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Europe plays hardball with Microsoft

March 25, 2004 special coverage Members of Congress are quick to protest the EU's $613 million fine against Microsoft. Also: An intellectual-property precedent could help the software giant in its appeal. Read u... TAGS: European Union, antitrust, regulator, decision, Europe, intellectual property, fine, Microsoft Windows Media Player, PC company, Microsoft Corp., letter, U.S., Microsoft Windows

Ballmer to meet with EU antitrust chief

September 29, 2005 Microsoft CEO, who will be in Europe on business, requested the meeting with Neelie Kroes, who heads the competition bureau. TAGS: commission, antitrust, Steve Ballmer, European Union, Europe, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Regulators tell Microsoft there's plenty in a name

January 29, 2005 Name of Windows version that unbundles Media Player would undermine antitrust penalty, EU says. TAGS: commission, antitrust, Europe, Microsoft Windows Media Player, order, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Did Microsoft get lucky in Europe?

October 16, 2006 Some European Parliament members are grateful the Vista release apparently isn't blocked completely. TAGS: commission, antitrust, Europe, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Europe: Time running out for Microsoft

May 11, 2005 The European Commission talks tough as it waits for Microsoft to comply with last year's antitrust ruling. TAGS: representative, antitrust, commission, European Union, Europe, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Player, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft: EU ruling could come soon

November 14, 2006 Top lawyer tells shareholders the ruling, expected as early as December, could provide "clarity" for industry. TAGS: Brad Smith, shareholder, European Union, antitrust, Europe, lawyer, Microsoft Corp.

Europe: United in regulation

June 30, 2005 Policy analyst George Pieler says spat between European trustbusters and Microsoft speaks volumes about what's wrong with EC antitrust policy. TAGS: antitrust, Europe, compliance, regulation, commission, fine, Microsoft Corp., payment, tax, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

EU ruling deals setback to Microsoft

September 17, 2007 In upholding Europe's landmark antitrust decision, a high-level court foresees a "significant drop" in market share. But what of Vista? TAGS: commission, antitrust, market share, court, European Union, Europe, decision, Microsoft Corp., U.S., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

An anxious wait for EU court ruling on Microsoft

September 14, 2007 Business leaders, lawyers, regulators will have plenty to discuss when the court rules next week on Europe's antitrust sanctions against Microsoft. TAGS: commission, antitrust, Thomas Vinje, antitrust case, European Union, regulator, court, Qualcomm Inc., Europe, attorney, technology company, chip company, decision, effect, Intel, Microsoft Windows Media Player

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, RealNetworks Inc., truce, commission, agreement, MSN, digital music, Bill Gates, Europe, Microsoft Corp., media player, CEO, Apple Computer, music

In Europe, Microsoft antitrust decision on ice

July 15, 2005 Because many civil servants are on leave in August, no decision will be made until September at the earliest, EC says. TAGS: commission, antitrust, decision, representative, open source, Europe, Microsoft Corp., server

New Vistas for Microsoft--so why not Europe?

August 24, 2006 Policy analyst George A. Pieler says EC regulators are taking the wrong tack when it comes to the software giant. TAGS: Europe, principle, antitrust, theory, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft, Adobe squabble over PDF

June 2, 2006 Breakdown in talks over the use of Adobe's PDF in Office leaves Microsoft bracing for an antitrust battle in Europe. TAGS: antitrust, Microsoft Office 2007, regulator, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., XML, Microsoft Office, concern, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Europe, software company, printing, CEO, Microsoft Windows, operating system

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, commission, intellectual property, assault, Novell Inc., innovation, faith, Europe, server software, protocol, agreement, Microsoft Corp., attack, server, information technology

Antitrust angst for Microsoft

July 12, 2006 special coverage EU slaps Microsoft with $357 million fine in their ongoing antitrust battle. TAGS: antitrust, margin, angst, European Union, font, fine, Europe, Microsoft Corp.

Trade groups pick sides in EU-Microsoft battle

July 12, 2006 Software organizations take opposing views on how the multimillion-dollar antitrust fine will affect the industry. TAGS: antitrust, commission, Europe, leadership, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Europe: Microsoft still out of compliance

March 10, 2006 European Commission reviews latest Microsoft documents, says company is still out of antitrust compliance. TAGS: commission, antitrust, objection, compliance, documentation, decision, monitoring, order, fine, Microsoft Corp., letter, Europe

Europe threatens Microsoft with daily fines

December 22, 2005 Software giant faces fines of up to $2.37 million a day unless it complies with year-old order related to EC antitrust ruling. TAGS: commission, objection, compliance, antitrust, order, fine, decision, Europe, Microsoft Corp., server

Microsoft's Real deal

October 12, 2005 Software giant and RealNetworks hammer out deal that puts aside legal differences and aims to shore up their respective digital music strategies. TAGS: RealNetworks Inc., Rob Glaser, antitrust, truce, Bill Gates, digital music, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Europe, agreement, CEO, games, Microsoft Windows

Why restraining Microsoft no longer matters

September 21, 2007 European regulators won a big court victory this week but CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Microsoft must fend off a bigger challenge. TAGS: antitrust, John Ashcroft, regulator, Europe, government, Microsoft Corp., president, U.S., IBM Corp., Google Inc.
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