Microsoft fights EU Windows curbs
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Microsoft was close to a deal with the European Commission earlier this year which would have revealed more of its secrets than it has now been ordered to hand over, a court was told yesterday.
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The European Union's top competition   regulator clashed with Microsoft on Tuesday over security   upgrades in the U.S. software giant's new Windows Vista   operating system in a re-run of past antitrust battles.
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Red tape vs Redmond...the never ending story The European Commission has hit back at suggestions it has got it in for Microsoft over security features built into the heavily-delayed Windows Vista.â¦
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union threatened Microsoft Corp. on Thursday with fines as high as $4 million a day, claiming the software company was still not offering a fair deal to rivals seeking to make their products more compatible with Windows.
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A ruling against the European Commission in the Microsoft antitrust case could affect its ability to regulate competition.
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While Microsoft (MSFT ) has extinguished most of its legal flare-ups in the US, its fires in Europe continue to rage. The European Commission&#39;s antitrust unit is still tussling with the software giant over
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Microsoft Corporation lost a major appeal today in a European court, which ruled that the world&#39;s largest software company must comply with sanctions imposed by regulators and strip features from its Windows product.
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Microsoft Corp today began round two of its fight to have the European Unions sweeping antitrust ruling lifted, having told a judge it had gone out of its way to meet EU concerns that it abused its dominant market position.
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LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS  - Microsoft Corp. lost a  European Union court appeal on Wednesday against sanctions  imposed by EU regulators that will force it to change business  practices and sell a stripped-down version of Windows.
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Microsoft is locked in a war of words with Brussels about the launch of its new Windows Vista operating system.
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Microsoft yesterday failed to suspend anti-trust sanctions ordered by the European commission and must now disclose secret protocols of its Windows software to rivals and market a version of Windows without its Media Player.
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The European Commission ruled in March that Microsoft had indulged in anti-competitive behaviour with Windows and set a fine of Â£333mn plus orders to produce a version of Windows without the Media Player within 90 days or face further action.
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LUXEMBOURG  - Microsoft Corp. said Friday that small companies and their customers would suffer most if it is forced to remove its digital media software from Windows, while the European Union accused it of being paternalistic in trying to decide what is best for everyone.
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Microsoft isn't quite begging, but the company is hoping a European court will cut it some major slack in its fight against an antitrust ruling, citing concerns that PC users will get the short end of the stick. -washingtonpost.com
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Software giant Microsoft  has  filed an appeal against a 280.5 million euro ($356.4 million)  fine the European Commission imposed in July, holding it defied  a 2004 antitrust ruling.
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LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS  - A European Union court on  Wednesday upheld curbs imposed by the EU's executive on  Microsoft, dismissing the software giant's appeal for a  suspension, according to a document obtained by Reuters.
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The European Union on Thursday threatened Microsoft Corp. with fines of up to $4 million a day, claiming the software giant had failed to live up to promises for providing affordable and useful information that could help rivals make software for workgroup servers compatible with its Windows system.