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Man sentenced for stealing Microsoft code
Jan 27 2006 9:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Connecticut man known on the Internet as "illwill" was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for stealing the source code to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating software, among the company's most prized products.
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Japanese lab develops robot for errands
Jan 27 2006 9:29PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Though his movement is a bit stiff, slow and voice monotonous, he willingly turns on the television with a chest-mounted remote control, and brings a can of drink for you. Within years, a humanoid robot HRP-2 _ currently under development by a Japanese national technology institute _ could be a little domestic helper.
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Apple expands iTunes podcast service
Jan 27 2006 9:28PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - In its latest move to broaden its iPod and iTunes franchises, Apple Computer Inc. has introduced "iTunes U," a nationwide expansion of a service that makes course lectures and other educational materials accessible via Apple's iTunes software.
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AOL, broadband providers form alliance
Jan 27 2006 9:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - America Online Inc. may be focusing lately on expanding free offerings on its advertising-supported Web sites, but that doesn't mean it has given up on its declining Internet access business.
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Hearing date set for Google-U.S. dispute
Jan 27 2006 5:49PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge has set a Feb. 27 hearing to examine the Google Inc. decision to withhold millions of online search records from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Correction: Germany-Wikipedia story
Jan 27 2006 3:55PM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - In a Jan. 20 story about a privacy lawsuit, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the German version of the Web-based Wikipedia encyclopedia was temporarily taken offline. Instead, another German-language Web site, under court order, removed a link to Wikipedia.
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Md. court rules spam law applies to all
Jan 27 2006 1:42PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Annoying e-mails offering home financing deals or other offers can violate Maryland law, even if they're sent from out of state, a state appeals court judge ruled.
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Court: Maryland spam law can be enforced
Jan 27 2006 1:07PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Those annoying e-mails offering home financing deals or other offers can violate Maryland law, even if they're sent from another state, a state appeals court has ruled.
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Philip Morris to stop supplying dealers
Jan 27 2006 6:32AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Philip Morris USA will stop supplying cigarettes to illegal Internet and mail order dealers as part of an agreement with attorneys general for 37 states and territories, New York officials said Thursday.
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