http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/42/all xx http://www.itworld.com/internet/83898/skypes-legal-storm-clears The legal war over Skype has ended. http://www.itworld.com/internet/83898/skypes-legal-storm-clears#comments Internet Legal News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:10:17 -0500 ITworld staff 83898 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/83900/report-sap-ceo-asked-ellison-meeting-sun-eu-impasse Shortly after European regulators opened an antitrust probe into Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems, SAP CEO Léo Apotheker wrote Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, asking for a meeting to discuss the merger and "other open issues" between the vendors, according to a Wall Street Journal editorial published late Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/software/83900/report-sap-ceo-asked-ellison-meeting-sun-eu-impasse#comments Business Hardware Legal Software News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:10:17 -0500 ITworld staff 83900 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/83877/norwegian-isp-doesnt-have-block-pirate-bay-says-court Norwegian ISP Telenor doesn't have to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, according to a ruling from the district court for Asker and Bærum on Friday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/83877/norwegian-isp-doesnt-have-block-pirate-bay-says-court#comments Legal Networking News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:05 -0500 ITworld staff 83877 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/83805/world-tech-update-nov-5-2009 In this week’s World Tech Update, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tours Asia and talks about the future of television, HTC launches the HD2 smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5, Intel gets slapped with an antitrust lawsuit, Motorola’s Droid gets ready to go on sale, an iPhone app from Harvard Medical School helps protect you from swine flu and new research enables 3D on a Microsoft Surface computer. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/83805/world-tech-update-nov-5-2009#comments Government Internet Legal Mobile & wireless Personal tech SaaS Software News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:29 -0500 ITworld staff 83805 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/83718/microsoft-rivals-trade-groups-want-browser-offer-changed Microsoft's antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission needs minor, often cosmetic changes in order to restore fair competition to the market for Internet browsers, said some of the software giant's main rivals Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/government/83718/microsoft-rivals-trade-groups-want-browser-offer-changed#comments Government Internet Legal Software News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:40:17 -0500 ITworld staff 83718 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/83668/eu-breaks-deadlock-debate-over-right-internet-access After months of often bitter debate, European Union lawmakers reached agreement on how to preserve citizen's rights to Internet access in a meeting that ended in the early hours of Thursday morning. http://www.itworld.com/legal/83668/eu-breaks-deadlock-debate-over-right-internet-access#comments Government Internet Legal Networking Security News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:10:05 -0500 ITworld staff 83668 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/83666/tsmc-court-win-a-major-blow-chinas-biggest-chip-maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has won a major victory over China's biggest chip maker in a court case that could have wide ranging implications for the loser. http://www.itworld.com/legal/83666/tsmc-court-win-a-major-blow-chinas-biggest-chip-maker#comments Legal News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:10:16 -0500 ITworld staff 83666 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/83640/chinas-baidu-may-not-link-licensed-music-after-all An announcement earlier this week that seemed to indicate that China's Baidu would start linking to licensed music downloads may not have been the major step it first appeared to be for the search company. http://www.itworld.com/internet/83640/chinas-baidu-may-not-link-licensed-music-after-all#comments Internet Legal News Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:40:21 -0500 ITworld staff 83640 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83589/ny-intel-antitrust-lawsuit-gets-mixed-reviews New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's decision to file an antitrust lawsuit against Intel doesn't make sense, with prices for microprocessors falling sharply in recent years, said some critics. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83589/ny-intel-antitrust-lawsuit-gets-mixed-reviews#comments Government Hardware Legal News Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:40:27 -0500 ITworld staff 83589 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/83568/oracle-plans-aggressive-fight-eu-over-sun-takeover Oracle is planning an aggressive fight with European regulators if its attempt to take over Sun is slapped with a statement of objections in the coming week, said people close to the company Wednesday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/83568/oracle-plans-aggressive-fight-eu-over-sun-takeover#comments Legal Software News Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:40:10 -0500 ITworld staff 83568 at http://www.itworld.com