friday february in news
Legal move leaves Oyster contract in limbo
News However, an SEC report, filed on Friday in the US, revealed TfL has brokered a deal with Cubic to be the sole provider of the system but EDS has obtained a temporary restraining order against the deal going ahead. [14 Aug 2008]
O2 hits 3G target at last
News On Friday, Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, said the operator had now rolled out 3G coverage to at least 80 per cent of the UK population, as it was obliged to do. Ofcom warned O2 in February... [06 May 2008]
Microsoft/Yahoo! 'internet competition' hearing postponed
News Just hours after word of the proposed deal emerged last Friday, the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee's antitrust task force said it planned to hold a hearing on 8 February to examine "the... [08 Feb 2008]
HMRC waives late fee after site crash
News As a result of the problem, the deadline was initially extended by 24 hours to the end of Friday 1 February, with users not being fined for filing after the original deadline. But with many people also... [05 Feb 2008]
Self-assessment tax site crashes out on deadline day
News An HMRC spokesman told silicon.com the organisation takes disruption of any service very seriously and to reflect this, the self-assessment deadline has been extended by 24 hours to midnight on Friday 1... [31 Jan 2008]
Judge throws out $1.5bn MP3 decision
News One of those patents, the judge ruled Friday, was actually co-owned by AT&T, Lucent's former parent company, and a German company called Fraunhofer, with which Microsoft had a licensing agreement to use the patented... [07 Aug 2007]
Next-generation Skype Trojan hits web
News The attack is similar to one reported in February but it has been adapted with files hosted at different locations and a new version of the malicious code, the security company said. Kurt Sauer, Skype chief security... [26 Mar 2007]
HP's Dunn: 'I wasn't supervisor of leak probe'
News In written testimony made public the day before a congressional subcommittee hearing on the matter, Dunn said she approached HP chief financial officer Bob Wayman in February or March of 2005 and asked for assistance in... [28 Sep 2006]
HP leak probe: More details emerge
News On 9 February, HP sent reporter Dawn Kawamoto a bogus email tip with an attachment that may have had code designed to track whoever opened it, investigators told her. Meanwhile, according to T-mobile records, on 28... [22 Sep 2006]
HP's Hurd linked to leak probe scandal
News In a 9 February email reviewed by the Post, Dunn told Hunsaker and general counsel Ann Baskins, "I spoke with Mark and he is on board with the plan" and "he also agrees that we should consider doing something with" the... [21 Sep 2006]
Seven years inside for piracy website owner
News The FBI began investigating the site in 2003 and shut it down in February 2005. US District Court Judge TS Ellis III on Friday ordered Peterson to pay restitution of more than $5.4m. The owner of a... [11 Sep 2006]
Google Earth dodges injunction
News US District Judge Douglas Woodlock on Friday denied a preliminary injunction requested by a Virginia-based company called Skyline Software Systems, which alleges Google Earth violates its terrain-mapping patent. [13 Jun 2006]
Microsoft clashes with Adobe over PDF support
News Microsoft, which last October announced it would support Adobe's PDF format in its forthcoming Office upgrade, has reached an impasse after four months of talks, a Microsoft attorney said on Friday. Microsoft first... [05 Jun 2006]
Microsoft antitrust diktat set to run until 2009
News In a statement released on Friday, the DoJ said it wants to extend certain parts of the final judgment in the case, set to expire in the autumn of 2007, until 2009. At a February hearing, Judge... [15 May 2006]
JBoss CEO criticises "riot mentality" around possible buyout
News Without explicitly acknowledging any negotiations with Oracle, CEO Marc Fleury said on Friday that his open source software company regularly receives requests to discuss possible acquisitions by larger corporations. [04 Apr 2006]
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