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From: Apex, NC "The peak of good living"
I guess this is MS's new search engine and it seems to highlight certain words or phrases in some posts. It automatically brings up search results as soon as your cursor passes over one of the highlighted words. It is truly annoying and I am not sure how it got turned on or if it just a default a now.
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From: eastern oklahoma
i heard there is a new search engine bing, is that what you're referring to? hmm. i stay away from accepting anything in here that i'm not familiar with. i had a salesgal tell me about bing the new search engine a month or so ago, and paid no attention to it. so far, no bings around here. surely there is a way to turn it off if that's what you're referring to.
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Sounds like the typical Microsoft approach to software: bloated, over-hyped, annoying and ultimately, lame. Just buy a Mac already.
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From: Third Coast TX
It's advertising, they pay HDFourms for the use.
You can probably defeat it within your browser, although that may have ill effects on the way pictures and pages render ?
From their link:
You've just discovered Vibrant In-Text Advertising!
Vibrant In-Text Advertising is triggered from highlighted words within the text of web content. You choose to view this information by moving your mouse over a word or phrase of interest.
Roll over the highlighted words to see an example.
HDForums.com is one of thousands of premium websites that deliver Vibrant In-Text Advertising for companies such as Microsoft, Visa, IBM, and Toyota across the internet.
You can probably defeat it within your browser, although that may have ill effects on the way pictures and pages render ?
From their link:
You've just discovered Vibrant In-Text Advertising!
Vibrant In-Text Advertising is triggered from highlighted words within the text of web content. You choose to view this information by moving your mouse over a word or phrase of interest.
Roll over the highlighted words to see an example.
HDForums.com is one of thousands of premium websites that deliver Vibrant In-Text Advertising for companies such as Microsoft, Visa, IBM, and Toyota across the internet.
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I guess this is MS's new search engine and it seems to highlight certain words or phrases in some posts. It automatically brings up search results as soon as your cursor passes over one of the highlighted words. It is truly annoying and I am not sure how it got turned on or if it just a default a now.
