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Submission + - EU imposes another record fine for Microsoft (bloomberg.com)

Submitted by THEbwana on Wednesday February 27, 2008 @09:22AM

THEbwana writes: European Union regulators has fined Microsoft a record 899 million euros for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust order, the largest EU fine ever imposed against a single company (the previous "winner" in this dubious contest was also MS). Microsoft was deemed to have failed in obeying an order requiring it to charge ``reasonable'' royalty rates for patent licenses rivals needed to connect products to the Windows platform.

Comment Nokia N810, EEEeeeee pc (Score 1) 245

by THEbwana on Monday December 17, 2007 @12:17PM (#21725932) Attached to: Tech Gifts for the Holidays

0. Nokia N810
1. Eeeeee pc
2. ? ...
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Submission + - Analysis of the Apple iPhone

Submitted by Provataki on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @10:23PM

Provataki writes: Now that the initial dust of the iPhone's launch has settled down, here is a no-frills, objective analysis of the iPhone's feature-set and how it compares to other smartphones today. The author seems to like the device a lot and believes that will drive the industry in the coming years, but he also mentions the lack of a native (non-widget) SDK (which is what defines a "smartphone") and the old-style input method used (why didn't Apple go for something as innovative as this?). Stereo Bluetooth A2DP, MMS support and user-replaceable battery (a norm in the cellphone industry) are still a questionmark.

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