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Tech Industry News Archives for February 27, 2008

Wikileaks case due back in court
Feb 27 2008 8:43PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An effort at damage control has snowballed into a public relations disaster for a Swiss bank seeking to crack down on a renegade Web site for posting classified information about some of its wealthy clients.
 
Amazon spent $1.6M lobbying government
Feb 27 2008 8:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. spent more than $1.6 million in 2007 to lobby the federal government.
 
Vonage lobbied on competition
Feb 27 2008 8:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. spent nearly $1.4 million to lobby the federal government in 2007.
 
Vonage lobbied on competition
Feb 27 2008 8:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. spent nearly $1.4 million to lobby the federal government in 2007.
 
Microsoft launches new server software
Feb 27 2008 6:44PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. launched a new version of its server operating system with great fanfare Wednesday, but analysts said Windows Server 2008 is an incremental update rather than a giant leap forward.
 
Yahoo battling 7 shareholder suits
Feb 27 2008 6:40PM (CT)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Yahoo Inc. is facing seven shareholder lawsuits alleging the slumping Internet pioneer bungled its response to Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid.
 
Use of Google for data triggers fears
Feb 27 2008 6:26PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - It's called "Google hacking" _ a slick data-mining technique used by the Internet's cops and crooks alike to unearth sensitive material mistakenly posted to public Web sites.
 
Use of Google for data triggers fears
Feb 27 2008 6:26PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - It's called "Google hacking" _ a slick data-mining technique used by the Internet's cops and crooks alike to unearth sensitive material mistakenly posted to public Web sites.
 
Review: Chumby, the Internet beanbag
Feb 27 2008 5:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - If you cross an alarm clock, a picture frame and an Internet radio player with a gerbil, you would get the Chumby, possibly the least threatening-looking electronic device ever.
 
Nortel 4Q loss widens, cuts work force
Feb 27 2008 4:47PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Nortel Networks Corp. said Wednesday it will cut 2,100 jobs _ about 6 percent of its work force _ as it reported its fourth-quarter losses had widened, sending its shares tumbling.
 
Nortel 4Q loss widens, cuts work force
Feb 27 2008 4:47PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Nortel Networks Corp. said Wednesday it will cut 2,100 jobs _ about 6 percent of its work force _ as it reported its fourth-quarter losses had widened, sending its shares tumbling.
 
Nuvio sues Garmin over Nuviphone
Feb 27 2008 4:25PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Internet telephone provider Nuvio Corp. said Wednesday it has sued navigational device marker Garmin Ltd. over the name of Garmin's new wireless phone.
 
Nuvio sues Garmin over Nuviphone
Feb 27 2008 4:25PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Internet telephone provider Nuvio Corp. said Wednesday it has sued navigational device marker Garmin Ltd. over the name of Garmin's new wireless phone.
 
MIT student honored for antibiotics work
Feb 27 2008 3:54PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student has earned a $30,000 prize for work on destroying drug-resistant bacteria and keeping medical and food-processing equipment sterile.
 
Record EU fine for Microsoft
Feb 27 2008 3:00PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
 
Record EU fine for Microsoft
Feb 27 2008 3:00PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
 
Record EU fine for Microsoft
Feb 27 2008 3:00PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
 
Record EU fine for Microsoft
Feb 27 2008 3:00PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
 
Record EU fine for Microsoft
Feb 27 2008 3:00PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
 
Record EU fine for Microsoft
Feb 27 2008 3:00PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
 
EU clears Packard Bell purchase by Acer
Feb 27 2008 1:49PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - EU regulators approved the purchase of Netherlands-based PC maker Packard Bell BV by Taiwan's Acer Inc. on Wednesday.
 
AT&T whistle-blower among award winners
Feb 27 2008 1:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A whistle-blower credited with providing key documents in a lawsuit over the Bush administration's secretive domestic wiretapping program is one of three recipients of the "Pioneer Awards" from a civil-rights group that brought the challenge.
 
AT&T whistle-blower among award winners
Feb 27 2008 1:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A whistle-blower credited with providing key documents in a lawsuit over the Bush administration's secretive domestic wiretapping program is one of three recipients of the "Pioneer Awards" from a civil-rights group that brought the challenge.
 
Internet company sued for holding names
Feb 27 2008 12:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A company that sells Internet addresses is being sued for its controversial practice of holding a domain name in reserve if someone checks for its availability but does not buy it right away.
 
Organizer disputes Comcast over hearing
Feb 27 2008 12:33PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The organizer of a federal hearing at Harvard Law School on Comcast Corp.'s treatment of subscriber Internet traffic on Wednesday said "seat-warmers" apparently hired by the company prevented other attendees from getting in.
 
Court shoots down computer surveillance
Feb 27 2008 11:39AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Government surveillance of personal computers would violate the individual right to privacy, Germany's highest court found Wednesday, in a ruling that German investigators say will restrict their ability to pursue terrorists.
 
Court shoots down computer surveillance
Feb 27 2008 11:39AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Government surveillance of personal computers would violate the individual right to privacy, Germany's highest court found Wednesday, in a ruling that German investigators say will restrict their ability to pursue terrorists.
 
NY AG subpoenas Comcast on broadband
Feb 27 2008 10:28AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York attorney general's office has requested information from Comcast Corp. on the company's handling of Internet traffic.
 
NY AG subpoenas Comcast on broadband
Feb 27 2008 10:28AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York attorney general's office has requested information from Comcast Corp. on the company's handling of Internet traffic.
 
   

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