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Margrethe Vestager is Stepping Aside to Bid on a New Job

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager announced today that she is stepping down temporarily so she…

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Report: Apple and Microsoft Don’t Want EU’s ‘Gatekeeper’ Status for iMessage and Bing

Apple and Microsoft are reportedly opposed to seeing their own iMessage and Bing services being…

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Win-Win? (Premium)

As I observed in Nice Guy (Premium), Microsoft’s approach to antitrust in recent years is…

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IDC: PC Sales to Grow Slightly in 2024

A new report from the market researchers at IDC claims that the PC industry’s post-pandemic…

Microsoft Special Event September 21

Microsoft’s September Event Isn’t Just About Surface

While many of us had speculated that next month's Microsoft special event was mostly about…

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EU May Need to Review Microsoft’s Restructured Activision Blizzard Deal

The EU Commission says it's "carefully assessing" the situation after Microsoft submitted a restructured Activision…

The EU is Unsure About Microsoft’s New UK CMA Deal

The EU said today that it would determine whether Microsoft's new UK concessions represent a…

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Pushback (Premium)

With the UK Competition and Markets Authority CMA unexpectedly pushing back against Microsoft's admittedly concession-free…

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Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit is Now Being Developed with Qualcomm and Magic Leap

Microsoft's Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 (MRTK3) is now an independent project with Qualcomm and Magic…

Microsoft Special Event September 21

Microsoft Announces Special Event on September 21

Microsoft has just announced a “special event” on September 21, 2023. The company is expected…

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Cute, But Not a Game Changer (Premium)

Despite investing over $11 billion in OpenAI, a splashy launch for Bing Chat, deep integration…

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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition Gets Approved by New Zealand

New Zealand is the latest country to approve Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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Microsoft Store Launches its Annual Back-to-School Sale

Celebrating its annual back-to-school sale, the Microsoft Store is offering huge savings on hardware and…

The End of Windows?
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The End of Windows? Hardly (Premium)

In my book Windows Everywhere, I chart the rise and fall of Windows as a…

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CMA Gives Public Four Days to Comment on Activision Blizzard Acquisition

After publishing Microsoft's list of "material changes" on Monday, The UK CMA is giving the…

Microsoft Offers the CMA New Evidence, Not New Compromises
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Microsoft Offers the CMA New Evidence, Not New Compromises (Premium)

Microsoft provided the UK CMA with a list of "material changes" that have occurred since…

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