Recently it was it formed by the European Commission that European competition law has been violated by Microsoft by including Internet Explorer with Windows.  

It was also informed by the Commission that since Windows includes Microsoft's own browser; the other browsers are prevented from competing with IE.

It should also be noted here that under the European law, IE’s inclusion is not made by the remedies put in place under the US government's landmark 2002 antitrust settlement with Windows lawful.

Recently it was it formed by the European Commission that European competition law has been violated by Microsoft by including Internet Explorer with Windows.

It was also informed by the Commission that since Windows includes Microsoft's own browser; the other browsers are prevented from competing with IE.

It should also be noted here that under the European law, IE's inclusion is not made by the remedies put in place under the US government's landmark 2002 antitrust settlement with Windows lawful.

Microsoft had agreed to separate IE from Windows and permit users to de-select IE as their chosen browser under that ruling.

It was today announced by Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco that they are working together to help ensure that proper standards are created for measuring digital literacy.

The three companies are making an effort to bring together a group of education leaders and academics in order to identify the characteristics that should form the basis of global standards, though they haven’t come up with the assessment criteria themselves.

Due to heavy traffic, the release of first public beta of Windows 7 has been delayed by Microsoft. As of now the company is working on putting more network infrastructure in place to support demand.

"Microsoft is delighted by the overwhelming interest and will post an update to the blog once the additional capacity has been added and Windows 7 Beta 1 is ready for public downloads," said Brandon LeBlanc, a communications manager on the Windows Client Communications Team.

It is disheartening to know that since the software giant Microsoft is considering a plan for substantial redundancies to combat the economic downturn, the company’s 3,000 employees in the UK face an uncertain 2009.

It has been learnt that at least 10 per cent and possibly as much as 17 per cent of its global workforce could be cut in what would be the first mass lay-offs in the company's 32-year history. Worldwide, nearly 15,000 jobs could be under threat.

The Microsoft revealed on Friday that Microsoft's Zune media players were functioning properly on Thursday as the New Year arrived, though they froze up on the last day of 2008 because of a glitch involving their internal clock. In spite of this, many were still complaining regarding the problems they face during operating the devices.