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Article | 11/08/2009 Microsoft to change default browser installs
Microsoft, in response to complaints that Internet Explorer 8 was being designated as the default browser during some installations, will change the i...
Article | 6/08/2009 Microsoft offers Office 2010 file format 'ballot' to stop EU antitrust probe
Microsoft will add a file format "ballot" to Office 2010, part of a wider move to fend off European Union (EU) antitrust regulators and block massive ...
Article | 5/08/2009 European antitrust regulators to review Oracle-Sun deal
The European Commission plans to release its first opinion on Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems on Sept. 3.
Article | 5/08/2009 Obama administration, new legal research could jack up antitrust heat on Intel
Nvidia Inc.'s charge that sales of its Ion graphics platform are being unfairly hampered by Intel Corp.'s bundling and predatory pricing tactics have ...
Article | 20/07/2009 IE8 setup change hints at further concessions to EU over antitrust
Microsoft on Thursday bowed to critics involved in the company's European antitrust case who have accused it of silently changing users' default brows...
Article | 15/07/2009 EU fine drops Intel's quarterly net income $2 billion
Intel on Tuesday reported that its net income for the second fiscal quarter of 2009 dropped US$2 billion year-over-year because of the hefty fine impo...
Article | 15/07/2009 EC says LCD screen cartel is active globally
European antitrust investigators believe a cartel in the market for LCD screens extends around the world, a European Commission official said Tuesday.
Article | 9/07/2009 Google's new OS raises privacy, antitrust concerns
Google's announcement Tuesday that it is developing an open-source operating system raised questions among privacy advocates about the amount of perso...
Article | 24/06/2009 Move to drop IE from Windows 7 threatens Microsoft's free upgrade program
Europeans who purchase Vista-powered PCs starting Friday will have to do a "clean install" of the free Windows 7 upgrade they'll receive later this ye...
Article | 16/06/2009 Microsoft to offer IE8 at retail for EU Windows 7 buyers
Microsoft will offer European customers an "Internet Pack" that includes IE8 when they buy a retail copy of Windows 7, which will be sold sans browser...
Article | 15/06/2009 'Preposterous' EU charges forced 'puckish' Microsoft move, says antitrust expert
Microsoft's plan to dump Internet Explorer (IE) from Windows 7 for the European market is a move to discredit antitrust regulators by tying its propos...
Article | 15/06/2009 Microsoft settles antitrust suit for $100M
Microsoft has settled an antitrust case with Mississippi worth as much as US$100 million, the state said on Thursday.
Article | 29/05/2009 EU's antitrust case against Microsoft could mean endless 'crapware' on PCs
The European Union's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. over Internet Explorer could be a nightmare for small- and medium-sized computer makers an...
Article | 29/05/2009 Experts: 'Predatory pricing' for Intel's Atom legal
Intel Corp. may very well bundle its Atom CPU and graphics chipset to netbook PC makers for a lower price than Atom alone, as rival Nvidia Inc. CEO Je...
Article | 25/05/2009 Microsoft calls off EU antitrust hearing over IE
Microsoft on Thursday said it had canceled an oral hearing set for early next month over EU antitrust allegations that it "shields" Internet Explorer ...