Microsoft Changes Antitrust Settlement

In a legal brief filed with U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly late Wednesday night, Microsoft described the changes as "refinements."

Microsoft reached the deal with the Justice Department in November to settle the nearly four-year-old case by, among other things, agreeing to give computer makers more freedom to feature rival software on the machines they sell.

Nine of the 18 states in the lawsuit agreed to sign on to the deal, but nine others are still pursuing the case and seeking tougher sanctions against Microsoft to prevent future antitrust violations.

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