Symantec Sues Microsoft Over Veritas

Once upon a time, Microsoft licensed a version of Veritas Volume Manager and used it in Windows 2000; Symantec now owns Veritas and wants Microsoft to pay for continuing to use that technology.
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Bill Gates builds massive booze factory

Unimaginably rich nerd Bill Gates is to build a plant in Oregon to produce 35m gallons of liquor annually.

The lucky folks of Boardman, on the Columbia river, will play host to Bill's boozy dream factory when it opens its doors toward the end of this year. Read More → ^ TOP

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Dept. of Justice Asks Court to Extend Microsoft Antitrust Judgment

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) asked a U.S. judge on Friday to extend parts of an antitrust order for Microsoft for at least two years because of the company’s delays in supplying technical documentation to licensees of its communications protocols. Read More → ^ TOP

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Microsoft Settles Antitrust Suit in Calif.

Microsoft Tuesday reached a tentative US$70 million deal to settle a California class-action antitrust lawsuit, according to a statement by the law firm representing the plaintiffs in the suit.
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Microsoft's Controversial Good Deed

Starting in July, Microsoft will be sending African teaching organizations a lower priced version of the Windows OS that is supposed to work on the cheaper machines it's supplying. Read More → ^ TOP

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