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Microsoft pledges Office 2007 ODF support
News The Commission has fined Microsoft €1.68bn since 2004, in large part for the company's failure to provide proper interoperability between its dominant Windows operating system and other software. [22 May 2008]
Gateway set to acquire Packard Bell
News Gateway has announced it has agreed to take over the controlling stake in Paris-based PC vendor Packard Bell. Gateway has exercised its right of first refusal to purchase all of the shares of PB Holding Company, the parent company of Packard Bell... [09 Oct 2007]
Red Hat Offers Gruner + Jahr Higher Performance at Lower Cost
White Paper With a workforce of over 11,500 and revenue of more than 2.44 billion Euro in fiscal year 2004, Gruner + Jahr is Europe's largest magazine publishing house. Like most companies, Gruner + Jahr also faced the challenge of having to achieve ever... [15 May 2007]
ABN Amro, Barclays: Data centres on savings hit-list
News The merger between banks ABN Amro and Barclays will see the consolidation of both companies' data centres and IT networks to realise cost savings of €1.65bn by 2010. Both company's retail and commercial banking branches will be merged. [23 Apr 2007]
Mobile makers not enjoying record sales
News Sales in that quarter were up 20 per cent to €10.1bn from €8.4bn a year ago. But Nokia reported its net profit of €845m was down from €881m in the same quarter a year earlier. Nokia strips the phones down to the basic features... [20 Oct 2006]
Microsoft hits final antitrust deadline
News Earlier this month, the EC fined Microsoft €1.5m per day, backdated to last December - a total of €280m - for failing to supply information to help its rivals create server software that was fully interoperable with Windows. [01 Aug 2006]
EC to settle Microsoft's fate by mid-July
News The European Commission may take until the middle of July to decide whether to impose on Microsoft a daily fine of €2m. Europe's commissioners will meet for the last time sometime before the summer break on 19 July. [07 Jun 2006]
EC to act on 'rip-off' mobile roaming charges
News At present, some consumers can be charged up to €5 per minute, which Reding has slammed as "fantasy costs". The European Commission has hit out at mobile operators for overcharging users who use their phones when abroad. [09 Feb 2006]
PC sales: Europe outstrips the US
News A strong euro and demand for laptops, particularly among consumers, lifted European sales, according to Gartner. Although everyone obsessed about China, Europe turned out to be a pretty good market for PC makers last year. [19 Jan 2006]
Microsoft still facing long list of legal woes
News In March 2004, then-European competition commissioner Mario Monti levied a €497m ($596m) fine after ruling the company had unfairly wielded its market power against rivals. Microsoft's settlement with RealNetworks on Tuesday eliminates one... [12 Oct 2005]
"Spectacular" SAP bucks slowing ERP market
News AMR Research's annual ERP report shows the worldwide market grew by 14 per cent in 2004, although it estimates organic growth to be nearer eight or nine per cent when the strong euro and British pound and the weak US dollar are factored in. [21 Jun 2005]
IT growth softer when measured locally
News Bartels said: "US tech companies like IBM or Dell can play global arbitrage, by buying parts and components in Asia, then selling them in Europe where the euro has advantage. Measuring IT growth in local currencies, as opposed to the US dollar... [13 May 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.03.05
Round-Up Among those taking prizes back to White City were the BBC sport interactive team for their online coverage of England's poor performance at Euro 2004. "And what do you do. I monopolise, your Majesty. Bill Gates was back in London this week to meet... [04 Mar 2005]
World Cup 2006: Online sale of tickets kicks off
News The early sale may be a reaction to falling attendances at football matches, as witnessed with poor turnouts for a number of matches in Portugal for Euro 2004. Despite empty seats at that tournament, Horst R Schmidt, senior vice president of the... [01 Feb 2005]
Dell rules PC market
News European businesses and consumers, benefiting from a strong euro, also bought PCs in growing numbers. The PC industry racked up another quarter of double-digit growth to close out 2004, thanks to Europeans and corporate buyers. [19 Jan 2005]
