Monthly Archives: August 2001

Reuters: $30 Billion Offer Made for Hughes. The offer comes just days before Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp had been expected to finalise a deal with General Motors in a move to make DirecTV and its 10 million subscribers the U.S. … Continue reading →

San Francisco Chronicle: Security flaw makes Wireless networks vulnerable. The problem affects a technology known as 802.11, or Wi-Fi, a technology standard that is the foundation for a growing number of wireless local-area networks in homes, offices, schools and, recently, … Continue reading →

Now that the U.S. appeals court has reaffirmed its unanimous decision that Microsoft abused its monopoly and stifled innovation, and now that it’s abundantly clear that Microsoft has no intention of modifying its behavior, it’s time for a difficult but … Continue reading →

For this morning’s Mercury News, we revised and extended yesterday’s weblog commentary on why the government should seek an injunction to block Windows XP as it’s currently configured. Read the newspaper version here. Lots of comments coming in. I’ll post … Continue reading →

Dave Winer: On the Microsoft Threat to Independent Software. Now I’ve been in the “ecosystem” defined by Microsoft and the companies they subsumed for over 20 years, and I’ve never seen them be this bold, nor stoop to such a … Continue reading →

ARM is becoming a nearly ubiquitous entry in the world of chips, powering more and more of the devices we use every day. Even the biggest companies like Intel use its designs. More in my Wednesday column. Comments

AP: Appeals court denies Microsoft request for rehearing. An appeals court refused on Thursday to reconsider its decision that Microsoft illegally mingled its Windows operating system and Internet browser, handing the software giant a setback in its four-year antitrust battle … Continue reading →