TechWeb - Legal music downloads now account for 10% of the music acquired in the United States, according to analysts with NPD Group. Read more…
TechWeb - Microsoft says enhancements planned for IE 8 include improved support for Ajax programming and better security. Read more…
TechWeb - Microsoft's Metro Early Adoption program helped provide more than 1,000 independent software vendors access to training, documentation and technical resources for the new OS. Read more…
TechWeb - The Software Information Industry Association wants the court to settle an argument over whether sovereign immunity should shield states from patent lawsuits. Read more…
TechWeb - At issue is a software program, patented by inventor Carlos Armando Amado, that's similar to Microsoft Office and links databases and spreadsheets. Read more…
FT.com - Royal & Sun Alliance, Britain's second-largest general insurer, absorbed the effects of last year's floods in the UK and volatile capital markets to report a 6 per cent rise in annual net premiums. Read more…
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Reuters - The European Commission fined Microsoft a record 899 million euros ($1.35 billion) on Wednesday for defying sanctions imposed on the software giant for antitrust violations, far exceeding the original penalty. Read more…
The European Union fines Microsoft for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour. Read more…
Information has come to light about why Pakistani action against YouTube made the site inaccessible. Read more…
USATODAY.com - LOS ANGELES - Dmitry Shapiro wanted to start a website that promised to be the CBS, NBC and ABC of the Internet, a one-stop shop for TV programming on the Web. Read more…
Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc , isn't ruling out going hostile with its $2 billion bid for rival video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc , the New York Post reported on Wednesday. Read more…
USATODAY.com - IBM raised the low end of its 2008 earnings outlook Tuesday and said its board of directors had authorized a continuation of its massive stock buyback program. Read more…
InfoWorld - Microsoft's expectations are running high for the upcoming release of? Windows Server 2008. Steve Ballmer, the company's CEO, will officially launch the server software at an event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, capping months of beta testing by customers around the world. Read more…
InfoWorld - The European Commission fined Microsoft a massive ?‚¬899 million ($1.3 billion) for continued failure to honor the 2004 antitrust ruling against it, Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes said Wednesday. Read more…
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PC World - As more medium-sized companies consolidate their storage, Hewlett-Packard seized an opportunity on Tuesday with a disk array it says is easier to work with than large-enterprise gear, but delivers more capabilities than entry-level storage. Read more…
Reuters - Microsoft Corp released the latest version of its Windows operating system for powerful servers on Wednesday, thrusting itself into the red-hot market for virtualization technology that allows one computer to act like many machines. Read more…
InfoWorld - A report by Internet market researcher ComScore detailing a 7 percent decline in the number of times U.S. consumers clicked on ads next to Google search results in January sent analysts scurrying to explain the decline. Read more…
Two firms of analysts cut their Google share price target on fears that a US slowdown may hit ad revenues. Read more…
PC World - Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie said Tuesday that competitor Google owes its business in part to Microsoft, and that his company is not concerned about losing its position as an innovator in the technology market to the search and advertising leader. Read more…
PC World - Verizon Wireless will release Version 1.0 of the technical specifications for devices to use on its "Any Device, Any App" service at its developer conference on March 19. Read more…
PC World - A report by Internet market researcher ComScore detailing a 7 percent decline in the number of times U.S. consumers clicked on ads next to Google search results in January sent analysts scurrying to explain the decline. Read more…
AP - Government surveillance of personal computers violates the individual right to privacy, Germany's highest court found Wednesday, in a ruling that German investigators say will restrict their ability to pursue terrorists. Read more…
PC World - Microsoft's expectations are running high for the upcoming release of Windows Server 2008. Steve Ballmer, the company's CEO, will officially launch the server software at an event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, capping months of beta testing by customers around the world. Read more…
