News: Microsoft Settlement with EU Unlikely to Shift Browser Battle

The European Union (EU) has fined Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) an eye-opening $731 million for breaking a commitment the software giant made more than three years ago to provide users with a choice in web browsers instead of defaulting to Internet Explorer.

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Updated: The European Commission said Wednesday that it has settled with Microsoft over its remaining antitrust issues.

The European Commission today said that it will be fining Microsoft €561 million ($731 million) over antitrust violations related to distribution of its Internet Explorer browser — and a humbled Microsoft has now issued a formal response noting that it takes “full responsibility” for the “technical error” that caused the violation, and in no way indicating that it wil

European Union regulators are preparing to charge Microsoft for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering the company to offer users of its desktop operating system a choice of web browsers, Reuters is reporting. The EU opened an investigation into the case back in July, to determine whether Microsoft had kept the commitments it made under the antitrust ruling which stipulated users should be

Looks like the European Commission is following through on what it’s been reportedly planning to do for weeks: it has filed a formal complaint against Microsoft for antitrust violations related to Internet Explorer and giving consumers a clear way to choose another browser when using Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

Pull out the ibuprofen, Redmond: it looks like the antitrust headache that bothered Microsoft for years in Europe may be coming back: the European Commission is preparing to bring charges against the company worth billions of euros because Microsoft has failed to implement an effective way of offering users alternatives to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser on Windows-powered devices, acc

Written by: David Heath | Published in: Government Tech PolicyIn late 2009, Microsoft agreed to offer users a choice of browser as part of an anti-competitive dispute settlement with the European Union. It seems they 'forgot' to add the choice to Windows 7 service pack 1 in 2011.

From LinuxBSDos.com.Hispalinux (in Spanish), a representative organization for Linux users in Spain, has lodged a complaint against Microsoft to the European Commission, the European Union’s executive body.

Motorola Mobility had tried to block Apple from using a key GSM mobile standard, but that move apparently violated antitrust rules, the EU said. Google's Motorola Mobility unit could be facing antitrust charges from the European Union after the agency notified the company that its conduct in seeking a court injunction against Apple last year in Germany "amounts to an abuse of a dominant posit