Google's stepping-up its efforts to stop people from using "google" as a verb. They've Our lawyers say: Bad. Very, very bad. You can only "Google" on the Google search engine. If you absolutely must use one of our competitors, please feel free to "search" on Yahoo or any other search engine.
I applaud the attempt, after all, Google must show that it is at least trying to police its trademark - important, if you want to keep it - but with hundreds of millions of users, it's unlikely they'll win this battle.
Now, please excuse me while I go and yahoo who went asking his (micro)soft. [groan]
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Use Google As a Verb, You Must Get Spanked
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