The European Court of First Instance has dismissed Microsoft’s appeal in its long-running competition dispute with the European Commission. The court upheld the ruling that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position.
Author: Kristin Powell
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Microsoft sued over WGA spyware allegations in China
After a global Windows Genuine Advantage failure caused by human error, Microsoft now has to face a privacy suit brought against the company in China over alleged WGA behavior. This joins similar suits in the US that have described WGA as “spyware.”
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Microsoft Loses Legal Battle! Ordered to Disclose Windows Secrets
“Microsoft must disclose its secret computer codes to enable rival companies’ gadgets such as media players to work seamlessly with Windows personal computers when downloading songs and videos.”
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LEGO’s Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping (PICS)
The biggest LEGO set ever, the $499 Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon is now shipping, 5,000-pieces and heavy ring-binded manual included. Yes, this thing is massive. Julie Stern from LEGO confirms: “We’re a bit ahead of schedule, so some people who preordered now have their sets.” In other words: “great shot kid, that was one in a million
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LEGO Half-Life Episodes 1 & 2
A Half-Life movie recreated with LEGO with authentic audio from the first game.
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10 Reasons You Should be Using Thunderbird
Thunderbird has a whole host of features and add-ons which together provide an all in one interface for reading and organizing email, RSS, web pages, and newsgroups.
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Crisis in Formula One and Communication for High Performers
In one of the most high-performance sports where every nuance of every facet of competition is calculated, planned, and fine-tuned, how does crisis affect a team’s most valuable employees?
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Awesome Jet skiing Performance!
This kid has skills
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Intel rolls out quad-core Tigerton processors
Intel previewed its quad-core Tigerton processor way back in October of last year, but the company has just now let all that server-specific power loose on the general populace, with a couple of slightly scaled back versions also thrown in for good measure.
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Intel and AMD gearing up for battle over the OLPC’s CPU slot
Once opposed but now smitten, Intel wants inside the OLPC and has confirmed it’s in talks with OLPC about providing CPUs for the project. But AMD tells us that it isn’t going to relinquish its spot without a fight.