Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog You're probably not as fragile as the US Justice Department's foreign lobbyists' database. No, said the Justice Department. You heard me, said the Justice Department. You have to know what you want to look at, and pay the Department fifty cents a...
[July 2, 2004, 18:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Meanwhile, Microsoft has demonstrated its arrogance by telling the US Justice Department that it can't stop bundling Internet Explorer with the latest revision of Windows because the two are too tightly integrated.
[December 20, 1997, 7:00]
Lord criticises proposed data-sharing law
Blog Merlin, Earl of Erroll, told ZDNet UK that changes to data law brought in by the Coroners and Justice Bill would mean people could "suffer". The Coroners and Justice Bill will enable government departments to share information, and use data for...
[February 17, 2009, 16:24]
No spat here says US cybersecurity investigator
Blog That is not to say that the DHS wouldn’t have role in cybersecurity but possible only one on the same level as other departments such as Defence and Justice said Kurtz. In an earlier post, I flagged up the fact that the head of cybersecurity at the...
[October 29, 2008, 18:17]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog No, not Microsoft being keelhauled by the US Department of Justice over anticompetitive practices, nor even MSN still barely qualifying as alive (the tales of the billing system cockups are matched only by the mail, upgrade and access cockups).
[October 25, 1997, 2:00]
Software Jihad
Blog If the Department of Justice needed evidence of the effects of Microsoft's monopolistic effects on the world economy, there it is! I've been reading an article/blog over at CNN talking about the Chinese lawyer that has filed suit on Microsoft for...
[November 2, 2008, 14:04]
FBI cut off for unpaid wiretap bills
Blog The BBC reports that a US government audit conducted by the justice department's inspector general, Glenn Fine, has concluded that phone lines which were established by the FBI to eavesdrop on suspected criminals were disconnected because of late...
[January 11, 2008, 16:12]
IBM anti-trust probe proves the mainframe matters
Blog The issue is now back on the table, with the announcement this week that the US Department of Justice is starting a new anti-trust investigation into whether IBM is abusing its market power. Every so often, a news story emerges -- usually after a...
[October 9, 2009, 12:03]
