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“The deal represents a small step in Microsoft's long battle with the European Union's executive, which last year ruled the software giant had abused the near-monopoly of Windows to crushcompetition, fined it nearly 500 million euros ($650 million), and ordered it to change its business practices. The Commission ordered Microsoft to sell a version of Windows without its Windows Media Player audiovisual software but the two… Read More

With the breakdown of settlement talks between the European Union and Microsoft Corp., the stage is set for the EU to announce next Wednesday a series of antitrust remedies and declare that the software company is an abusive monopolist, thus setting a precedent that will make it easier to prosecute other complaints, including several that are already under investigation. The expected Wednesday announcement would close one chapter of… Read More

The software giant also has issued warnings on peer-to-peer filing-sharing Internet sites, which have been used by the tech-savvy to spread the stolen source code, which represent the blueprints for the Windows operating system. Read the whole story at Mercury News.