Just saw that my almost-old-employer, InfoSpace, signed with us (Microsoft) to use MSN as part of their search offering. So looks like MetaCrawler, my old project and thesis, is back to having the best of all worlds!
Sadly, I can’t seem to find the preferences anymore to select which engines to use… thus you could cull away the dreadful About, FindWhat (sorry Pete), and Overture ad links. But hey, for those on the cutting edge, this is something to (re)check out as you’ll get the best of three worlds!