Leaked post-beta versions of Windows 7 and watchful bloggers let an interesting cat out of the bag late last week: Microsoft is allowing users to remove Internet Explorer 8 and other applications from Windows 7.
Initially, Microsoft refused to discuss the Windows 7 "kill switch", saying only that it could not comment on unreleased products. But the company followed the next day with a post on its Engineering Windows 7 blog listing the applications that can be switched off. These include Internet Explorer 8, Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center and Windows Search.
Hovering over Microsoft's decision is a January filing by the European Union's antitrust agency stating that Microsoft protects Internet Explorer from head-to-head competition by bundling it with Windows. Microsoft wrote in a filing with the SEC that it may become "a requirement that OEMs distribute multiple browsers on new Windows-based PCs."
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
I need IE to download Firefox!
I do agree that you should be able to remove the apps but I hate firefox. Such garbage software, I really hope it doesn't come on any computers I get. They took a good thing (firefox) and turned it into complete trash, yet people still believe in them.