The Register: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft's 'Enemy Within'?

"Does the popularity of Mozilla Firefox know no bounds? Publicity doing the rounds to support stories about Microsoft's MSN Search seems to include screenshots of something that looks strangely like Firefox. Ido Kenan of Israeli site NRG Maariv has investigated the strange case of a PR shot of this combination labeled 'AP Photo/HO/Microsoft.'

"This construction is generally used for photo credits where the photo has been issued by Microsoft, and if you look around you'll find a few other examples. HO simply stands for 'Hand Out,' which usually means the outfit writing the story (here, Associated Press) sourced the photo from Microsoft..."

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