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Jackson pulled into throes of MS-DoJ fray
News The US Court of Appeals for the District Columbia Circuit will hear oral arguments in the case on 26 and 27 February. The appeals court hearing Microsoft's antitrust appeal gave the company something it didn't ask for -- another crack at US...
[February 7, 2001, 10:28]
Ballmer: 'Windows isn't going away'
News Jackson has sent the case to the US Supreme Court, which will decide whether to hear the case or send it to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Chief executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday said Microsoft continues to invest in developing and...
[June 23, 2000, 8:56]
MS faces tougher battle in Europe
News While the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a federal judge's breakup order, the core of the case against Microsoft remains intact. Tougher antitrust enforcement by European Commission regulators could mean trouble...
[July 4, 2001, 10:36]
Experts ask Google to boost privacy
News Some of the security experts endorsing the document include Bruce Schneier, chief security technology officer of BT Group; Peter Neumann, principal scientist at SRI International; encryption pioneer Ron Rivest of MIT; Steve Bellovin of Columbia...
[June 17, 2009, 9:41]
Microsoft bulks up Windows XP Embedded
News The nine states and the District of Columbia argued that Windows XP Embedded would fit one of their proposed remedies and asked a federal judge to compel Microsoft to release a second version of Windows XP without so-called middleware, such as Web...
[October 23, 2002, 10:10]
Verizon scorns net neutrality fight
News Tim Wu, a law professor at Columbia University, admitted that some long-time internet hands may be sceptical of giving the FCC more regulatory power. Verizon Communications on Thursday dismissed concerns about Net neutrality as "hypothetical...
[May 5, 2006, 11:40]
Music online: Big boys team up on delivery system
News Sony and Warner, which jointly own Columbia House record club, together control about 33% of the market. Seagram Co.s Universal Music Group is enlisting powerful allies including AT&T Corp. BMG Entertainment and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.to...
[May 6, 1999, 15:08]
Microsoft: We didn't break the law
News The company cited liberally from a 1998 pro-Microsoft ruling by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Microsoft stood its ground against government trustbusters Tuesday with its latest legal filing to US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson.
[January 19, 2000, 17:10]
US Report: DVD seeing off Divx threat
News While all the major Hollywood studios are planning to release movies on DVD, Time Warner Video and Sony Pictures Entertainment (the owner of Columbia and Tri-Star) have refused to commit their large library of films to Divx.
[September 10, 1998, 7:11]
Google joins open source-patent network
News Eben Moglen, a Columbia University professor and chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, said in a speech in May that companies such as Google and Yahoo have "ethical and community responsibilities" to contribute their code back to the...
[August 8, 2007, 9:34]
Our next witness: Bill Gates
News Legal experts warned that bringing Gates to testify is a risky strategy, particularly given his previous videotaped deposition, and the somewhat weak case put forth by the nine states and the District of Columbia that are continuing with the...
[April 22, 2002, 9:00]
Amazon subsidiary admits security breach
News A breach at Columbia House's Web site left open some 3,700 customer records last month. Amazon.com-owned book service Bibliofind.com restarted its Web site yesterday in the wake of a hacker attack that compromised some 98,000 customer records and...
[March 6, 2001, 9:49]
SirCam worm puts secrets at risk
News Chris Ashurst, a resource management consultant in British Columbia, Canada, considers himself lucky that he didn't infect his friends and colleagues after receiving the file on Friday. The SirCam worm continued to gain momentum Monday, carrying...
[July 24, 2001, 8:46]
A Year Ago: DVD seeing off Divx threat
News While all the major Hollywood studios are planning to release movies on DVD, Time Warner Video and Sony Pictures Entertainment (the owner of Columbia and Tri-Star) have refused to commit their large library of films to Divx.
[September 10, 1999, 7:00]
Microsoft and Kodak get snappy about Windows XP
News In late June, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld eight separate antitrust claims against the company but overturned a trial judge's decision the break the company into two pieces.
[August 1, 2001, 11:02]
Industry group fights SCO with Linux education
News OSDL dipped its toes into the SCO waters when it published a criticism of SCO's case against Linux in July, written by Eben Moglen -- a law professor at Columbia University and the legal representative of the Free Software Foundation, which...
[November 27, 2003, 13:05]
UN agency investigates curbs on internet anonymity
News That document was provided to Steve Bellovin, a well-known Columbia University computer scientist, Internet Engineering Steering Group member and Internet Engineering Task Force participant who wrote a traceback proposal eight years ago.
[September 15, 2008, 13:31]
States to pursue Microsoft action
News Also in the group is the District of Columbia. Several states have refused to accept an agreement between the Justice Department and Microsoft, choosing instead to press further antitrust litigation against the software company.
[November 7, 2001, 8:36]
Bluetooth shifts to the enterprise
News The software, from the Vancouver, British Columbia, company, will enable several users to connect with team members to access shared information. While the shift from phone to peripheral device has vexed the big mobile phone makers, which happen to...
[June 12, 2001, 11:08]
Trial: Now it's Microsoft's turn
News The nine litigating states and the District of Columbia spent about four weeks presenting their case, with testimony largely dominated by Microsoft competitors. The showdown between nine litigating states and Microsoft moves into its second -- and...
[April 15, 2002, 8:59]
