eBay execs call e-fencing bills unfair
April 21, 2009EBay officials criticized three bills targeting 'online marketplaces' while pledging to work with law enforcement officials to help investigate cases of suspected sales of stolen goods on the online auction site.
Microsoft gains familiar ally in IE antitrust battle in Europe
April 21, 2009The Association for Competitive Technology, a trade group that backed Microsoft in its previous antitrust case in Europe, was accepted as an interested third party in a new one that involves Internet Explorer.
Antitrust regulators won't scrutinize post-Windows 7 OS
April 18, 2009Federal and state regulators have struck a deal with Microsoft that any version of Windows released after May 2011 will not be subject to the scrutiny mandated by a 2002 antitrust settlement. But Windows 7 is in the cross hairs.
Naughty workers, spam pollutes, Skype spin off
April 18, 2009A whole lot of employees keep "inappropriate" photos, videos and browser cache links on their work laptops, a survey found. (Honestly, how difficult is it to at least clean out the cache?) As if that's not enough, the spam that clogs our computers is spewing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to McAfee. And eBay plans to spin off Skype after figuring out what many observers said a while ago, which is that they just do not seem to have much in common.
Indian government approves Satyam takeover
April 16, 2009The Indian government's Company Law Board today approved the acquisition by Tech Mahindra of a 51% stake in troubled Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services.
DOJ wants extension of Microsoft antitrust judgment
April 16, 2009The U.S. DOJ is asking for an 18-month extension of the antitrust settlement with Microsoft. Oversight of the agreement is set to end in November.
Pirates to Worry You: Chinese Manufacturing Partners
April 16, 2009Somali pirates who brazenly attacked container ships in the Indian Ocean have garnered a lot of recent attention. But for companies that source products from Chinese manufacturing partners, there are even greater and longer-term business risks due to pirating attacks on companies' intellectual property and supply chains.
DOJ: U.S. government exceeded surveillance authority
April 16, 2009The U.S. National Security Agency exceeded its surveillance authority of U.S. residents under a far-reaching telephone and Internet communications wiretap program, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
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Federal cybersecurity review drawing to a close
April 16, 2009A 60-day review of federal cybersecurity efforts that President Obama ordered in February is scheduled to end this week, although it's unclear when the findings will be publicly released.
Agencies flooded with comments about broadband stimulus
April 16, 2009Two U.S. agencies soliciting comments about how to spend $7.2 billion in broadband deployment money have received about 1,400 comments, with conflicting views on Net neutrality among them.