Peter Galli

Microsoft Corp., acknowledging that no single company will be able to provide a universal single sign-in or authentication service, will announce Thursday an initiative that it hopes will facilitate a trusted, interoperable authentication network across the Internet. The Redmond, Wash., software maker also hopes the move will help spur adoption and usage of its Passport […]

Microsoft Corp. and the Department of Justice have again been given more time to prepare a joint status report on the antitrust case, which was due to be filed before the U.S. District Court by noon EDT Tuesday. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly told the parties late Monday that “in light of recent tragic events affecting […]

As the department of justice and the 18 state attorneys general involved in the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. prepare to return to court, two state attorneys general are turning up the heat. Eliot Spitzer, the attorney general for New York, and Bill Lockyer, the attorney general for California, last week said they will pursue […]

The Free Software Foundation on Friday took aim at RTLinux and FSMLabs, the company that distributes it, claiming that FSMLabs has used a patent license to violate the GNU General Public License. The issue revolves around an FSMLabs patent for real-time interrupt handling using a software emulation layer for interrupt masking, so that interrupts can […]

The Free Software Foundation and FSMLabs, the company that distributes RTLinux, have reached an agreement in principle that resolves the Foundations claims that FSMLabs used a patent license to violate the GNU General Public License. Eben Moglen, the legal counsel for the Foundation, confirmed to eWEEK on Monday that the parties have reached an agreement […]

A number of large corporations, including Microsoft Corp., General Electric Co. and Cisco Systems Inc., have stepped up to the plate in the wake of Tuesdays attacks in New York and Washington, pledging financial and technical assistance to help the recovery efforts across the country. Microsoft said this week that it had donated $10 million […]

As the technical impact of the attacks in New York and Washington continue to be felt, Microsoft Corp. – the largest software company in the world — is making its technical and staffing resources across the country available to those clients affected by the disaster. Kevin Johnson, Microsofts senior vice president of U.S. sales, took […]

Microsoft Corp. and the Department of Justice have been given more time to prepare a joint status report on the antitrust case, which was originally due to be filed before the U.S. District Court on Friday. In an order on Thursday, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said that, at the request of both parties, she has extended […]

Microsoft Corp. may have scored a victory in the governments decision last week not to pursue the breakup of the company, but its legal battles are not over. The Department of Justices focus now shifts to finding a behavioral remedy that addresses Microsofts past misconduct in the desktop operating system market and prevents such behavior […]

With the federal governments anti-trust case against Microsoft Corp. ready to return to the courtroom, two state attorneys general who also are among the plaintiffs are turning up the heat. N.Y. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and his California counterpart, Bill Lockyer, on Monday said they will pursue “strong and effective relief that will promote competition […]

Microsoft Corp. may have scored a victory in the governments decision this week not to pursue the breakup of the company, but the companys legal battles are far from over. The focus now shifts to finding a behavioral remedy that addresses Microsofts past misconduct in the desktop operating system market and prevents the company from […]

Microsoft Corp. may have scored a victory in the governments decision this week not to pursue the breakup of the company, but the companys legal battles are far from over. The focus now shifts to finding a behavioral remedy that addresses Microsofts past misconduct in the desktop operating system market and prevents the company from […]