Originally posted on May 15, 2006 @ 9:05 am
Earlier in the month I posted about the Google-Microsoft Rivalry where Microsoft has made MSN the default search engine in Internet Explorer 7.
On Friday Government regulators dismissed claims that IE7 gives Microsoft’s own search engine an unfair advantage, knocking down objections that Google recently raised.
Although IE 7 may default to MSN’s search service in some cases, it doesn’t violate the terms of Microsoft’s antitrust agreement with the federal and state governments.
The text of the status report can be viewed on the Department of Justice’s Web site. If you want, you can download it in PDF format here.