European lawmakers approve highly controversial legislation governing software patents--but some amendments appear to be a victory for critics of the proposal.
The European Parliament passed controversial legislation Tuesday aimed at cracking down on copyright pirates, ranging from DVD counterfeiters to illicit Viagra sellers online.
Aiming to portray itself as the victim of overreaching regulators, Microsoft on Wednesday released a position paper insisting that the European Union's antitrust sanctions amount to "new law" that could hurt others in the technology industry.
The EU software patent directive was scheduled to be adopted Monday, but a last-minute move by Denmark could now derail the process.
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Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.
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At the RSA Conference Europe 2004 in Barcelona, Microsoft gave an upbeat assessment of its campaign to improve security.
A growing roster of de facto standards is testing the need for bureaucratic agencies and design-by-committee technologies.
Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to more tightly integrate the development of Windows, Office and its other programs--and much of these efforts are tied to Longhorn.
Microsoft says it will fold its SharePoint business portal software into its Office System product line.
An update of the technology, which is due to launch late Wednesday during company Chairman Bill Gates' keynote speech at CES, is already under way.
Sun Microsystems is set to offer a test release of a new version of the software package, one of the company's most visible efforts to erode Microsoft's dominance over PC computing.
The new version of Microsoft's Windows CE code-sharing agreement must be popular because vendors have signed up to it, says the software giant.
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