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Microsoft yields on royalties to obey part of antitrust order
October 23, 2007Microsoft Corp. will cut royalties for server software rivals and hand information over to open source developers to obey key parts of a 2004 antitrust ruling upheld by an appeals court last month. EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said she...
Microsoft withdrawals appeal in Skorean antitrust case
October 18, 2007Microsoft Corp. ends a legal battle to overturn an antitrust decision in South Korea. "Microsoft has withdrawn its appeal in the Korea Fair Trade Commission case," the software giant said in a statement. The company said...
Microsoft Corp provides internet users with new programs
October 17, 2007Microsoft Corp. launched two new programs that allow to place calls right from the Outlook e-mail program. The new programs build on server and desktop software Microsoft introduced in 2005 that wove both instant messaging and indicators of "presence...
Windows XP to stay on market into summer
October 02, 2007- Microsoft is hedging its bets by keeping Windows XP on the market a little longer rather than shelving it in favor of the new Vista operating system. The software giant said this week that XP would be available to retailers and PC manufacturers...
Microsoft Corp loses out to Google Inc in acquisition of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc
September 28, 2007Google Inc.'s proposal to acquire online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. for $3.1 billion (2.19 billion EUR) needs close examination by federal regulators. At the same time, Microsoft Corp., which sought to acquire DoubleClick but lost out...
Microsoft Corp solves problem with limited-edition copy of 'Halo 3'
September 26, 2007Fans finally got a copy of "Halo 3", but it turned out that special limited-edition packaging is scratching the video game disks. Microsoft Corp., which owns the studio that makes "Halo 3," responded quickly...
Quiet Microsoft PR seeks to stop Google
September 24, 2007Microsoft Corp. is campaigning with a U.S. public relations firm to squelch Google Inc.'s planned $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., reports said. The firm hired Burson-Marsteller, the world's fifth-largest PR firm, to mount a quiet campaign...
U.S. criticism of court decision over Microsoft's case unacceptable
September 19, 2007EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes said Wednesday that a U.S. official's criticism of an EU court ruling dismissing Microsoft Corp.'s monopoly abuse appeal was "totally unacceptable." Kroes said it was wrong for a representative of the U.S....
Microsoft case boosts EU's lead role in regulating leading companies
September 18, 2007The lost case of Microsoft means that U.S.-based multinationals will continue to face tougher competition rules in Europe than at home, legal experts said. Many U.S. companies hoped that the EU's Court of First Instance would take steps to restrain...
Court rejection of Microsoft appeal found large support in EU
September 18, 2007The EU officials called a rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s appeal of a landmark antitrust by a European Union court a mammoth victory for EU competition policy in protecting consumer rights. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the...