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...millions of fanatically loyal users who will give up their Macs only when you pry their one-button mice from their cold, dead fingers. But Apple's annual revenues have dropped from $8 billion to less than $6 billion, and the company continues to lose market share to the Microsoft-Intel-dominated world. A little more than 4% of new PCs sold in the U.S. are Macs. (Don't ask about worldwide sales, where Apple has actually slipped to less than 3% of the market, from 5.2% five years ago.) With Microsoft's antitrust troubles tabled...
...Best Legal Chutzpah To settle private antitrust claims that it overcharged for its Windows operating software, in which it has a monopoly, Microsoft said it would donate more than $1 billion in software and training to the poorest schools in the U.S. Not everybody is happy. A U.S. federal judge is considering whether to make the company donate cash instead of its products, lest Microsoft gain dominance in the education market...
Levin has been a tireless proponent of cable-TV systems as the gateway for delivering the Internet and entertainment. He has led AOL Time Warner into a battle with Comcast and Cox--both backed by Microsoft--to buy some or all of AT&T Broadband, the nation's largest cable company. But some executives and board members argue that there are ways--over telephone lines or by satellite--to reach those households without burdening AOL Time Warner with billions more in debt. Parsons is leading the AT&T talks and will have to decide what price--in dollars and regulatory...
...raids were not focused on individuals who simply downloaded copyrighted music and video. Rather, authorities raided a group of elite computer hackers whom U.S. officials alleged stole and distributed all types of media, including Microsoft Windows operating systems, computer games and high-quality copies of new movies like Harry Potter and Monsters...
...Operation Buccaneer, officials targeted one of the oldest pirate rings called “DrinkOrDie.” Founded in Moscow in 1993, DrinkOrDie became famous among software hackers for claiming it released a copy of Microsoft Windows 95 two weeks before Microsoft began selling...