Intel CEO Paul Otellini visits the Intel display at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7, 2008. EU antitrust regulators fined Intel a record 1.06 billion euros (1.45 billion dollars) on May 13, 2009, claiming it uses its stranglehold on the microchip market to crush its main rival illegally. The company hit back promising to fight the ruling with an appeal in EU courts, raising the spectre of a new antitrust saga between Brussels and a US technology giant after Microsoft's years of European legal battles. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

Intel CEO Paul Otellini visits the Intel display at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7, 2008. EU antitrust regulators fined Intel a record 1.06 billion euros (1.45 billion dollars) on May 13, 2009, claiming it uses its stranglehold on the microchip market to crush its main rival illegally. The company hit back promising to fight the ruling with an appeal in EU courts, raising the spectre of a new antitrust saga between Brussels and a US technology giant after Microsoft's years of European legal battles.

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  13. MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer addresses the media during a news conference on October 7, 2009 in Munich, Germany. Ballmer talked about the upcoming launch of the new Windows 7 computer operating system.
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