June 11, 2009 12:48 PM PDT
CNET News Daily Podcast: Europeans get browser-less Windows 7
CNET News has learned that to appease regulators, Microsoft plans to ship Windows 7 in Europe without Internet Explorer, though computer makers can add it in. CNET News intern Mats Lewan chats with reporter Ina Fried about what a browser-less Windows 7 will mean.
That, and other headlines of the day, on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast.
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Today's stories:
Europe to get Windows 7 sans browser
Dell selling downloadable Microsoft software
Former Tesla CEO sues company, current CEO Musk
AOL thinks local, acquires Patch and Going
Yahoo to distribute its version of Hadoop
EU software liability law could divide open source
French 'three strikes' piracy law dealt setback
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Norway is not a member of the EU !!