Microsoft Strikes Deal with E.U. on Browser Bundling

Microsoft has sealed a deal to end nearly a decade of litigation with the European Union over charges that it unfairly used its dominant operating system, Windows, to promote its Web browser, Internet Explorer. The Redmond, Wash., computer giant agreed to give European users a choice of up to 12 Web browsers in future editions of the company's software package. Microsoft, which had tangled with the U.S. Department of Justice over antitrust issues more than a decade ago, has already been fined about $2.5 billion by E.U. authorities. %%DynaPub-Enhancement class="enhancement contentType-HTML Content fragmentId-1 payloadId-61603 alignment-right size-small"%%