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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/21936.html
MS scraps Internet-control deal
By Kieren McCarthy
Posted: 28/09/2001 at 15:34 GMT
The latest version of Internet Explorer is routing mistyped Web addresses through MSN's search engine, in direct contravention of a contract that RealNames (in which Microsoft has a significant stake) has with domain name company XTNS. Or so XTNS claims.
If someone types a misspelled Web address into the browser - or one that doesn't exist - rather that get an error page, that search is run through a company search engine which tries to match up whatever was typed with the actual Web site they are after. So, for example, "tomb.raider" could lead to Eidos' homepage.
All these searches are supposed to be run through XTNS - a Californian company set up five months ago - but in Explorer 6, if the search includes a dot, it is routed through Microsoft's own servers instead. XTNS says this is a breach of contract.
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