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December 14, 2007 Software giant denies abusing its market position and says it has no intention of unbundling IE and Windows. TAGS: Opera Software, antitrust, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., PC company, Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC

June 3, 2005 Microsoft announces tweaks to its software, one of which is drawing intense criticism from some Windows users. TAGS: Office 12, criticism, antitrust, Microsoft Windows 2000, XML, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft PowerPoint, worker, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, operating system

February 27, 2007 The up-and-coming virtualization specialist says Microsoft is using its Windows clout to restrict customers choice. Sound familiar? TAGS: VMware, virtualization, virtual machine, policy, antitrust, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, server, Microsoft Windows

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, monopoly, antitrust, Microsoft Windows Media Player, computer company, Microsoft Corp., Windows Media, operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player, Microsoft Windows, Web browser, agreement, server

January 14, 2004 Antitrust expert Richard Donovan says the software maker's defense before the European Commission against anticompetition charges has a familiar ring to it. TAGS: remedy, settlement, Microsoft Windows Media Player, antitrust, litigation, commission, content provider, digital media, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., U.S., Microsoft Windows, operating system, server

February 18, 2005 So far the company's playing it low-key, but CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says a barrage of verbal pyrotechnics is just around the bend. TAGS: corporate culture, IBM OS/2, Netscape Navigator, Firefox, reporter, Microsoft Internet Explorer, antitrust, Bill Gates, Mozilla Corp., Netscape Communications Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC

July 1, 2004 Appellate ruling rejects Massachusetts' call for stiffer penalties in antitrust case. "Well done!" the court says of the deal. TAGS: Thomas Penfield Jackson, penalty, settlement, antitrust, monopoly, Massachusetts, court, computer company, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, attorney, agreement, operating system, Web browser, software company, Microsoft Windows

October 13, 2006 Company revises several features in Vista in response to concerns raised by antitrust officials. TAGS: Brad Smith, antitrust, kernel, Microsoft Windows Vista, commission, security, concern, console, 64-bit, security company, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, PC

January 31, 2005 Executive says caution is the watchword as company looks to avoid legal land mines. TAGS: desktop search, WinFS, antitrust, Ask Jeeves Inc., MSN, Windows application, lawyer, search technology, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, e-mail

January 26, 2005 Giant will meet with federal and state antitrust regulators next month to head off potential trouble before new software ships. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, Stacy Drake, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Unisys Corp., settlement, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Adobe PDF, Microsoft Internet Explorer, operating system, Microsoft Windows

June 16, 2006 A look at the pivotal moments in the life of Microsoft's Bill Gates, one of the world's richest and most famous/infamous men. TAGS: Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer, antitrust, Netscape Communications Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, IBM Corp., CEO, operating system

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