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Microsoft has set aside more than $500 million to combat or settle future claims of abuse of its dominant market position. This move comes a year after the European Commission fined the company a record €497 million for anti-competitive behavior. The company has also reached settlements with Gateway and Burst.
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DataLabs, a developer of Internet-based applications for clinical development, has announced its support for Microsoft's Digital Pharma initiative. This vision and solutions framework aims to enable pharmaceutical companies to drive innovation across the enterprise and address strategic value-chain capability requirements. DataLabs' flagship product suite, DataLabsXC, offers a
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The European Union's antitrust regulators, led by the European Commission, have secured the support of five prominent technology companies in their ongoing legal battle with Microsoft. The companies, including IBM, Oracle, Red Hat, RealNetworks, and Nokia, have filed an application to intervene against Microsoft's appeal of
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Gateway's new line-up of eMachines desktop PCs, including the eMachines T6212 gaming PC, has been made available at leading retailers, marking a significant improvement in performance and functionality in the value-based PC segment. The eMachines T6212 brings the power of an AMD Athlon 64 processor with integrated ATI
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a landmark decision, construing the term "component" in 35 U.S.C. s. 271(f) to include software, with far-reaching implications for the multi-billion dollar software and "fabless" semiconductor industries. In Eolas Technologies, Inc.
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Genomics researchers increasingly rely on leading information technology (IT) vendors to implement new technologies that advance genomics research. According to a recent survey, vendors such as Apple, Cisco Systems, Dell, IBM, and Microsoft are widely perceived as best qualified to implement high-performance computing, collaborative software, and storage area networks. Other
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The upcoming Supreme Court case MGM vs. Grokster is a high-stakes showdown between Hollywood and Silicon Valley. The case pits MGM against the online file-sharing service Grokster, with the Motion Picture Association and the Recording Industry Association of America backing MGM. Meanwhile, tech giants like Intel, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and AOL
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Gizmondo Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc., has started retailing the Microsoft Windows CE based Gizmondo multi-entertainment device in the UK, with the opening of a flagship store in London's busy West End. This compact handheld device is designed to deliver an armory of features, including
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The European Commission has closed its investigation into the proposed acquisition by Microsoft and Time Warner of a small anti-piracy software company, ContentGuard, after the French technology group Thomson became an equal partner in the deal. The regulator initially raised concerns that the takeover would give Microsoft an undue advantage
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Microsoft's recent acquisition of Groove Networks has sent shockwaves through the industry, marking a significant shift in the company's focus on peer-to-peer (P2P) technology. The deal brings Ray Ozzie, founder of Groove, on board as Microsoft's new CTO, while Microsoft aims to integrate Groove&
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Microsoft has made a major move in its ambitions to expand its Office franchise beyond the core products of Word and Excel. The software giant has announced a deal to buy Groove Networks, a privately held firm founded by Ray Ozzie, the creator of IBM's Lotus Notes. Ozzie
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Microsoft appointed software pioneer Ray Ozzie to a senior technical position as part of its push to revamp its core Windows and Office product lines. The appointment came as the software giant bought Ozzie's latest company, Groove Networks, to inject a key piece of technology into the next
