1. Global Dispatches.
- Author
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Kirk, Jeremy, Cameron, Nadia, and Ribeiro, John
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COMPUTER industry , *FINES (Penalties) , *BROADBAND communication system policy , *WEBSITES , *ELECTIONS , *ACTIONS & defenses (Law) - Abstract
The article offers world news briefs related to the computer industry. Bundeskartellamt, competition authority in Germany, announced the $11.9 million fines to Microsoft Corp. for illegal fix prices of its Office software. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia asserts that the government will be spending billions to create the fiber-optic network. Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. launched Web sites to cover federal elections in 2009 in India.
- Published
- 2009