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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

News to know: Exchange 2010; Google; Oracle and EC; CIO priorities; Smartphone buyer guide

Handicapping Exchange 2010; Google buys AdMob and CIO priorities under the microscope lead today's news. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Google Inc., CIO, Oracle Corp., Priority, Smartphone, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Oracle: EC has 'profound misunderstanding' of database market; DOJ seems to agree

Oracle says today that European regulators have a "profound misunderstanding" of the technologies behind Oracle's acquisition of Sun and that there is no evidence of anti-competitive behavior to hold up the acquisition. by Sam Diaz

Tags: Acquisition, Database, Oracle Corp., U.S. Department Of Justice, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal

Opera"Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal". . . and by "browser rivals" you really mean Opera, who has been whimpering and whining the whole time. A browser that barely appears on anybody's charts, but still retains a cult following.I think Microsoft is improving with IE7...

Tags: Web browsers, ballot screen, Web browser, Opera Software ASA, ballot screen proposal, Microsoft Corp., official complaint

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

mySQL founders fork on the post-Oracle future

The co-founders of mySQL have profound disagreements on the future of the open source database following Oracle's takeover. Monty Widenius wants mySQL sold, not given to Oracle, telling reporters his Monty AB encouraged the investigation that has held up the Oracle-Sun deal. Meanwhile Marten...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Monty Widenius, Monty, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-20

UK envisions zero waste: What about computers?

CRT's should be banned from saleThere is no reason for anyone to still be using a CRT today, save for some VERY high end photography and movie applications that the studios use.RE: UK envisions zero waste: What about computers?I think the idea of Zero waste is absolute bollocks - esp....

Tags: Monitors & displays, PRODUCTIVITY, CRT, WEEE Directive, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

How would you fix the browser ballot for European Windows users?

Kill off Opera, or MS should pull out of Europe cause they can afford toMicrosoft should shut down all offices in the EU, pull out of the market entirely, and tell the EU to bugger off.Perhaps the commission will realize they were wrong.Seriously, over a browser, and the order of...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Opera Software ASA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, ballot, ballot screen, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-10-15