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EC decision expected to force IE to better support standards: Written on Fri, 07/24/09 - 6:49pm; Opera Software is, as expected, preening over the expected forthcoming ballot box feature in Windows 7. When European Windows 7 users fire up their machines, the box will ask which browser they would like to install by default. This will put the Opera name in front of millions of users who probably...
Microsoft bends: agrees to offer browser ballot option with Windows 7: Written on Fri, 07/24/09 - 4:16pm; Microsoft will be adding a ballet screen to European versions of Windows 7 that offers users a choice of default browsers, the EU's European Commission has confirmed today. The EC has is also using this case to pressure Microsoft to do more about interoperability overall. It said Microsoft has agreed...
Microsoft to ship Windows 7 without IE in Europe: Written on Thu, 06/11/09 - 8:05pm; Microsoft has confirmed that it will remove IE from European copies of Windows 7. This, it hopes, will resolve the ongoing problems it has had with the European Union's European Commission on the matter. Based on a complaint filed in December, 2007, by Opera Software (and subsequently vehemently supported...
EU may require Microsoft to include more browsers with Windows: Written on Mon, 06/01/09 - 11:51pm; The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the European Union's European Commission could try something different in its never-ending dealings with Microsoft. It may require Microsoft to bundle additional browsers with Windows as a sanction for what it says is an anti-competitive practice of bundling...
Microsoft responds to EU over antitrust charges: let's talk: Written on Wed, 04/29/09 - 5:19pm; Microsoft has finally submitted a response to the European Commission over the EC's findings that the company violated antitrust regulations by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. It's response was a request for an oral hearing where it will defend itself, reports a story by the IDG News Service.
Microsoft gets extension in EU antitrust case: Written on Wed, 03/11/09 - 6:34pm; European antitrust regulators are giving Microsoft more time to respond to an antitrust complaint over the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows. Microsoft's response was due this week but is now due April 21.
Will Windows 7 make IE optional? Antitrust fight is for the enterprise, Opera says: Written on Wed, 03/04/09 - 6:04pm; UPDATED 03/06/09:Microsoft has confirmed that it will be making Internet Explorer 8 an "optional" feature in Windows 7, according to the company's Engineering Windows 7 blog.
EU slaps Microsoft (again) for antitrust over IE bundled with Windows: Written on Fri, 01/16/09 - 6:26pm; Opera Software's year-old antitrust complaint against Microsoft took another step toward being vindicated today, and the Oslo-based browser maker is applauding the European Commission's decision. Opera had filed a complaint with the EC contending that Microsoft's bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows...

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