it's Windows operating system into increasingly powerful systems. In 1993 Apple lost a copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft that claimed Windows illegally copied the design of Macintosh's graphical interface. The ruling was later upheld by an appellate court. In 1993 Microsoft released Windows NT, an operating system for business environments. The following year Microsoft and the Justice Department reached an agreement that called for Microsoft to change the way it's operating system was sold and licensed to computer manufacturers. In 1995, Microsoft released Windows 95, which featured a simplified interface, multitasking, and other improvements. An estimated 7 million copies of Windows 95 were sold world wide within seven weeks of it's release. In the mid 1990's Microsoft began to expand into the media, entertainment, and communications industries, launching the Microsoft Network in 1995 and MSNBC in 1996. Also in 1996 Microsoft introduced Windows CE, an operating system for hand held personal computers. In 1997 Microsoft paid $425 million to acquire Web TV Networks, a manufacturer of low cost devices to connect the televisions to the Internet. That same year Microsoft invested $1 billion in Comcast Corporation, a United States cable-television operator, as a part of an effort to expand the availability of high speed connections to the Internet. ] In late 1997 the Justice Department accused Microsoft of violating it's 1994 agreement by requiring computer manufactures that installed Windows 95 to also include Internet Explorer, Microsoft's Software for browsing the Internet. The government contended that Microsoft was illegally taking advantage of it's power in the market for computer operating systems to gain control of the market for ...
