EU regulators set to charge Microsoft over breached deal

EU regulators are preparing to charge Microsoft for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering it to offer users a choice of web browsers, the EU's antitrust chief said. "The next step is to open a formal proceeding into the company's breach of an agreement. We are working on this," said EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. "It should not be a long investigation because the company itself explicitly recognized its breach of the agreement."