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    FTC lawyers seek appeal in Rambus antitrust ruling

    Posted March 5, 2004 - 5:35 pm

    Staff lawyers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission are appealing an administrative judge's decision to strike down antitrust charges against Rambus Inc.

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    Sarbanes-Oxley compliance dates pushed back

    Posted February 27, 2004 - 9:23 am

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed back the dates by which U.S. companies must comply with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act relating to financial reporting within companies, SEC said in a statement Tuesday.

  • Study: Most IT managers unphased by Sarbanes-Oxley

    Posted February 26, 2004 - 4:38 pm

    The Aberdeen Group study found that most IT managers plan to leverage their current installed software tools to assure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. Fully two thirds say they plan to work with what they already have inhouse, indicating that most aren

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    E.C. to discuss draft Microsoft antitrust ruling March 15

    Posted February 26, 2004 - 11:30 am

    The European Commission will discuss its draft negative antitrust ruling against Microsoft Corp. with national competition regulators from the 15 European Union countries on March 15, a diplomat close to one national regulator said Wednesday.

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    Japan's fair trade watchdog raids Microsoft

    Posted February 26, 2004 - 10:53 am

    Eight officials from Japan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) entered the Japan's offices of Microsoft Corp. Thursday morning as part of an investigation into possible anti-competitive practices by the U.S. software giant, the company confirmed.

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    Accounting probe keeps CA under a cloud, CEO says

    Posted February 5, 2004 - 11:08 am

    Until the government completes its investigation of Computer Associates International Inc.'s past accounting infractions, the company will continue operating under a cloud, CEO Sanjay Kumar acknowledged Wednesday during CA's quarterly meeting with analysts.

  • How to get management to accept HIPAA compliance

    Posted February 3, 2004 - 11:51 am

    Expert addresses issues to stress and how to prepare for compliance.

  • AMA complains WebMD mishandling HIPAA claims

    Posted January 29, 2004 - 1:49 pm

    The organization has sent the insurance claims-processor complaints that it has mishandled

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    Draft ruling finds Microsoft guilty

    Posted January 27, 2004 - 2:16 pm

    Microsoft Corp.'s chances of settling its European antitrust case are fading, as competition officials at the European Commission circulated a draft ruling to colleagues that finds the company guilty of abusing the monopoly power of its Windows operating system, people close to the Commission said Tuesday.

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    E.U. circulating final draft of Microsoft antitrust ruling

    Posted January 26, 2004 - 5:16 pm

    A conclusion to the six year-long European antitrust case against Microsoft is imminent, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Monday.

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    Former CA executive pleads guilty to SEC charges

    Posted January 23, 2004 - 12:43 pm

    A former Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) financial executive pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of accounting fraud, acknowledging what investigators called a "widespread practice" at CA of prematurely booking revenue from software contracts before they closed.

  • SOX offers SMB channel new opportunities

    Posted January 22, 2004 - 2:30 pm

    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act should open up a new market for those interested in serving the smaller business market. The SMBs also need assistance with compliance requirements, and may not be served by the enterprise-market vendors.

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    Microsoft to detail protocol licensing changes

    Posted January 22, 2004 - 10:19 am

    Microsoft Corp. on Friday plans to announce changes to a licensing program for software communications protocols it created as part of its landmark antitrust settlement with the U.S. government, the company said.

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    States want Microsoft licensing program improved

    Posted January 20, 2004 - 9:43 am

    A program intended to level the playing field in the software business in the wake of the U.S. antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corp. doesn't seem to be working as intended, the states that have settled with Microsoft said in a court filing released last Friday.

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    CA told of possible SEC enforcement action

    Posted January 12, 2004 - 12:56 pm

    Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) said Monday it has received notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the agency is considering civil enforcement action against the company for possible violations stemming from improper revenue recognition.

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    SEC probing IBM, Dollar General transaction

    Posted January 9, 2004 - 9:39 am

    IBM Corp. has received an indication from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the federal regulator is considering a civil action against the company for possible violation of U.S. securities law.

  • Study: Sarbanes-Oxley

    Posted January 7, 2004 - 4:18 pm

    A recent Business Process Management Forum survey shows 73% of those surveyed are concerned about processes, tools, and methodologies used to track Sarbanes-Oxley performance; interestingly, only 22% cited corporate governance as a reason for implementing performance accountability processes.

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    Interference questions dog broadband over power lines

    Posted January 7, 2004 - 2:05 pm

    Ham radio operators and at least one U.S. federal agency contend that broadband over power lines interferes with their radio signals, and if the radio operators have their way, the emerging technology that could offer Internet users another broadband service choice might not get off the ground in the U.S.

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    Microsoft details Sarbanes-Oxley Office add-on

    Posted December 17, 2003 - 5:21 pm

    The Office Solution Accelerator for Sarbanes-Oxley, due out in March, is an add-on for Microsoft's Office System that is designed to help companies meet reporting requirements set in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

  • How will Sarbanes-Oxley affect privately-held companies?

    Posted December 15, 2003 - 12:16 pm

    Expert response suggests compliance if private companies have any plans to become, or be acquired by, a public company.

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    CIOs critical of auditors' meddling

    Posted December 8, 2003 - 12:29 pm

    Some of the auditing staff sent in to check compliance of IT departments with corporate governance and regulatory standards frequently know little about IT, less about infrastructure and are gouging stretched budgets to deliver for a substandard result, according to a growing number senior IT professionals.

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    VoIP providers: Lay off the regulation

    Posted December 2, 2003 - 10:14 am

    The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should take a mostly hands-off approach to regulating the VoIP industry, so that VoIP can continue to grow and provide consumers with a choice as to which type of telephone service they use, a chorus of vendors told the FCC Monday.

  • The check's in the mail

    Posted November 28, 2003 - 11:00 pm

    Storage of all electronic records -- including e-mails and instant messages -- is indeed a challenge, but financial firms must also be able to access the material in the event of an investigation. A hard lesson lesson learned recently by a financial services firms is that backup is not retention.

  • Sarbanes-Oxley: Keeping small business off the street

    Posted November 19, 2003 - 4:35 pm

    This is not an IT-specific article, but it does highlight how Sarbanes-Oxley is affecting smaller enerprises interested in going public. While experts say the IPO market is picking up, some very sound companies are staying private - not because of their operations, but partly because of the complex laws such as Sarbanes-Oxley.

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    EU could base deal on Windows XP Embedded

    Posted November 17, 2003 - 10:38 am

    A small but important fact was established last week during a hearing in Microsoft Corp.'s long-running antitrust case in the European Union that could form the basis of a settlement, according to some people following the case.
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