Microsoft scraps Browser Choice menuDecember 19, 2014 - 12:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Microsoft is no longer presenting Windows users with a Browser Choice menu in Europe after a European Commission order enforcing the requirement expired, Digital Spy said. The computing giant was penalised by the EU in 2009 for breaching anti-competitive regulations by failing to inform users that there are alternatives to Internet Explorer. As part of its settlement with the governing body, Microsoft agreed to display a Browser Choice menu highlighting other web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome for five years. "Microsoft provided the Browser Choice update in accordance with a decision issued by the European Commission in December 2009," said Microsoft in a statement. "The obligations imposed by that decision have expired and as a result the Browser Choice Update will no longer be delivered to new users." Microsoft was fined $732 million in 2013 for violating the terms of its agreement with the EU, despite its insistence that the Browser Choice menu was absent on many Windows 7 PCs due to a technical error. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |