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- EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG anticompetitive?
- M$ is anticompetitive by natureGoogle on the other hand is a good citizen for everyone.RE: EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG antico"Even if it does cause ?antitrust effects,? wouldn?t the end result be a stronger competitor for Google? Clearly. That would be good for consumers...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Digital media, Digital music, Investment, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaign
- Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaignYeah, ok, Apple too, along with Microsoft.I did forget Apple: I don't get that either. HansWhat is a "Windows Enthusiast"?This is something I don't understand. I've never understood how someone could get behind a for profit company like this. I could...
- Tags: boycott, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Windows Enthusiast
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption
- 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. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...
- Tags: Google Gmail, Software-as-a-service, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Internet
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Google seeks to join Internet Explorer antitrust complaint
- Microsoft's competitors are continuing to pile onto the Opera antitrust complaint against Microsoft over Internet Explorer IE. The latest to seek the right to join is Google. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Google Inc., Antitrust, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- This is why I'll always remain a Microsoft skeptic
- As its leadership has changed, so, too, has Microsoft. But I am never going to stop being skeptical of Microsoft's motives. Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie may profess that the company's top priorities are transparency, standards and interoperability. But regardless of these kinds of pronouncements, the...
- Tags: Antitrust, Phoenix Technologies, Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Corporate Law, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hardware, Business Operations, Storage, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 default
- Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 defaultOpera's complaint only "helped convince"?I don't know about you, but the threat of another $1 billion dollar fine from the EU would "help convince" me of just about anything.I think MS did the right thingI'm sure there are a lot of people...
- Tags: ABMers, cave, IE 8, IE 8 default, IE8, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 default
- After much outcry from developers and users, Microsoft is bowing to pressure and making its new, Acid-2-compliant standards mode the default in Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft officials are attributing the change in plans to the company wanting to live up to the interoperability pledges that Microsoft made...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Mode, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time
- I’ve been using Windows for nearly two decades, and during that time I’ve tried hundreds of programs. Most come and go, but a handful have stood the test of time for me by solving a particular problem particularly well. In this article and accompanying gallery, I list...
- Tags: Program, Folder, Password, Page, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Product, Microsoft Windows Vista, Search Technology, Microsoft Corp., Requirement, RoboForm, FeedDemon, FinePrint Software, Process Explorer, Clipboard, Updates, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- 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
- European regulators targeting .Net, OOXML, server products in new Microsoft probe
- European antitrust regulators are kicking off two new Microsoft antitrust investigations, one of which involves products and technologies for which Microsoft allegedly is withholding interoperability information, including its .Net framework, Office Open XML OOXML document format and various server products. According to the European Commission's statement on...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft .NET, Regulator, Commission, Antitrust, Server, Microsoft Corp., ECIS, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Security, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forward
- Now that Microsoft has passed the Acid2 Browser test, is Opera Software satisfied? If dropping its antitrust complaint filed last week with the European Commission is the measure, the answer is no. I asked Opera whether Microsoft's announcement on December 19 that an internal Internet Explorer 8...
- Tags: Antitrust, Business Operations, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, Quality, Standards, Web Browsers
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test
- A week after Opera Software filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft that focused, in part, on Microsoft's falure to make Internet Explorer IE standards-compliant, Microsoft has gone on record stating IE 8 will include support for key Web standards. Microsoft verified last week that an internal test...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Standards, Acid2 Browser Test, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Opera: Setting the record straight on Microsoft and Web standards
- Not surprisingly, Opera Software took issue with my blog post yesterday on "Why Opera's antitrust complaint against Microsoft is a bad idea." My premise: Whatever you think of Opera's attempt to get another antitrust court to revisit whether or not Microsoft should be allowed to bundle...
- Tags: Business Operations, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, Quality, Standards, Web, Web Browser, Web Browsers
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- Microsoft strikes back at Opera antitrust claims
- Microsoft strikes back at Opera antitrust claimsWhat a LIAR !"We are filing this complaint on behalf of all consumers who are tired of having a monopolist make choices for them,"Pure BS. It has NOTHING to do with users they are not complaining, its all about Opera not being able...
- Tags: antitrust, antitrust claim, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- 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
- Why Opera's antitrust complaint against Microsoft is a bad idea
- Whether you think Opera Software is right in its attempt to convince the European Commission EC of the wisdom of forcing Microsoft to stop bundling exclusively Internet Explorer with Windows, there's another part of Opera's December 13 antitrust complaint that the court hopefully will ignore. Opera is...
- Tags: Antitrust, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, Security, Web Browsers
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- Why Has Microsoft Office Evaded European, US Justice?
- Today's decision by the European Court of First Instance upholding previous fines and penalties against Microsoft is neither surprising nor newsworthy. The European government has traditionally taken a stronger stand and imposed more stringent sanctions against the U.S.-based software company for its alleged anti-competitive practices than...
- Tags: Desktop, Linux, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- What you can expect in Vista SP1
- After maintaining tight-lipped secrecy around the details of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft has finally begun to release information about the long-awaited update. This morning, as my colleague Mary Jo Foley reported, Redmond made it official: Yes, SP1 does exist. Yes, it's currently being beta-tested by a small group...
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, SP1, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-08-31
- Microsoft to alter Vista to address Google complaint?
- On June 19, the U.S. Department of Justice was slated to release its latest Microsoft antitrust compliance report. (It's past 8 p.m. EST. Still no sign of it yet.)In the interim, Reuters and Bloomberg are both reporting that Microsoft has agreed to alter Windows Vista in some way to appease...
- Tags: Windows client, Vista, Legal, Internet Explorer, Google, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
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