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Google settles Street View privacy case for $7 million

Google settles Street View privacy case for $7 million
  • Posted March 12, 2013, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Google has come to an agreement with 38 states and the District of Columbia to settle a dispute regarding the company’s use of Street View vehicles to secretly collect personal information as it roamed the streets. The search giant has…

Microsoft fined €561m for not showing browser ballot on Win7 SP1

Microsoft fined €561m for not showing browser ballot on Win7 SP1
  • Posted March 6, 2013, 2:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • The European Commission has fined Microsoft €561 ($730 million) for not complying with a three-year old agreement to give Windows users a selection of alternative browsers. In 2009, Microsoft faced an antitrust case with the EU that suggested the company abused its position...

Denmark to slap Microsoft with $1B in taxes after funneling profits overseas

Denmark to slap Microsoft with $1B in taxes after funneling profits overseas
  • Posted March 4, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Microsoft's clever accounting techniques may have been a little too clever, at least according to Danish authorities. Denmark officials are considering a tax levy of 5.8 billion kroner -- or roughly 1.01 billion USD at current exchange rates -- over…

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