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Microsoft, Google settle legal wrangle in China (AFP)
 AFP - Google and Microsoft have ended a bitter legal wrangle over the Internet search king's July hiring of a former Microsoft vice president to head its China operations.
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Microsoft, Google Settle Over Employee (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. said late Thursday it had reached a settlement with rival Google Inc. and former employee Kai-Fu Lee, ending a legal battle that had exposed behind-the-scenes rancor between the companies.
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Google, Microsoft settle dispute over China exec (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. and
Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday they agreed to settle
pending litigation that had barred a former Microsoft executive
from heading up the Web search firm's research efforts in
China.
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EU Threatens Microsoft With Penalties (AP)
AP - The European Union on Thursday threatened to fine Microsoft Corp. up to 2 million euros ($2.37 million) a day for failing to obey its 2004 antitrust ruling, accusing the company of intransigence in sharing information with competitors.
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Microsoft Faces Daily Fines in Europe (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The European Commission is threatening to fine Microsoft 2 million euros (US$2.37 million) per day unless the Redmond, Washington-based software vendor complies fully with an antitrust ruling.
Microsoft Uses Firefox's RSS Icon (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has brokered an arrangement with the Mozilla Foundation to use the orange RSS icon seen on Firefox browsers.
EU threatens Microsoft with daily fines (Reuters)
 Reuters - Europe's competition regulator
threatened U.S. software giant Microsoft with daily fines on
Thursday for failing to comply with antitrust sanctions a year
after a top European Union court ruled it must obey.
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Microsoft Lashes Out at EU over Fine Threat (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft has five weeks to respond to the Commission's statement of objections, after which the Commission, after consulting with advisory committees, will then make a decision whether to impose the fine of up to $2.37 million a day on Microsoft.
EU threatens Microsoft with daily fine over competition ruling (AFP)
 AFP - A standoff between the EU antitrust watchdog and Microsoft heated up when the European Commission threatened to slap a daily fine of up to two million euros (2.37 million dollars) on US software giant for failing to comply with a ruling.
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Microsoft to contest "unjustified" EU move (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft said on Thursday it would
contest what it called an unjustified European Commission
decision to impose backdated daily fines if it fails to comply
with European Union antitrust sanctions.
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College Launches Cell Phone Film Contest (AP)
 AP - An Ithaca College dean is encouraging students to instead think small — and she's offering a $5,000 prize to do it. The school has invited high school and college students across America to submit a 30-second movie shot entirely with a cell phone.
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France Lawmakers Endorse File-Sharing (AP)
 AP - A French government crackdown on digital piracy backfired Thursday as lawmakers rebelled by endorsing amendments to legalize the online sharing of music and movies instead of punishing it.
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Microsoft, Google Settle Over Employee (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. said late Thursday it had reached a settlement with rival Google Inc. and former employee Kai-Fu Lee, ending a legal battle that had exposed behind-the-scenes rancor between the companies.
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EU Threatens Microsoft With Penalties (AP)
AP - The European Union on Thursday threatened to fine Microsoft Corp. up to 2 million euros ($2.37 million) a day for failing to obey its 2004 antitrust ruling, accusing the company of intransigence in sharing information with competitors.
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Judge Agrees to Block New Video Game Law (AP)
AP - A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block a new California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors.
Fla. attorney general says his e-mails aren't spam (Reuters)
 Reuters - Florida's attorney general has
spearheaded an aggressive campaign against unsolicited e-mails,
or spam. But as a candidate for governor, he appears to be
generating some unwanted Internet clutter himself.
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Court blocks Calif. video game sales restriction (Reuters)
 Reuters - A federal judge has blocked a
California law that would have made it illegal to sell or rent
violent video games to minors, saying he doubted whether such
sales could be banned even if the games were proved to cause
violent behavior among children.
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Review: Motorola Rokr E1 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Earlier this year, Motorola released the Rokr E1, the first mobile phone with iTunes. Though the iTunes phone has not lived up to the prerelease hype, its poor showing at the gates owes more to marketing than any major technological design flaws.
Microsoft Uses Firefox's RSS Icon (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has brokered an arrangement with the Mozilla Foundation to use the orange RSS icon seen on Firefox browsers.
Microsoft Faces Daily Fines in Europe (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The European Commission is threatening to fine Microsoft 2 million euros (US$2.37 million) per day unless the Redmond, Washington-based software vendor complies fully with an antitrust ruling.
Fla. attorney general says his e-mails aren't spam (Reuters)
Reuters - Florida's attorney general has
spearheaded an aggressive campaign against unsolicited e-mails,
or spam. But as a candidate for governor, he appears to be
generating some unwanted Internet clutter himself.
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Google, Microsoft settle dispute over China exec (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. and
Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday they agreed to settle
pending litigation that had barred a former Microsoft executive
from heading up the Web search firm's research efforts in
China.
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Google founders are FT's men of the year (AFP)
 AFP - The founders of Internet search engine Google have been named the Financial Times men of the year, the newspaper announced.
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France Lawmakers Endorse File-Sharing (AP)
AP - A French government crackdown on digital piracy backfired Thursday as lawmakers rebelled by endorsing amendments to legalize the online sharing of music and movies instead of punishing it.
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Jews for Jesus sues Google over blog (Reuters)
 Reuters - Christian evangelical group Jews
for Jesus is suing Google Inc., saying a Web log hosted through
the Internet search leader's Blogspot service infringes its
trademark.
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Search me one more time : Britney tops 2005 web list (AFP)
 AFP - New Mum Britney Spears and risque pop princess Janet Jackson topped the charts for the most frequently requested items on search engines Yahoo and Google in 2005.
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Review: Motorola Rokr E1 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Earlier this year, Motorola released the Rokr E1, the first mobile phone with iTunes. Though the iTunes phone has not lived up to the prerelease hype, its poor showing at the gates owes more to marketing than any major technological design flaws.
Microsoft Uses Firefox's RSS Icon (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has brokered an arrangement with the Mozilla Foundation to use the orange RSS icon seen on Firefox browsers.
Father of the Web Starts Blogging (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, has joined the legions of individuals airing their personal musings on the Internet. He has launched his own blog.
Gwen Stefani Announces She Is Pregnant (AP)
 AP - Gwen Stefani announced that she's pregnant at a concert in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday evening, People magazine reported on its Web site.
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