Microsoft anti-trust news

Google deals, Microsoft's Azure, IT money woes
Oct. 31, 2008
Google proposed settling lawsuits related to its book-scanning and indexing project, and word also seeped out through The Wall Street Journal that the company's search advertising deal with Yahoo could be scrapped ...

High Court: Microsoft vs. Novell case can go forward
Mar. 17, 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a request by Microsoft to halt an antitrust suit that Novell filed against the company for anticompetitive behavior it said harmed its WordPerfect and QuattroPro business in the ...

EU fines Microsoft another $1.3B for antitrust abuse
Feb. 27, 2008
The European Commission fined Microsoft a massive $1.3 billion for continued failure to honor the 2004 antitrust ruling against it, Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes said Wednesday.

Microsoft open-source move elicits guarded reaction from EU
Feb. 21, 2008
The European Commission gave a guarded welcome to Microsoft's pledge on Thursday for "greater transparency" in its development and business practices.

Microsoft unaware of reported China investigation
Jun. 18, 2008
Microsoft said it is unaware of an investigation into whether the company unfairly dominates China's software market as reported by the country's state media on Wednesday.

For Bill Gates, antitrust fight a personal crucible
Jun. 26, 2008
Ten years ago, Bill Gates was the new John D. Rockefeller. And from the U.S. government's perspective at the start of its antitrust trial against Microsoft in 1998, Gates was every bit as powerful as the legendary oil ...

Antitrust regulators scrutinizing Windows 7, IE 8
Jun. 20, 2008
Antitrust regulators are evaluating the forthcoming Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 as part of ongoing activities to ensure Microsoft is in compliance with the final judgment in two landmark antitrust cases that ...

Anti-trust regulators looking at Windows 7; Gates impersonator calling it quits
Jun. 20, 2008
Antitrust regulators are evaluating the forthcoming Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 as part of ongoing activities to ensure Microsoft is in compliance with the final judgment in two landmark antitrust cases that ...

China government office denies Microsoft investigation
Jun. 19, 2008
China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Thursday denied press reports that it was investigating or planned to investigate Microsoft for anticompetitive behavior, saying the office doesn't even handle such ...

China launches Microsoft antitrust probe
Jun. 18, 2008
China has launched an investigation into whether Microsoft unfairly dominates its software market, state media reported Wednesday.

EU says governments could bar Microsoft from bidding
Jun. 17, 2008
Governments contracting IT work could conclude that Microsoft's antitrust history constitutes "grave professional misconduct" and ban the company, according to the European Commission.

Microsoft to appeal $1.3 billion EU fine
May. 09, 2008
Microsoft is appealing the $1.3 billion (€899 million) fine imposed on it by the European Union for failing to honor a 2004 antitrust agreement, the company said Friday.

MEPs question Microsoft's eligibility for gov't projects
Apr. 15, 2008
European Parliament members are asking if Microsoft's antitrust violations make the company ineligible to compete for government contracts.

OOXML vote won't affect public sector, Denmark says
Feb. 27, 2008
Denmark's public sector will not be affected if Microsoft's latest file format is rejected or accepted by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a government official said Wednesday.

Microsoft to stay under court's eye for two more years
Jan. 30, 2008
Microsoft's compliance with a U.S. antitrust settlement will remain under court supervision for another two years, in part because the company delayed producing documentation required by the court, a federal judge ruled ...

Microsoft faces two new European antitrust cases
Jan. 14, 2008
The European Commission has opened two new antitrust investigations of Microsoft's activities.

Google plays antitrust card on Microsoft's Yahoo bid
Feb. 04, 2008
Google's chief legal officer Monday fired the first shot of what will likely be an antitrust salvo at Microsoft over its unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. Within two hours, Microsoft countered.

Polish watchdog asks the EU to investagate Microsoft for anti-trust | NetworkWorld.com ...
Aug. 21, 2008
A watchdog organization in Poland has reportedly asked the EU's European Commission to investigate Microsoft over its dealings with laptop makers in the region, Reuters and the Warsaw Business Journal report. The ...

DOJ considers big picture approach with Google | NetworkWorld.com Community
Sep. 11, 2008
The Department of Justice (DOJ) may be about to hand Google a surprise for its 10th anniversary, one that could make the next 10 years a lot less successful for the search giant. According to this CNET post by Charles ...

Microsoft removed interoperability documents, Feds accuse | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jun. 23, 2008
The court-mandated committee that is overseeing Microsoft's compliance with its federal antitrust settlement said that Microsoft has deleted some key information from its previously published protocols and is breaking ...

Windows 7 and IE8 reviewed for antitrust, but will the US rubber stamp? | NetworkWorld.com ...
Jun. 20, 2008
This review is to be expected given that the November 2002 consent decree was extended into 2009 after several states petitioned to make that so. The real question is, is the US "investigation" going to really do ...

New Chinese antitrust law could affect Microsoft/Yahoo deal | NetworkWorld.com Community
Mar. 28, 2008
When Yahoo invested $1 billion in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.com, it may have put itself under the jurisdiction of a new antitrust law, reports the New York Times. The law, which goes into effect August 1, ...

European Commission to Microsoft .. not buying it | NetworkWorld.com Community
Feb. 21, 2008
The European Commission, in the midst of two formal antitrust investigations against Microsoft, is not buying Microsoft's announcement today that the company has gone hog-wild open. It notes that Microsoft has already ...

One of the differences with today's announcement | NetworkWorld.com Community
Feb. 21, 2008
Today's announcement is a little different than the promises Microsoft has made in the past in that it is publishing the protocols and APIs, not just promising to do so. Of course, only time will tell if the protocols ...

Microsoft Remains Untrustworthy | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jan. 30, 2008
Tuesday, District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly extended the court's antitrust oversight of Microsoft an additional two years , until Nov. 12, 2009. The two year extension came because Microsoft hasn't yet turned over ...