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After this morning's EU ruling that Microsoft will be required to cough up another 732 million dollars, we have calculated out the total fines levied against the company since 2004.

Brad Sams · Mar 6, 2013 · Hot! with 100 comments

A new update, KB976002, has brought the browser ballot screen to Windows 8 users in the EU, allowing people to select a new browser through a Modern UI-style application

Tim Schiesser · Sep 5, 2012 · Hot! with 38 comments

According to Reuters Canada, last month's implementation of the European Union browser ballot isn't exactly helping Internet Explorer's overseas market share. Then again, that was the entire purpose of it--to give people other options. The...

Benjamin Rubenstein · Mar 22, 2010 · Hot! with 80 comments

Microsoft has begun airing several Internet Explorer 8 TV adverts in the UK just in time for the browser "ballot" choice screen. European copies of Windows began receiving a Windows Update for the controversial browser choice...

Tom Warren · Mar 2, 2010 · Hot! with 63 comments

TechCrunch put out an interesting piece regarding Microsoft's upcoming browser ballot. The ballot will allow a user to pick their computer's default browser through a well laid out menu. While the ballot is set to...

Benjamin Rubenstein · Feb 23, 2010 · Hot! with 81 comments

Microsoft said on Friday that it will begin external testing of a browser ballot screen for European copies of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 next week. In July 2009, Microsoft proposed a ballot screen...

Tom Warren · Feb 19, 2010 · Hot! with 116 comments

The European Commission said today that it had accepted Microsoft's commitments to give users browser choice. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will need to supply a ballot screen for users to choose their...

Tom Warren · Dec 16, 2009 · Hot! with 120 comments

Ever since the EU decided to come down on Microsoft for their monopolistic ways, Microsoft has been trying their best to appease them. In order to settle the dispute about whether bundling Internet Explorer as...

Benjamin Rubenstein · Dec 8, 2009 · Hot! with 129 comments