Choice screen has little impact on IE use
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European Internet Explorer usage continued to drop in the first full month following Microsoft's browser choice screen roll-out, but its losses in March were nothing to write home about. Windows users in Europe were recently forced to choose, again, which browser they want to use, as a result of Microsoft's settlement of its long-running antitrust spat with the European Commission. The browser choice screen, delivered via Microsoft Update, offered a choice between IE,...
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