Microsoft moves to offer browser choice

Microsoft's monopolistic Internet Explorer has been knocked off its top spot as Europe's favourite browser by plucky open source upstart Firefox. The Mozilla Foundation's contender in the browser wars has overtaken Microsoft's...

Microsoft saw a small but significant plunge in Internet Explorer's market share in some particular European countries since it rolled out the browser ballot screen. This solution is tailored to offer Windows users in the EU...

The on-going legal dispute between Microsoft and the European Union Commission regarding the breach of the EU’s anti-trust laws by Microsoft is about to end, a source close to the legal proceedings has told...

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on whether Microsoft's proposed 'ballot screen' is enough of a concession to keep the Commission from taking action against it for abuse of a dominant market position. The...

Microsoft may be trying to push forward the argument that Google could become an all-too-powerful entity if Microsoft is prevented from developing its Internet browser freely. According to some well placed sources close to...

Microsoft on Wednesday notified that it has been granted a one-week extension by EU antitrust regulators to respond to the allegations that it had hampered competition by integrating Internet Explorer web browser with Windows...

Microsoft will make the next version of its browser, Internet Explorer 8, available as from 4PM this afternoon as the company finally embarks in its own long march. The newly released application will feature improved privacy...

Amidst charges of anti-competition over incorporating the Internet Explorer browser in Windows operating systems, the European Commission (EC) has offered a bit of relief to Microsoft, by saying that it will discontinue actively...

After Mozilla and Opera, Google has also joined the chorus of voices seeking to extend a helping hand to the European Commission in its investigation against Microsoft over the charges of anti-competitive behaviour.  The...

A number of high profile bloggers and tech writers have lambasted the Mozilla Foundation after its chairperson, Mitchell Baker, announced that the entity will officially lend a helping hand to the European Commission against...

It seems that Microsoft is reeling under some serious criticism from the industry over incorporating its web browser with its operating system, as Mozilla echoed European Commission’s (EC) charges over the software giant...

In response to European Union’s allegations over inclusion of Internet Explorer as a default web browser for Windows operating systems, Microsoft claimed that EU could compel PC users to opt between IE and other browsers...

Microsoft Corp. has been accused by European Union for adversely affecting market competition by incorporating its Internet Explorer web browser with its flagship Windows operating systems only.  In its fresh set of...

"Microsoft today filed with the Court of First Instance an application to annul the Commission decision of February 27," a Microsoft spokesman told reporters on Friday. "We are filing this appeal in a constructive...

Microsoft, the biggest software manufacturer in the world, has been fine a record $1.4 billion because of its anti-competitive behaviour. The fine comes a few days after Microsoft announced that it would open its environment to...