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Antitrust Case Over, Microsoft Ties IE 10 To Win 8

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the same-as-it-ever-was dept.

deadeyefred writes "With the last vestiges of Microsoft's U.S. antitrust consent decree expiring earlier this year, the company is again tying its browser tightly to Windows. In pre-release versions of IE 10 and Windows 8, IE 10 cannot be uninstalled and is required to enable the new 'Metro'-style apps."

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  1. Re:And Linux does too by Blackfoot17 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The difference is in Linux you can uninstall Firefox and It's not required for some of the new toys to work. And all modern OSes Do include a web browser