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Suddenly the market for BlackBerrys isn't quite so sweet. The handheld device--made by Research in Motion (RIM), which pioneered on-the-go e-mail in 1999--is facing stiff competition from a brambly bunch determined to break the BlackBerry's monopoly. In July, Motorola and Microsoft took aim with their wireless e-mail phone, called Q, which will hit stores early next year. Motorola is also rolling out an iTunes phone with Apple. That's more bad news for RIM. Because the BlackBerry is mainly limited to e-mail on its proprietary platform, many execs are switching...
...suit their purposes. Although for the most part he has shown a reliably conservative streak, Roberts has also taken some surprising stances, defending the rights of welfare recipients, criminal defendants and prisoners in pro bono cases, for instance, and representing the state attorneys general in their antitrust case against Microsoft. Still, while usually taking a fairly pragmatic approach to the law, Roberts has by and large demonstrated a consistent legal philosophy: it stresses relative judicial restraint and takes a limited view of congressional power but a broader view of executive privilege, all the while putting a strong emphasis on individual...
...people will use the Internet in the future by automatically delivering the information that is important to them,” Dean J. Hachamovitch ’90, general manager for Longhorn browsing and RSS at Microsoft, said in a company press release...
...August Lotus began selling disks that enable corporate customers to strip protection from its best-selling 1-2-3 program. Ashton-Tate quickly followed suit, abandoning copy protection for all its products. Said Chairman Edward Esber: "Sooner or later, you've got to trust your customer." Last week Microsoft announced that it is "going bare" on the last of its business programs, leaving protection only on its popular Flight Simulator game...
...This item should not contain forbidden speech such as profanity. Please enter a different word for this item." ERROR MESSAGE appearing on the mainland Chinese version of Microsoft's MSN Spaces blog site when a user enters words such as "democracy," "freedom," "human rights" or "Taiwan independence." A Microsoft spokesperson said the company is abiding by Chinese laws...