Microsoft has bowed to pressure from the European Commission to name a new version of its Windows XP software, Windows XP Home Edition N. […] The 'N' in the new name stands for not with media player. The EU said Microsoft's first choice, Windows XP Reduced Media Edition, could have put consumers off the new version. […] After rejecting 10 earlier ideas from Microsoft, the Commission proposed Windows XP Home Edition N and Microsoft has agreed.

BBC