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UK tech agency files complaint against Microsoft

May 20, 2008 — 6:12am ET | By Paul Mah

The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (or Becta) has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft. The root of the issue has to do with the lack of

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Google pays $3.1 billion for DoubleClick

March 13, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Google finalized a $3.1 million deal on Wednesday for DoubleClick, a New York company that places ads on web pages that targeted consumers are likely to use, says the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Rivals of... Read more...

AMD launches Intel-slandering website

August 9, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Boy, this is really starting to get good. The ongoing antitrust battle between AMD and... Read more...

Attack of the deadly printers: Researcher fires back

August 6, 2007 — 6:59am ET
In the latest news in what's set to become an ongoing story, the authors of that controversial... Read more...

EU launches official probe into iTunes, big four

April 2, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Interesting choice of timing: expert parade-rainers, the European Commission, have slammed Apple for anti-competitive practices again and this time, the big four music labels are tagging along for

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Vista gets okay from U.S., European outlook good

November 26, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

In a rare bit of good news for Microsoft, things appear to be moving ahead for Vista on the legal front. Last week, the U.S. government announced that it had given Microsoft the green light for both Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, based on documentation provided by the company in accordance with an antitrust ruling. Meanwhile, in Europe, where Microsoft has traditionally had …

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Gartner begrudgingly admits Vista will be on time

October 23, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

As Windows Vista's November launch date gets closer, more and more analysts and journalists have admitted that Microsoft is on track to release Vista during the company's specified launch window. The lone holdout has been Gartner, who doggedly insisted that the OS would be delayed by Microsoft's dealings with the European Commission. …

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Another Vista delay imminent?

October 5, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

We reported yesterday that industry analysts were confident that Vista would meet its current release targets--that would be November for the business and enterprise editions and January for the consumer edition. Well, those analysts would have been the boys and girls over at Goldman Sachs, who circulated a note to their clients on Wednesday, claiming that Microsoft was on track to release the final Beta of Vista this week, which …

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Microsoft to security vendors: Hands off my kernel

October 3, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

As you might recall, on Monday we reported on McAfee's public shaming of Microsoft in an advertisement printed in the Financial Times that took the form of an open letter to "computer users around the world." In the ad, McAfee accused Microsoft of incorporating "inherent weaknesses" into their upcoming Vista operating system. Well, The New York Times reports today that other major security companies have joined the …

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EU comes after Microsoft license fees

May 11, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The European Commission is about to formally accuse Microsoft of overcharging for some of its Windows software licenses. Microsoft has repeatedly ignored a 2004 antitrust ruling by the EU, which fined the software giant 497 million euros and required it to open parts of its OS code to manufacturers of rival products, and this seems to be the regulatory body's response. The "statement of objections" is expected to come down by the end of July or in the fall, with more fines likely to …

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