European regulators have fined Microsoft $733 million for failing to give users of its Windows system a choice of Internet browsers. The company had settled an antitrust dispute four years ago by saying it would offer alternatives to its Internet Explorer, but failed to do so for more than a year.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer is the most popular Web browser by far in North America, but in Europe, it has just been overthrown by Mozilla's Firefox. The coup illustrates the rapid growth of Google's Chrome browser, which has been eating away at Microsoft's market share.
Software developer Mozilla will not develop a version of its Firefox Internet browser specifically for Apple Inc.'s iPhone, according to an announcement from the company.
Microsoft Corp. today said it will start letting people test its new Windows Internet Explorer 9 Web browser, as the company looks to augment to popularity of its Windows 7 operating system it unveiled last year.
HTML5 is the new standard for Web browsers, say the geeks who build them at the Web 2.0 Expo. This means faster browsing, drag and drop features -- and the death of older browsers like IE 6.
Research In Motion is striking back. On the heels of Microsoft debuting Windows Phone 7, a new mobile operating system, Research In Motion chief Mike Lazaridis announced a new arsenal of SuperApps, a new browser for its BlackBerrys and new servers aimed squarely against Apple%u2019s iPhone and Google%u2019s Android operating system.
