Google Asks EU to Force Browser Choices on Microsoft

Google is among Web-browser makers asking the European Union to force Microsoft to make it easier to choose alternatives to Internet Explorer under terms of an EU antitrust settlement, a person familiar with the matter said. Google joined Opera Software ASA and Mozilla Corp., maker of the Firefox browser, in protesting aspects of Microsoft's proposal for a "ballot screen," said the person, who declined to be identified because the complaints aren't public.