It's 1997 again. Antitrust violations go back 12 years, according to the Europe's antitrust commissioner. Big bucks are at stake. [/caption] Remember what a rough time Microsoft had with the European Commission's (EC) competition directorate in 2007 and 2008? If Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer thought those days of antitrust proceedings were receding into the past, he has another thing coming. The EC has sent Microsoft a so-called "Statement of Objections," or SO, indicating…
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Tim Cook in charge of day-to-day operations. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence, a week after revealing that he suffers from a condition he described as a hormone imbalance. In an e-mail to employees released today by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Jobs said he was stepping aide temporarily to focus on his condition, which he had earlier said wouldn't hinder his duties. He also said the move would…
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The Wi-Fi chipmakers must have missed that memo about the economy. Apparently, Wi-Fi (define) didn't get the memo about the economy being in recession. New statistics released yesterday by the industry group Wi-Fi Alliance said chipset sales grew 26 percent in 2008. That's only half of what it tallied in 2007 before the slowdown in the economy hit, but it shows that Wi-Fi networking remains robust. "The trend today is that Wi-Fi…
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This recession won't be a repeat of the dot-com crash years, according to one industry watcher. IT managers, take heart. Recovering from the current recession won't be as bad as surviving the dot-com crash of 2001. For those who can remember further back, the economic rebound will be more like the recession that hit in 1990. That's primarily because today's recession, which according to official estimates began in December 2007, should…
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