The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) will not pursue complaints about Microsoft’s decision to include search functionality in version 7 of its Internet Explorer browser, despite concerns raised by search competitor Google, the DoJ said in a court filing.The DoJ, in a court document released late Friday, said it and other plaintiffs in the U.S. government’s antitrust case against Microsoft has finished its look at the IE search feature, which can default to Microsoft’s own MSN Search feature in some cases.This month, Google said it complained to the European Commission about IE7’s search defaults, saying the defaults benefit Microsoft and remove choices for users. The commission is examining Microsoft’s plans for its Vista operating system, expected to be released next year.But the DoJ and other plaintiffs in the U.S. antitrust case said IE7, now in beta, makes it easy for users to change the default search engine within the browser. Computer makers can select the default search engine for IE, the DoJ said, although some machines with IE6 installed may have not included a default search engine because IE6 did not have a prominent search box. “Internet Explorer 7 includes a relatively straightforward method for the user to select a different search engine,” said the DoJ in an antitrust compliance report filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. “As Microsoft’s implementation of the search feature respects users’ and OEMs’ default choices and is easily changed, plaintiffs have concluded their work on this matter.”On Friday, the DoJ asked U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to extend parts of her antitrust order for at least two years because of Microsoft’s delays in supplying technical documentation to licensees of its communications protocols. Microsoft agreed with the request to extend the order two years beyond its scheduled expiration in November 2007. Kollar-Kotelly is scheduled to preside over an antitrust settlement compliance hearing Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST. She approved a sweeping antitrust settlement between Microsoft and the DoJ, and a group of state attorneys general in November 2002.–Grant Gross, IDG News ServiceFor related news coverage, read Dept. of Justice Asks Court to Extend Microsoft Antitrust Judgment.Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content BrandPost The future of trust—no more playing catch up Broadcom: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT By Eric Chien, Director of Security Response, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Mar 31, 2023 5 mins Security BrandPost TCS gives Blackhawk Network an edge with Microsoft Cloud In this case study, Blackhawk Network’s Cara Renfroe joins Tata Consultancy Services’ Rakesh Kumar and Microsoft’s Nilendu Pattanaik to explain how TCS transformed the gift card company’s customer engagement and global operati By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Cloud Computing IT Leadership BrandPost How TCS pioneered the ‘borderless workspace’ with Microsoft 365 Microsoft’s modern workplace solution proved a perfect fit for improving productivity and collaboration, while maintaining security of systems and data. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Microsoft Cloud Computing BrandPost Supply chain decarbonization: The missing link to net zero By improving the quality of global supply chain data, enterprises can better measure their true carbon footprint and make progress toward a net-zero business ecosystem. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 2 mins Retail Industry Supply Chain Green IT Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe