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Microsoft Rolls Out Ballot Browser Box For Windows OS

Microsoft Rolls Out Ballot Browser Box For Windows OS

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As from today, Microsoft will be offering Windows users in the European Union the possibility to choose which browser they want to use on their operating system, a process which was imposed by the Redmond software maker, by the European Union. Microsoft was found guilty by the European Competition Commission of breaching European competition laws by pre-installing its Internet Explorer browser by default on all operating systems that it shipped. Both parties...



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Microsoft Internet Explorer Market Share Drops In Europe

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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...


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Mozilla Dismisses Microsoft's Attempt To Implement Ballot Screen Option

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Microsoft Cans European IE-Less Windows 7

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Microsoft revealed on Friday that it will be dropping Windows 7 E altogether and will instead choose to get a ballot screen update for customers who purchase Windows 7 in the European Economic Area.Dave Heiner, Microsoft's Vice...


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Microsoft could for the first time ever rescind its divine rights on its operating system, Windows 7, and allow competing browsers to be bundled by default, in the OEM and retail versions in Europe only. The European Commission...

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