monopoly
RSS monopolyGoogle Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News Google and the plaintiff publishers secretly negotiated for 29 months to produce a horizontal price fixing combination, effected and reinforced by a digital book distribution monopoly. Several groups opposed to Google's... [09 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News At a hearing in Brussels on Monday, organisations representing various European publishers, libraries, rights holders, and businesses involved in internet commerce criticised the proposed settlement as it currently stands, saying it... [08 Sep 2009]
EU: Authors - we need you. What do you think of Google books?
News Critics complain that the deal, which is scheduled to be implemented in October, would effectively give Google a monopoly over books that are in copyright but out of print. European Union regulators want publishers and... [21 Jul 2009]
Video Telephony: Completing the Picture of Unified Communications Effectiveness
White Paper Since this is not a monopoly market opportunity for a single vendor, a plethora of solution providers are eager to provide solutions that will reside in the UC technology ecosystem. Unified Communications (UC) is a term... [13 Jun 2009]
'Looking forward to a customer - not Intel - controlled world'
News Tom McCoy, AMD's executive vice president for legal affairs, said in the statement that the ruling would see the industry benefit from an end to Intel's "monopoly-inflated pricing" and that European consumers will enjoy... [14 May 2009]
Leading Belgian Public Sector Agency Le Forem Experiences 99.999% Data Consistency
White Paper At the same time, faced with an imminent loss of its monopoly position, the agency also needed to increase efficiency. Le Forem, the leading Walloon public employment and vocational training services agency, needed a... [30 Apr 2009]
Skype unveils iPhone and BlackBerry services
News In the US for example, AT&T has had a monopoly on calls made from iPhones, as it is the exclusive carrier here. Skype, the internet telephone unit of eBay, is planning to launch its service for iPhone users on Tuesday... [30 Mar 2009]
Cheap broadband will stop BT going fibre charge crazy
News Cheap mobile broadband and existing fixed services will keep BT from running a fibre monopoly, according to the communications regulator Ofcom. However, Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards does not believe that BT will be... [03 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Are IBM's patent woes justified?
Comment It is important to differentiate between a 'legal monopoly' and 'economic monopoly' to assess whether a particular company is illegally breaching its market position - they are quite different. The... [11 Feb 2009]
Minority Report: Mac clones doomed?
Comment In August, Psystar counter-sued Apple, claiming the Cupertino firm operates a monopoly and complaining about restraint of trade and other antitrust issues. The Apple vs Mac clones battle rages on - but will it change... [24 Nov 2008]
Markets for Information: Of Inefficient Firewalls and Efficient Monopolies
White Paper Also, the market for information tends to be a monopoly, and there is inefficiency given by underinvestment in information acquisition. This paper studies, within a formal model, market environments where information is... [05 Nov 2008]
'Microsoft, SAP just don't get cloud computing'
News Microsoft] use their monopoly to control this industry and keep us all in a box. Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has accused SAP of failing to understand cloud computing and slammed Microsoft's internet-based operating... [04 Nov 2008]
Finding an Effective Sustainable Model for a Wireless Metropolitan-Area Network: Analyzing the Case of Pittsburgh
White Paper This paper investigates the extent to which these goals can be met with four basic models: one citywide monopoly WiMAN provider, facilities-based competition from multiple citywide WiMAN providers, one citywide WiMAN... [18 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Ofcom's current regulatory regime was set up for copper-based infrastructure and was largely a response to BT's former monopoly in this market. Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a... [17 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy hailed by IT chiefs
News Even the controversial aspects have stimulated discussion, debate and competition - despite some dark days of worry about unmovable monopoly, which I think are now behind us. Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 after... [26 Jun 2008]
