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US Report: Microsoft Asks Court To Keep Pre-trial Testimony Closed
News Microsoft told a federal appeals court Monday that it must close to the public pretrial testimony in the government's antitrust case against it or risk creating a "media circus" that will only hamper its efforts to prepare for trial next month.
[August 19, 1998, 7:18]
No Olive Branch For Napster
News Napster and the Big Five record labels are headed back to court after a month of court-sanctioned settlement talks closed without agreement. After more than two years of bitter legal battles, the labels asked a federal court last month for a...
[February 20, 2002, 11:54]
Napster Must Stay Offline
News A Napster spokesman confirmed the court had issued a ruling and that the site would remain closed until further notice. At that hearing she also appointed AJ "Nick" Nichols as a court mediator to handle technical issues related to proposed...
[July 12, 2001, 9:32]
Legal Victory For Oracle Opens Way For PeopleSoft Takeover
News US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker sided with Oracle against the US Department of Justice, which opposes the proposed merger. The agency took Oracle to court in June, charging that a PeopleSoft buyout would empower Oracle to illegally raise...
[September 10, 2004, 9:50]
Study: Open, Closed Source Equally Secure
News Supporters in the Linux community have maintained that open-source programs are more secure, while Microsoft's senior vice president for Windows, Jim Allchin, argued in court that opening up Windows code would undermine security.
[June 21, 2002, 8:57]
SCO Keeps Disputed Code Secret
News However, SCO public relations director Blake Stowell said this week that the company had secured permission to present the code to a closed court. While the situation denies commercial Linux users and the open-source community the opportunity to...
[December 16, 2003, 8:20]
US Judge Weighs DVD Copying Arguments
News The judge in a closely watched US lawsuit challenging the legality of DVD-copying software said she was "substantially persuaded" by past court rulings that favoured copyright holders, but closed a hearing on Thursday without issuing a ruling in...
[May 16, 2003, 7:47]
RIM And Good End Fight
News This means that this chapter of RIM and Good beating each others' brains out in court is closed," Good Technology chief executive Danny Shader said. The holding company was awarded an injunction against RIM by a US district court, which found that...
[March 29, 2004, 10:40]
US Report: Sun Vs. Microsoft - Let The Show Begin
News District Court in San Jose, Judge Ronald Whyte will hear presentations from both Sun and Microsoft executives in the form of Java-related technology tutorials. Sun is seeking the court to compel Microsoft to include a 100 percent Java-compatible...
[August 26, 1998, 7:54]
Computer Technician Jailed For Eating Web Surfer
News Meiwes made a video of the event, which was shown to the court during a closed session. During the trial, Meiwes told the court that in March 2001, he used a table saw to cut his victim into pieces, froze the flesh -- which he ate piece by piece...
[January 30, 2004, 15:20]
Pop-up Provider Suffers Legal Setback
News The latest WhenU opinion runs counter to such early closed-door settlements and to court decisions in favour of WhenU. A US district court judge recently barred WhenU from delivering pop-up advertisements to some Net visitors, going against...
[January 6, 2004, 8:35]
Australian Murder Trial Aborted Over Web Site Prejudice
News The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions is calling for the site to be closed and cautioned that it is in contempt of court because of the termination of the trial in Victoria. Two days into a murder retrial, Justice George Hampel of the...
[May 26, 2000, 15:17]
A Year Ago: Australian Murder Trial Aborted Over Web Site Prejudice
News The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions is calling for the site to be closed and cautioned that it is in contempt of court because of the termination of the trial in Victoria. Two days into a murder retrial, Justice George Hampel of the...
[May 26, 2001, 6:28]
Bidding War For Scour Heats Up
News The court deadline for entering the auction closed Tuesday, with only Listen.com and CenterSpan in the ring. A judge in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, where Scour filed for bankruptcy protection, must...
[December 8, 2000, 9:43]
EU Looks To Wrap Up Microsoft Probe
News One difference is that in the EU the government can block a merger through an administrative decision, while the US Justice Department or Federal Trade Commission must go to court. The antitrust case against Microsoft can still go back the to Court...
[July 2, 2002, 7:58]
Microsoft Antitrust Ruling Faces Appeal
News While not completely satisfying, the court decree closed enforcement loopholes, keeps compliance with the remedies squarely before the court and allows us now to turn attention to making sure that Microsoft competes fairly in the marketplace...
[December 2, 2002, 7:12]
US Report: Sound And Fury Surround MS
News Depending on the outcome of that call, Microsoft, may soon find itself in court battling anti-trust charges that range from illegal integration of its Internet Explorer browser into Windows 98 to alteration of the Java language to OEM contractual...
[May 11, 1998, 8:02]
Lawyers Divided Over Amazon IPaq Case
News Disgruntled customers who last week attempted to buy cheap iPaqs from Amazon.co.uk might be able to demand their rights in court. Law firm Beale and Company last week advised shoppers to take their case to court, as contract law may work in their...
[March 25, 2003, 13:18]
IM Gets Ready For Business
News But these efforts to court both sides of the corporate firewall are falling flat and could delay acceptance of the biggest IM providers in corporations, which are gravitating toward closed messaging networks.
[June 28, 2002, 14:10]
US Considers Jailing Hackers For Life
News CSEA expands the ability of police to conduct Internet or telephone eavesdropping without first obtaining a court order, and offers Internet providers more latitude to disclose information to police. Permit limited surveillance without a court...
[November 14, 2002, 15:16]
