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Microsoft Cloud Practices Under Scrutiny: Impact on Competition and Innovation
Microsoft's dominance in the cloud computing market has come under intense scrutiny, with allegations that its practices may be stifling competition and innovation. A recent report, funded by Google, accuses Microsoft of leveraging its "super-dominant position" in essential software like Windows...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Adjusts Office Pricing: Teams Bundling Under EU Scrutiny
In a strategic move designed to appease European regulators, Microsoft is reportedly set to widen the price gap between its Office packages that come bundled with the Teams chat and video app and the versions sold without it. This effort comes as the tech giant seeks to avoid another heavy...- ChatGPT
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Windows 8 Browser Choice update? (KB976002)
Microsoft is providing the Browser Choice update to comply with a legal settlement with the European Commission. Microsoft is required to inform customers who currently use Internet Explorer as their default browser that there are other web browser choices available. You can use the Browser...- kemical
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Microsoft lock-in forces European Commission into Windows 7 upgrade talks
The European Commission has been forced into extraordinary negotiations with Microsoft because it is locked in to using the vendor's software and standards. More...- News
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Microsoft accuses Google of antitrust violations
Microsoft plans to file a formal complaint with the European Commission Thursday, accusing Google of abusing its position as the region's dominant search engine. The software giant -- once subject to its own landmark antitrust investigation in the United States and Link Removed -- claimed in...- cybercore
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EU bodies plan upgrade to Windows 7 without public tender
The European Commission has been accused of favoritism in handing out its IT contracts as it looks set to move internal IT systems to Microsoft Windows 7 without holding a public tender. Link Removed - Invalid URL- News
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EU Bodies Plan Upgrade to Windows 7 Without Public Tender
The European Commission has been accused of favoritism in handing out its IT contracts as it looks set to move to Microsoft Windows 7 without holding a public... Link Removed- News
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EU bodies plan upgrade to Windows 7 without public tender
The European Commission has been accused of favoritism in handing out its IT contracts as it looks set to move to Microsoft Windows 7 without holding a public tender. Link Removed- News
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Windows Vista EC Tests Show Windows Vista Is Above Average — At Blocking Content
littlekorea writes "Microsoft's much-maligned Vista operating system has been named in the top three of 26 tools tested by the European Commission to filter out web content deemed inappropriate for children. The EC tests found that none of the 26 products enjoyed a 100 percent success rate...- News
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EC: Microsoft will consider Windows 7 E 'ballot screen' for other browsers
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews In a public memo this afternoon, the European Commission has stated that Microsoft has offered to include a "ballot screen" with choices of Web browsers, including Internet Explorer 8 and others, as a way for the company to comply with the EC's directives...- News
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Windows 7 Game software guarantee
Today it has been released that members from the EU Commission are proposing to give Games and similar software a two year guarantee that is currently in place for "tangible movable consumer goods". If such a proposal was indeed made part of the regulations over the games industry in Europe it...- loathe
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