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Sun settles with Microsoft, announces layoffs

April 2, 2004 update The deal dictates that Microsoft must make $1.95 billion in payments to Sun, which separately says it will cut 3,300 jobs, as its losses mount. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Steve Ballmer, Scott McNealy, payment, agreement, layoff, collaboration, Microsoft Corp., software company, Java, CEO, server, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft's big bid for Yahoo

September 10, 2008 What Yahoo has, Microsoft wants, but Yahoo continues to play hard to get. The two companies still face a formidable foe in Google--and many questions about what they'll do next. Tune in here for th... TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., shareholder, bid, margin, Carl Icahn, antitrust, Wall Street, Google Inc., agreement, font, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft agrees to change Vista desktop search

June 20, 2007 Changes aim to address Google antitrust concerns. Also: Redmond talks for first time about when service pack will arrive. TAGS: desktop search, decree, consent decree, antitrust, agreement, regulator, attorney general, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., service pack, attorney, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

EU slaps record fine on Microsoft

March 25, 2004 Regulators hit the software giant with a fine of $613 million for violating European Union antitrust law and also order the unbundling of Media Player software from Windows. TAGS: Thomas Penfield Jackson, European Union, antitrust, Microsoft Windows Media Player, computer company, agreement, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Windows Media, media player, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, operating system, server

Real, Microsoft reach truce

October 11, 2005 Long-running antitrust suit against software giant ends in $460 million deal, with millions more to come in partnership efforts. Photo: Gates, Glazer shake hands TAGS: Rob Glaser, antitrust, truce, RealNetworks Inc., digital music, agreement, Bill Gates, MSN, commission, Microsoft Corp., Europe, CEO, Apple Computer, media player, music

Microsoft finally yields to EU order

October 22, 2007 European Commission says agreement brings company into compliance with 2004 antitrust ruling, addresses interoperability, royalty issues. TAGS: commission, royalty, antitrust, compliance, agreement, decision, European Union, Microsoft Corp.

Why Microsoft is under assault from all corners

April 9, 2007 Attorney Lars Liebeler says open hostility toward the software maker runs contrary to a central premise of free-market economics. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, antitrust, intellectual property, commission, Novell Inc., assault, innovation, faith, Europe, server software, agreement, protocol, server, Microsoft Corp., information technology, attack

Judge OKs new Microsoft antitrust deadline

September 7, 2006 Redmond and the Justice Department earn formal approval to extend parts of their deal until November 2009--or longer. TAGS: Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, antitrust, Judge, agreement, prosecutor, attorney, government, extension, Microsoft Corp., conference

Judge balks at closure of AT&T, Verizon mergers

July 25, 2006 Telephone companies have closed books on the deals, but an antitrust magistrate says he needs more info. TAGS: Tunney Act, Actel, merger, antitrust, federal judge, SBC Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, Judge, AT&T Corp., telecommunications, agreement, court, telecommunications company, lawyer, government, idea
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