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Computer
- Microsoft
- "Massachusetts
finalises open standards proposal." ... "The plan's
authors say shutting out standards that are not sufficently open will help
maintain the commonwealth's sovereignty and save it money." ... "The commonwealth
of Massachusetts has finalised its decision to standardise desktop applications
on OpenDocument, a format not supported by Microsoft Office." ... "As
it proposed late last month before a comment period, Massachusetts
has decided to use only products that conform to the Open Document Format
for Office Applications, or OpenDocument, which is developed by the standards
body OASIS." -By Martin LaMonica
-ZDNet.co.uk
Georgia
- New
York - Hacking
- Microsoft
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- "Microsoft
Windows Virus Shuts Down Some CNN, ABC Computers."
... "A computer virus targeting Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software shut
down machines at Time Warner Inc.'s CNN and Walt Disney Co.'s ABC network."
... "CNN spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg confirmed computer failures in Atlanta
[Georgia] and New York and said she wasn't sure which worm caused the damage.
ABC computers on the East and West coasts were affected, spokesman Jeff
Schneider said today. He also couldn't identify the worm or virus." -By
Dina Bass -Bloomberg
- Microsoft
- WalMart
- "Microsoft
hires Wal-Mart exec." ... "A top Wal-Mart executive
was named head of sales at Microsoft yesterday in a surprise reorganization
of the software company's executive ranks." ... "Kevin Turner, who rose
from checkout clerk at the Ada, Okla., Wal-Mart to chief executive of its
Sam's Club division, starts work Sept. 8 in Redmond as chief operating
officer." ... "Turner, 40, will lead the company's sales, marketing and
internal information-systems groups and report to Chief Executive Steve
Ballmer. He's getting a pay package worth up to $33.4 million." -By
Brier Dudley -SeattleTimes.NWsource
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- Microsoft
- "Microsoft
sues Google over executive." ... "Microsoft sued
Google yesterday after the Internet search leader hired away a high-ranking
executive whom the Redmond company described as a key player in developing
its search technology and China strategy." ... "The lawsuit against Google
and the departing executive, Kai-Fu Lee, underscores the fierce competition
in the booming Internet search business. Microsoft alleges that Lee's appointment
to lead a new Google research-and-development center in China violates
terms of his employment contract that keep him from working in a directly
competitive position for a year after his departure." -By
Todd Bishop -SeattlePI.NWsource
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- Microsoft
- "Update:
Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4B: The move puts
Adobe squarely in the path of rival Microsoft Corp., analysts say."...
"The deal would combine the companies' document management, Web publishing
and online video delivery tools, putting Adobe squarely in the path of
rival Microsoft Corp., analysts said." ... "[California] San Jose-based
Adobe and San Francisco-based Macromedia have some of the most widely distributed
software in the world. Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) and Acrobat
Reader software is common on most [computer] desktops, and Macromedia's
Flash products are widely used to create and view animation, video and
other content." -By Scarlet Pruitt and Martyn Williams
-Computerworld
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- Ohio
- Microsoft
- "Kill
Bill: Microsoft's army of lawyers was no match for
a kid from Kent State." ... "For the past four months, [student David]
Zamos has been fighting four high-powered attorneys. They claimed he violated
trademark and copyright laws by selling two unopened pieces of software
on eBay for $203.50." ... "Cleveland lawyers Robert Chudakoff and Edward
Simms, along with San Francisco lawyers Roy Bartlett and Cameron Alston,
allege that the sale cost Microsoft hundreds of thousands of dollars in
"irreparable damage." They demanded that Zamos hand over his eBay profits
($143.50) and cover the company's court costs and legal fees." ... "Microsoft
even went so far as to accuse Zamos of unfair competition, claiming that
his $143.50 in profits forced the company to sustain "substantial impact.""
-By Denise Grollmus -CleveScene.com
- Microsoft
- Robots
- "Robots
to Watch Children Showcased: Robots to Watch Children
and Even Co-Workers Among Technology at Microsoft TechFest." ... "The teddy
bear sitting in the corner of the child's room might look normal, until
his head starts following the kid around using a face recognition program,
perhaps also allowing a parent talk to the child through a special phone,
or monitor the child via a camera and wireless Internet connection." ...
"The plush prototype, on display at Microsoft Corp.'s annual gadget showcase
Wednesday, is one of several ideas researchers have for robots." (1, 2)
-By Allison Linn -AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
- "[Microsoft
dividends] Giving $75 billion back, with plenty to spare."
... "On Tuesday July 20th, Microsoft said it would return a whopping $75
billion to shareholders over the next four years, in the biggest corporate
cash disbursement in history." ... "Regardless of the legal situation,
Microsoft's bosses realised some time last year that they could no longer
sit on their cash pile (valued at $56.4 billion as of March 31st this year),
and resolved to take steps to give it back to shareholders." ... "Under
the disbursement announced this week, Microsoft will pay out a special
dividend worth $32 billion in early December; buy back a further $30 billion
in stock over the next four years; and double its annual dividend to 32
cents per share." -Economist
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- Microsoft
News - "The
Coming Search Wars." ... "Bill Gates, the chairman
of Microsoft, stated his admiration for the "high level of I.Q." of Google's
designers. "We took an approach that I now realize was wrong,'' he said
of his company's earlier decision to ignore the search market. But, he
added pointedly, "we will catch them.''" ... "Microsoft is intently poring
over Google's portfolio of patents, hunting for potential vulnerabilities,
Mr. Schmidt [Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive] contended. And because
Google is running its business using Linux - the free open source software
that has become the biggest challenger of Windows - Microsoft is concerned
that it may be at a competitive disadvantage."
-NYTimes
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- "EU orders Microsoft
to pay $613 million fine: Software giant found guilty
of abusing "near monopoly"." ... "The European Union declared Microsoft
Corp. guilty Wednesday of abusing its "near monopoly" with Windows to squeeze
competitors in other markets and levied a record fine of $613 million (497.2
million euros)." ... "The EU's antitrust authority said that "because the
illegal behavior is still ongoing," it was also demanding changes in the
way the U.S. software company operates." -AP
via -MSNBC
- 
- "Microsoft
reaches out beyond the PC." ... "Bill Gates on Wednesday
unveiled a series of initiatives to extend Microsoft's
reach beyond the personal computer to deliver digital entertainment, including
a portable video player and an internet-enabled wristwatch." ... "He also
outlined a key piece of technology that forms an important link in Microsoft's
efforts to promote its PC-centric view of home entertainment. The technology,
which makes it possible to send music or video from a computer to other
devices such as televisions or music players, could eventually help to
turn the PC into the main engine of home entertainment." -By
Richard Waters -FT.com
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- "Microsoft
faces new antitrust battle." ... "A new front in
the Microsoft antitrust wars was opened on Thursday as rival software maker
RealNetworks accused the company of illegally trying to monopolise the
market for digital media software and said it would seek damages of more
than $1bn." -By Richard Waters and Scott Morrison
-FT.com
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- "Probable
last gasp on Microsoft antitrust case still matters."
... "On Tuesday, an appeals court in Washington heard arguments that the
so-called ``remedies'' for what everyone agrees were illegal acts were
not adequate to punish the crime or prevent its recurrence. The state of
Massachusetts and two technology trade organizations asked the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to tell U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
to stiffen her order that, by virtually all accounts, has led to almost
no change of behavior on Microsoft's part." ... "Robert Bork, formerly
a judge on that appeals court, argued on behalf of the trade groups, calling
the infamous settlement with the Justice Department ``utterly inadequate,''
according to news reports." -By Dan Gillmor
-MercuryNews-BayArea
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- "Web patent
critics spotlight old technology." ... "If Web technologists
can find the right example, they believe they can help set aside a federal
jury's recent finding that Microsoft had violated a patent held by tiny
Web developer Eolas Technologies. The so-called '906
patent describes a way that a Web browser can call up a separate application
from within a Web page." ... "Eolas gained international attention with
its $521 million patent infringement victory over Microsoft, a judgment
that has focused the attention of the software industry in a way few other
patent cases have. Microsoft has already detailed plans to change its Internet
Explorer browser, which could force countless Web developers to rewrite
their Web pages." -By Paul Festa-CNET/News
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- "Microsoft
Vows To Crush The Mouse That Roared." ... "A federal
jury ruled that Microsoft should pay tiny Eolas Technologies and the University
of California $521 million for infringing on their patent for sending software
applications over the Internet. But Microsoft, as is its habit, insists
that the jury verdict is not the end of the story but the beginning, that
it did nothing wrong and even if it did that the remedy is out of whack
with the wrong. This is what Microsoft often says after losing a trial
and before the inevitable appeals." -By Dan Ackman
-Forbes
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- "Report:
Microsoft, EA Mull Bid for Sega." ... "Microsoft
Corp MSFT.O
and Electronic Arts Inc ERTS.O
are separately exploring the possibility of buying all or part of Japanese
videogame maker Sega Corp 7964.T,
the Asian Wall Street Journal said on Friday." ... "The paper, quoting
people familiar with the situation, said the two U.S. companies have yet
to hold formal talks with Sega and that no deal was imminent."-Reuters/Business
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- "Lawsuit
challenges Microsoft licensing: A California
woman sues Microsoft, Symantec and others, claiming the companies misled
consumers by requiring them to consent to licensing agreements they haven't
read." ... "Specifically, the suit, which was brought by Cathy Baker, claims
that Microsoft, Symantec, CompUSA, Best Buy and other unnamed retailers
don't allow people to read "shrink wrap" licenses--agreements printed inside
the box or incorporated into the software itself--before they buy a product."
-By Lisa M. Bowman -CNET
/News via -BusinessWeek
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- "Woman
sues software makers over licensing terms." ... "[Plaintiff
Cathy] Baker bought the Windows XP Home edition upgrade and Norton Antivirus
software at a CompUSA store in San Rafael last month for her first home
computer. When she opened and began to install the software, she was asked
to agree electronically to licensing terms that she found unacceptable.
When she tried to return the software, the store refused to take it back
because the package had been opened, Baker said in the complaint." -By
Kristi Heim -MercuryNews
via -SiliconValley
- 
- "Microsoft
give UK a peek at Windows: The United Kingdom is
the latest country to join a Microsoft program that lets international
governments see the otherwise secret source code underlying Windows." ...
"Microsoft unveiled
the Government Security Program two weeks ago as a way to address concerns
various governments have about the security of its Windows operating system.
The U.K. government announced its participation Friday." -By
Stephen Shankland -ZDNet>News
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- "Governments
to see Windows code: Microsoft will share the source
code underlying its Windows operating system with several international
governments, a move designed to address concerns about the security of
the OS." ... "The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant, which dominates
the market for desktop software, has signed deals or expects to shortly
with 10 countries and organizations, Salah DanDan, worldwide GSP [Government
Security Program] manager, said in an interview." -By
Stephen Shankland -ZDNet>News
Microsoft
News -
- "Apple
Lashes Out at Microsoft Settlement." ... "In reaction
to the Redmond, Wash., software giant's $1.1 billion settlement of a California
class-action case, Apple Computer Inc. Monday night issued a statement
criticizing the settlement proposal." ... "As part of the settlement announced
last Friday, Microsoft pledged to donate two-thirds of the unclaimed funds—in
the form of vouchers—to California schools, with one-third of the unclaimed
funds going back to Microsoft." ... "Apple contends that in these types
of cases, "fewer than 25 percent of customers redeem these types of vouchers."
The Microsoft vouchers are available to customers who purchased Microsoft
software between 1995 and 2001. The vouchers range in value from $5 to
$29, depending on the product purchased." (1, 2)
-By Darryl K. Taft -eWEEK
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