JURIST - Paper Chase: Microsoft agrees to software changes in response to continuing antitrust issues

From the anchor desk... Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has accused Microsoft Corp. of taking steps to interfere with competitors' software, raising the prospect of continuing antitrust issues with the company. The state, which continues to seek sanctions against the software giant, has also alleged that a key licensing provision of the company's settlement agreement may not be achieving the desired results. The Washington Post has more. Meanwhile, the company has agreed to a Department of Justice demand that the functionality of hyperlinks selected in Windows XP be altered to open the browser selected by the user, instead of overriding the user's general preferences in favor of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.