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Microsoft prepares scaled-down Windows for Europe

...Reduced Media Edition will be released only in Europe after the recent EU ruling - but it is unlikely to be a bargain for purchasers Read more

23 December, 2004 by Ina Fried

Microsoft: We'll comply with EU ruling

The company will release Windows without Media Player in the new year - a move it says will have a 'substantial' impact on its overall business costs Read more

22 December, 2004 by Andy McCue

EU upholds Microsoft penalties

Update: Microsoft will have to offer a version of Windows without a bundled media player while its appeal against the EU makes its way through the courts Read more

22 December, 2004 by Ina Fried

Ballmer: Don't stifle innovation

Despite Microsoft's 'special position', the company should still be free to improve its products for consumers, says Steve Ballmer Read more

25 March, 2004 by Ina Fried

Breaking news: Microsoft press conference on EU ruling

I'm back in the office from a trip to Nairobi to look at how PCs from the West can be re-used in developing countries -... Read more

17 September, 2007

France Telecom paves way for ADSL after EU ruling

Suzanna Kerridge, Paris correspondent Read more

19 April, 2000 by Suzanna Kerridge

Nearly 1m people's DNA may be wiped off database

Following an EU ruling, the DNA details of around 850,000 people suspected of a... Read more

8 December, 2008 by Nick Heath

Microsoft and the devil's advocate

Anyone expecting contrition from Microsoft after the EU ruling will be disappointed. Aggression remains the order of the day Read more

31 March, 2004 by Michael Parsons

Data protection - consumer safeguard or e-commerce gag?

The new EU ruling on data protection, due to come into force in the UK... Read more

30 October, 1998 by Jane Wakefield

EC hits Microsoft with record £680m fine

...these products and kept a dominant position in the market. After the EU ruling, Microsoft made the information available but charged royalties, which the EU... Read more

27 February, 2008 by Peter Judge

Microsoft to publish APIs and list patents

...forthcoming months, said the company. One commitment apparently not demanded by the EU ruling is the decision to design new APIs for the Word, Excel... Read more

21 February, 2008 by Matt Loney

Sheep ID tags to combat disease outbreaks

...down as technologies improve and economies of scale are exploited. Following the EU ruling, Defra's animal welfare minister, Jeff Rooker, said in a statement... Read more

19 December, 2007 by Natasha Lomas

What does Microsoft EU decision mean for Vista and Longhorn?

...versions. However –the Media Player debate seems pretty old-school now. This EU ruling might not have gone Microsoft's way – but legislation and fines... Read more

17 September, 2007

Microsoft's contempt will be returned

...people to move to open source, and by its reaction to the EU ruling Microsoft is doing superbly well at fuelling both Read more

7 February, 2005 by Leader

The legacy of Microsoft's 1994 consent decree

...600m against the company and required certain changes to its software. The EU ruling is under appeal in a process that could stretch out for... Read more

13 July, 2004 by Ina Fried

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