Thursday, January 14, 2010
RealNetworks founder to step down Rob Glaser will continue on as chairman and Bob Kimball will temporarily head the media streaming software maker. The founder said it was time to step away from day to day operations a RealNetworks Inc.
Monday, September 08, 2008
Microsoft security fixes focus on Windows desktop In all, eight bugs are squashed in the four sets of patches, but the most critical problem is addressed in the MS08-052 update. What you need to know about GDI+
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Opera takes antitrust suit against Microsoft to EU The Norwegian browser maker says Redmond is abusing its dominant position in the desktop PC space by offering only Internet Explorer as a standard part of Windows. A trade group endorses the move
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Microsoft won't appeal European antitrust ruling Microsoft Corp. has decided not to appeal last month's appeal ruling against it from the Court of First Instance (CFI) and has finally agreed to comply with the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling that sparked the company's appeal. 
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Microsoft ruling sets precedent for IT in Europe The consequences of a lengthy court decision against Microsoft are already clear: The ruling pulls a legal rug from under Microsoft's strategy of bundling software onto its Windows operating system, providing a powerful legal reference point for any future antitrust litigation against the company, and it strengthens the Commission's authority, especially when dealing with antitrust abuse in the fast-moving information technology industry. 
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Mobile Computing: Voice Mail and E-Mail Together Unified messaging. That's a five-dollar term for a feature that basically puts your incoming faxes, voice-mail messages, and e-mails in one convenient place: your e-mail inbox. 
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Blackberry Pearl makes a splash Research In Motion (RIM) launched the 8100 'BlackBerry Pearl', a stylish mobile handset that comes equipped with a digital camera and other multi-media capabilities. The smartphone is poised to become the new gem of the Waterloo, Ont-based company as it heads for a wider consumer market.
Monday, January 30, 2006
EU tells MS to comply with ruling or face fines The European Commission has given Microsoft Corp. five weeks to comply with its March 2004 antitrust ruling on workgroup server interoperability, or face daily fines of €2 million (US$2.4 million), a Commission spokesman said on Thursday. 
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Comply with ruling or face fines, EU tells MS The European Commission has given Microsoft Corp. five weeks to comply with its March 2004 antitrust ruling on workgroup server interoperability, or face daily fines of €2 million (US$2.4 million), a Commission spokesman said.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Microsoft threatens to pull Windows from South Korea Microsoft Corp. has warned that if South Korean regulators order it to remove code or redesign Windows as part of an ongoing unfair competition investigation, it could pull the operating system from the market or delay the introduction of new versions. 
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
MS ANTITRUST : Ballmer pays visit to E.U. antitrust chief Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer met the European Union's competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, on Tuesday to discuss the company's failure until now to fully comply with the E.U.'s antitrust ruling against the firm in May 2004, a spokesman for Kroes has confirmed. 
Monday, March 21, 2005
MS ANTITRUST : E.U. gives Microsoft two weeks to comply The European Commission has given Microsoft Corp. two weeks to come up with better licensing terms for its workgroup server protocols or face the possibility of financial penalties of about US$5 million a day, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. 
Thursday, February 24, 2005
MS ANTITRUST : EU close to decision on antitrust ruling The European Union’s antitrust regulator said Friday it was close to deciding whether to accept terms Microsoft Corp. has offered for complying with an E.U. ruling to offer Windows without Media Player and licence its communications protocols for the network server market. A spokesman for the European Commission, which decides competition policy for the E.U., confirmed that it has written to PC makers, retailers and IT companies to determine whether they can live with terms offered by the Redmond, Washington, company. 
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
MS ANTITRUST : Microsoft backs off appeal on E.U. sanctions Microsoft Corp. has decided not to appeal a ruling by a European Union (E.U.) judge that upholds sanctions imposed on the company by the European Commission, a spokesman for the firm confirmed on Monday. 
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
MS ANTITRUST : E.U. fight may last to 2009, Microsoft says Microsoft Corp. will appeal the fine and sanctions imposed upon it by the European Commission on Wednesday, a process that could keep the battle rumbling until 2009, Brad Smith, the company's senior vice president and general counsel, said in a conference call shortly after the Commission's decision was announced. 
Thursday, March 18, 2004
MS ANTITRUST : E.U. Microsoft ruling could set precedent With the breakdown of settlement talks between the European Union and Microsoft Corp., the stage is set for the E.U. to announce next Wednesday a series of antitrust remedies and declare that the software company is an abusive monopolist, thus setting a precedent that will make it easier to prosecute other complaints, including several that are already under investigation. 
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Regulators back EC Microsoft ruling Antitrust regulators from the 15 European Union (E.U.) countries have unanimously backed the European Commission's negative ruling against Microsoft Corp., a Commission spokeswoman said Monday
Thursday, March 11, 2004
EU regulators to discuss EC's Microsoft ruling Competition regulators from the 15 European Union (E.U.) member states will gather in Brussels Monday to discuss the European Commission's negative draft ruling against Microsoft Corp. 
Thursday, November 13, 2003
Microsoft says it isn't breaking EU laws Microsoft Corp. defended its business practices Wednesday during a three-day hearing in Brussels in front of European competition regulators, in a final attempt to persuade them that it isn't breaking the European Union's antitrust laws.
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Microsoft to make changes to IE after patent verdict Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it is making 
Thursday, January 23, 2003
MS ANTITRUST : Rivals fear EU ruling may be narrow As the European Union wraps up its antitrust investigation into Microsoft Corp., competitors fear that the European Commission may issue a ruling that fails to prevent future abuses by the software maker.
Sunday, December 08, 2002
RealNetworks puts more Helix code online RealNetworks Inc. on Monday delivered another component in its strategy to offer a complete set of open-source software for creating, delivering and playing back audio and video files over the Internet.
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Group says Microsoft violating antitrust settlement An industry group backed by some of Microsoft Corp.'s top competitors has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) claiming that the software maker has already violated terms of a proposed antitrust settlement deal that it reached with the federal government.
Monday, August 05, 2002
Microsoft loosens grip on software before ruling Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it is moving ahead to adopt some remedies of its proposed antitrust settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and nine states, such as allowing the unbundling of its "middleware" products and revealing some key intellectual property to competitors, enabling them to create products that are interoperable with Microsoft software.
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Gates ends testimony at remedy hearing Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates Wednesday ended three days of testimony on the witness stand with a warning that the remedies sought by the nonsettling states will take away Microsoft's incentives to innovate and send his company's multibillion-dollar research and development engine "into a 10-year period of hibernation."