Japan accuses Microsoft of unfair licensing

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Japan accuses Microsoft of monopoly

Japan accuses Microsoft of monopoly 07/14/2004 08:26 AM
Japan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a cease-and-desist order against Microsoft Corp, alleging that the United States software giant's restrictive licensing terms imposed on Japanese personal-computer (PC) manufacturers constituted anti-competitive behavior. The provision in question prevents PC makers from claiming patent rights to related technologies against Microsoft or other producers. Japan is the first to allege that the clause violates anti-monopoly law.

Microsoft accuses EU of 'unprecedented
regulatory intervention'

Microsoft accuses EU of 'unprecedented
regulatory intervention' 04/23/2004 01:24 AM
Microsoft Corp. accused the European Commission yesterday of creating new law and engaging in "unprecedented regulatory intervention" in its antitrust ruling against the Redmond company. The assertion, part of a seven-page rebuttal from the company, was made public as the European Commission released the full text of its decision in the case. The 300-page decision details the commission's reasons for imposing a record fine and ordering behavioral remedies beyond provisions of the company's U.S. antitrust settlement. Together, the documents give new insights into the positions both sides took as they engaged in ultimately unsuccessful settlement talks before the commission's ruling March 24. They also give a sense for the arguments to be made in Microsoft's expected appeal to the European Court of First Instance.

Microsoft accuses 'piecemeal' NHS
Scotland of wasting money

Microsoft accuses 'piecemeal' NHS
Scotland of wasting money 12/25/2004 11:40 PM
The Scotsman Dec 26 2004 1:26AM GMT

Microsoft unit accuses Brazilian
official of defamation

Microsoft unit accuses Brazilian
official of defamation 06/30/2004 07:35 AM
Microsoft Corp.'s Brazilian subsidiary has initiated legal proceedings against the Brazilian government official credited with developing the country's open-source strategy, saying he defamed the software giant in statements published in the magazine Carta Capital.

RealNetworks accuses Microsoft of
monopoly, files suit

RealNetworks accuses Microsoft of
monopoly, files suit 12/18/2003 09:56 PM
Seattle Times Dec 18 2003 8:30PM ET

California city and counties sue
Microsoft, accuses it of price gouging

California city and counties sue
Microsoft, accuses it of price gouging 08/27/2004 11:03 PM
CNEWS Aug 28 2004 2:58AM GMT

Microsoft to respond to EC over
licensing

Microsoft to respond to EC over
licensing 04/04/2005 10:44 AM
Microsoft is due to respond this week to the European Commission's demand that it come up with more acceptable licensing terms for its workgroup server protocols or face a possible noncompliance fine of $5 million a day.

Microsoft Eyes Pay-as-You-Go Licensing

Microsoft Eyes Pay-as-You-Go Licensing 04/19/2004 09:53 AM

Microsoft Changes Software Licensing

Microsoft Changes Software Licensing 01/22/2004 11:36 AM

Microsoft to Allow More Licensing of Its
Technology

Microsoft to Allow More Licensing of Its
Technology 12/03/2003 04:57 PM
New York Times Dec 3 2003 3:47PM ET

Microsoft opens technology to more
licensing

Microsoft opens technology to more
licensing 12/03/2003 12:13 PM
The company says it is expanding intellectual property licensing efforts to a broader range of its technology.

Microsoft to target IP licensing at
start-ups

Microsoft to target IP licensing at
start-ups 04/11/2005 08:51 AM
Expanding its efforts to monetize its intellectual property holdings, Microsoft Corp. has set up a group within its licensing business to sell Microsoft technologies to startups.

Microsoft sets out protocol licensing
changes

Microsoft sets out protocol licensing
changes 01/22/2004 10:16 AM
Computer Weekly Jan 22 2004 2:08PM GMT

New Technology Licensing Program:
Microsoft

New Technology Licensing Program:
Microsoft 12/03/2003 02:35 PM
AVN Online Dec 3 2003 1:47PM ET

Microsoft to detail protocol licensing
changes

Microsoft to detail protocol licensing
changes 01/22/2004 10:19 AM
Microsoft 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 Wednesday.

The Fantasy Microsoft Licensing League

The Fantasy Microsoft Licensing League 05/20/2004 11:34 PM
ZDNet Australia May 21 2004 4:26AM GMT

Microsoft to broaden patent licensing

Microsoft to broaden patent licensing 12/03/2003 07:25 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Dec 3 2003 6:22PM ET

Licensing Program Offers Up Microsoft IP

Licensing Program Offers Up Microsoft IP 12/05/2003 04:28 AM

Microsoft opens research lab for
licensing

Microsoft opens research lab for
licensing 04/10/2005 11:09 PM
The software maker says commercializing its own technology is still job one, but it sees some opportunity in sharing technology with start-ups.

Microsoft revamps protocol licensing

Microsoft revamps protocol licensing 01/26/2004 10:18 AM
Personal Computer World Jan 26 2004 2:51PM GMT

Microsoft to change protocol licensing

Microsoft to change protocol licensing 01/23/2004 02:22 PM
updateUnder pressure from antitrust regulators, the software titan says it will revamp a program to make it easier for developers to access Windows protocols.

Microsoft licensing to cover basic DR

Microsoft licensing to cover basic DR 05/21/2004 09:51 AM
Personal Computer World May 21 2004 1:55PM GMT

Microsoft opens up Windows licensing

Microsoft opens up Windows licensing 08/09/2004 11:28 AM
PC Magazine UK Aug 9 2004 3:21PM GMT

Microsoft to start licensing patents

Microsoft to start licensing patents 06/04/2004 03:54 PM
Big News Network Jun 4 2004 8:36PM GMT

Microsoft Expands IP Licensing to
Startups

Microsoft Expands IP Licensing to
Startups 04/11/2005 07:55 AM
Internet News Apr 11 2005 11:41AM GMT

Microsoft Eyeing Volume Licensing
Changes?

Microsoft Eyeing Volume Licensing
Changes? 04/19/2004 10:58 AM
While it has no "imminent" plans to institute new Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA) options to its enterprise licensing agreements, Microsoft is mulling making changes to its contracts.

Microsoft adds disaster aid to licensing

Microsoft adds disaster aid to licensing 05/20/2004 08:45 AM
ZDNet May 20 2004 1:14PM GMT

Microsoft FAT Licensing Plan - No Big
Deal?

Microsoft FAT Licensing Plan - No Big
Deal? 12/25/2003 02:03 AM

Microsoft Tells Judge About Licensing
Changes

Microsoft Tells Judge About Licensing
Changes 04/22/2004 12:01 PM
Critics question if the court-sanctioned antitrust remedy is working. By Grant Gross, IDG News Service (via MyAppleMenu)

Microsoft Changes Windows Protocol
Licensing

Microsoft Changes Windows Protocol
Licensing 01/25/2004 06:17 AM
Microsoft under pressure from federal antitrust regulators, said Friday its changing the licensing program used by developers to gain access to Windows protocols. The revamped Communications Protocol Program, posted on the company's web site, will include making about 20 protocols available without charge and others used to perform particular tasks available for a fixed fee or fixed fee per unit.

Microsoft Revamps Licensing Plans

Microsoft Revamps Licensing Plans 06/06/2004 07:13 PM

Microsoft Eases Policy on Licensing Its
Technology

Microsoft Eases Policy on Licensing Its
Technology 12/04/2003 12:04 AM
New York Times Dec 3 2003 11:52PM ET

States want Microsoft licensing program
improved

States want Microsoft licensing program
improved 01/19/2004 10:41 AM

Microsoft: No additional licensing for
backup servers

Microsoft: No additional licensing for
backup servers 06/05/2004 03:21 PM
Intended to enhance the current licensing options under the Microsoft Software Assurance Program, Microsoft has announced that no additional software licensing is needed to run MS server products on machines used as part of server emergency plans. This is good news for businesses that shelf backup servers as a part of their disaster recovery programs. The Software Assurance Program usually costs an additional 25% of the software purchase price. The program adds value to licensing MS products buy allowing for free upgrades, payment plans and in some cases, training materials.

Microsoft adds to licensing, Software
Assurance pot

Microsoft adds to licensing, Software
Assurance pot 05/20/2004 10:11 AM
Microsoft Corp. Wednesday made another move to improve the value of its controversial volume-licensing program with two updates that add disaster recovery features and hosted services to corporate contracts.

Japan's FTC, Microsoft meet again in
licensing case

Japan's FTC, Microsoft meet again in
licensing case 12/22/2004 01:52 AM
TOKYO -- Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) investigators and lawyers from Microsoft met on Monday in a hearing to clarify the JFTC's position in an ongoing dispute about the company's licensing practices.

Microsoft Launches Technology Licensing
Program

Microsoft Launches Technology Licensing
Program 12/03/2003 07:25 PM
BizReport.com Dec 3 2003 6:23PM ET

Microsoft extends, simplifies protocol
licensing

Microsoft extends, simplifies protocol
licensing 04/15/2004 07:49 AM
Responding to criticism from U.S. antitrust regulators, Microsoft Corp. has extended a program that lets third parties license its Windows communications protocols to cover a broader range of systems.

Microsoft Tweaks Its
Enterprise-Licensing Terms

Microsoft Tweaks Its
Enterprise-Licensing Terms 09/23/2004 11:10 AM
Microsoft is continuing its quest to make its enterprise-licensing customers at least a little happier by adding some new terms and conditions to its contracts.
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iWork 1.4.6

iWork 1.4.6 12/31/2003 09:43 PM
Intuitive time billing and invoicing app.

iWork

iWork 01/03/2005 10:17 AM

Road to Expo: iWork '05, Jam Pack 4 arriving: Think Secret — who predicted a monitor -less iMac last week — is now talking about Apple's planned Office-killer: iWork.

Chatter surrounding iWork — then called iWorks, as it was speculated to be the successor to AppleWorks — first emerged almost two years ago. Since then, iWork has become a perennial rumor favorite, as AppleWorks 6 continues to show its age and lack of refinement associated with Apple's applications today. Steve Jobs introduced AppleWorks 6 during Macworld Expo San Francisco in 2000, making the application a dinosaur in software years by today's standards.

iWork Updates Now Available

iWork Updates Now Available 03/19/2005 03:11 AM
Now available via Software Update for current iWork owners: Keynote 2.0.1 Keynote 2.0.1 addresses isolated issues that may have affected reliabili...

Update: iWork 2.0.1

Update: iWork 2.0.1 01/26/2004 10:18 AM
The time billing and invoicing application adds networking (iWork Server and Client only), adding of project due dates to iCal, estimates, and more.

Report: iWork

Report: iWork 02/01/2005 08:47 PM
positive Pages experiences, cataloging missing features, and a MailMerge AppleScript

17 Things You Might Not Know You Could
Do With iWork

17 Things You Might Not Know You Could
Do With iWork 04/12/2005 08:28 PM

By Giles Turnbull, O'Reilly Network

Apple iWork '05

Apple iWork '05 04/18/2005 04:42 PM
With built-in designs for documents and presentations, seamless integration with iLife media and an easy to use toolbar, Apple has brought professional design capabilities to the average Mac user with iWork. iWork consists of Pages, Apple’s new word processing application designed to replace AppleWorks, and Keynote 2.0, a flexible application for producing presentations, interactive slideshows, and more. Although Pages wasn’t created to be in the same league as the pro apps like QuarkXpress or Adobe InDesign, it gives everyone the ability to easily create great looking documents. It comes with about 40 design templates that cover everything from invitations to newsletters, brochures, press releases and school or business reports. It is a simple, clean program for the non-professional designer, with import and export capabilities with Microsoft Word, pdf, HTML, RTF and plain text. Documents are created by simply dragging pictures and images onto it, resizing them and placing them by using your mouse to pull or push the corners to the proper perspective. Just one click inserts tables and charts or changes colors and font styles. Easily apply, edit, and create new paragraph, character, and list styles. With Keynote 2, Apple has added the ability to export a presentation in flash or QuickTime formats and improved the compatibility with AppleWorks and PowerPoint. Keynote 2 comes with 10 new themes for presentations, kiosks, portfolios, and storyboards, including the creation of self-playing presentations. Also with this new version, Keynote also has been given the ability to embed a web page and have it update every time the slideshow is run. The site remains fully accessible, and clicking on any of its links will launch the page in Safari. Keynote will drop to the background, and its Dock icon will adopt a green play icon. Clicking this returns you to your presentation. One of the biggest changes to Keynote with this upgrade, is the addition of a Presenter mode, in which a presentation can be previewed and managed. In addition to displaying your presenter notes, it can now add current and next slides and a clock and a timer (showing either how long you have left to speak or how long you have been talking). Each element can be resized and dragged to wherever on the screen suits you best, so if you would rather have a large view of the current slide and a small preview of the next, you can. Of the two iWork applications, Keynote is easier to use, thanks to automatic guides and layouts. The common elements shared by both Pages and Keynote mean the two applications complement each other very well and after using one, the other seems immediately familiar. Also, if you require more templates than those provided by Apple, more can be found at http://www.iworkcommunity.com/. iWork is not the Microsoft Office killer that some pre-release rumors suggested, but priced at $79, it is well worth the cost if you want to create professional newsletters, brochures and office presentations. System requirements: • Macintosh computer with 500MHz or faster PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 (G4 for PowerBook); G4 or G5 recommended • 128MB of RAM (512MB recommended) • 8MB of video memory (32MB recommended) • Mac OS X v10.3.6 or later • QuickTime 6.5 or later • iLife '04 or later recommended • 1GB of available disk space • DVD drive required to install applications (CD version available at www.apple.com/store) Pros: Easy user interface Compatibility with PowerPoint and Word Large catalogue of free, professionally-designed templates Cons: No word counter No grammar checker If your company has a product you would like Spymac to review, please send an email to news@spymac.com.

Apple Unveils iWork ’05

Apple Unveils iWork ’05 02/01/2005 08:53 PM

iWork '05 Productivity Suite?

iWork '05 Productivity Suite? 12/31/2004 07:17 PM
Continuing its series on Macworld Expo, Think Secret now reports that Apple will introduce a productivity suite named iWork '05, the application code-...

iWork Updates Posted

iWork Updates Posted 03/19/2005 02:37 AM

Apple: iWork update

Apple: iWork update 03/19/2005 02:33 AM
Apple released Pages 1.0.1 and Keynote 2.0.1 via Software Update to address reliability issues.

Notes and Tips: "iWork"

Notes and Tips: "iWork" 01/04/2005 01:38 PM
The "iWork" trademark seems a bit murky.

MacMinute Provides More iWork Rumor
Fodder

MacMinute Provides More iWork Rumor
Fodder 01/03/2005 07:29 PM

iWork rumours gain credence

iWork rumours gain credence 01/05/2005 08:31 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 5 2005 12:28PM GMT

Rumor Today: iWork '05, Jam Pack 4

Rumor Today: iWork '05, Jam Pack 4 12/31/2004 11:02 PM

All the rumors that you've seen before are all back. Think Secret recycle iWork, the AppleWork replacement.

Notes and Tips: iWork Glitches

Notes and Tips: iWork Glitches 03/30/2005 11:48 AM
Apple articles cover iWork problems.

iWork Has Template For Future Of E-Mail

iWork Has Template For Future Of E-Mail 02/05/2005 09:39 PM

iWork's ability to create templates is not specifically tailored to e-mail, but with a little tweaking you can do some really cool things. By Charles Bermant, Seattle Times

iWork Not Selling: Numbers To The Rescue

iWork Not Selling: Numbers To The Rescue 06/22/2005 02:20 AM

Notes and Tips: "iWork" Name Change

Notes and Tips: "iWork" Name Change 01/03/2005 05:25 PM
Hmmmm, wonder who took over the name "iWork" from IGG Software....

Rumor Today: iWork, ProBand, Pods

Rumor Today: iWork, ProBand, Pods 08/18/2004 11:01 AM
Those observers at, well, The Mac Observer, discovered that Apple has just filed a bunch of trademark applications. Is iWork the next release of AppleWorks? Perhaps ProBand and Pod are the professional (read: expensive) version of the GarageBand and iPod?

Third-party app name change validate
iWork suite?

Third-party app name change validate
iWork suite? 01/03/2005 05:09 PM
IGG Software today quietly changed the name of its flagship application, iWork, to iBiz...

iWork Spreadsheet To Be Based On Lotus
Improv?

iWork Spreadsheet To Be Based On Lotus
Improv? 04/19/2005 09:06 AM

I hereby predict that whatever spreadsheet Apple releases for iWork (if any) will be tremendously lacking in features compared to Excel. But it will have these "new" "ground-breaking" features that Lotus Improv had. By Nivi

Apple offers Tiger, iLife, iWork bundle

Apple offers Tiger, iLife, iWork bundle 04/12/2005 11:47 AM
Alongside the shipping announcement of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Apple today added a special package to its online store that bundles Tiger, iLife '05 (iPhoto 5, iMovie HD, iDVD 4, GarageBand 2 and iTunes 4.7.1), and iWork '05 (Keynote 2 and Pages) for $249 -- a savings of $38...

Think Secret - Road to Expo: iWork '05,
Jam Pack 4 arriving

Think Secret - Road to Expo: iWork '05,
Jam Pack 4 arriving 01/01/2005 08:33 PM
Expo rumours continue - competition for Office? Garageband 2? Screenless super-cheap iMacs? .. Think Secret .. iWork '05

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Apple offers Tiger, iWork '05, iLife
bundle

Apple offers Tiger, iWork '05, iLife
bundle 04/12/2005 01:42 PM
Following the announcement of Apple's new Mac OS X Tiger shipment date, the company is offering savings to those who purchase the bundled Mac OS X Tiger, iLife '05, and iWork '05. The bundle features Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger," iLife '05 (iPhoto 5, iMovie HD, iDVD 4, GarageBand 2 and iTunes 4.7.1), and iWork '05 (KeyNote 2 and Pages) for $249. The bundle can be ordered from the Apple Store online or by phone at 1-800-MY-APPLE. The a savings of $38 lasts until May 31, 2005.

Apple to Announce ‘iWork’
Office Suite?

Apple to Announce ‘iWork’
Office Suite? 01/03/2005 05:43 PM

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0412expo3.html

EU rejects Microsoft protocol license
terms

EU rejects Microsoft protocol license
terms 03/19/2005 03:17 AM
The European Commission has shot down Microsoft's proposal for opening up its workgroup server software protocols after receiving complaints over the licensing terms, the company said Friday.

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Microsoft Eases Licensing Terms under
Court Pressure

Microsoft Eases Licensing Terms under
Court Pressure 01/23/2004 05:21 PM
To make it easier for rivals to license its communications protocols, Microsoft on Friday said it will make several changes to the licensing program, including giving 20 general networking protocols away for free.

Japan accuses Microsoft of unfair licensing

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