Microsoft suffers Window blow from EU
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The EU struck at the commercial backbone of Microsoftâs global software empire today - forcing the company for the first time to strip its Windows platform of a popular feature to give competitors a better shot at success.
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Software giant Microsoft Corp. will for the first time be forced by antitrust regulators to change how it designs and sells its widely used Windows operating system, after a European Union judge Wednesday rejected the company's bid to postpone sanctions against it.- washingtonpost.com
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The European Commission will fine  Microsoft  between 200 million (&#36;255 million) and 300  million euros on Wednesday to punish it for failing to carry  out antitrust sanctions, sources familiar with the situation  said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft  suffered a decisive  antitrust defeat on Monday when a European Union court upheld a  landmark ruling that the world&#39;s largest software maker had  abused its dominant market position to crush rivals.
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LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS  - Microsoft Corp. lost a  European Union court appeal on Wednesday to delay sanctions  that will force it to change business practices and immediately  market a stripped-down version of Windows.
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Four European Parliament members warned the European Commission that its actions toward Microsoft could hurt the competitiveness of European businesses by delaying the release of Vista, Microsoft's next operating system.
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Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro fine imposed by the European Commission in a long-running competition dispute. A probe concluded in 2004 that Microsoft was guilty of freezing out rivals in server software and products such as media players.
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Microsoft loses its appeal of a European antitrust order Monday that obliges the technology giant to pay a record $613 million fine, share communications code with rivals and sell a copy of Windows without Media Player.
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Microsoft's Windows platform is losing traction as a target for application developers in North America.
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Microsoft suffered a humiliating legal defeat Monday when it lost a court appealÂ to overturn the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling against it.
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Microsoft has lost its appeal to delay a fine and anti-competitive penalties set by the European Commission.
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Europe is struggling to kick the Windows habit. Eurocrats make a lot of noise about moving to Linux, but the actual migrations are few and far between. Bruce Gain reports from Paris.
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Investor's Business Daily - In a setback that could change the way it does business, Microsoft lost a court appeal Wednesday against sanctions imposed by European Union regulators.
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Lawyers speak Microsoft today lost the majority of its appeal against the European Commission anti-trust decision. Microsoft will have to open up access to its server protocols, continue selling a version of its Windows operating system without Media Player, and pay a fine of at least â¬497m.â¦
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The EU executive commission rejected what it said had been a suggestion from US software giant Microsoft that it was delaying the launch of Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system in Europe.
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The European Commission has again criticized Microsoft's response to a 2004 antitrust ruling, opening up the possibility of further fines for the company. The regulator said that the software giant proposes overcharging for vital interoperability information needed by rival software makers to allow their products work properly with the Windows operating system.
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Computer giant Microsoft has lost its legal appeal to delay a fine and anti-competitive penalties set by the European Commission.