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For more than two decades, the web browser market has been marked by fierce competition, regulatory scrutiny, and recurring debates over fair play—ultimately shaping how billions interact with the internet. The latest development in this long-running saga is the recent complaint filed by Opera...

The escalating battle over default browsers in Windows has reemerged as one of the central antitrust stories shaping the digital marketplace, after Opera filed a formal complaint with Brazil’s competition authority (CADE) accusing Microsoft of unrelenting anticompetitive tactics to bolster...

Microsoft’s decades-long dominance in the workplace productivity sector faces fresh scrutiny as it seeks to sidestep a potentially hefty European Union antitrust fine by offering to unbundle its collaborative Teams app from its ubiquitous Office suite. The move—first reported by Reuters—is a...

In the latest chapter of Microsoft's ongoing legal and regulatory saga, the software giant now faces a multibillion-pound lawsuit in the United Kingdom, with claims that could reshape the market for software licenses across Europe. This case, led by the law firm Stewarts, directly targets...

In a Washington courtroom, the drama unfolding between antitrust regulators and Google has become much more than a routine discussion of market share and search placement—it’s an early battle for dominance in the next age of artificial intelligence. The Department of Justice’s case against the...

Microsoft’s recent move to restrict its C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) exclusively to its first-party products has stirred significant concern and debate throughout the developer community. As of version 1.24.5 released on April 3, 2025, the extension now refuses to work on...

In a move that has sent ripples across the tech industry, Google has reportedly approached regulatory bodies, specifically the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging them to block Microsoft’s exclusive cloud hosting deal with OpenAI. This deal, which the tech giant has secured for its popular...

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Paying by the Gigabyte and Getting Locked In The greatest fraud ever perpetrated against consumers may exist at the old offices of Enron, or maybe some Federal Reserve banks. But here in the United States, it has not been uncommon to see cellphone companies gouge customers under the excuse that...

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A group representing over 5,000 users of vector drawing software FreeHand has filed a class action lawsuit against Adobe Inc. in the California District Court for antitrust violations. Adobe almost acquired FreeHand in 1994 when it acquired Aldus, but the Federal Trade Commission put a...

Windows has been around for as long as we could remember. It's installed in 90% of computers in the world leaving only 9% for mac osx and 1% for linux. I personally think Microsoft came up with great business ideas, such as making deals with every single computer company in the world to have...

Steam, The world's biggest digital distribution platform for games is under attack as MCV reports, they understand that key retailers will drop titles that integrate the popular Steam service as fears mount that the service has a ‘monopoly’ on the download market. Insiders say Steam, run by...

Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom? Campaign For Liberty; Hey, Net Neutrality: Why Not Try Freedom? (Please note that this is a political OP-ED, so it is going to be very one sided on the subject, but an interesting observation and discussion none-the-less) Net Neutrality is a proposal...

Google said it is planning to release its free Chrome operating system to go head to head with Microsoft Windows, later this year. Sundar Pichai at CompuTex Taipei, Asia's biggest IT trade show said the OS will be available in the Autumn and he expects it to be downloaded by millions of users...

:?: for so many years we get used to all kind of windows and "addons" ...eh. We all know the issues about the Microsoft products...and we all know that a monopoly political does not come with a great scientific development. So what is gonna be this Windows Vista? Hmm...my opinion is that is...