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EU Goes After Microsoft (Yes, Again)

New investigation comes just months after court victory over company

By Laila Weir, Newser User

Posted Jan 14, 2008 2:21 PM CST

(Newser) – The European Commission today again took aim at Microsoft, launching its first new antitrust investigations since the 1990s. Two probes will expand the principles of the last EU court victory over Microsoft—which a court upheld 4 months ago—to Office, Microsoft’s email tools,... Read full story »

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