Antitrust regulators from the European Union's 25 countries voted unanimously on Monday to levy new daily fines on Microsoft for flouting a 2004 ruling, two people close to the case said.
A federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a two-year extension on the term of Microsoft's landmark antitrust settlement with the US government.
The European Commission may take until the middle of July to decide whether to impose on Microsoft a daily fine of 2 million euros, about US$2.6 million.
The US government has given its thumbs-up to Microsoft's search box plans for Vista, shrugging off concerns raised recently by Google.
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Microsoft says it will fold its SharePoint business portal software into its Office System product line.
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The software giant is phasing out standalone versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser, according to statements attributed to IE's program manager on its Web site.
Microsoft is investigating the possibility that a file posted to several underground sites and chat rooms contains some protected source code to Windows 2000.
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