Microsoft to unbundle Explorer from Windows: EU

It said computer users would be able to 8220;easily install competing web browsers,set one of those browsers as a default,and disable Internet Explorer8221; from the ballot screen.

The commission,Europe8217;s top competition watchdog,opened a new front in its epic anti-trust battle with Microsoft in January.

It hit the company with fresh charges of unfairly squashing competition by bundling its Internet Explorer web browser into its ubiquitous Windows personal computer operating system.

Under the plan,rival browsers including Firefox Mozilla,Google8217;s Chrome or Opera by Norway8217;s Opera Software will now be placed before consumers at the point when they set up a new computer8217;s operating preferences.