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- Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?
- On October 26, Microsoft officials announced they were planning to open up the Outlook Personal Folders .PST file format and making it freely and safely licensable. What no one has said so far is why is Microsoft doing this now and who will likely benefit from the move. ...
- Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., File Format, PST, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- 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
- Future of MySQL worries EU regulators looking at Oracle-Sun deal
- The European Commission is extending its probe into the $7.4 million takeover of Sun. Neelie Kroes, the European Union’s competition commissioner, expressed concern about MySQL, the open source database that competes with Oracle's SQL products. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Regulator, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., European Union, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- EU likes Google's book registry idea
- The European Commission has looked at the Google Books deal and likes what it sees. The EC recently proposes rules for online books that generally mirror Google's plans for online book registry, The New York Times reports. But if the online registry is a continent-wide service, rather...
- Tags: Registry, Google Inc., European Commission, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- EU ups its bet on LTE wireless networks
- The European Union said Tuesday that it will invest a fresh €18 million ($25 million) in next generation mobile broadband network research. These networks, dubbed 4G or Long Term Evolution LTE, rival WiMax. LTE technology promises mobile Internet speeds 100 times faster than current 3G networks. ...
- Tags: Mobile, Network, Broadband, Wireless Network, European Union, Wireless, Wireless And Mobility, Advertising & Promotion, Broadband Internet, Wi-Fi, Network Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Report: Microsoft trying to settle EC antitrust matters
- Report: Microsoft trying to settle EC antitrust mattersSilly Boy.Protectionism helps no-one. Your "sissy socialist" message is offensive.What is US government doing meanwhile?They just let these European sissy socialists get away w/ screwing American companies on all sorts of sorrow butt excuses at every turn? Giving in now, there's no end...
- Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, CLI, Microsoft Corp., ballot screen, EC antitrust matter, EC antitrust, Microsoft Trying
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- MSFT passed on chance to speak to EU's top antitrust official
- Hmm ... makes you wonder what they're afraid of. The New York Times -- reporting on the news this blog that Microsoft would not make oral arguments in the small matter of whether the embedding of Internet Explorer in Windows constitutes anticompetitive behavior -- revealed that Neelie Kroes, the competition...
- Tags: Commission, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., European Union, MSFT, Sales Force Management, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- EU slams Intel with record $1.45 billion fine
- The EU slammed Intel with the biggest antitrust fine in history -- $1.45 billion, the LA Times reported. "Intel did not compete fairly, frustrating innovation and reducing consumer welfare in the process," Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Competition Policy, said at a Brussels news conference announcing...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Corporate Law, Strategy, Leadership, Semiconductors, Processors, Business Operations, Management, Hardware, Components, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- EU to levy huge fine on Intel, hearing set for Microsoft
- Microsoft and Intel are taking it on the chin in Europe these days. On Wednesday, the EU is expected to bring down a heavy fine on Intel for its myriad anticompetitive activities at the expense of AMD. The Wall Street Journal reports it will be one of the biggest fines...
- Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., European Union, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Web Browsers, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-10
- EU slams Britain over Phorm
- In surveillance-happy Britain scroll down, letting Internet providers install Phorm's tracking tools without customers' consent is just peachy. Not so for the E.U., as the Times reports. The European Commission on Tuesday threatened to sanction the UK for the practice. “European privacy...
- Tags: U.K., Britain, Phorm, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Skype strikes deal with Nokia
- Skype strikes deal with Nokiaabout timegeez... how far behind europe do we need to be?take a look at the skype only cell phones that are available in the uk for at least a year now. fibre optic lines installed 10 years before the usa got them. does this mean...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Nokia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-17
- Here we go again: European Commission complains about IE integration in Windows
- Here we go again: European Commission complains about IE integration in WindowsHypocrites?Where's their complaint against Apple for including Safari with OS X? I get that it's become the cool thing to hate MS, but making yourselves look like hypocrites doesn't get you any plus points.To hell with those tarts...Europe...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, EU Countries, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE Integration, European Commission, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-01-16
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom
- In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain. The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...
- Tags: Data Communications Bill, Data Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Internet, Nathan McFeters, Phone, Software, Storage, Telecom & Utilities
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- IT failure at Heathrow T5: What really happened
- Anyone having the misfortune to pass recently through Heathrow's new Terminal 5 knows the huge project debuted as a case study in full-blown systems failure. Most reports have focused on stranded customers, a crazed supermodel, and Queen Elizabeth's grand opening speech, which called the terminal "a 21st Century gateway to...
- Tags: Software, CIO, Baggage, British Airways Plc., Information Technology, Problem, Terminal 5, BA, Vanderlande Industries, Vanderlande, Bags, Paul Coby, Airports Authority, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- EU to probe US prosecution of gaming firms
- The EU says it's taking a look at US prosecution of European online gaming outfits to see if the Bush Administration is especially targeting non-American firms, Reuters reports. "The U.S. has the right to address legitimate public policy concerns relating to Internet gambling, but discrimination against EU...
- Tags: U.S., European Union, Games, Internet, Free Trade, Personal Technology, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- It's good to be a service worker
- A common complaint among globalization skeptics in rich nations is that, in a global market for products, it makes most sense to do the manual work in lower-income locations. This tends to shift rich nation employment patterns towards the service sector. "Services" is an often misunderstood term,...
- Tags: Worker, Service, Globalization, Government, Strategy, Management, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine
- When Neelie Kroes burst on the scene as EU Commissioner for Competition with a hefty swipe at Microsoft back in 2004, my thoughts at the time were something like: 'Out of touch, doesn't get the issues.' Four years on and her agenda is unequivocal. Drag Microsoft into line - whatever...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Steelie Neelie, Sales Strategy, Corporate Law, Sales Force Management, Security, Open Source, Sales, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- EU+slaps+Microsoft+with+%241.3+billion+fine
- EU+slaps+Microsoft+with+%241.3+billion+fineWell ... back to work thenI note that not even Microsoft disputes the principle or the amount of the fine. Since Microsoft is now making the requested interoperability information available for a flat fee plus 0.4% of the revenues (if any !) this ought to close this particular case so...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- EU slaps Microsoft with $1.35 billion fine
- The European Commission has hit Microsoft with an 899 million euro fine for charging unreasonable prices for access "to interface documentations for work group servers" prior to Oct. 22, 2007 and failure to adhere to a March 2004 antitrust ruling. That fine equates to $1.35 billion or so--a big chunk...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
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