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Microsoft makes changes to browser ballot screen; user testing to commence

Microsoft is making changes to the ballot screen that it proposed to the European Commission EC as a way to ensure more browser choice on Windows PCs. Here's what the new ballot screen that Microsoft plans to test among European users of XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines looks like....

Tags: European Commission, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Ballot Screen, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows 7, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-07

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

10 companies agree to standard smartphone charger in Europe

Ten of the world's top mobile phone suppliers have agreed to back an EU-wide standardization of phone chargers, the European Commission said on Monday. Apple, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Texas Instruments have all signed the agreement. The 10 companies...

Tags: Phone, European Commission, Smart Phone, Europe, Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?

Financial Times blogger Richard Waters makes a convincing case for Microsoft being one of the unnamed forces behind a complaint filed with the European Commission EC that claims IBM is abusing its mainframe monopoly. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: European Commission, Antitrust, T3, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Mainframes, Corporate Law, Network Technology, Servers, Hardware, Business Operations, Networking, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-21

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

Semantic Technology's place in the enterprise; key, but low-key ?

Last week saw over 200 researchers, advocates, implementors and practitioners of Semantic Technology descend upon the delightful Austrian capital for the second European Semantic Technology Conference ESTC. Smaller than the more established Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose and nestling uncomfortably close both spatially and temporally to...

Tags: European Commission, Verizon Communications Inc., Technology, Conference, Semantic Web, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Europe seeks to brand open source quality

Calling software European, as opposed to American or Burmese, sounds like an effort at exclusion. And a claim that your quasi-nationalistic project is the measure of quality strikes me as a way to set oneself apart. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Software, Brand, European Commission, Quality, Branding, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Marketing, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things

Privacy International have said that Google's new Street View tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces are shown, according to the BBC, whereas the creator of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has made it clear that the success of the web has been because it's open for...

Tags: Imagery, Google Inc., Web, European Commission, Europe, Street View, Channel Management, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Government endorsement of technology standards

As reported yesterday on ZDNet, the European Commission is considering whether to officially back DVB-H as the "preferred" European Union standard for mobile television. This has been percolating for quite awhile (from at least July of last year, as gleaned through a quick Google search), so it's not exactly "new"...

Tags: Phone, European Commission, Mobile, DVB-H, Verizon Communications Inc., Europe, Cell Phone, Standards, GSM, Cellular Phones, Government, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-03-18

European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?

European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?Fine is for the pastThis fine is for the past and has nothing to do with their current 'openness'!I'm gladI'm so glad Microsoft have suddenly changed and decided to makes these moves purely out the goodness of their own hearts.Who knows if the...

Tags: Servers, European Commission, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Coal in Microsoft's stocking: Google-Doubleclick gets the U.S. regulator nod

Although Microsoft and other Google rivals tried, they were unsuccessful in their lobbying to derail the $3.1 billion Google-Doubleclick merger. On December 20, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued a statement claiming they found the proposed buyout unlikely to lessen competition in the online advertising market. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Regulator, European Commission, Microsoft Corp., DoubleClick Inc., Online Advertising, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Browser battle v2: Opera's complaint about Microsoft IE may fly in Europe

It's the brower war v. 2.0. No doubt, Opera’s antitrust complaint filed against Microsoft today to the European Commission is causing huge headaches in Redmond. The Norwegian company, whose pioneering open source browser rose to prominence on mobile devices, claims that...

Tags: Business Operations, European Commission, Internet, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Operating Systems, Paula Rooney, Quality, Software, Standards, Web, Web Browser, Web Browsers

Blog posts 2007-12-13

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

After Microsoft, Apple's next on the European Commission hit list

After Microsoft, Apple's next on the European Commission hit listWhat's the connection?I'm not sure it's a fair comparison, an operating system and software to interface with a specific device, in this case the iPod? Wasn't the problem with WMP that it was inexplicably built into the os itself and...

Tags: Operating systems, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, European Commission, Apple Inc., operating system, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

After Microsoft, Apple's next on the European Commission hit list

Apple fans might have cheered when the European Commission went after Microsoft for freezing out rivals in server software and products such as media players, but the rejoicing might be short-lived as Apple becomes the next target for the EU. Steve Jobs is already facing pressure over...

Tags: Apple iPod, European Commission, Commission, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, Media Player, Digital Music, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Media Players, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-09-20

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

Microsoft weighs options after EU defeat

Updated: Microsoft said Monday it will take the necessary steps to comply with a European Union ruling after an appeal court gave the software giant a stinging defeat. Now Microsoft will have to share code with rivals to ensure interoperability. Specifically, The EU's second highest court backed a European...

Tags: Interoperability, Brad Smith, European Commission, Commission, Microsoft Corp., Decision, Court, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-17

EU: Apple is violating antitrust laws

Today the European Union EU announced that an investigation of Apple is underway for antitrust violations related to the pricing of music sold through the iTunes store.Whats happened so far is that the European Commission EC has issued Apple with a statement of objections to Apple. This statement lays...

Tags: Legal, Apple

Blog posts 2007-04-03

European Commission finances emergency mobile networks plan

European Commission finances emergency mobile networks planBack To The FutureWell, if all else fails, there's always the old reliable string between two tin cans...

Tags: Financial accounting, European Commission finance, emergency mobile networks plan, European Commission, finance

Discussion threads 2007-01-27

European Commission vouches for open source

European Commission vouches for open source*sigh*Two words for you - "Exit Costs."If you had read much if any of the report you would have noticed that that was the crux of the matter with regard to change. They also note that there are always short term "exit costs" when changing...

Tags: Linuxen, open source, worker, European Commission

Discussion threads 2007-01-16