State questions Microsoft search plans
Massachusetts investigates whether the company is unlawfully wielding its desktop dominance in its plans to enter the search engine market.
Massachusetts said Wednesday that it is whether Microsoft is unlawfully wielding its desktop dominance in its plans to enter the red-hot search engine market. The state, the only one still pursuing antitrust claims against Microsoft, said in a legal filing that it is still reviewing "issues regarding Internet search engines, document format programs, and other functionalities that Microsoft allegedly plans to incorporate into the next version of its Windows operating system." Microsoft has said that it plans to release a new search engine in the next year and embed better search features in its next-generation Longhorn operating system.
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