Articles about Antitrust

EC resolves antitrust probe into IBM mainframe biz

Big Blue to play nicely on big iron in binding agreement

Intel pays peanuts to settle NY antitrust suit

Mere millions seal the deal after judge kneecaps state's case

Mainframers drop EU antitrust complaints against IBM

Fuhgeddaboudit

Rambus tumbles in antitrust reversal

Micron and Hynix win Calif. court case

IBM faces mainframe biz European antitrust probe

IBM faces yet another antitrust headache today, after French mainframe open source outfit TurboHercules filed a complaint with European competition watchdogs. TurboHercules has accused Big Blue of denying customers the right to run IBM's mainframe operating system on anything other than IBM iron. The Paris-based company filed …

EC probes 13 resellers over global optical disc drive CARTEL

Thirteen optical disc drive resellers are being investigated by the EU on its suspicions that the firms may have broken antitrust laws and artificially suppressed the price they paid for the drives. The resellers are suspected of acting as a worldwide cartel for at least five years, the European Commission said, laying out its …

Intel brass sued over antitrust wrangle

Shareholder dubs board patsies

Microsoft gets second extension in IE EU antitrust brouhaha

Deadline to respond pushed back again

Antitrust-shy IBM closed to fresh Sun talks

So much for playing hardball: IBM is apparently not interested in resuming talks to purchase Sun Microsystems, following their recent break down. IBM is believed to be concerned about the level of scrutiny a potential acquisition of its smaller hardware and software rival might would draw from regulators. CNBC has reported that …

Europe tickles Microsoft with €561m fine for browser choice gaffe

Microsoft has been fined €561m ($731m, £484m) by the European Commission for breaking an agreement to offer Windows users alternative web browsers to Internet Explorer. A fresh investigation was launched against Microsoft by Brussels' competition officials in mid-2012 following complaints that the company was still using its …

Intel details objections to antitrust probe

S'not fair!

Intel takes legal swing at Korean antitrust decision

Chipzilla insists 'biz practices are fair and lawful'

Ballmer now flings out work rivals, rather than chairs, claims ex-Microsoftie

'It's Steve's way or the highway'

Intel and AMD tussle over antitrust case evidence

Dueling file motions seek sanction

Brussels objects to WD's Hitachi GST purchase

Issues beefs, awaits corporate response

Google backs EU's Microsoft antitrust battle

Mountain View parrots Mozilla

Hitachi, LG admit fixing disc drive prices

Joint venture HLDS hit with criminal charges

Samsung, Toshiba join SanDisk in US antitrust probe

NAND flash market goes under the scope

EU still greasing IBM antitrust probe despite PSI withdrawal

New York launches antitrust probe against Intel

Tosh handed $87 MILLION fine in LCD price fixing case

Gates: Novell are sore losers, Word trounced WordPerfect

Microsoft scoffs at antitrust extension seekers

Oracle's Africa dealings under FBI, SEC, DoJ investigation

SanDisk subpoenaed in US antitrust probe

US antitrust group urges Intel investigation

Judge blasts Cisco's 'unmitigated gall' in ex-exec's arrest

Toshiba swaps flood-soaked Thai plant for WD disk biz

It's as if we were tipped off: Toshiba is buying the 3.5-inch disk drive operations that WD has to sell to gain EU approval for its Hitachi GST acquisition. At the same time, Toshiba is transferring to WD its flood-ravaged HDD manufacturing subsidiary in Thailand, Toshiba Storage Device (Thailand). Western Digital said: "TSDT …