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EU Commission drops antitrust case against Microsoft
It’s early Christmas for the Redmond-based software maker. Microsoft, who was fighting a lost browser battle with the EU Commission for about a decade has finally come to an end. The commission has dropped the antitrust charges and in return Microsoft will offer a browser Choice Screen amongst all OSes (XP, Vista and 7) [...]
Microsoft’s reworked browser ballot offer might get the nod from EU
In the past, Microsoft has been penalized heavily by the European Commission for thwarting browser competition by bundling IE along with Windows copies. Not to attract unwanted attention and further fine from the EU Commission, Microsoft decided to launch Windows 7 E Editions without the IE browser. However, just a month before the official [...]
EU will get micro-USB standard chargers from next year
Major handset manufacturers have agreed to supply a standard mobile phone charger all over Europe in a bid to provide some relief to the consumers as well as the environment. Consumers will no longer need to carry different chargers for their multiple phones as one will work with almost every handset that they’ll buy [...]
Microsoft will ship IE-less Windows 7 in Europe
Look, what an antitrust charge does it to you. After being fined heftily by European Commission for abusing its monopolistic position, Microsoft wants to play it safe. They have announced not to bundle their IE8 browser along with the next iteration of Windows which will hit in October. “To ensure that Microsoft is in [...]