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What makes MS think it could ban non-IE browsers in Win8?

Posted May 10, 2012 - 2:44 pm

Once it was routine for Microsoft to dictate what applications or technology customers or other vendors had to use if they didn't want the big dog to bite. Now it's just ridiculous. No FireFox, Chrome or Safari on the ARM version of Windows 8? For how long, do you think?
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FCC chief decides anti-trust law isn't good for fighting anti-competition

Posted May 6, 2011 - 1:09 pm

FCC chief Julius Genachowski has dismissed as impractical the most effective tool at his disposal to create and enforce competition in telecom and Internet services.
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Is Cisco prosecution of VAR 'hacker' really persecution of a competitor?

Posted April 21, 2011 - 11:05 am

Canadian courts will decide whether to extradite a VAR for allegedly using a colleague's ID on Cisco sites; lawyer says charges are a big company's phony attempt to pressure the little guy.
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FTC gives Google one more chance to act like a monopoly

Posted April 6, 2011 - 8:27 am

The FTC and Justice Dept. may investigate Google for monopolistic practices, after giving it another chance to use them.
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Nobel winner: Internet means the end of dictatorships

Posted February 3, 2011 - 3:53 pm

The Lords of the Internet fear no flash mob
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Ballmer: We won't break up Microsoft

Posted November 17, 2010 - 6:30 pm

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday dismissed a call that he should do what the federal government failed to do more than 10 years ago: break up the company.
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Europe charges Microsoft with abuse of monopoly again

Posted January 17, 2009 - 6:11 pm

The European Commission has formally charged Microsoft with monopoly abuse over the way it bundles its Internet Explorer browser with Windows
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