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Google Inc. is upset that Microsoft Corp. has made MSN the default search engine in Internet Explorer 7, but the software maker says changing to another search provider is easy enough for most people.

The latest fight between the two rivals involve a small rectangular box located on the upper right hand corner of IE 7, currently in beta 2 and set to ship in its final version this summer. The box makes it possible for people to begin their Web search from the browser, rather than going to the provider’s homepage.

The stakes are high for Google and Microsoft, because Internet Explorer, despite losing some ground to Mozilla Corp.’s Firefox browser, still accounts for about 85 percent of the browser market. Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., estimates that between 30 percent and 50 percent of searches will begin at the browser, when it offers a search box, according to The New York Times, which first reported the squabble. InformationWeek | Web Browsers | IE7 Search Box Fuels Google-Microsoft Rivalry | May 1, 2006

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