Info Pioneer

Beginning next week, Internet Explorer users in Europe will start to see a browser choice screen enabling them to select a default browser other than Internet Explorer. Beginning next week, Microsoft will start rolling out a “Web browser choice screen” to Internet Explorer users in Europe , enabling them to select one of up to a dozen leading Web browsers as their default Web browser, rather than merely being stuck with Internet Explorer as Windows’ default browser. The move is part of a resolution of Microsoft’s long-standing antitrust issues with the European Union: Microsoft agreed to the so-called “browser ballot” last year and will begin a limited roll-out of the feature next week, with full-scape deployment starting March 1. The “browser ballot” will be distributed as an automatic download for Windows Xp, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 through Widows Update; the ballot will present users with a choice of leading Web browsers, with links to learn more about each browser and install ...

Hitwise weekly search data seems to suggest that, for the first time, more people in UK searched for Google Chrome than Internet Explorer. And this is not just happening in the UK. The global figures from Google Trends also show that worldwide traffic for the search term “google chrome” overtook “internet explorer” during that same week. Google also launched Chrome for Mac and Linux and that probably generated plenty of interest in the Google browser worldwide.