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Observers praise Microsoft mediator choice
News Judge Richard Posner was the perfect pick for mediator of the Microsoft antitrust case, observers said. Both Microsoft and the Department of Justice should be pleased by Posner's appointment, observers said.
[November 22, 1999, 11:17]
US Report: Netscape's Netcenter fails to impress
News While observers said none of the new components were a surprise, Netscape's strategy could be a solid source of cash, at least in the short term. Smart Browsing" ties Netscape's browser into Netcenter, which observers said should drive up the site...
[June 2, 1998, 9:33]
Intel makes IA-64 patent move
News The recent move by Intel to take out patents on its next-generation chip technology may strike some observers as verging on the anticompetitive -- blocking other manufacturers from "cloning" its processors -- but industry observers say such...
[November 2, 2000, 7:00]
Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts
News Industry observers have expressed concern about Microsoft's decision to submit the file formats for its new Office 12 applications to ECMA International, a European standards body. But other industry observers were less critical of Microsoft's move...
[November 22, 2005, 16:55]
Unmetered access to benefit techno-phobes most
News Unmetered Internet access will drag the last of Britain's uninitiated techno-phobes kicking and screaming into the online world according to observers. The advent of fixed rate Internet access will lead to a massive increase in online gaming and...
[December 7, 1999, 13:44]
Online music trading will survive Napster, say experts
News Napster, the popular online service for exchanging digital music files, has been slapped with a court order to stop handling copyrighted music -- but industry observers and insiders expressed doubt Thursday that the court action would have much...
[July 27, 2000, 14:23]
Microsoft on Trial: After tech hearings, now what?
News But after three days of hearings in Congress' Joint Economic Committee on the high-tech industry and the economy, many observers characterised the event as largely cosmetic, and not likely to be followed up by substantive legislative action.
[June 18, 1999, 11:15]
Crusoe's ripple effect on Psion, ARM, others
News Some industry observers reckon handheld device makers Psion (quote: PON) and Palm Computing, not to mention embedded-processor developers ARM Holdings (quote: ARM) and others, may also need to rethink their strategies.
[January 20, 2000, 17:10]
Is the Microsoft trial over?
News Now, many expert observers -- including some who originally believed Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) would beat the government's rap -- believe that, barring a remarkable turnaround with its nine remaining witnesses, the software kingpin is headed toward...
[February 8, 1999, 11:11]
AMD on the attack in processor performance row
News The move steps up AMD's efforts to ensure that its processors compare favourably with Intel's in the public eye, but some observers say both companies' rhetoric should be taken with a large pinch of salt.
[August 30, 2002, 13:53]
Samsung bets on controversial memory standard
News If DDR400 does become usable in PCs it would offer significantly faster memory speeds for high-end PCs, but industry observers say interest from system manufacturers in more advanced memory types has been less than earth-shattering.
[March 19, 2002, 17:22]
Rambus' patent warfare
News The new lawsuit shows the scale of Rambus' ambitions in the intellectual property area, according to industry observers. Industry observers say Rambus appears to be aiming for the biggest game in its hunt for intellectual property revenues.
[August 14, 2000, 17:02]
US Report: Judge may delay start of Microsoft trial
News In addition to finding seating for the observers, the two sides must work a way to discuss proprietary matters during questioning without revealing their substance to outsiders. Lawyers faced with similar problems in courtroom settings often work...
[August 17, 1998, 7:31]
Groups take EU privacy fight public
News The emergence of such widespread opposition could pose a stumbling block to the U.S.EU negotiations on data privacy, some observers said. And while the EU's Data Directive -- which essentially bars companies from collecting data from European...
[April 29, 1999, 14:09]
Digital rights group: E-voting fit only for X Factor
News ORG observers were accredited by the Electoral Commission to monitor the pilots — and observed serious failings in the process. It said the observers saw evidence to the contrary, including some voters being turned away from polling stations when...
[November 14, 2007, 14:19]
Sky shares skyrocket on online strategy
News Particularly in the spotlight with Sky's announcement are mobile e-commerce (or m-commerce) and the growing online sports market, which industry observers say is becoming a focussing point for old and new media.
[February 10, 2000, 9:00]
Digital giants prepare for audio format war
News Analysts and industry observers believe that the CD as we know it will cease to be in as little as ten years' time. Using an analogy common among observers in this industry, he says: "This goes back to Betamax versus VHS -- with pre-recorded audio...
[March 28, 2000, 10:30]
Analysis: Is XtremMac too cool to be true?
News While Mac veterans said the overclocking techniques Xtrem proposes might conceivably work, many observers expressed scepticism about the feasibility of the company's product road map. Other observers said the legal hurdles facing Xtrem would be...
[August 10, 2000, 9:29]
EC: We'd accept software patent defeat
News The statement has been seen as a veiled threat by some observers. Software patents would be an advantage to large companies with patent stockpiles while making it difficult for open-source projects and smaller companies to compete, industry...
[March 9, 2005, 11:45]
Star Wars film clones attack the Net
News As a result of the publicity around Attack of the Clones, and its vast, loyal fan base, industry observers predict that the bootleg could gain an unprecedented audience. However, industry observers say they don't think the bootleg release will eat...
[May 10, 2002, 16:41]
