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Microsoft Corps Windows web browser and media player are being targeted in a Chinese antitrust probe, raising the prospect of China revisiting the software bundling issue at the heart of past antitrust complaints against the firm in the West. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) suspects Microsoft of not being fully transparent with information about its Windows and Office sales, but the company has expressed willingness to cooperate with ongoing investigations, Zhang Mao, the head of the antitrust regulator, told reporters at a briefing in Beijing on Tuesday. As Windows became the worlds dominant operating system in the 1990s and 2000s, the issue of how Microsoft bundled its web browser and media player became the focus of respective antitrust cases brought by U.S. and European authorities. Microsoft settled in 2001 with the U.S. Department of Justice a long-running case centring around whether it could bundle its flagship Internet Explorer brow...

Microsoft is availing free Xbox music services on the web including people who dont use Windows. Microsoft has initiated this concept to compete with other companies offering music such as Pandora and iTunes. It is a huge leap by Microsoft by becoming an industry that just not only sell softwares but also provides online services, by Michael Turits, senior analyst with the advisory firm called Raymond James. The buyers of Windows 8 operating system has also discovered Xbox as its default music player and according to Jerry Johnson, currently the general manager of Xbox music, as the community will grow broader, more people will come to see the benefits of numerous devices connected to Microsoft but it is very important to bring the people into it. Xbox music will soon be availabe to other mobile platforms too and Microsoft is updating its version by reducing the size of the cover and adding multiple tabs to enhance the features and manage playlists. Microsoft : Xbox Music Author: Anna ...