Antitrust Smackdown

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European Commission fined Microsoft with 600 million dollars for tying Windows Media Player into its operating system that did not give a chance of competition for other similar media products. Subsequently, the European Commission ordered Microsoft to offer two versions of Windows, one with the media player, and one without it.

Prepackaged software, Management dynamics, Management, Computer software industry, Software industry, Microsoft Corp., Discipline, European Union. European Commission, MSFT, Company business management

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Stamping out good science: irrational politics threaten the future of nanotechnology

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Nanotech was born in 1959 with a speculation at Caltech by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman that tiny things could be engineered to build big things. In January 2000, Bill Clinton launched the National Nanotechnology Initiatives.

Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Cellular Mobile Tel Equip, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, History, Technology application, Nanotechnology, Wireless telephone, Wireless voice/data device

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The new road to the White House: how grassroots blogs are transforming presidential politics

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Web blogs could make a significant difference in the presidential election campaign of 2004. The Howard Dean campaign is using blogs as a tool for building community.

General services, Public affairs, Innovations, Political activity, Column, Political aspects, Company systems management, Information management, Political campaigns, Presidential elections, Electioneering, Weblogs, Blogs, Dean, Howard

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