Intel shells out $1.25 billion to settle all AMD litigation (Thursday 12th of November 2009 03:38:00 PM)
Intel sure sells a lot of chips, but man -- it sure blows a lot of that profit on lawyers.
Just months after it got nailed with a $1.45 billion fine from the EU in an AMD antitrust case,
nearly two years after AMD hit ...
(more)Antitrust Pressure Mounts For Wireless Providers (Wednesday 29th of July 2009 10:45:01 PM)
Over the past few weeks, the cellphone ring has been criticized on a variety of subjects, from
distracted driving to handset exclusivity deals to totality else that's shady within the
industry. Verizon's CEO has now responded, addressing what he claims ...
(more)Google, Yahoo!, Apple Targeted In DoJ Antitrust Probe (Thursday 04th of June 2009 04:15:01 AM)
Suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from the authority Post: "The Justice parish has launched an
case into whether some of the nation's largest electronic components companies violated
antitrust laws by negotiating the
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(more)Newspaper Execs Hold Secret Meeting To Discuss Paywalls (Saturday 30th of May 2009 12:15:02 AM)
Techdirt got wind of a secret meeting by organ execs, uncensored with antitrust lawyers, to
discuss how to proceed on the issue of implementing paywalls going forward. Of course, if
newspapers decide to all lock away their content that just means the ...
(more)EU expected to rule against Intel in AMD antitrust case: Microsoft points, afraid to laugh (Monday 11th of May 2009 09:57:00 AM)
There are many tried and true methods for beating your tug of war in the free-market. Product
vicissitude seems to work as does a proprietary ecosystem of peripherals, media, and social
welfare that keep merchantry locked-in for life. Or you can take ...
(more)Intel Faces $1.3B Fine In Europe (Friday 01st of May 2009 05:45:01 AM)
Hugh Pickens writes "European antitrust regulators, who have been aggressively search
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(more)EU Antitrust Troubles Continue For Microsoft (Sunday 18th of January 2009 01:45:01 AM)
Julie188 writes "Opera Software's year-old antitrust grievance against Microsoft took another
step toward being vindicated, and the Oslo-based browser maker can't help crowing over the
latin Commission's decision. Opera had filed a grievance with the ...
(more)Psystar drops antitrust argument against Apple, throws copyright abuse at the wall (Wednesday 10th of December 2008 09:03:00 PM)
Oh, Psystar. Fresh from the court's smackdown of its antitrust claims against Apple, the
wannabe Mac cloner has amended its lawsuit to ditch that run-in and instead allege that Steve-o
is committing the sin of copyright abuse by not letting it sell OS ...
(more)Microsoft Submits Windows 7 for Antitrust Review (Thursday 13th of March 2008 01:00:10 PM)
An unacknowledged reader writes "Microsoft has submitted the follow-up to Windows Vista to the
jury that oversees its US antitrust compliance, to ensure the operating budget system is
meeting the terms of the company's agreement with the government. ...
(more)EU says it'll believe Microsoft is going open when it sees it (Thursday 21st of February 2008 10:16:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Echoing the reactions of many to Microsoft's decision to open things
up this morning, the italic language Commission issued a acknowledgment this morning saying
that while it welcomes any moves towards "genuine interoperability," ...
(more)States Claim There is No Match for Microsoft (Thursday 29th of November 2007 04:15:06 PM)
Bergkamp10 writes "State antitrust regulators have immaculate companies such as Google and
Mozilla Corp, and unix technologies such as AJAX and SaaS as "piddling players that pose no
threat to Microsoft's monopoly in the overhead system and browser markets". ...
(more)Suit Seeks 'A La Carte' TV Channel Choices (Friday 21st of September 2007 08:45:03 PM)
An anonymous reader writes "A breathtaking lawsuit was filed this week against every major
player in the 'for-pay' television industry. Every major broadband and cable company in the US
was named in the federal suit, which seeks the right to obtain content ...
(more)Microsoft to learn its EU antitrust fate tomorrow (Sunday 16th of September 2007 07:07:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Microsoft will be in a familiar x tomorrow when it stands before a
spanish Grand Chamber of the Court of First Instance, where the special 13-judge tribunal will
be issuing its final verdict in an antitrust case that has been ...
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