Matthew Hicks

Eolas Technologies Inc., fresh from a $521 million jury verdict against Microsoft Corp. in a closely watched Web browser patent infringement lawsuit, now is seeking an injunction to stop Microsoft from distributing its market-leading Internet Explorer browser. Eolas move, filed on this week in U.S. District Court in Chicago, follows Microsofts announcement on Monday that […]

The next major release of Mac OS X, called Panther, is now ready for prime time. Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday announced that Mac OS X 10.3, including the server-based version of the operating system, will be available starting at 8 p.m. Pacific time on Oct. 24. Mac OS X 10.3, including the server version, […]

LookSmart Ltd., dealt a blow earlier this week when Microsoft Corps MSN portal decided to drop its search listing, is pushing ahead with additional paid search services in a bid to build more advertisers and draw a larger base of Web sites that use its search listings. On Tuesday, the company officially launched a new […]

AOL announced on Tuesday an expanded multi-year agreement to use Googles search engine and its sponsored search links within its AOL Search, extending a partnership that began in May 2002. Terms of the agreement were not released, and AOL officials did not return calls seeking comment. In a release, officials said the agreement will allow […]

Microsoft Corp. late Monday announced a series of changes to Internet Explorer to address a recent jury verdict against it in a Web browser patent infringement lawsuit. New retail and OEM versions of Windows XP will have a modified version of Internet Explorer 6 in early 2004 but Microsoft has not yet determined whether it […]

LookSmart Ltd. on Monday said that its distribution and licensing deal with Microsoft Corp. for search listings will end in January after Microsoft decided not to renew the contract. LookSmart, of San Francisco, had been negotiating for the past couple months to renew the 5-year-old deal in which it provides paid-for-inclusion search results to Microsofts […]

VeriSign on Friday suspended its controversial service that redirected mistyped or unregistered domain names after the body overseeing Web addressing took its toughest stance yet against it. VeriSign officials told eWeek.com that the suspension would be temporary as it works with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and technical community that have raised […]

The furor over VeriSign Inc.s redirect service for mistyped or unregistered Web domains isnt about to die down as the body overseeing Web addressing begins taking public comments on the issue and a third lawsuit attacks the service. A committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) this week began taking public […]

Has the worm finally turned for Microsoft Corp.? The company on Thursday confirmed that it had received a proposed class-action lawsuit targeting Windows vulnerability to computer viruses, which could trigger “massive cascading failures” in global computer networks. As first reported by Reuters, the suit also claims unfair competition and violation of consumer-rights laws. The lawsuit […]

Silicon Graphics Inc. is the latest vendor to become ensnarled in The SCO Groups battle over the use of Unix code in the Linux operating system. SCO, of Lindon, Utah, is threatening to terminate SGIs license of Unix System V as of Oct. 14, alleging that SGI has violated the license by contributing the source […]

OpenOffice.org on Wednesday released the latest version of its open-source competitor to Microsoft Office as it heads toward a major architectural revamp by early 2005. The OpenOffice.org 1.1, available now for Linux, Windows and Sun Solaris, offers a more modern look-and-feel, faster load times, native export to more file formats and improved compatibility with Microsoft […]

As the speech technologys major trade show kicks off this week in New York, dont expect to hear grandiose announcements of computers and humans speaking in harmony. Expect instead a steady stream of product updates and new launches from companies such as ScanSoft Inc., Intel Corp. and IBM focused on honing speech recognition and text-to-speech […]