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Is Microsoft Punishing The EU For Removing IE8 From Windows 7?
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — As has been previously reported, Microsoft is removing Internet Explorer 8 when it releases Windows 7 in Europe. Microsoft claims that pressure from the European Union has placed the company in a position that their choices were limited so they have opted to remove IE8 from Windows 7. But now Microsoft has released the pricing for Windows 7 in Europe and the prices are higher than what we will pay here in the U.S. Which raised the question if Microsoft is punishing the people of Europe for what Microsoft perceives as harsh punishment requiring that IE 8 be removed? Over at ComputerWorld they cite the following pricing differences: When the ...

5Words for Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Technologizer — Pirate Bay: sold, going legit? Firefox’s future: 2010 and beyond. You’re European? Windows is pricey. An iPhone 3GS decision helper. Verizon BlackBerry Tour: July 12th. Microsoft publishes Windows 7 videos. I like this USB hub. More universal chargers needed. ...

Pay double for your Windows 7, Microsoft tells Europeans
Newlaunches.com — ... price tag of Euros 285 or $400.60 and GBP 189.99 or $ 313.84. In short, that will be twice the amount what US residents will have to pay which is $199.99 and UK will be 57% more. With Internet Explorer 8 chucked out of Windows 7, the European customers will be in fact paying more for less because of regulator’s decision. Well I guess this will encourage black market products and piracy a little more. Regulators and their decisions, it is the customers who have to cope with all this. [ ComputerWorld ]

Taking a beating with Windows 7 pricing
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's blog — When you buy a PC what do you think the single most expensive part? Is it the CPU? Nope. The hard drive? No way. It's long been Windows, and, with the coming of Windows 7 on netbooks and lower-priced PCs, Windows may not only be the priciest part, it may cost you more than everything else in the PC combined. Now, that's real value for your money! Windows 7 Starter Edition is expected to cost netbook vendors $50. That's not much, but it's a good deal more than the $15, and less, it currently costs them to put Windows XP Home on their machines. Adding insult to injury, Microsoft has decided that Starter Edition can only go on a netbooks with a 10.2-in. Or smaller screen , with no ...