Neowin News Feed for: Ballot

Google and Opera reportedly behind Microsoft's browser ballot fine

Brad Sams — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:04:30 +0000

A new rumor is stating that Google and Opera were the ones who tipped off the EU about the absence of the browser ballot screen after the rollout of SP1 to Windows 7 users in the EU. Read more...

Ruh-roh, the EU looks to slap Microsoft's wrists over the browser ballot screen folly

Brad Sams — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:30:25 +0000

A recent update to the Windows platform accidently removed the browser ballot screen and the EU is not impressed and is set to fine Microsoft before the end of March. Read more...

Microsoft in trouble with the EU over browser selection. Again.

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:20:58 +0000

The European Commission has charged Microsoft following a breach of the agreement made around the “Browser Ballot Screen” first seen in 2009. If found guilty, a heavy fine awaits the Redmond giant. Read more...

Mozilla: 77% of Brits don't know about browser ballot screen

Tom Warren — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:32:41 +0000

Mozilla commissioned a YouGov study recently that found over three quarters of the UK are unaware of the upcoming browser choice ballot. Microsoft said last Friday that it will begin external testing of a browser... Read more...

Microsoft proposes "Browser Ballot Screen" to the EU

Kevin Weiner — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:23:26 +0000

We've previously reported that Microsoft was planning to ship Windows 7 in Europe without Internet Explorer. But now, reports are saying that users could be given the choice of which browser to install when they... Read more...