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• EU issues objections to Oracle's Sun acquisition

  By James Niccolai | 10 November, 2009 11:34

  The European Commission on Monday issued its formal "statement of objections" over Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, saying the deal would harm competition in the database market.

• EU may demand Microsoft bundle rival browsers with Windows

  By Gregg Keizer | 27 January, 2009 08:02

  The European Union (EU)'s antitrust agency may force Microsoft to include rival browsers in Windows, according to a regulatory filing submitted last week by the US software developer.

• EU: Microsoft shields IE from competition

  By Gregg Keizer | 20 January, 2009 11:32

  The European Union's antitrust agency on Saturday confirmed that it has charged Microsoft with breaking the law, saying that the company "shields" Internet Explorer (IE) from "head-to-head competition" by bundling its browser with Windows.

• Commission calls for broadband access for all Europeans

  By Paul Meller | 26 September, 2008 08:01

  Broadband access to the internet should be a universal service for all European Union citizens, the European Commission said Thursday as it launched a debate on the issue with policy makers, industry and the public.

• EU calls for rewrite of IT trade agreement

  By Paul Meller | 15 September, 2008 12:05

  As tensions mount over the global trade in IT products, the European Commission has called for a broad discussion among all producer countries about what goods should and should not be slapped with customs duties, as well as talks on other barriers to trade, commonly called non-tariff barriers.