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European Comission probes Microsoft over OOXML
European antitrust regulators are investigating whether Microsoft abused its desktop software market dominance in its effort to get the Office Open XML file formats standardised. Read more »
Microsoft hit by interoperability accusations
ECIS has accused Microsoft of acting unfairly, but the software giant says the group is just a front for old foe IBM. Read more »
Microsoft targeted in two new antitrust probes
Microsoft is again under the EU Commission's microscope, as the European body opens two new antitrust investigations into the software giant's activities. Read more »
Microsoft finally rolls over in EU antitrust battle
Microsoft has ended its long battle with European regulators by agreeing to comply with key elements of the European Commission's 2004 antitrust order, the parties announced on yesterday. Read more »
EU slaps Microsoft with AU$1.4 billion fine
European Union regulators on Wednesday fined Microsoft a record 899 million euros, or AU$1.4 billion, for failing to comply with sanctions. Read more »
Microsoft makes consumers suffer: EU court
A European court dealt a severe blow to Microsoft's competitive ambitions in Europe on Monday by siding with regulators in an antitrust case against the company. Read more »
Real, Microsoft reach truce
Microsoft and RealNetworks announced a sweeping deal on Tuesday that puts aside their legal differences and aims to shore up their respective digital-music strategies. Read more »
IBM, Yahoo and Google target Microsoft Office
After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing. Read more »
Sun reluctant to make Java open source
The company's top software executive calls IBM's proposal to make Java open source "weird" and says it would encourage incompatible standards. Read more »
Technocrats rubberneck Microsoft's OOXML
Microsoft's Open Office XML specifications will be scrutinised by government technocrats in Geneva this week to determine if improvements Microsoft has made to it overcome technical problems noted by ISO members last September. Read more »
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Will MS Longhorn outflank Java rivals?
The debut of a new Windows operating system won't necessarily determine the outcome of the jockeying between Microsoft, IBM, Sun and BEA. Read more »
Top ten reasons why Microsoft is a good citizen
Why does everyone have to dump on Microsoft? Despite its antitrust troubles, the company has done some very good things for us all. Read more »
Microsoft's singing in C#
Microsoft and its allies have quietly expanded an effort to gain acceptance for C#, the software giant's competitor to Java and a foundation for its next-generation Internet services. Read more »
Linux hassle-free and enterprise-ready
Linux has come a long way with regard to ease of installation and use. In an interview, Robin Miller, author of Point & Click Linux, and chapter author Joe Barr, discuss Linux in the enterprise. Read more »
James Gosling Q & A
James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »
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