Microsoft will require some computer makers to post a prominent link to its MSN service when they ship computers loaded with Windows XP software this fall.

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it will allow computer makers to put icons for competing products on the desktop of its new computer operating system -- as long as they plug Microsoft ...

He said the requirement to place an MSN icon on the desktop was always part of the company's original offer to computer manufacturers -- even if it was not publicized.

SEATTLE (AP) Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it will allow computer makers to put icons for competing products on the desktop of its new computer operating system as long as they plug Microsoft s ...