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Article | 22/09/2009 EU reveals 'smoking gun' e-mails from Intel antitrust probe
In an unusual move, the European Commission unveiled e-mail exchanges between Intel and computer manufacturers that its antitrust officials describe a...
Article | 6/08/2009 A third of Europeans have never used the Internet
Nearly a third of Europeans have never been online, according to a EU report.
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 Microsoft hits Europeans with hefty Anytime Upgrade prices
Microsoft may have denied that it's gouging European customers with its Windows 7 pricing, but an analysis by Computerworld shows that EU buyers will ...
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 | 16/07/2009 Microsoft EU e-store collapses amid crush of Windows 7 pre-orders
Microsoft's European online store crashed today under the load from customers eager to grab discounted copies of Windows 7.
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 | 26/06/2009 Microsoft dumps Windows 7 upgrades for EU
Microsoft today told European consumers that they won't be able to do an "in-place" upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 when the latter ships this fall. I...
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 user group demands Opera boycott over EU suit
A Microsoft enthusiast group is calling for the boycott of Opera Software's products due to the browser maker's part in the antitrust campaign against...
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 | 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 | 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 ...
Article | 14/05/2009 Intel CEO 'strongly disagrees' with 'baffling' $1.44B antitrust fine
Intel Corp. said today it intends to appeal the European Commission's $1.44 billion fine for anticompetitive behavior in the chip market, with CEO Pau...
Article | 11/05/2009 EU antitrust ruling against Intel due next Wednesday
The European Commission is expected to make one of the most significant antitrust decisions in its history on Wednesday when it punishes computer chip...