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Microsoft pledges not to sue over open source
News As part of a new interoperability strategy, software maker says it won't take legal action against those who develop open source products.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft: EU ruling could come soon
News Top lawyer tells shareholders the ruling, expected as early as December, could provide "clarity" for industry.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Legal, Government
EU upholds penalties against Microsoft
News Judge orders company to unbundle Windows Media Player and to share server technology.
Tags: Windows XP
Roaming caps legal, advises EU advocate general
News The EC's imposition of roaming caps on Vodafone and other mobile operators did not stifle competition, according to the European Court of Justice's advocate general.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Commission, Cap, European Commission, mobile, Miguel Poiares Maduro, Telecommunications, European Court, European Union, economic activity
One million people's details could be culled from UK database
News The European Union rules the United Kingdom has violated human rights by keeping DNA details and possibly fingerprints of about 850,000 people suspected of a crime.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Database management, DNA, Crime, Home Secretary, European Court, Database, European Union, Steve Ranger
Intel appeals against antitrust fine
News Chip company has appealed a May decision by the European Commission to fine it 1 billion Euros for anti-competitive practices.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., European Court, Chip, Spokesperson, microprocessor, payment, antitrust, marketing, commission
Intel fails to delay EU antitrust case
News The chipmaker, which stands accused of anti-competitive actions against its rival AMD, has failed to convince a European judge to delay the case over the issue of missing documents.
Tags: Antitrust, Mobile processors, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., European Court, financial incentive, European Commission, case law, commission
EC acts against UK over data protection
News Following complaints over BT's trials of technology from behavioral advertising company Phorm, the European Commission launches data-protection infringement proceedings against the United Kingdom.
Tags: Privacy, British Telecommunications, European Court, European Union, Advertisement, U.K., data protection, European Commission, Internet, spokesman
Report: Some UK govt databases may be illegal
News A quarter of U.K. government databases could contravene European human-rights laws, according to an independent body of experts.
Tags: Data mining & analysis, Databases, Regulations, DNA, Security, Report, Home Secretary, Government Database, European Court, Database
EU objects to browser in Windows
News European regulators say they believe software giant is violating that region's antitrust laws by bundling its Internet Explorer browser in Windows.
Tags: Antitrust, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, attorney, operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, European Commission
Red Hat voices concerns over Microsoft patent model
News The company is concerned that, following the EU antitrust ruling, Microsoft's patent model is still not compatible with open-source licensing.
Tags: Open source
EU probes Microsoft Windows 2000
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EU planning massive fine against Microsoft
News European regulators plan to levy a record fine of more than US$600 million against Microsoft as part of a strongly worded rebuke of the company's business practices.
Tags: Business applications, Legal
Microsoft 'not ruling out' further antitrust appeal
News Critics might be celebrating but Microsoft has refused to be drawn on whether it will appeal a European court's decision to uphold the EC's antitrust ruling.
Rambus in EC antitrust probe
News The chip technology company has received an antitrust salvo from the European Commission over DRAM patents following similar charges from the U.S. FTC.
Tags: Processors, Antitrust
