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Red Hat has 'no grounds' for lawsuit, says SCO
News In a motion filed late on Monday in US District Court in Delaware, SCO argues that Red Hat has no grounds to sue SCO, as SCO's actions against the open-source Linux operating system have not specifically targeted Red Hat.
[September 16, 2003, 9:00]
Red Hat has 'no grounds' for lawsuit, says SCO
Talkback Well, it seems the only way any zdnet outlet is going to cover THIS story is to inject it into comments about related stories. Ordinary, everyday users of linux have put together their own response to Darl's "Open Letter" at : http://www.groklaw...
[September 24, 2003, 11:59]
Red Hat has 'no grounds' for lawsuit, says SCO
Talkback Yawwwn. Let the games begin. I am getting tired of this posturing game. From street-level I get the impression that software companies have traded vapour-ware for hotair-ware. This can't be doing anyone any good.
[September 16, 2003, 13:09]
Computer fault grounds aircraft
News A computer fault delayed a number of flights out of UK airports this morning. National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said its Flight Data Processing (FDP) system at West Drayton developed a fault today at 0930 but was restored to full operations by...
[August 24, 2005, 16:45]
News Burst: Micron sues Rambus on antitrust grounds
News A lawsuit was filed by Micron Technology Monday against intellectual property firm Rambus, which has begun demanding royalties on standard PC memory technology. The suit alleges Rambus has violated antitrust laws claiming the "invalidity, non...
[August 29, 2000, 12:00]
Airline industry grounds high-speed Net
News High-speed Internet access on airplanes isn't such a high-flying idea anymore. Instead, it's become the latest victim of the economic malaise and the attacks of 11 September. The two leading makers of high-speed Internet equipment for airplanes say...
[January 24, 2002, 12:18]
United Airlines computer outage grounds planes
News United Airlines was forced to temporarily ground all flights on Wednesday morning after experiencing a computer-system failure, the US Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed. The outage took place between 6am and 8am US West Coast time.
[June 21, 2007, 13:31]
US Report: Glenn's returns to orbit grounds Cyberspace
News Astronaut John Glenn may have escaped the Earth's pull Thursday afternoon, but his flight left many Internet users feeling like they were sitting in the middle of rush hour traffic. The flight, which saw former astronaut Glenn return to orbit for...
[October 30, 1998, 14:26]
Encryption export picture remains unclear
News That's the consensus from some IT industry-watchers on Monday's ruling by a federal judge invalidating encryption export controls on First Amendment grounds. Bernstein's lawyer, Cindy Cohn, called the decree a step in the right direction for U.S...
[August 27, 1997, 10:04]
Game industry prepares for copyright battle
News A specialty barter site has sued the creator of a popular online game over the right to swap virtual items from the game, setting the grounds for a decision that could have far-reaching copyright implications for the game industry.
[February 11, 2002, 6:31]
Pilots may bring legal challenge against ID card plan
News Lawyers for the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) said they are examining whether there are legal grounds to challenge Home Office plans to force pilots to take up the cards from autumn this year.
[February 17, 2009, 7:39]
US universities delay unmasking file-swappers
News Both schools said they were opposing the subpoenas on procedural grounds, rather than contesting the RIAA's right to the information. Boston College also said it was acting on procedural grounds. For the most part, traditional ISPs said they...
[July 23, 2003, 11:18]
Compare research cuts with the NHS mega project
Talkback Appointments are made on applicants ability to attract research funds, and the question is whether the award of research funds allows for pioneering research, or is allocated on sociological grounds, i.e.is it `mainstream'.
[March 2, 2007, 8:57]
DWP punishes 20 staff for data-protection breaches
News Stephen Timms, the employment minister, said in a written parliamentary answer on Monday that the department's personnel system has no records of staff being dismissed on the grounds of information disclosure.
[June 4, 2008, 15:38]
Web publishers settle with Gator
News Mid-last year, a US federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered Gator to temporarily stop displaying pop-up advertising over Web publishers' pages without their permission on the grounds that the ads violated their copyrights and stole revenue...
[February 10, 2003, 10:05]
DOJ kicks out MS 'bias' claim
News While Microsoft objected to Lessig's appointment on the grounds that he was put on the case without the company's first having an opportunity "to make an informed decision as to whether Professor Lessig is a suitable candidate," the government...
[January 6, 1998, 13:07]
RTLinux patent accused of violating GPL
News The FSF also charges -- as have other experts -- that the FSMLabs patent is unenforceable on purely technical grounds. Software patents are also heatedly opposed on ideological grounds, although the most visible controversies have surrounded the...
[September 17, 2001, 17:07]
Nasa hacker wins right to appeal against extradition
News McKinnon's legal team applied for the review on the grounds that McKinnon's medical condition had not been taken into account by the Home Office or any UK court in deciding his extradition. Todner said the review was granted on the grounds that the...
[January 23, 2009, 15:44]
Brazil appeals ISO ratification of OOXML
News The letter, published by open-source expert Andrew Updegrove on standards blog ConsortiumInfo.org, revealed that ABNT was appealing to ISO on the grounds that the ISO ballot resolution meeting (BRM) in April was inconclusive.
[May 30, 2008, 15:03]
Analysis: US lawmakers in Web-regulating frenzy
News Of the dozen or so state Internet laws that have been enacted, at least three have been overturned on the grounds they violate free speech or restrict interstate commerce. That law was overturned by the Supreme Court last year on grounds that it...
[March 31, 1998, 7:00]
