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EC responds to Microsoft's browser move
News The European Commission on Thursday responded with a mixed assessment of Microsoft's move to strip Internet Explorer out of European versions of Windows 7. The Commission issued a preliminary finding in January that the inclusion of a browser in...
[June 12, 2009, 9:45]
Europe to test Microsoft browser ballot system
News The software giant agreed to the measures following Commission concerns that Microsoft may have abused its dominant market position by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. The Commission raised concerns about Internet Explorer in January, which...
[October 7, 2009, 17:40]
Microsoft pulls out of EC browser hearing
News The software company said on Thursday that it had pulled out of the hearing, which it had requested after European Commission regulators found in January that the tying of Internet Explorer with Windows constituted anti-competitive practices.
[May 22, 2009, 15:04]
EC raises antitrust objection to IE in Windows
News According to a statement issued by the European Commission: "The evidence gathered during the investigation leads the Commission to believe that the tying of Internet Explorer with Windows, which makes Internet Explorer available on 90 percent of...
[January 19, 2009, 7:33]
Google seeks to join EC's Microsoft antitrust case
News The Commission formally put Microsoft on notice in mid-January, objecting to the bundling of the Internet Explorer browser with the Windows operating system. Google wants to help the European Commission prove antitrust charges against Microsoft...
[February 25, 2009, 7:20]
Microsoft agrees to rival browsers in Windows
News In January, the European Commission told Microsoft that it believed the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows contravened European Union antitrust laws. Under the proposal, Windows 7 would include Internet Explorer, but the proposal recognises...
[July 24, 2009, 21:19]
Microsoft's 'browser ballot' to cover XP and Vista
Blog On 24 July, Microsoft published a proposal it had sent to the European Commission, saying it could alleviate antitrust fears by giving European users of Windows 7 a choice of browser at first installation.
[July 30, 2009, 11:27]
Opera: Microsoft's browser move not enough
News The remedy that the European Commission has been discussing, a so-called 'must-carry' remedy, would be a better solution, he said. The chief complainant in the European browser case against Microsoft says the move to strip Internet Explorer out of...
[June 15, 2009, 9:10]
Microsoft-Yahoo bid attracts regulatory 'interest'
News The Commission is also scrutinising Microsoft's bundling of Internet Explorer with its operating systems. The European Commission on Friday said that it would wait for Microsoft to notify it about any proposed deal with Yahoo.
[February 4, 2008, 12:03]
Microsoft scraps browserless Windows 7
News The European Commission had said it "welcomed" Microsoft's move, also giving the software maker some confidence that it could ship Windows 7 with the browser included. If the Commission accepts Microsoft's proposal, it will fully implement that...
[August 3, 2009, 8:33]
Mozilla to join EC's Microsoft antitrust case
News The Commission, which is the European Union's executive arm, formally put Microsoft on notice in mid-January, objecting to the bundling of the Internet Explorer browser with the Windows operating system.
[February 11, 2009, 12:44]
Google claims IE7 is anti-competitive
News Google has complained to both the European Commission and the US Justice Department about the next version of Internet Explorer, saying it unfairly funnels users to Microsoft's MSN search engine. Microsoft is already embroiled in a long-running...
[May 3, 2006, 11:55]
Microsoft hits back at Opera antitrust claims
News The Norwegian browser company announced on Thursday that it had filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft, over Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. Opera asked the Commission to force Microsoft to...
[December 14, 2007, 11:48]
Microsoft sets UK prices for Windows 7
News The company has also said that, due to the European Commission antitrust ruling on Internet Explorer bundling, it will not be offering the cheaper upgrade versions of Windows 7 in the European retail market.
[June 25, 2009, 14:02]
Microsoft, EC 'in talks' to settle antitrust issues
News One issue is the European Commission's well-publicised concern over the bundling of Internet Explorer into Windows, while the other pertains to Office software, Bloomberg said. The Commission earlier this year issued a preliminary finding that the...
[July 8, 2009, 8:17]
Microsoft reveals EC's plans for Windows browser
News The European Commission is considering forcing Microsoft to distribute rival browsers as part of Windows, the software maker disclosed in a regulatory filing on 22 January. Microsoft noted that the Commission is also seeking to "impose a...
[January 26, 2009, 7:46]
Microsoft: Many Windows 7 features can be disabled
News In January, a Microsoft filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that the European Commission might force PC manufacturers to offer users a choice of multiple web browsers, rather than IE being the only preinstalled option.
[March 9, 2009, 10:31]
Europe should accept US settlement, says Microsoft
News The European Commission, the EU's executive body, is specifically investigating complaints that Microsoft is using its dominance in the desktop operating system market to compel adoption of its server software.
[December 4, 2001, 12:34]
EU struggles with Vista
News Microsoft's new Vista operating system has put the European Commission in a quandary over whether to open a new front against the software giant before a court clarifies the authority of the European Union antitrust watchdog.
[May 10, 2006, 9:45]
Microsoft looks to European resolution
News We do hope that the European Commission will consider (Friday's) decision as a reference point and we do hope they will weigh this information carefully with everything else they may consider. It's hard to gauge what impact Kollar-Kotelly's ruling...
[November 4, 2002, 7:58]
