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Lycos sports 'for sale' sign
News Now, with a resurgence of online advertising spending, Terra is seeking a buyer for the Lycos division as it focuses on its Spanish- and Portuguese-language businesses, according to the document, prepared by Lehman Brothers and circulated to...
[April 28, 2004, 9:00]
Small firms worry they rely too much on Microsoft
News Microsoft did not immediately return calls seeking comment on the report. Seventy-two percent of the surveyed companies said it is actively seeking to lessen the dominance of Microsoft's products in its operations by exploring alternative vendors.
[January 29, 2004, 9:55]
Licensing anger driving users towards Linux
News Ole-Bjorn Tuftedal, chief technology officer for the City of Bergen, said some software companies are seeking ever more invasive control of a user's system, and greater profits, through their pricing.
[November 8, 2004, 15:28]
SCO seeks to halt IBM's Unix
News Despite the harsh rhetoric, the fact that SCO is seeking a permanent rather than preliminary injunction means that the issue won't be resolved soon and customers need not worry, said Daniel Harris, an intellectual-property attorney with Clifford...
[June 17, 2003, 7:40]
Sex.com Web address battle returns to court
News Stephen Cohen's attorney, Robert Dorand, did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment. Now Kremen is going back to court seeking $43m as retribution for the five years he was unable to generate revenue from the domain name.
[March 8, 2001, 11:35]
Symantec sues over 'adware' toolbars
News Hotbar did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment. Symantec said it is not asking for money, but is seeking an affirmation that Hotbar products are indeed adware and can be treated as security risks.
[June 9, 2005, 10:25]
What's behind Oracle's database buy?
News InnoDB is not the only engine which will work with the MySQL database, but it is popular, particularly among people seeking high-end database features such as row-level locking and transactions. Is Oracle seeking to disarm a potential competitor...
[October 14, 2005, 12:45]
VeriSign refuses to budge on redirection
News A number of Internet standards bodies and administrative groups have asked the company -- which enjoys a government-granted monopoly over the .com and .net registry -- to stop, and a second lawsuit seeking an injunction against the practice was...
[September 23, 2003, 8:35]
Intel sued over 'dual-core' branding
News DualCor is seeking to have the case heard by a Californian jury. The PC maker is claiming damages against Intel and it is seeking an injunction against any further trademark infringements. Intel is being sued in a trademark case over the use of the...
[September 6, 2007, 12:07]
AOL looks to video to boost IM
News The decision to explore new features for IM comes amid broad disarray at AOL Time Warner's AOL division, which is seeking to revamp its service to stem defections to high-speed Net providers and lower-priced dial-up services while fending off...
[April 15, 2003, 13:42]
Microsoft wants to safeguard Oracle disclosures
News But the company is seeking to prevent Oracle's in-house attorneys from reviewing the most highly confidential material of the information it has provided. Microsoft is seeking this additional protection for only 5 percent of the total Microsoft...
[March 17, 2004, 12:05]
PayPal snagged by anti-terrorism law
News The agency is seeking to collect any earnings that PayPal received from online gambling merchants during the nine-month period, as well as interest. He also noted that whether eBay settles for the amount the US Attorney in Missouri is seeking...
[April 1, 2003, 8:06]
US Report: Sun Vs. Microsoft - let the show begin
News As part of its copyright infringement and unfair competition suit it filed against Microsoft last October, Sun is seeking preliminary injunctions against Microsoft in the operating system and tools arenas.
[August 26, 1998, 7:54]
Google faces massive copyright suit
News This is a plain and brazen violation of copyright law," Nick Taylor, president of the group, the New York-based Authors Guild, said in a statement about the lawsuit, which is seeking class action status.
[September 21, 2005, 8:55]
Adobe-Macromedia suit: Born to settle? Pt II
News Although Paragraph 27 of Adobe's complaint mentions seeking a "temporary, preliminary and subsequently a permanent injunction" against the alleged Macromedia patent infringement, this is not the same as asking for an initial injunction, which...
[August 15, 2000, 11:47]
Comdex: Linux hits the pop charts
News People are coming to the realization that they should have a choice, and some are actually seeking it," London said People are really actively seeking Linux information, more than ever before. Linux's increasing popularity reminds McNeil of his...
[November 16, 1998, 8:27]
Netscape hits Microsoft with lawsuit
News Netscape, which was acquired by AOL in 1999, is seeking an injunction that could include forcing Microsoft to sell a stripped- down operating system that does not include a browser. Netscape is asking for a jury trial and is seeking damages but did...
[January 23, 2002, 8:44]
Rivals say AMD/Intel MMX war will go on
News The bigger issue is the [injunction] Intel is seeking later in April. We've asked for an injunction on April 29 and we're also seeking a full trial with a jury. While AMD took its battle to the courts, Cyrix did a deal with Intel which allowed it...
[April 3, 1997, 10:19]
US Report: Microsoft quotes Netscape to attack antitrust lawsuit
News The software maker said the Justice Department was seeking "to distract the court from the fatal defects in their claims by slinging as much mud as they can at the defendant and by giving prominence to numerous irrelevant facts in a desperate...
[September 9, 1998, 10:58]
Five years ago: Rivals say AMD/Intel MMX war will go on
News The bigger issue is the [injunction] Intel is seeking later in April. We've asked for an injunction on April 29 and we're also seeking a full trial with a jury. While AMD took its battle to the courts, Cyrix did a deal with Intel which allowed it...
[April 4, 2002, 7:31]
