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U.S. Calls Microsoft Slow to Comply
Microsoft is failing to move quickly enough to comply with its antitrust settlement, the government said in its strongest show of impatience with the company since the two reached an agreement in 2001.
Justice Department lawyers said in a court filing that Microsoft is falling behind in providing technical information mandated by the settlement. The company "needs to dramatically increase the resources devoted to responding" to the government's concerns, the papers said.
Microsoft said in October that its "Troika" project, designed to ensure that competitors' programs can run on its Windows operating system without glitches, won't be ready until October 2006, nine months behind schedule.
Plea Deal in Hacking Case
Jeanson James Ancheta, 20, of Downey, Calif., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to four felony charges for infecting machines at two U.S. military sites, seizing control of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers. Under the deal, which must be approved by a judge, he would receive four to six years in prison.
SOFTWARE
IBM Acts to Defend Lotus
IBM plans to make its instant-messaging software compatible with Yahoo and AOL services to defend its Lotus system from Microsoft software that helps businesses switch from Lotus products.
Compiled from staff and news service reports.
