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...went badly for Bill. But even so, the findings of fact that Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson handed down were stunning in their breadth and their certainty: a blunt 412-paragraph j'accuse that nails Microsoft not only on the two most critical issues--that it has monopoly control over PC operating systems and that it wields that power in ways that harm American consumers--but on virtually every count brought against...
MOUSING AROUND It's tough to pretend you're working when you're gripping a game pad and barreling down virtual tunnels in your favorite PC game. Now Logitech's WingMan Force Feedback Mouse ($100) lets you be more discreet. It looks like a regular cordless mouse but doesn't have a telltale pad. A force-feedback engine lets you feel realistic rumbling in games like Activision's Heavy Gear II. It also provides slight resistance as you scroll over onscreen buttons, making clicking easier. So long as your boss doesn't catch...
Like so much else in the Microsoft antitrust case, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's findings of fact both stated what many suspected and left crucial details until later. The findings: Microsoft is indeed a monopoly, possessing a stranglehold over the PC desktop. It has abused the power, and that abuse has harmed consumers. The findings so closely paralleled the government line that you might have thought they were actually written by lead DOJ attorney Joel Klein. But that just shows Judge Jackson was paying attention, says TIME's Chris Taylor: "He's shown in this ruling a real grasp...
...wife makes steak with a nice sauce. She is very good with sauces. It's a very manly dish," he said, tossing a thrashing lobster into boiling water. "I hardly ever eat fish in public because it is so PC to eat fish. Oh yes, and I would never be caught dead eating tofu...
...PC plays a 300-song MP-3 shuffle in his Pound Hall office, Professor Zittrain swivels around in his chair and confesses: "I'm definitely a little wired...