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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...
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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.
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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.
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Did Microsoft get lucky in Europe?
October 16, 2006
Some European Parliament members are grateful the Vista release apparently isn't blocked completely.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Antitrust angst for Microsoft
July 12, 2006
special coverage EU slaps Microsoft with $357 million fine in their ongoing antitrust battle.
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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.
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Europe: Microsoft still out of compliance
March 10, 2006
European Commission reviews latest Microsoft documents, says company is still out of antitrust compliance.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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