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  • Microsoft commentary slams EU ruling

    Aiming to portray itself as the victim of overreaching regulators, Microsoft on Wednesday released a position paper insisting that the European Union's antitrust sanctions amount to "new law" that could hurt others in the technology industry.

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    The European Parliament passed controversial legislation Tuesday aimed at cracking down on copyright pirates, ranging from DVD counterfeiters to illicit Viagra sellers online.

  • Microsoft agrees to Passport changes

    Microsoft has reached an agreement with the European Union to implement a package of changes in its .Net Passport online authentication service, to prevent the service from running afoul of EU data protection laws.

  • Ballmer: All companies should be allowed to innovate

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer vowed to fight the European Commission's antitrust ruling, arguing that all companies, even ones with a near monopoly, have a right to improve their products.

  • Office, Vista changed in wake of Adobe threat

    Microsoft is making changes to the next versions of both Office and Windows as part of an effort to head off a legal challenge from Adobe Systems.

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    Microsoft this summer will lay out a plan to make its .Net Passport authentication service more Web services-friendly.

  • When standards don't apply

    A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.

  • Coalition of the unwilling

    The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.

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    With the introduction of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, sites and software that depend on ActiveX may falter under Microsoft's new security regime.

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    Microsoft has backed away from many of the more grandiose uses once envisioned for Passport, its online identification system.

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