As Microsoft wrestles to fight off Apple and Google from its global computing market dinner bowl. The European Union commission's competition tag team, are preparing to tame the Washington based software company. Microsoft has continued to lose market share from it's once lofty market dominance, the US behemoth has taken a beating from Mozilla and Google in the browser wars, with their respective Firefox and Chrome web browser offerings. In addition other players Opera and Safari have gained ground.

At a press conference on the 14th May, following a meeting of the ruling alliance’s parliamentary group, Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s Prime Minister, announced that his country was ready to change its economic policies in light of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU). The announcement coincides with a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in Brussels, which is being attended by senior Hungarian ministry officials, where discussions are being held on the EU budget for 2013 and the directive about credit rating agencies. It is expected that ECOFIN will take the opportunity to attempt to ensure that Hungary’s economic policymaking is predictable and the budget is solidly planned.