The EC Can&#39;t Get Enough of Microsoft
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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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BRUSSELS, Sep 21 (IPS) - Microsoft will still wield enormous power in the  global computer industry despite this week's ruling by a  European court that the Seattle-based corporation has abused its  monopoly.
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With the European Unionâs (EU) expansion to 25 countries, it now accounts for 28% of world GDP and a market of 450 million. That closer commercial relationships with EU are desirable is obvious.
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The European Commission's Neelie Kroes told a Dutch newspaper this week that she was pressured by the United States government to go easy on Microsoft. In the article, she criticized government officials for interfering in an EU matter.
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This fourth priority&#39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. BARCELONA, Spain--Microsoft has sucked billions of dollars out of the IT industry that could
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Countdown faceoff Microsoft has fallen foul of the European Commission yet again over plans for its Vista operating system.â¦
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FRANKFURT Will the European Central Bank intervene in the world&#39;s currency markets to put a lid on the euro? It has become a tantalizing prospect for many Europeans, who are nervous about the economic impact
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In the wake of yesterday's court decision that vindicated the European Commission's antitrust action against Microsoft, EC commissioner Neelie Kroes made some odd statements regarding  Microsoft's dominance of the digital media market.
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European regulators won a big court victory this week but CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Microsoft must fend off a bigger challenge.
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Microsoft Corp.&#39;s settlements with long-time opponents Novell Inc. and the Computer &amp; Communications Industry Association won&#39;t end the software maker&#39;s antitrust woes in Europe.
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The European Commission has opened two new antitrust investigations of Microsoft&#39;s activities.The first case is in response to a complaint from the European Committee for Interoperable Systems, a Brussels-based trade group of which Opera Software is a member, and concerns the interoperability of Windows with other software, the Commission said Monday.The second investigation is looking into Microsoft&#39;s tactic of bundling software products with its Windows operating system. This follows a complaint to the Commission by Opera, a Norwegian browser developer.Both issues featured in the Commission&#39;s landmark March 2004 antitrust decision against Microsoft, which the company unsuccessfully challenged in court.(More to come.)
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The war of words between Microsoft and the EU continued Tuesday, with the European Commission warning that Windows Vista's built-in security features should not shut third party vendors out of the market.
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Keeps staff costs low, automated, even Microsoft is shelling out $500m on a new European data centre in Ireland to support its growing online business.â¦
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THE EUROPEAN UNION said that despite the fact that two of its key witnesses in its anti trust dispute against Microsoft have pulled out, it still has enough evidence to bring the monopolist to book.
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EC probe extended, McAfee puts boot in More bad news for Microsoft's delayed operating system Vista - the European Commission is widening an investigation into whether or not it breaches competition law.â¦
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When a European court hands down its  landmark Microsoft  antitrust decision next Monday, at  stake will be nothing less than the power of the European  Commission to regulate the high-tech industry.
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Microsoft's top legal advisor in Europe has urged the European Commission not to insist that key security features be stripped from its new Windows Vista operating system, amid an ongoing dispute.