Stories by: Simon Taylor

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    Microsoft hit with fresh complaint over Office 23/02/2006 07:43:13

    Some of Microsoft's biggest rivals lodged a new complaint with the European Commission Wednesday over its Office applications suite and other, upcoming products, arguing that the company's business practices are shutting out competitors.
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    Germany faces legal battle over World Cup network 21/02/2006 07:20:42

    Prospects of a legal battle between the German government and the European Commission over a new network for online access to World Cup football matches moved a step closer on Monday.
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    EC officials reviewing Vista complaints 14/02/2006 09:32:15

    Officials with the European Commission confirmed Friday that they are examining complaints lodged by rivals against Microsoft's Vista operating system due to be launched by the end of this year.
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    EC visits Microsoft to discuss case 01/02/2006 07:56:05

    Antitrust investigators from the European Commission are holding meetings with key Microsoft officials at the company's U.S. headquarters to discuss whether it is complying with the Commission's antitrust ruling of March 2004, a Commission spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
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    Microsoft asks EC for compliance delay 24/01/2006 09:15:00

    Microsoft has asked for more time to comply with a European Commission antitrust ruling forcing it to ensure full interoperability with its workgroup server software, a Commission spokesman said on Monday.
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    Sex.eu tops list of domain name requests 08/12/2005 07:38:28

    Sex.eu was the most sought after domain name using the European Union's own TLD (top-level domain) on the opening day for registrations. According to data supplied by EURid, the body responsible for registering .eu domain names, sex.eu received the highest number of applications.
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    EC publishes plan to boost online music licensing 13/10/2005 07:18:09

    The European Commission has published plans to make it easier for online music services to license media content across the 25 member states of the European Union.
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    EU accuses Asia of dumping blank DVDs 09/08/2005 10:00:40

    The European Commission is investigating whether three Asian countries are selling recordable DVDs in Europe at below cost, a practice known as dumping.
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    EC raids Intel, PC makers in competition inquiry 13/07/2005 09:14:23

    Officials from the European Commission, the executive arm and antitrust watchdog of the European Union, raided the European offices of Intel and a number of PC manufacturers on Tuesday.
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    New judge named in Microsoft-EU case 12/07/2005 09:26:38

    Microsoft's appeal against the European Union's antitrust ruling will be judged by Bo Vesterdorf, the president of the Court of First Instance (CFI), the court said Friday. Vesterdorf was the judge who in December 2004 threw out Microsoft's attempt to temporarily halt measures imposed by the European Commission, the EU's antitrust watchdog, in April last year.
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    London attacks prompt EU to prioritize data retention 11/07/2005 08:32:22

    The European Commission intends to accelerate plans to put forward new rules requiring telephone and Internet operators to store data for law enforcement agencies in the wake of the terrorist bombings in London on Thursday, a senior official said Friday. But the new plan would cut the time data had to be stored to a maximum of nine months compared to one year in an earlier proposal.
 
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