European Union Criticized for Action Against Microsoft
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Some EU Parliament members fear Europe won't get Vista OS on time.
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The European Commission launches new investigations into whether Microsoft breaks anti-competition laws.
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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.
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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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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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Two U.S. software firms are asking the   European Commission to take action against Microsoft's MSFT.O   new Vista operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported on   Thursday.
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The European Commission warns that Microsoft could face further fines for failing to comply with its anti-trust rulings.
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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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US software giant Microsoft on Thursday launched its legal appeal against a stinging EU anti-trust ruling, six months after it was fined nearly half a billion euros for abusing its market dominance.
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LUXEMBOURG - Microsoft Corp has began round two of its fight to have the European Union&#39;s sweeping antitrust ruling lifted, arguing it would ultimately hurt consumers and cause confusion in the market.
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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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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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Microsoft Corp  has submitted  documents required by the European Commission in an effort to  avoid further fines for breaching an antitrust ruling, a  spokeswoman for the European Union regulator said on Monday.
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LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 30 -- European regulators testified here Thursday that before settlement talks with Microsoft Corp. broke down last spring, the company had agreed to  antitrust sanctions that the software giant now claims would cause irreparable harm to its business and is fighting to stave off.
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The European Commission opened a new antitrust probe against Microsoft  on Monday into whether it unfairly tied its Web browser to the Windows operating system and made it harder for rival software to work with Windows.
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A top European Union judge challenged the EU executive's reasoning in its antitrust court battle with Microsoft Corp. Friday, questioning why it opposed the U.S. software giant's setting industry standards.
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The European Commission (EC), which fined Microsoft a record 497 million euros (US$625.50 million) this year for abusing its dominant position, on Monday vowed to continue pursuing the US software group through the courts for anti-competitive behavior.