Neowin News Feed for: Inquiry

Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is now being probed in the UK

Usama Jawad — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:18:01 +0000

A UK regulator has begun its investigation of Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard to determine its potential impacts. The deal is already being probed in the U.S. too. Read more...

China gives Microsoft twenty days to respond to antitrust inquiry

Andy Weir — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:11:38 +0000

Chinese authorities looking into alleged antitrust violations by Microsoft have given the company twenty days to "make a written explanation" to questions and concerns raised by investigators. Read more...

It's cheaper to fly to the USA than buy Adobe CS6 in Australia

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:43:22 +0000

It turns out that it's actually cheaper to fly from Australia to the United States, purchase Adobe CS6, then fly back, than it is to pick up a copy of the software in a local Australian store Read more...

Adobe, Apple and Microsoft facing IT pricing enquiry

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:53:30 +0000

Until now, they have been avoiding the politcians, but the Australian government has demanded that Adobe, Apple and Microsoft all attend hearings around the IT pricing inquiry. Read more...

Competition inquiry delays broadcasters' online service

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:29:55 +0000

Ambitious plans for an online video on demand service offering more than 10,000 hours of classic TV shows from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 were hit yesterday by a decision to refer them to... Read more...

EU takes over German antitrust inquiry into Intel

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:35:39 +0000

European Commission regulators have taken over a German antitrust investigation into allegations that Intel put pressure on a major electronics retailer to forgo using processors from competitor AMD. Germany's antitrust agency, Bundeskartellamt, received a complaint... Read more...