy.vg/

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