The earlier this month agreed to allow Mozilla Corp. to participate in its latest antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.
In a blog post, Mozilla Chairwoman Mitchell Baker said that the company will serve "as a resource to the EC as it considers what an effective remedy would entail."
The EC last month charged Microsoft with violating European antitrust laws by bundling its Internet Explorer browser with the Windows operating system.
Baker said that Mozilla, which coordinates the development of the open-source Firefox browser, agrees that tying IE to Windows "harms competition between Web browsers, undermines product innovation and ultimately reduces consumer choice."
Mozilla's "interested third party" status allows it to submit legal arguments to European regulators and participate in hearings.
-- Paul Meller,
Nokia Closes R&D Facility
ESPOO, Finland -- last week announced that it is shutting down its research and development facility in Jyväskylä, Finland, as part of an effort to cut costs by more than €700 million ($893 million U.S.) over the next two years.
About 320 workers at the facility will be laid off.
The cost-cutting plan also calls for temporary layoffs of workers at Nokia's manufacturing operations in Salo, Finland. The company said that it will lay off 20% to 30% of the 2,500 workers there on a rotating basis for periods up to 90 days.
-- Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service
Briefly Noted
Intel Corp. last week announced that it is canceling the 2009 Intel Developer Forum in Taipei in a further effort to reduce costs. The company also cut back its April IDF event in Beijing from two days to one.
-- Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service
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