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December 7, 2003
Microsoft announces an effort to liberalize its policy on intellectual property licensing. RIAA sues 41 additional people and sends 90 new notification letters, while analysts dispute whether its litigation campaign is having any effect. Plus, news on a Yahoo! IM security fix, a pledge by Google for a court ruling on its keyword advertising policy, a court ruling obliging The SCO Group to show infringing Linux code, Oracle's warnings of 'high-risk' security vulnerabilities in a broad range of its products and much more.
December 14, 2003
Canada's Copyright Board rules that downloading copyrighted music from peer-to-peer networks is legal, but cautions uploading song files is not. The web site of The SCO Group is once again taken down by a sustained hacker attack, but security experts were swift to blast the company's efforts to protect its servers. Plus, news on a newly uncovered IE flaw, LookSmart's decision to lay-off half of its staff, the beta version of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and much more.
December 21, 2003
Digital media company RealNetworks files an antitrust lawsuit against software powerhouse Microsoft, alleging illegal use of its Windows monopoly to stifle competition. A U.S. federal appeals court blocks RIAA's strategy of issuing subpoenas to ISPs of alleged file-traders, but the recording industry vows to continue its litigation campaign. After a three-year development effort, Linux kernel 2.6 is finally released. Plus, news on a joint New York-Microsoft lawsuit against an alleged spam ring, Red Hat's record-breaking earnings, EMC's acquisition of VMware, Salesforce.com's initial public offering, the new Winamp from Nullsoft and much more.
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