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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, PC company, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Microsoft Corp., letter, U.S., Microsoft Windows

October 6, 2006 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says recent upset over Vista should put a rest to that lingering question. TAGS: regulator, European Union, antitrust, software company, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., security, operating system, Microsoft Windows, hard drive

March 29, 2006 European antitrust regulators cite possible bundling of Internet search, PDF-like formatting in the next OS. TAGS: commission, regulator, antitrust, Internet search, European Union, concern, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adobe PDF, letter, Microsoft Corp., operating system

November 15, 2006 European regulators give the company until November 23 to bring its products into compliance with 2004 antitrust order. TAGS: commission, compliance, regulator, licensee, antitrust, euro, documentation, deadline, European Union, spokesman, monitoring, Microsoft Corp., decision, Microsoft Windows Vista

July 11, 2006 European antitrust regulators expected to announce historic fine as high as $3.8 million a day, backdated to Dec. 15. TAGS: antitrust, commission, European Union, compliance, euro, deadline, regulator, fine, batch, protocol, Microsoft Corp., spokesman

November 13, 2007 European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the $3.1 billion deal at risk. TAGS: merger, DoubleClick Inc., online advertising, commission, regulator, European Union, investigation, antitrust, decision, Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

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, court, regulator, Qualcomm Inc., Europe, attorney, chip company, technology company, decision, effect, Intel, Microsoft Corp.

April 2, 2007 Dick Armey writes that the dustup between the EU and Microsoft is taking a dangerous--and unnecessary--turn for the worse. TAGS: innovation, European Union, regulator, marketplace, Europe, threat, Microsoft Corp., America, server, operating system

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