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As expected, Intel is now being slapped with another Statement of Objections coming from the European Commission, in which the Santa Clara-based chip maker is accused of anti-competitive behavior. However, even if this is not the first time that Intel is facing this type of charges from the European Commission, the c... |
18 July 2008
08:42 GMT |
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Even if Intel's Q2 revenues have been fairly within initial expectations, this doesn't necessarily mean that the Santa-Clara based chips manufacturer is doing all that well. Or, there is also the possibility that perhaps everything is well with the company, and that it just isn't genuinely concerned fo... |
16 July 2008
10:21 GMT |
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Make no mistake about it, Windows 7 development milestones are cooking over at Microsoft. One thing should be extremely clear at this point in time. Microsoft's silence on Windows 7 should not be taken for inaction. Windows 7 M1 Build 6519 along with the public demonstrations of the next iteration of the Windows... |
24 June 2008
04:19 GMT |
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Starting back in 2004 with a 462 million Euro fine imposed against Microsoft by the European Union Antitrust Commission, the Redmond giant has consistently found itself losing battle after battle in the Eu anti-monopoly arena. In early 2008, the relationship between the company and the EU culminated with a $1.35 bill... |
30 May 2008
11:14 GMT |
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Intel has been ordered to hand in more documents to its arch-rival AMD, as part of the antitrust lawsuit initiated in 2007. According to the judges, the new documents will play a key role in finding whether Intel is guilty or not of antitrust behavior in Europe and China.Intel began collecting critical data about its... |
17 May 2008
04:45 GMT |
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Microsoft made a new move at the end of the past week designed to take the European Union financial penalties saga one step further. The Redmond company has had a rough ride in the European arena cumulating a total of $2.5 billion worth of fines, but it has not hesitated to raise the stakes in its apparently continuo... |
12 May 2008
05:33 GMT |
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The legal action filed by AMD against Intel in 2006 got new evidence to support AMD's allegations claiming that it had been sabotaged by its arch-rival on the processor market. According to the latest information emerging from the trial, AMD gathered 200 million pages of documents that say Intel paid its partner... |
7 May 2008
06:59 GMT |
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For Microsoft, no "good" open source deed goes unpunished. The Redmond company is bound to find this out the hard way, via an antitrust lawsuit filed in 2004 by current partner Novell. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to put an end to the multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed by Novell over its WordPerfect application, by ... |
17 March 2008
14:08 GMT |
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While Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista are in the clear, word is still out on Windows 7, when it comes down to antitrust issues. With the exception of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 which has hit RTM on February 4, 2008, Microsoft is still cooking Windows XP Service Pack 3, and it is in the early stages of baking of Wi... |
13 March 2008
11:04 GMT |
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Chip manufacturer Intel was represented by its CEO, Paul Otellini, during the hearings with the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. The company had to fight the allegations brought by its arch-rival regarding antitrust practices on the European market. The hearings took place behind closed doors, as previously ... |
13 March 2008
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Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows 7 are by all means not on the market yet, with some closer than others to becoming available to the general public. And yet the three operating systems are already in the same boat together. The same cannot be said about Vista gold and XP SP3 that ar... |
11 March 2008
10:12 GMT |
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Chip manufacturer Intel is preparing its defense against the EU antitrust charges that have been issued last month. The lawsuit, grounded on regulators' allegations that the chip manufacturer had abused its dominant market position will result in severe financial damages if Intel is found guilty.The US-based com... |
11 March 2008
07:22 GMT |
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Microsoft's next iteration of the Windows operating system, and the successor of Windows Vista, is in the very early stages of cooking, but still, the platform is out and about. First off, the Redmond company offered Windows 7 Milestone 1 to its close partners in the beginning of January. At that time, even thou... |
10 March 2008
14:53 GMT |
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On February 7, 2008, the European Union Antitrust Commission fined Microsoft no less than 899 million, or approximately $1.3 billion, for failing to comply with the March 2007 ruling until 22 October 2007. The Commission underlined the fact that the penalty payment of 899 million was connected exclusively with th... |
27 February 2008
13:59 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting jabs from all directions in the European Union arena. The software giant has found it hard to avoid the consequences of its "monopolistic" ways, and failed to dodge a couple of financial penalties imposed so far by the EU Antitrust Commission, following the landmark March 2004 ruling. Four years ... |
27 February 2008
06:54 GMT |
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In the never-ending saga of Microsoft antitrust "slaps on the hand," the Redmond company might receive the healthiest financial penalty yet from the European Union Antitrust Commission. A reported fine of $2.2 billion is currently cooking by the EU Antitrust regulators, and could be served as early as February 26, 20... |
26 February 2008
07:23 GMT |
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Intel's offices in Munich, Germany, have been raided yesterday by European Commission representatives that are involved in antitrust investigations. Intel spokespersons acknowledged the fact that the company's offices have been ransacked during the search, but claimed that the departments gave their full co... |
13 February 2008
02:55 GMT |
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Microsoft will continue to be held on a short monopoly leash for almost two more years, until 2009. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has finally issued a ruling on January 29, essentially expanding the court oversight of Microsoft. The oversight, which began in 2002 as a direct consequence of a landmark ant... |
30 January 2008
03:16 GMT |
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The New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today backed up AMD's accusations at rival Intel of anticompetitive behavior in the CPU market. The city Attorney General today stated that Intel's "potential anticompetitive conduct warrant a full and factual investigation." This announcement comes more than two... |
11 January 2008
03:47 GMT |
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Last week, Opera went against Microsoft by filing an antitrust complaint with the European Union. The Norwegian company headquartered in Oslo wants the EU Antitrust Commission to force Microsoft to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows and to adopt "fundamental and open Web standards accepted by the Web-authoring ... |
17 December 2007
10:11 GMT |
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Due to near monopoly that Microsoft enjoys on the operating system market, with the Windows platform, the Redmond company has managed to push additional technologies, products and services to the foreground, in the detriment of direct competitors. In this context, the dominance of Internet Explorer over the browser m... |
13 December 2007
08:40 GMT |
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Microsoft has long been a landmark of monopoly worldwide. But this detail is about to change as the Redmond company has evolved, following the various antitrust rulings against it both at home and abroad. In this context, Microsoft has suffered antitrust scrutinies not only in the U.S. but also in the European Union ... |
16 October 2007
10:18 GMT |
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The European Commission surely keeps itself busy as after all the racket and buzz that followed the official antitrust charges pressed against the most important chips manufacturing company in the world, Intel, the same body presented sometime ago another set for charges, this time against the memory developer Rambus... |
10 October 2007
06:44 GMT |
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Microsoft's presence on the European market has ended up costing the company 497 million as a consequence of an antitrust ruling passed by the European Commission antitrust regulators in March 2004. The EU decision was almost entirely upheld by the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg and the financia... |
21 September 2007
10:24 GMT |
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Almost a month ago the Asian computer manufacturing company Acer publicly announced its plan to acquire the American system integrator Gateway for a sum of $710 million and after some legal problems with Gateway's investors the deal is one step closer to completion now.According to the news site computerworld, ... |
20 September 2007
10:44 GMT |
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Yesterday, the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg upheld the European Commission's March 2004 antitrust decision against Microsoft, finding that the company had abused its dominant market position with its Windows client. Back in 2004, the EU antitrust regulators ruled that the Redmond company had leveraged i... |
18 September 2007
09:29 GMT |
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This week debuted with a bang of bad news for the Redmond company from over the pond. The antitrust authorities in Europe have won their face-off with Microsoft. Today, September 17, the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg (Grand Chamber) found that Microsoft abused its dominant market position leveraging ... |
17 September 2007
05:03 GMT |
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Microsoft could end up paying financial penalties of in excess of $1 billion because of its monopolist business practices on the European market. On September 17, the 13-judge Grand Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg is scheduled to rule over the March 2004 European antitrust case. Microsoft faces t... |
11 September 2007
07:24 GMT |
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After a summer filled with various monopole accusations in both the United States and Europe, the largest central processing units in the world are now in the crosshair of the antitrust regulator officials from South Korea. The Korean Fair Trade Commission, which is responsible for enforcing antitrust policies in Sou... |
11 September 2007
06:11 GMT |
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In the 2007 fiscal year, Microsoft accounted for a total revenue of $51.12 billion, no less than 15% more than the previous year. And while the Redmond company indicated that its main cash cows, Windows Vista and the 2007 Office System, are the main catalysts of the revenue growth, a reduction in the legal payouts ha... |
13 August 2007
05:38 GMT |
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On Friday, The European Commission served a Statement of Objection against Intel, accusing the biggest computer processor maker of illegal business practices against its smaller competitor AMD. Intel is practically being accused of forcing or making unregistered pays to different European system manufacturers and ven... |
28 July 2007
05:19 GMT |
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The war between Intel and AMD is taking a new turn as the European Commission pressed formal charges against the chip maker Intel for using illegal tactics in an attempt to gain more market shares and consolidate is position as market leader. Ton Van Lierop, a spokesman for the European Commission - cited by the news... |
27 July 2007
05:13 GMT |
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The next step in the Microsoft's European monopoly saga is expected to take place on September 17, 2007. The Redmond Company's long lasting confrontation with the European Union Antitrust Commission will receive a verdict in mid September. The information has not as yet been officially confirmed by the Cour... |
7 June 2007
07:37 GMT |
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Microsoft is tame enough on the European market to be considered a good lapdog for the EU Antitrust Commission. The Redmond Company has found Europe to be a cruel mistress and a happily ever after marriage doesn't seem to be anywhere near in the proximity. Case in point, the same old March 2004 Commission ruling... |
24 April 2007
02:59 GMT |
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