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News to know: Dell; Xerox, Android, NewEgg, Win7, Windows Mobile,

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Dell Latitude Z 16" thin-and-light revealed; Lamborghini angles hide boardroom muscle Gallery: Hands on with the Dell...

Tags: Xerox Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Storage, Andrew Nusca, Newegg.com, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Dell Latitude, EC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Health warnings on iPods? EC is thinking about it

Maybe it's not as crazy as it sounds - health warnings on portable music players such as the iPods so that users can understand that they may doing long-term harm to their hearing. It's a proposal that the European Commission is considering, according to a report in...

Tags: Apple iPod, Health Care, Volume, Music, EC, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-28

EU ombudsman slaps antitrust regulators over Intel case

The European Union ombudsman reportedly criticized antitrust regulators over its evidence collection against Intel. According to the Wall Street Journal, EU ombudsman P. Nikiforos Diamandouros said that the European Commission, which fined Intel $1.45 billion in May for monopoly abuse, failed to record evidence from a Dell...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Regulator, Antitrust, Intel Corp., European Union, EC, Journal, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Mozilla chief backs Opera's browser-bundling complaint against Microsoft

Allowing Microsoft to make IE the default browser in Windows the courts has put a damper on Microsoft's competitors. I agree with Mozilla Foundation Chief Executive Mitchell Baker on that. But the real question now is what could and should be done -- at this late date -- to fix...

Tags: EC, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Corp., Opera Software ASA, Operating Systems, Software, Web Browser, Web Browsers

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Here we go again: EC complains about IE integration in Windows

The European Commission had been awfully quiet for the past few months. But just half way into January, the Commission has come out swinging again against its favorite punching bag: Microsoft. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, Integration, EC, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-16

Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236

Well, it's now clear what the real motivation for the recent interoperability announcement last week was. It was an attempt to forestall a $1.35 billion fine (€899 million, which wouldn't have been as bad if the exchange rate was still the 0.85 euros to the dollar it was when...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., EC, Public Relations, Productivity, Marketing, Corporate Communications, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-02-27

Tempering the EC's antitrust enthusiasm

In response to Microsoft's interoperability announcements last week, the EC, a force that has been pushing Microsoft down the "open" road for quite some time, had the following to say in response: The European Commission takes note of today's announcement by Microsoft of its intention to commit to a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Mozilla Firefox, Commission, Antitrust, Regulation, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., EC, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Security, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Gorillas and antitrust regulators

When a company loses an appeal of a negative antitrust ruling, how do they satisfy regulators whose strides have suddenly been lengthened by the stamp of approval handed down by an upper level court? If Microsoft's recent decision is any guide, they do whatever the hell that regulator tells them to...

Tags: Google Inc., Regulator, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., EC, Microsoft Windows, Regulations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Business Operations, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Europe's new 'monopoly' tariff on Microsoft bypasses WTO

The European Commission has just levied a new $689,900,000 "fine" (read: tariff) on American software company Microsoft under the pretense of anti-trust which conveniently bypasses WTO agreements.  The Brussels based think tank Globalization Institute has published a paper PDF where it recommends a ban on OS Operating System bundling for...

Tags: World Trade Organization, European Commission, Operating System, Market Share, Tariff, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Globalization Institute, EC, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Free Trade, Productivity, Software, Finance, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-26

More antitrust tilting

Clearly, the silt churned up by the European Court of First Instance's ruling last week has not cleared. So much for my promise that last Friday's post would be my last blog on the topic. As reported yesterday, a Brussels-based think tank which goes by the name...

Tags: Antitrust, Java, Operating System, Manufacturer, Microsoft Corp., Standards, Computer, EC, Globlisation Institute, Corporate Law, Productivity, Operating Systems, Security, Business Operations, Software, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-09-25

Microsoft needs to pay up to the European Commission

The Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance orders Microsoft to share protocols with its competitors and to pay a $613 million fine the European Commission had required.

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft, eu, ec, european union, european commission, fines, competition, software

Videos 2007-09-18

EC ruling: careful what you wish for

Unless you have been living under a technology rock, you know by now that Microsoft lost its antitrust appeal. The European Court of First Instance rejected most of Microsoft's arguments. The court also ruled that they EC went too far by appointing a Microsoft-paid "special master" to oversee Microsoft's compliance,...

Tags: Software, Regulator, Antitrust, Operating System, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Computing, EC, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-09-18

ExpertConsultant 2.5.4 (Mac)

ExpertConsultant EC for short is a standalone business database designed in Filemaker for the Macintosh. "Standalone" means you do not need any additional software to run the basic modules of EC. Within EC, all business information can be recorded and tracked, regarding Clients, Vendors, Products,Billing, Purchases, Contacts and much more....

Tags: Accounting, Apple Macintosh, EC, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

Software downloads 2005-01-01

Additional Resources

Oracle opponent cheers delay in mySQL decision

If its MYsql the problem make a foundation out of it IF everybody is so worry about MYsql quick turn this into a foundation big time and sell support.Give away the code , give a version of mysql to a competition on EU to shut them...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, MySQL, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Intel to use EC slip-up in antitrust defense

International Socialism......This is pathetic work by the EC. They can't develop their own tech so they just go out and skim off everyone's balance sheets. How pathetic. Losers. Same thing with OracleI really can't say I'm a big fan of Oracale, but my guess is that...

Tags: Balance sheets, OPEN SOURCE, Intel Corp., Oracle Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Intel to use EC slip-up in antitrust defense

Intel plans to use a finding of the European Ombudsman in its appeal against a European Commission antitrust fine. Intel told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that it is likely to use the Ombudsman's finding that the Commission failed to adequately record meetings as part of its defence against the...

Tags: Commission, Intel Corp., Corporate Law, Sales Force Management, Business Operations, Sales, Intel, antitrust, EU, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-18

IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory

IBM should thank M$for activating its agents in the EC and stalling the Oracle-Sun deal.MySQL/MariaDB may be where most of the data residesYes, Oracle and DB2 have a significant market share of large DB installations, but most of the data in the world isn't aggregated by a few large companies,...

Tags: Corporate law, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?

Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Open source be not proud

microsoft over java???hardly.Ellison should use GPL v3 for mysqland commit 1 billion dollars to it.This deal will sail through and everyone will be happy.It is a pyramid schemeFor a long time open source companies were only "profitable" because their perceived value.MySQL is a very good example of this. They sold...

Tags: Databases, open source, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Is MySQL an "albatross" around the neck of Larry Ellison?

The EC is CLUELESSAbsolutely NOTHING changes about MySQL or its license open source with the buy out.infiltrated M$ agents are obfuscating this issueThe MySql should be a slam dunk, but M$ agents are feeding false information to the commision to harm OSS.Are you sure about that?MySql (and of course SUN...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Larry Ellison, Microsoft Corp., agent

Discussion threads 2009-11-10