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    Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens writes that a proposed antitrust settlement contains a loophole Microsoft will use to escape challenge from its only viable competitor.

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    Internet domain name registry VeriSign just can't seem to convince anyone that redirecting misspelled Web addresses to its own site is a good thing.

  • Is it the end of innovation?

    Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig warns in a new book that structural change is clouding the outlook for the kind of bold advances that originally gave rise to the Internet. Is he an oracle, or an alarmist?

  • Making sense of Microsoft and the Net

    MIT Dean Richard Schmalensee puts Microsoft's antitrust controversy into historical context and explains why he believes e-business will disappear in ten years.

  • MS vs DOJ: Right verdict, wrong remedy

    As Microsoft lauds the ruling many legal experts view it as a serious blow to the company's case -- because the core of the DOJ's case that Microsoft is a monopoly was upheld.

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  • FAQ: Yahoo-Google ad deal's antitrust scrutiny

    Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.

  • Cyberlaw: Future's pretty fuzzy

    The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.

  • When e-mail comes back to haunt you

    Executives and employees alike are continuing to send inappropriate or revealing information via e-mail, despite high-profile cases highlighting the potential dangers.

  • Microsoft to abandon standalone IE

    Microsoft is phasing out standalone versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser, according to statements attributed to IE program manager Brian Countryman in an interview posted on the software giant's Web site.

  • Obama win good news for tech

    In Washington and Silicon Valley circles, betting has already begun on who will be the nation's first chief technology officer.

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  • Microsoft to abandon standalone IE

    The software giant is phasing out standalone versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser, according to statements attributed to IE's program manager on its Web site.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

  • XP spells controversy

    Microsoft has released a new preview version of its forthcoming OS, but as the final release date approaches, Windows XP has become a lightning rod for the company's many detractors.

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