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Who Would Comment on Microsoft Browser Rival?
Mar 12, 2013No Microsoft browser rival would comment on, much less confirm, that it reported the omission of the browser ballot to European antitrust regulators. All three of Microsoft's Windows browser competitors -- Google, Mozilla and Opera ...
Tags: Microsoft browser, Google, Mozilla, Opera Software
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Europe's Antitrust Agency Required Microsoft to Offer Other Browsers to Windows Users
Mar 11, 2013Europe's antitrust agency had put Microsoft on the honor system, letting the company monitor its own compliance with a 2009 settlement that required it to offer other browsers to Windows users, the EU's top regulator admitted. That ...
Tags: Europe, antitrust agency, Microsoft, honor system
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Europe's Antitrust Chief Announced a $731 Million Fine on Microsoft
Mar 8, 2013Europe’s antitrust chief on Wednesday announced a substantial €561 million (US$731 million) fine on Microsoft, but it could have been even higher, he said. The software giant was hit with the fine by the European Commission for ...
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European Antitrust Regulators Will Slap Microsoft with a "Large Fine" for Failing
Mar 7, 2013European antitrust regulators will slap Microsoft with a "large fine" Wednesday for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a browser ballot, the New York Times reported today. According to the ...
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European Antitrust Regulators Will Slap Microsoft with a "Large Fine" Wednesday
Mar 7, 2013European antitrust regulators will slap Microsoft with a "large fine" Wednesday for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a browser ballot, the New York Times reported today. According to the ...
Tags: Microsoft, browser ballot, Windows
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EU Hit Microsoft with a $732 Million Fine for Failing to Live up to a 2009 Settlement
Mar 6, 2013European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers. The announcement made by Joaquin Almunia, ...
Tags: antitrust, Microsoft, alternate browsers
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European Antitrust Regulators Will Slap Microsoft with a Fine for Browser Choice Screen
Mar 4, 2013European antitrust regulators will slap Microsoft with a fine before the end of March for failing to offer customers a browser choice screen, according to a report today by the Reuters news service. Citing several unnamed sources ...
Tags: Microsoft, browser choice screen, European antitrust regulators
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Microsoft Waived Its Right to a Hearing Before European Regulators to Answer Charges
Jan 30, 2013Microsoft waived its right to a hearing before European antitrust regulators to further answer charges that it failed to offer customers a browser choice screen, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Tags: Microsoft, Securities and Exchange Commission, blunder
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Apple Raised Tim Cook's Salary by 55% for 2012 and Awarded Him a $2.8 Million Bonus
Jan 5, 2013Apple raised CEO Tim Cook's salary by 55% for 2012 and awarded him a $2.8 million bonus, but said the chief executive's pay was still "significantly below the median" of comparable firms. "Mr. Cook remains significantly below the median ...
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Users of Windows 8 to Change The Default Setting for The"Do Not Track" Privacy Feature
Dec 31, 2012Microsoft today said users of Windows 8 will be able to change the default setting for the"Do Not Track"privacy feature in Internet Explorer 10(IE10)when they first run the new operating system. Do Not Track(DNT)signals whether a user ...
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European Union Regulators Will Not Force Microsoft to Open Its Windows RT Operating System
Dec 26, 2012European Union regulators will not force Microsoft to open its Windows RT operating system to rival browsers, the Brussels-based antitrust agency said Wednesday. At the same time, the European Competition Commission served Microsoft with ...
Tags: EU, regulators, Microsoft, Windows RT, operating system, rival browsers
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Microsoft Began Providing European Consumers a "Browser Ballot Screen" for Window 8
Dec 26, 2012Computerworld - Microsoft last week began providing European consumers a "browser ballot screen" for Windows 8, a move that may be just the first of several steps the company will take to head off a new antitrust investigation. According ...
Tags: Microsoft, browser ballot screen, Windows 8, tablet
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European Antitrust Officials Widened Their Investigation Into Microsoft's Browser Practice
Dec 25, 2012European antitrust officials have widened their investigation into Microsoft's browser practices to include four different allegations against Windows 8 and Windows RT, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Antoine Colombani from the ...
Tags: Microsoft, EU, browser practices, Windows 8, Windows RT
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The EU Antitrust Officials Are Also Looking Into Charges
Dec 18, 2012Atop the new investigation into Microsoft's failure to give some Windows users a browser ballot screen, European Union (EU) antitrust officials are also looking into charges that Microsoft has blocked rival browser makers from harnessing ...
Tags: EU, Microsoft, browser makers, Windows 8
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Microsoft Could Have Escaped The Wrath of European Union Antitrust Regulators
Dec 18, 2012Microsoft could have escaped the wrath of European Union antitrust regulators and the risk of potential fines in the billions if it had paid attention to an exchange on its own support site more than a year ago. The back-and-forth between ...