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google.com - 7/24/2009
The Associated Press: EU: Microsoft trying to settle browser case
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(AP) 2 hours ago BRUSSELS Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators said Friday. The European Commission has charged the company with monopoly abuse for tying the Internet Explorer browser to the Windows ...
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readyset7.com - 7/22/2009
Ready. Set. 7. - Home
— readyset7.com — Microsoft Home | All Microsoft Sites Windows HOME I BUILD HARDWARE I BUILD SOFTWARE SEND FEEDBACK Ready.... Set. 7. Build and Grow with Windows 7 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use Trademarks Privacy Statement This site is ... (more) Ready. Set. 7. - Home

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microsoft.com - 7/26/2009
Microsoft Proposal to European Commission: Statement by Brad Smith, Microsoft General Counsel ...
— microsoft.com — REDMOND, Wash. - July 24, 2009 - As the European Commission has just announced in a statement... , Microsoft has made a new proposal in an effort to address competition law issues related to Internet Explorer and interoperability. Under our new proposal, ... (more) Microsoft Proposal to European Commission: Statement by ...

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microsoft.com - 7/28/2009
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-034 - Critical: Cumulative Security Update for Internet ...
— microsoft.com — This security update is being released out of band in conjunction with Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-035 ,... which describes vulnerabilities in those components and controls that have been developed using vulnerable versions of the Microsoft Active ... (more) Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-034 - Critical: ...

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Engadget:  Microsoft relents to European Commission, will give users browser freedom in Windows 7

DV Hardware:  EU: Microsoft to give users a choice of web browsers

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Microsoft relents to European Commission, will give users browser freedom in Windows 7
Engadget — ... It looks like Redmond is backing slowly away from its previous IE-or-else stance on Windows 7 for European markets. According to an article just published, the OS giant has apparently caved to pressure from the European Commission over "monopoly abuse" ...

EU: Microsoft to give users a choice of web browsers
DV Hardware — ... The European Commission announced Microsoft has decided to offer European buyers of Windows 7 a ballot screen so they can choose which browser they want to install: ...

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