Justice Department lawyers and 19 states brought the antitrust case in May 1998, charging that Microsoft used illegal, anti-competitive practices in bundling its Internet Explorer browser with Windows--pushing Netscape from the browser market.

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He asked whether Sherlock was "built in" to the operating system - an understandable line of questioning in view of Microsoft's "integration" of Internet Explorer into Windows - but it misfired badly.

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Version 2.0 brings major user experience improvements on Mac and PC thanks to better integration with Finder and Windows Explorer, including right-click and drag-and-drop functionality.

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Microsoft undoubtedly evaluated creating a Metro-style version of Office for Windows 8 just as it has created a Metro-style version of Internet Explorer.

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In addition, while Surface doesn't run most old-style Windows apps, it includes some standard old Windows programs like the calculator, notepad and file explorer.

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If you liked the trial, you'll love the judge's greatest-hits collection of Microsoft skullduggery: binding its Internet Explorer browser into Windows just to beat out Netscape, bullying Intel into staying out of the software market, polluting Sun Microsystems' Java programming language to diminish the competitive threat it posed to Windows, threatening IBM.

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He says there are about 1, 400-1, 500 software design engineers working on Windows and Windows Live, and Internet Explorer.

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Jackson ruled Microsoft had engaged in illegal conduct by tying its Windows operating system--in which it had a clear monopoly--with its Explorer Web browser.

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If they promoted and distributed Explorer--and not Netscape's Navigator--their sites would be listed on the Windows desktop.

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