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China: A potential, new antitrust battleground for Microsoft

China: A potential, new antitrust battleground for MicrosoftI wonder how much marketshare MS would loseI wonder how much Chinese marketshare MS would lose if they pulled out of China? If leaving China leads to the loss of [url=http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/only_244_copies_of_genuine_windows_vista_sold_in_china.php] 244 sales[/url], maybe China would actually be doing MS a favor! :)They...

Tags: Linux, Corporate law, SECURITY, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Communism, Microsoft Corp., new antitrust battleground, antitrust battleground, antitrust

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

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Google, open source and the need for governance

Free competition is a good model for what we want, but competition almost always devolves to monopoly or shared monopoly. What the Bells want is the antitrust police to go after Google as they go after the Bells. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Open Source, Government, Internet, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-12-01

News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Apple dodges antitrust bullet

A California judge has granted Apple's motion to dismiss Psystar's counterclaims that the company violated antitrust laws by blocking third-parties from selling Mac OS-based systems. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Antitrust, Apple Inc., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Brand, Counterclaim, Operating System, Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Branding, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Yang out: Justice scrutiny paved the way

Some things are clear. If Jerry Yang had merely been doing a lousy job at running Yahoo, there would have been no "mutual" decision that he should step down as CEO. (NYT: "Jerry and the board have had an ongoing dialogue about succession timing, and we...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Portals, Investment, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Internet, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-18

LG, Sharp admit to LCD price fixing; affected Apple, Dell, Motorola

LG Display, Sharp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for participating in a liquid crystal display price-fixing conspiracy and pay $585 million in fines, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The three companies worked in concert to set prices on thin-film...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Apple Inc., Sharp Corp., Price, LCD, Motorola Inc., Monitors & Displays, Sales Strategy, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Sales, Business Operations, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Inside Windows' core: A peek into Microsoft's COSD

Inside Windows' core: A peek into Microsoft's COSDMinWinMary, why do you insist on MinWin when he constantly makes it clear that it's not Windows 7? They will use some of the ideas from MinWin and apply them, but it is essentially going to be the improved Vista kernel. Something like...

Tags: BIOS, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., MinWin, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

End the open source obsession with Microsoft

End the open source obsession with MicrosoftM$ must GPL its codeand that will open communication with OSS.So Microsoft doesn't engage in this?[i]That scene did not happen. More likely some mid-level bureaucrat dealing with this particular show decided to show off his or her power.[/i]Most likely it did happen at the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source obsession, open source, Dana

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

Yahoo looking for a rebound after break-up

Google officially called it quits on the search ads deal between themselves and Yahoo. This is one of those cases where Google decided it was in their best interest to not proceed with something, even though they truly believe it would be a great thing. This shows me...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Law, E-mail Providers, Instant Messaging, Business Structures, Security, Business Operations, Internet, Online Communications, Finance, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-06

Google-Yahoo deal: Washington doesn't understand us

Google-Yahoo deal: Washington doesn't understand usWell, what would expect[i]the big monopolistic empire that Washington will likely be watching closely from here on out[/i]Well, what would expect from the government? When Schmitt makes a statement like [i]“We’re moving forward with or without Washington” [/i]the translation is [b]"who does the government think...

Tags: Vertical industries, Google Inc., government press release, market definition, government, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

Ballmer calls Google's Android 'way behind'

Ballmer calls Google's Android 'way behind'From what I understand Balmer was at first notimpressed with the iPhone and look at how good its doing:PPagan jimItanalyst2 Calls Ballmer's Fitness Level "Way Behind"Get on a treadmill you hog.RE: Ballmer calls Google's Android 'way behind'Christine Keeler - the prostitute at the heart of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Well Ballmer, Google Inc., Steve Ballmer, Google Android, mobile, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

Google calls it quits on the Yahoo ad deal; Will Microsoft enter the picture?

Updated: In a move that's not terribly surprising, Google said Wednesday that it is scrapping its search advertising deal with Yahoo. Google's decision puts Yahoo's search business back in play and may bring Microsoft back into the picture. In a blog post, Google announced it was ending...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Election Day '08: Where to get live results

There's no better time in history to watch election results on the fly. Some, but not all, of us will have access to a television, where you can watch results stream in on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC or Fox. But for those of you...

Tags: Result, Associated Press, Election Day, Twitter, CNN, Palm Beach Post, Northwestern, Corporate Communications, Blogging, RSS, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Track the election on your iPhone

With polls on the east coast a little more than 12 hours away from opening we turn our attention to the election. Regardless of which side you're on, it's hard not to get swept up in all the excitement surrounding such an historic event. Since a presidential...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Presidential Election, Election, Apple iTunes, Vote4Me, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-03

No Opera Mini for the iPhone

No Opera Mini for the iPhoneThe BBC News......crash used to happen when I was trying out the iPhone and is one of the reasons why I didn't stick with it - it's my preferred homescreen and has been for a while.What's also interesting though is that the E71's native browser...

Tags: Web browsers, Opera Software, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Web browser, Opera Mini

Discussion threads 2008-10-31

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote – Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething — and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Yahoo, Google, DOJ play let's make a deal; Google could walk

Google and Yahoo are talking to the Department of Justice about heading off an antitrust suit over the companies' search advertising deal. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google and Yahoo are offering up concessions to the Department of Justice to push their deal through. For Google,...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Search, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

DOJ backs off ATI

More good news for AMD. The Department of Justice has officially closed its antitrust investigation into ATI, the graphics chipmaker it bought in 2006. The Justice Department was investigating practices in the hot-and-heavy battle between ATI and Nvidia. Coverage at PCWorld. AMD announced last week saw its...

Tags: ATI Technologies Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Google extends AdSense into video games

Google has injected some legitimacy into the Web-based video game market, announcing a beta launch of AdSense for games. Techmeme In-game advertising isn't new. Many of the more popular games for the big console players have had ads embedded in them for a while. And the feedback...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Video Game, Video, Google AdSense, Games, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

News to know: Clickjacking redux; SAP pricing; BlackBerry Storm; Windows 7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat Dancho Danchev: Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows, Semantic Web, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet

Blog posts 2008-10-08