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    EU Ombudsman faults EC's Intel antitrust ruling 18/11/2009 23:18:00

    The European Ombudsman accused the European Commission on Thursday of "maladministration" during its antitrust investigation of Intel, which resulted in a hefty fine earlier this year, as well as an order to desist from its anti-competitive practices.
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    EU rebuffs Oracle's criticism of Sun merger investigation 10/11/2009 23:15:00

    In an unusually blunt rebuff, the European Commission has dismissed as "facile and superficial" criticism of its decision to issue formal objections to Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
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    Oracle plans aggressive fight with EU over Sun takeover 05/11/2009 05:17:00

    Oracle is planning an aggressive fight with European regulators if its attempt to take over Sun is slapped with a statement of objections in the coming week, said people close to the company Wednesday.
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    Richard Stallman joins call for Oracle to divest MySQL 21/10/2009 06:23:00

    Oracle must be stopped from taking over MySQL, according to Richard Stallman, a developer and prominent activist for free software.
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    EU says Europe must scan books as does Google 20/10/2009 08:57:00

    The European Commission issued a call to arms to European lawmakers and those involved in the process of digitizing books Monday, urging the European Union to create a "pro-competitive European" answer to the legal arrangement Google and others seek to implement in the US
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    Microsoft, EU reach accord on antitrust 08/10/2009 00:33:00

    Microsoft appears to have reached an agreement with the European Commission that concludes an antitrust battle that has lasted a decade, Europe's top competition regulator said Wednesday.
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    EU wants safe volume settings on portable music players 29/09/2009 06:33:00

    The European Commission has ordered all makers of portable music players to add a default volume setting of around 80 decibels (dB) and a health warning to all new devices within the next two years.
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    Google wins partial victory in legal battle over trademarks 23/09/2009 06:41:00

    Google appeared to have won a partial victory in its long-running legal battle with trademark owners Tuesday, when a senior judge at the European Court of Justice said the company hasn't infringed anyone's trademark rights by allowing advertisers to buy search keywords corresponding to those trademarks.
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    EU reveals 'smoking gun' e-mails from Intel antitrust probe 22/09/2009 06:31:00

    In an unusual move, the European Commission unveiled e-mail exchanges between Intel and computer manufacturers that its antitrust officials describe as "smoking gun" evidence from the probe that resulted in the chip maker being fined just over $1.45 billion in May.
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    Microsoft, Yahoo in informal talks with EU over search deal 18/09/2009 01:53:00

    Microsoft and Yahoo are discussing their planned search collaboration with European regulators to establish whether the deal needs to be subjected to a formal merger probe, Microsoft said Thursday.
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    Google helps users jump ship to rival Web services 14/09/2009 07:01:00

    In a move that flouts common business logic, Google is making it as easy as possible for people to migrate away from its services -- including Google Docs, Gmail and Blogger -- and by doing so is positioning itself to be users' first port of call within the so-called cloud that many software companies see as the future for computing.
 
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