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Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment Experts in convergence between the technology, communications and media sectors, it advises some of the world's leading multinational entertainment, media, sport and technology companies. Its... [22 Jul 2008]
Vista: Redmond still tweaking Korea versions
News These versions would include links to media player and instant-messaging software from competitors, as required by a 2005 antitrust ruling by Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC). For these editions,... [16 Oct 2006]
Google, Yahoo! et al take aim at click fraud
News The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and the non-profit Media Rating Council said they are teaming up with Ask.com, Google, LookSmart, Microsoft, Yahoo! Brian Kabateck, an attorney who represents plaintiffs involved... [03 Aug 2006]
Korea sends Microsoft a $32m bill
News Microsoft said: "Competition in these technologies in Korea has been, and remains, vibrant with many new Korean companies successfully offering digital media and IM choices for Korean consumers. Under... [07 Dec 2005]
Kazaa ordered to block 3,000 keywords
News Justice Wilcox also ordered in a hearing yesterday that dialogue boxes appear on the Kazaa website "to place maximum pressure on KMD [Kazaa Media Desktop] users to obtain the updated release". The court has ordered... [25 Nov 2005]
Shock: PC vendors shun Media Player-less Windows
News Microsoft started offering a version of Windows without a bundled media-player, known as Windows XP N, in June this year, to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission. Three of... [21 Nov 2005]
Antitrust me: Microsoft to be monitored by EC "trustee"
News The EC ruled in March 2004 that Microsoft had abused its near monopoly in PC operating systems by leveraging it onto the markets for work group server operating systems and for media playing software. [05 Oct 2005]
Apple to return 'piracy tax' to iPod buyers
News Although the Canadian Supreme Court ruled last month that the tax - a levy put on all recordable blank media, such as tapes and CDs, to compensate the music industry for piracy - was unlawful, the levy had affected... [09 Aug 2005]
No iPod tax for Canada, court rules
News At issue was a long-standing law that allows a regulatory agency to collect a small extra fee on blank media such as CDs and tapes, with the revenues going to artists and record labels to recompense them for the private... [29 Jul 2005]
Taipei residents to pay for commuting on mobiles
News Pok added that the electronics giant is currently working on several NFC-related projects worldwide, such as mobile payment, event ticketing and smart media for entertainment content. Calling NFC the "next big thing",... [15 Jul 2005]
Microsoft submits final EU antitrust proposals
News The initial EC antitrust ruling in March last year ordered Microsoft to sell a version of Windows without Media Player and to disclose source code to rival makers of server software to enable their... [01 Jun 2005]
Apple vs the media - and ISPs, now
News A collection of media organisations has urged a California appeals court to overturn a ruling that would allow Apple Computer to subpoena records from a Mac enthusiast site. Punishing journalists who did... [12 Apr 2005]
Microsoft's Passport to Longhorn
News Recycling old software for new products looks to becoming a bit of a habit in Redmond - Microsoft has also settled on the new name for Windows XP without Media Player. Following a... [29 Mar 2005]
Microsoft strips down Windows in Europe
News In addition to lacking a copy of Windows Media Player, the new version of Windows won't be able to do things like play a CD or MP3 file or transfer music to a portable device - at least not without... [23 Dec 2004]
Microsoft says it will comply with EC sanctions
News Microsoft has said it will comply with European Commission sanctions and offer a version of Windows without Media Player in the New Year as well as licensing communications protocols to competitors.... [22 Dec 2004]
