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Tech giants cheer patent system overhaul
News Specifically, it would shift to a "first to file" method of awarding patents, which is already used in most foreign countries, instead of the existing "first to invent" standard, which has been criticised as complicated... [07 Aug 2006]
Redmond has 'road to Damascus' open source conversion
News The conversions will be based on Microsoft's Open Office XML, the XML-based file formats that will be the default setting in Office 2007, due next year. Although Microsoft Office document formats are the most widely... [06 Jul 2006]
EC dithers over OpenDocument approval
News According to sources familiar with the issue, Microsoft's drive to get its own file formats standardised may deter the EC from backing OpenDocument. The European Commission is reluctant to recommend the... [08 May 2006]
France to legalise P2P file-sharing?
News But this amendment would give firmer legal backing in a nation that relies more heavily on codified law than court precedents, he said. France could become the first country to pass a law broadly permitting free... [23 Dec 2005]
Netscape pioneers launch free content network
News Part TiVo, part BitTorrent file swapping, the network puts publishers' content into a peer-to-peer distribution network that could help lower bandwidth costs substantially. Homer, who is Kontiki's chairman and also... [26 Apr 2005]
Napster founder turns middleman
News As previously reported, his new company, dubbed Snocap, is a far cry from the anarchic service that opened the file-trading flood gates in 1999. This time around he has created tools that he and his co-founders hope will... [03 Dec 2004]
Virgin goes digital with online song shop
News They saw the rise of Napster and other file-swapping services as a threat to their core CD business - but then saw the moves of record labels to create their own digital song distribution services in 2001 as another threat. [27 Sep 2004]
Veritas acquires UK's KVS for email storage
News KVS' products archive information that resides within Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, SharePoint and file systems. With the addition of KVS, we can deliver customers the market-leading software for storing, managing,... [01 Sep 2004]
Politicians finally set to vote on 'Europe's DMCA'
News The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) reckons not only could the homes of alleged music file-sharers be raided using the new law but large companies could also use it to raid premises, seize evidence and... [08 Mar 2004]
Intel, Microsoft raise standards on standardisation
News For example, the software will enable a personal digital assistant to locate available services such as printing or file sharing on a wireless network. Microsoft and Intel are backing a standardisation... [18 Feb 2004]
Solaris gets open-source update
News The new version features a reworked file system that can accommodate as many as 16 terabytes of capacity, though Sun doesn't support the use of individual files larger than 1 terabyte. The company has been... [30 Jul 2003]
Server OS wars: Linux and .Net to trounce Unix
News Over the next three years Linux will rapidly penetrate file and print servers, typically replacing Windows NT, low-end servers will move to Linux, and high-end servers will eventually move to .Net and Linux. [04 Dec 2002]
McLeod joins chapter 11 telco club
News US telco, McLeodUSA has become the latest telecommunications organisation to file for Chapter 11 protection from its creditors. New Yorker Teddy Forstmann, the acquisition investor who steers a large portion of the... [01 Feb 2002]
Napster thrown lifeline by US senator
News He voiced concerns that Napster's demise would only serve to open the way for other file-sharing operations, which would be far harder to control. The move made by Senator Orrin Hatch, chair of the Senate Judiciary... [16 Feb 2001]
Judgement day looms for Legacy, Napster and Orange
News Today's ruling could force Napster to end its file-sharing activities or introduce charges. Grosvenor Estates, a group led by the Duke of Westminster, had looked to be a weighty ally, but, unsatisfied with a minority... [12 Feb 2001]
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