EU prepares to battle Microsoft
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BRUSSELSâRegulators are set to argue that the European Union needs to take a tougher stand against Microsoft Corp. because its antitrust rules are different from those that allowed the company to avoid making
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European Union officials warned Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday not to shut out rivals in the security software market as the company plans to launch its Windows Vista operating system with built-in protection from hackers and malicious programs.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union escalated its trans-Atlantic fight with Microsoft Corp. yesterday , threatening huge new fines against the software maker over claims it is asking rivals to pay too much for information that would help their servers work with Windows.
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A European Court judge pressed Microsoft on Thursday to explain why it would suffer irreparable harm if it followed EU orders to share technology with competitors.
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As the slippery due date draws near for the Windows release, Microsoft and the EU are now at odds over security features.
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BRUSSELS -- Microsoft Corp. will be ready to comply with the European Commission's demands for changes to its Windows operating systems if a European court rejects its request for the measures to be suspended, a spokesman for the company said Monday.
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The European Commission confirmed on  Friday it would debate antitrust sanctions against U.S.  software giant Microsoft at a regular meeting on Wednesday.
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The European Commission says it will go forward with its antitrust case against Microsoft, despite the software giant&#39;s recent settlements, which led to Novell and the Computer and Communications
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LUXEMBOURG -- Microsoft Corp. told a European Union court yesterday that it would suffer irreparable harm if forced to reveal more of its software code to rivals, while the EU said such information was crucial to keep competitors alive.
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A European court begins delivering its verdict in the long-running competition dispute with Microsoft.
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A European Union judge will weigh on Friday whether Microsoft should be forced to remove its music and video player from its Windows operating software
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European Commission is set to announce whether it will block the database giant's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft.
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The European Union threatened Microsoft Corp. with new fines on Thursday, claiming the software giant had failed to live up to legal promises to provide competitors with updated, complete and reasonably priced information on work group servers.
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Microsoft's  compliance with a  landmark European Union antitrust decision has opened  competition for servers, where one rival says it now has a  fighting chance to take on the software giant's dominance.
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Last week's ruling by the European Court of First Instance (CFI) upholding the European Commission's 2004 finding against Microsoft and its subsequent Statement of Objections, may open the door for the EC to take unprecedented action. Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes stated she's open to suggestion, and today one response came from the respected Brussels-based Globalisation Institute think tank: Force manufacturers by law to sell PCs without operating systems pre-installed or bundled.
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Microsoft Corp. on Friday began round two of its fight to have the European Union&#39;s sweeping antitrust ruling lifted, arguing it had gone out of its way to meet EU concerns
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Wednesday&#39;s ruling will be on whether the European Union penalties assessed against Microsoft -- including the largest antitrust fine ever levied by the European Commission and the requirement