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  • State Department questions EU's Microsoft ruling

    The US State Department has quietly expressed its concerns to European regulators about last week's decision to levy harsh penalties and a US$613 million fine on Microsoft.

  • Last-gasp attempt to block patent directive

    The EU software patent directive was scheduled to be adopted Monday, but a last-minute move by Denmark could now derail the process.

  • Symantec won't 'whine' about Microsoft

    Microsoft is set to enter the security arena next year, but Symantec won't compete by complaining to antitrust regulators or suing the software giant.

  • EU probes memory price-fixing charge

    The European Union is investigating whether the world's largest memory makers conspired to raise chip prices in 2001, mirroring a probe being conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • 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.

  • EU, Microsoft fail to agree on deal

    Microsoft's last-ditch talks aimed at reaching a settlement with the European Union and avoiding antitrust action have failed, paving the way for a landmark legal ruling next week.

  • Is EU looking at yesterday's Microsoft?

    As the European Union considers restrictions aimed at preventing Microsoft from unfairly using its dominance in PC operating systems to gain control of the market for multimedia software, some say the war has already moved on.

  • European skills snatch plan alarms US tech firms

    The European Union's new proposal to fast-track the immigration process for "highly skilled" workers is making some U.S. technology heavyweights nervous.

  • Google considers privacy dashboard

    Google is considering introducing a "privacy dashboard" after the storm of controversy that has greeted its data-retention policies.

  • Vista's European battleground

    Windows Vista hasn't shipped yet, but Microsoft and the European Union are already caught up in a tussle over the antitrust impact of security technology in the operating system.

  • Why Vista may be delayed until Easter

    Analyst Gartner believes Microsoft is planning to delay its new operating system again for political rather than technical reasons.

  • Microsoft faces AU$721m fine from EU

    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.

  • 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.

  • April plans for Sun's storage roadmap

    Sun Microsystems will outline its long-term storage strategy in early April following the completion of the company's US$4.1 billion acquisition of storage vendor StorageTek back in September last year.

  • ICANN approves .eu Net domain

    Addresses withing the new top-level domain for the European Union will be available from the end of this year

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