news.cnet.com - 6/12/2009
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Microsoft plans to remove Internet Explorer from the versions of Windows 7 that it ships in Europe, CNET News has learned. Reacting to antitrust concerns expressed by European regulators , Microsoft plans to offer a version in Europe that has the browser removed. Computer makers would then ...
blogs.computerworld.com - 6/9/2009
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blogs.computerworld.com —
The Apple guy who so smugly announces, "I'm
a Mac" on Apple's TV ads may no longer...
be smiling: A just-released study shows that Microsoft has pulled significantly ahead of Apple among Apple's core audience of 18-to-34-year-olds. The reason: ...
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Microsoft ad campaign cleans Apple's clock
computerworld.com - 6/9/2009
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computerworld.com —
Computerworld - As part of its annual middle-of-the-fiscal-year
reorganization , Microsoft Corp. on Thursday rewarded 14 senior...
executives with promotions, while confirming the departures of, among others, the heads of its online services, mobility ...
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With reorg, Microsoft seeks new blood for ailing online ...
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Microsoft reveals plans to ship Windows 7 without IE in Europe
AppleInsider —
... with users of Microsofts operating systems accounting for more than half of the 11 million total downloads of the browser since its release Monday. As first reported by CNet News , Microsoft released a confidential memo to PC makers in Europe stating they may "offer IE8 separately and free of charge and will make it easy and convenient for PC manufacturers to preinstall IE 8 on Windows 7 machines in Europe if they so choose. PC manufacturers may choose to install an alternative browser instead of IE 8, and as has always been the case, they may install multiple browsers ...
Microsoft to ship European Windows 7 without a browser; Macs to follow suit?
MacFixIt —
... and Safari's preferences are the only location for manually changing certain settings such as the default browser. This creates a similar situation where in order to have certain global system functionality (changing the default browser) you will need to keep Safari installed on your system. Because of the situation with Microsoft, will we see Apple similarly pressured to remove Safari from the Mac OS for European customers? Read more about this situation in this CNET News article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10262630-56.html
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