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MICROSOFT, which expressed pleasure with Judge Kollar-Kotelly's antitrust ruling in the U.S. on Friday, is likely to be disappointed in its hopes that the U.S. ruling will set the tone for a similar ruling from European antitrust regulators, according to the software giant's critics.

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A federal judge Friday largely accepted a proposed settlement in Microsoft's long-running antitrust case with the U.S. Justice Department.

U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said sanctions against the software giant are to last five years unless extended by the court.

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The software giant on Wednesday said its Windows Media 9 technology will be used to screen a series of eight movies in some 25 cities around the United States in partnership with Digital Cinema Solutions (DCS), carmaker BMW, and a number of independent movie studios.

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Microsoft Corp. is limiting testing of the next release of its Office productivity software to versions of the Windows operating system dating back only to Windows 2000, which could mean the final version of the software won't support older systems. 

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MICROSOFT AND IBM are ramping up new products designed to minimize costs, external dependency, and IT infrastructure overhaul associated with mandatory compliance of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) set of regulations.

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MICROSOFT ANNOUNCED MONDAY upgrades to two of the software products for small and midsize businesses it picked up through its July acquisition of developer Navision Software A/S.

Version 3.0 of Navision's Axapta ERP (enterprise resource planning) software adds a new Enterprise Portal module to the suite. The portal technology is intended to let businesses connect more easily with partners, customers and employees, offering information repositories, discussion forums, and data exchange features. 

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