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...Microsoft's move came as part of a legal settlement with the European Commission after a decade of skirmishes with the E.U.'s antitrust authority. Neelie Kroes, the E.U. competition commissioner, says Microsoft's previous approach denied consumers a fair choice. "It is as if you went to the supermarket and they only offered you one brand of shampoo on the shelf, and all the other choices are hidden out the back," Kroes said. "What we are saying today is that all the brands should be on the shelf." The settlement won't have a direct effect...
...These] children would rather talk to their parents about internet safety than have a filter that watches their every move online,” Byrne said...
...wrote on the political blog Burnt Orange. Gay candidates have won a seat on the Fort Worth city council and as sheriff in Dallas. Gay candidates must work at the local level, Hill says, building a record and political bench. "If you want to really make a mark and move elements of the LGBT agenda forward, get members of our community elected into positions of political power," Hill urged...
...indefinite leave from golf, over the coming weeks we will assess our options with Tiger Woods ... regarding our long-term relationship." Translation: We're waiting to see if this gets worse. Tag removed Tiger placards from stores across Australia (a big golf market), although the company insists that move was unrelated to the scandal. Tag headlines a group of companies whose association with the legend is not about golf but about creating buzz around the brand. Will any of Tag Heuer's customers refuse to buy a pricey Swiss watch because Tiger is a pitchman? Probably not. But the company...
...problem now is that time is running out for the Turkish Cypriot side. A deal, or at least a concrete roadmap, would have to be agreed by late February to be approved in time for Talat's election run. "The only way really to get the Greek Cypriots to move forward is pressure from outside," says Munir. "But the question is who could apply that?" It is also a delicate issue. Christofias last week complained that "our tragedy has its roots in intervention by outsiders" and some say the previous U.N. peace plan was rejected because Greek Cypriots felt...