Microsoft will not appeal EU antitrust ruling News
Microsoft will not appeal EU antitrust ruling

[JURIST] Microsoft announced Monday that it has decided not to appeal the landmark December ruling [JURIST report; text] of the European Court of Justice [official website] ordering it to immediately implement EU antitrust sanctions that the European Commission [official website] imposed in a March 2004 decision [PDF]. The sanctions order the software giant to create a version of Windows stripped of its music and video software, and to share specifications with rival server software companies. BBC News has more on Microsoft's 2004 troubles with the EU. CNET has more on today's announcement.

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.