Stacy Drake
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Microsoft's India outsourcing raises protests
News Microsoft has started to shift some of its operations from the U.S. to India, a move which could leave hundreds of American workers jobless.
Korean regulators search Microsoft offices
News Antitrust investigators continue probe into whether Windows holds--and abuses--an illegal monopoly position.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Antitrust
Microsoft registers trademark--19 years late
News Microsoft introduced its Excel spreadsheet program in 1985, but didn't get around to officially registering its trademark until earlier this year.
Tags: Microsoft Office
Microsoft scales back its Live Labs effort
News The group is being "restructured", with half the folks being sent to Microsoft's product teams. Gary Flake, hired away from Yahoo three years ago, will remain head.
Tags: Search, Leadership, Organizational structure, Microsoft Corp., Stacy Drake, Yahoo! Inc., Worker, software, talent, spokeswoman
Microsoft to rename media player-less Windows
News Product will now be known as either Windows XP Home Edition N or Windows XP Professional Edition N.
Tags: Microsoft Windows
Microsoft settles in whiteboard patent dustup
News Microsoft agreed to pay US$60 million and to license a plaintiff's whiteboard technology following a somewhat stiffer but not yet finalized jury verdict against the software giant.
Go files antitrust suit against Microsoft
News The founder of pen computing pioneer Go filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft, claiming that the software giant violated antitrust laws.
Tags: Personal Computers, Lawsuits, Antitrust
Ruling clears way for Lindows-Microsoft trial
News A U.S. federal appeals court declined to hear an appeal from Microsoft in its trademark spat with Lindows, paving the way for a trial later this year.
Lindows wins one against Microsoft
News The legal battle with the software giant, in which Lindows has been running a gantlet of courts over trademark infringement, seems for the moment to be going in the open-source company's favor.
Regulators tell Microsoft there's plenty in a name
News Name of Windows version that unbundles Media Player would undermine antitrust penalty, EU says.
Tags: Microsoft Windows
Google asks court to void Lee's Microsoft pact
News Search giant asks federal judge to make summary judgment and rule that Microsoft's employment contract violates California law.
Tags: Web services, Lawsuits
Microsoft backs off music player squeeze
News Company drops plan that would have forced music device makers to give up rival software.
Tags: Music devices, Microsoft Windows, Longhorn, Music, Antitrust
Microsoft "abuses power": EU board
News European regulators said Wednesday that they have reached a preliminary decision to force Microsoft to give greater technical information to server rivals and to loosen the ties between its media player and the Windows operating system.
Legal argument could hamper high-tech job-changers
News Legal doctrine on trade secrets could put a big chill on tech workers thinking about jumping ship.
Tags: Workplace, Employee communications, Corporate culture, HR policies and procedures, Executive recruiting, Recruiting, Personnel management, Human resources, Lawsuits, Legal
California sues Microsoft for antitrust--again
News Five California counties and two cities sue the software giant under state antitrust laws, for taking advantage of government buyers.
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