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MS-DOJ settlement OK'd... Gateway's plasma TV... Outlook kills spam |
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Sylvia Carr Senior Editor, AnchorDesk Monday, November 4, 2002 |
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Nearly one year after Microsoft, the U.S Department of Justice, and nine U.S. states signed a settlement for the long-standing antitrust case, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly largely accepted the deal. She said sanctions against Microsoft are to last five years. The settlement does require Microsoft to disclose communications protocols in Windows six months earlier than specified in the original proposal. Microsoft must also hire a compliance officer, who will report to Microsoft's board and CEO, to oversee the company's progress. The ruling basically rejects calls from the U.S. states that didn't sign onto the settlement for stiffer sanctions against the software giant; they still have the option of appealing the judge's ruling.
Go to the full story by Joe Wilcox.
When you think of Gateway, don't just think "discount PC." The company also wants you to think "discount TV." That's right. Gateway is expected to start selling its first television in years today. And what a bargain. The 42-inch screen plasma TV will sell for just under $3,000. That may not sound inexpensive, but it's several hundred dollars less than the next-cheapest 42-inch plasma screen, which sells for $3,596; in September, the average selling price of plasma TVs in the U.S. was about $6,000. The move, says Gateway, is all part of a comeback effort undertaken over the last two years, during which time the company has installed new management and closed product divisions.
Go to the full story by Michael Kanellos.
Given the spotty performance of many anti-spam apps, wouldn't it be easier if better defensive tools were built right into your e-mail client? That's the direction Microsoft's headed with its next version of Outlook, its popular e-mail client. A new feature in Outlook 11 will, by default, prevent the app from downloading images or other data from outside servers when previewing HTML messages. This could prevent a so-called "Web beacon," which tells the sender that your e-mail address is valid, from reaching your computer. Web beacons often lead to more unwanted e-mail, because they alert spammers that you are reading your mail. Some say this new feature will do more to anger e-mail marketing companies than stop other types of spam. But given the few options in killing junk e-mail, it appears to be a step in the right direction.
Go to the full story by Joe Wilcox.
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