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Microsoft dishes out code for inclusion in Linux
News It has also made peace with a number of Linux companies, most notably a 2006 pact with Novell, but has continued to rattle its legal sabre at those with whom it has not struck patent deals. Microsoft announced yesterday... [21 Jul 2009]
Green IT Survey: Executive Summary
White Paper Conference of Mayors reports that now more than 850 mayors have signed onto the organization's Climate Protection Agreement, a document committing them to various energy efficient measures outlined in the international... [01 Apr 2009]
Microsoft and TomTom call end to patent war
News Although the pact may settles things for TomTom, it adds further questions marks for where Microsoft is headed with its broader claims against Linux. Microsoft and TomTom have reached a settlement in their respective... [31 Mar 2009]
Vodafone, O2 in mast-sharing pact
News Vodafone and Telefónica, the Spanish owner of the UK network O2, have announced a pan-European network-sharing agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, announced on Monday, the two operator groups will share network infrastructure in... [24 Mar 2009]
Microsoft and Google in licence to share pact
News Microsoft has licensed its technical know-how to nearly every company, including rivals such as Apple and Nokia and now it can add Google to the list. To help power the Google Sync product, announced on Monday, the search giant has... [10 Feb 2009]
Jeremy Allison
AS Profile An outspoken and senior ambassador of the free software movement, Allison quit Novell in 2006 following its open source patent pact with Microsoft - because, he said, the deal went against the GPL spirit of equal sharing. [07 Oct 2008]
Microsoft turns to Europe to fight the Google might
News and Google have teamed up to consolidate their lead with an advertising pact that is expected to boost their revenues by as much as $800m per year. Microsoft will set up a Search Technology Centre designed to help its... [06 Oct 2008]
EU: IT goods trade pact needs a refresh
News The European Commission has proposed a revision of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), a trade pact that for the past decade has helped keep down prices for IT-related goods across the world. The... [17 Sep 2008]
Microsoft Silverlight makes pact with Nokia
News Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in will be bringing videos and other rich media to Nokia smart phones later this year. The two companies are scheduled to announce today at Microsoft's Mix '08 conference that Microsoft will write a... [04 Mar 2008]
China to get in-flight mobile by 2009
News The deal with Shenzhen is the third such agreement OnAir has secured that covers an airline's whole fleet - following a pact signed last summer with low-cost carrier Ryanair and an agreement in June this year with AirAsia. [03 Sep 2007]
Windows Live to arrive on Nokia handsets
News Microsoft has inked a pact to put mobile versions of its Windows Live services onto handsets made by Nokia, one of its chief competitors. Under the deal, Nokia will start offering Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live... [23 Aug 2007]
Microsoft to open Vista to Google
News As part of the pact, Microsoft is required to do three things in relation to desktop search. Microsoft agreed on Tuesday to make changes to the desktop search feature in Windows Vista in an effort to assuage Google and... [20 Jun 2007]
Novell to spill beans on Microsoft patent pact
News Novell will share details of its patent pact with Microsoft this month in a regulatory filing that had been delayed by a stock option investigation. Under the pact, Microsoft agreed to sell coupons... [24 May 2007]
'Patent violation': Microsoft moans about open source
News It is not entirely clear how Microsoft might proceed in enforcing these patents but the company has been encouraging large tech companies that depend on Linux to ink patent deals, starting with its controversial pact... [14 May 2007]
Microsoft signs patent pact with Samsung
News As part of an ongoing effort to secure more patent cross-licensing deals, Microsoft said it has signed a pact with Korea's Samsung Electronics. As with Microsoft's recent deal with Fuji Xerox, the software maker... [19 Apr 2007]
