Apr 4, 2001 | Microsoft, security, web_services
Microsoft is hustling to revise its privacy policy for Passport and Hotmail, after a torrent of criticism from privacy advocates. (See my item on March 30.) Microsoft says it’s a terrible misunderstanding, just some old legalese that they forgot to update....
Mar 30, 2001 | Microsoft, security
Microsoft has new initiatives on the way that are meant to move programs and data online, relieving companies and users from some of the burden of maintaining it all. Confidentiality will be the key issue that will persuade or dissuade people from trusting the...
Feb 28, 2001 | law, Microsoft
If you’re following the Microsoft hearings, the best part was the obvious distaste shown the by appellate panel for Judge Jackson’s outrageous anti-Microsoft ravings in the press. Here’s an article that quotes extensively from the oral arguments...
Feb 25, 2001 | law, Microsoft
As we head into the arguments in the Court of Appeals, here’s a good article that presents the case for leaving Microsoft alone. A sample: “STATED SIMPLY: Consumers want computers and applications that work together. They want a platform, and they want...
