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    Homer Simpson

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  1. Comment - EU Tells Microsoft to Get Moving

    (Apr 29, 2005 - 10:19 AM)

    1. Why should you have to block it in the first place? And do you think it is a honest business practice to gather your private information without a clear warning that they do so.
    2. Below find their explanation for this.

    "When playing or copying an audio CD, Windows Media Player attempts to locate information associated with that CD, such as the artist name, title, and track names. This information is added to the overall list of information that is kept in the Media Library. To obtain this information, Windows Media Player sends a unique CD identification number to WindowsMedia.com. No personally identifiable information is obtained or stored during this transaction."

    http://www.microsoft.com...#_What_information_does

    If you like to trust the last sentence there that is of course up to you, but I take a very sceptical stance to that.

  2. Comment - EU Tells Microsoft to Get Moving

    (Apr 29, 2005 - 8:40 AM)

    Maxwolf, do you like having Mediaplayer calling home to Redmond letting them know exactly what you been playing on it?
    They did not tell you about that little detail when they got it onto your pc by bundleing it with the OS, did they?

    As for most of the other comments in here, sheesh... I can't even be bothered. So I'll follow Dilberts advice "Never argue with the stupid they drag you down to their own level, then beat you with experience"

  3. Comment - EU Tells Microsoft to Get Moving

    (Apr 29, 2005 - 8:30 AM)

    Wingo that example do not qualify as monopoly, the last time I were home in Sweden Levi's was not a jeans brand holding a 80% market share. What you are talking about is paralell import regulations and they apply to any branded product that wish to enforce them.

  4. Comment - Microsoft Goes After PDF with 'Metro'

    (Apr 29, 2005 - 8:11 AM)

    wicketr, the problem is not really IE coming with the OS but that you can not remove it since they integrated it so deeply into the OS.
    A browser should have absolutely nothing with the functionality of the OS to do. And it should be up to the end customer what programs to add on top of his/her operating system. Maybe you like when programs like Mediaplayer call home to Microsoft and let them know exactly know what you been playing in it? They did not tell you about this when you got your pc did they.