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Legal Costs Depress Microsoft's Bottom Line
News The earnings report shows that Microsoft's legal issues are taking a toll on the bottom line, though the company has more than $50bn in the bank. The results included stock-based compensation expenses that amounted to 5 cents per share and legal...
[April 23, 2004, 8:40]
Legal Action Shuts SCO Web Site
News SCO Group, the company that has warned major companies that using Linux could get them in legal trouble, has shut down its German Web site after a Linux advocacy group in the country obtained a restraining order.
[June 4, 2003, 7:34]
Legal Action Threatens Shell's Outsourcing Plans
News Shell is facing the threat of legal action from trade union Amicus over staff redundancy terms, which could hit the oil giant's plans to outsource up to 3,200 tech jobs. But the outsourcing plans may be affected by wider legal action being...
[January 8, 2008, 7:53]
The Regulation Of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks: Legal Convergence V. Perception Divergence
White Papers The purpose of this paper is to ask this question: despite the admittedly draconian legal measures enacted both in the EU and the USA, seeking to regulate illegal conduct on P2P networks, and regardless of the lawsuits brought by the entertainment...
[December 26, 2004, 23:00]
Legal Worries Led Massachusetts To Open Standards
News The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has cited legal concerns over Microsoft's software as a factor behind its decision to only use document formats based on open standards. What we've backed away from at this point is the use of a proprietary...
[September 5, 2005, 17:40]
Legal & General Awards "Gold Status" To PBMS
White Papers Legal & General Group Plc.was founded in 1836 and is one of the best known and highly respected insurance companies in the UK. Legal & General's postal, reprographics and filing functions were managed in house.
[June 10, 2005, 0:00]
Legal Experts: Win XP Crosses The Line
News With Microsoft's inclusion of so-called smart tags and other technologies in the forthcoming Windows XP operating system, legal experts say the company is practicing the same types of behaviour that got it in trouble in the first place.
[June 19, 2001, 9:03]
Legal Questions Surround Windows Code Leak
News Microsoft has recourse to an arsenal of legal remedies for stopping the distribution of the recently leaked Windows 2000 source code and, if it chooses to do so, punishing those who have handled the code, according to a legal expert.
[February 13, 2004, 16:15]
Legal Umbrella Offered To Linux Users
News A start-up hopes to profit from the legal threat posed by the SCO Group and anyone else who chooses to bring legal action against Linux users. Open Source Risk Management plans to launch a consulting service on Wednesday that is geared to helping...
[March 17, 2004, 8:05]
First (legal) Software DVD Player For Linux
News The first legal software DVD player/decoder for the Linux operating system is set to be released this month. The arrival of legal DVD solutions for Linux has been welcomed by the open source community, with Linus Torvald branding the arrival of...
[April 3, 2000, 11:19]
Double-Take Software Case Study: Legal Services Of New York
White Papers The Legal Services of New York (LSNY) programs and projects began during the War on Poverty of the 1960's. Now, LSNY is the largest provider of civil legal services to low-income persons in the United States.
[October 25, 2007, 0:00]
Legal Summits To Tackle Linux
News The Linux Foundation, custodians of the Linux trademark, have announced two summits to deal with legal issues surrounding Linux and open-source software. Attendance at the first summit will be restricted to members of the Linux Foundation and their...
[September 12, 2007, 12:02]
Legal Experts Say Windows XP May Cross The Line
News With Microsoft's inclusion of so-called smart tags and other technologies in the forthcoming Windows XP operating system, legal experts say the company is practicing the same types of behavior that got it in trouble in the first place.
[June 19, 2001, 10:44]
Legal Woes, Stock Drop Mar Rambus' Future
News Memory-chip designer Rambus reported a small profit on Thursday, but that is the highlight of an otherwise rocky three months, scarred by a sliding stock price and landmark legal defeats. I think Rambus made a big mistake by pursuing the legal...
[July 13, 2001, 15:14]
Legal Technicality Puts Linux Programmers At Risk
News A technicality in the installation process of package managers in several Linux distributions has highlighted a legal problem that could nullify liability disclaimers with some Linux software, according to Australian software house Bowerbird...
[November 11, 1999, 11:05]
Legal MP3 Download Service Due Within Weeks
News Wippit, the UK's legal alternative to underground music-sharing sites, will launch its service this autumn. By paying royalties to the record labels, Wippit should avoid the legal problems that have affected services such as Napster, Aimster and...
[August 23, 2001, 13:08]
Government Witholds ID Card Legal Advice
News The government has refused to release legal advice given to cabinet ministers on whether the bill to introduce ID cards contravenes human rights legislation, it emerged on Monday. The advice covers in-depth legal arguments about the possibility of...
[December 20, 2004, 14:40]
Quicken Bundles Net, Legal Tools
News Quicken 5 Deluxe (£60 + VAT) will include Netcomplete and Quicken Family Lawyer, software for creating legal documents including wills, as well as QuickInvoice and Quicken Home Inventory. Quicken 5 (£35 including VAT) will now come with Internet...
[October 17, 1996, 16:30]
T-Mobile Trademarks Colour, Issues Legal Threats
Blog Comment They have been actively and aggressively pursuing a number of companies who have magenta in their logo, and have even descended into legal arguments over "shades" of magenta. Sad but true, and this is not an isolated incident.
[April 2, 2008, 11:16]
SCO Announces Plans For New Legal Web Site
News The SCO Group plans to launch a Web site to chronicle its legal battles relating to Unix and Linux, as part of an effort to counterbalance Groklaw.net -- which was set up to poke holes in the company's legal claims.
[October 14, 2004, 10:10]
