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Court dismisses Nokia case against Qualcomm: Court dismisses Nokia case against QualcommQualcomm Guilty of 'Litigation Misconduct and Concealment'The head legal at Qualcomm has left the building. The US has had enough. Unfortunately the Supreme court of the state of Washington under influence from Neukom, former head legal of Microsoft, and soon former president of the...; Tags: Litigation, Financial accounting, Qualcomm Inc., Nokia Corp., Neukom; Discussion threads 2007-11-14
What the Tellme deal says about Microsoft: What the Tellme deal says about MicrosoftWell, MS has nothing against services, well, if the services require you tolicense Windows or MS Office. They just need to make sure that they keep those two cash cows a runnin'. Look for MS to put billions into creating dependencies on Windows and...; Tags: Neukom, donation, Microsoft Corp., Tellme Networks Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-03-21
Microsoft, HP expand business alliance: Microsoft, HP expand business allianceYeah this will change things"The $300 million figure covers product development, testing, validation, deployment, and joint sales and marketing costs, the companies said."What a non-story. Had MS in it so it got 2 days run on ZDNet;-)This will not make Donney or Richard happythey should run...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., WBA, Microsoft Corp., Neukom, Abramoff; Discussion threads 2006-12-13
Former Siemens exec arrested in bribery probe: Former Siemens exec arrested in bribery probeFormer Siemens exec arrested in bribery probeSiemens always had dirty business practices. I don't trust them and you couldn't pay me enough to work for them. In fact I turned down a job with them due to them having no ethics.Microsoft's Brad...; Tags: Covington & Burling, Microsoft Corp., Siemens AG, bribery, Neukom; Discussion threads 2006-12-13
Supreme Court won't hear Microsoft appeal: Supreme Court won't hear Microsoft appealArgh ; same meal deal as UC BerkeleyNuisance law suits like those Microsoft continues to bring to the highest levels should get the legals that support them disbarred. Lets make certain those legals know what happened to their counter parts at HP. When things are...; Tags: Neukom, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-11-27

When corporations attack: When corporations attackblah blah blahOh you poor cry babywhy cant open source inventWhen the dancer cant dance, the dancer blames it on the floor how bad the floor was.Why cant open source invent and patent its invention.I guess this article clearly shows that open source hasnt invented anything. Infact open...; Tags: Business ethics, infact open source, American Bar Association, Neukom, WBA, oath, ethics, open source; Discussion threads 2006-09-26
Move over, CIA: here comes HP: Move over, CIA: here comes HPKevin T. Hunsaker, Ethics, CIA, NeukomOrganizations run by legals suffer with ethical values that are inconsistent from year to year. One theory is that lawyers are on the line for their criminal clients and after stepping over the line with them, rather than face disbarment,...; Tags: Outsourcing, Business ethics, Neukom, CIA, Kevin T. Hunsaker, Hewlett-Packard Co., outsource, Abramoff; Discussion threads 2006-09-20
Microsoft balks on Net neutrality explainer: Microsoft balks on Net neutrality explainerWar of Crime FamiliesNeukom's American Bar Association recently took on the Bush Administration, whoes frustration with Microsoft and Preston Gates and Ellis, two of Neukom's firms, must have reached terrorist level red owing to Abramoff. The Abramoff scandle destroyed Reed, the Bush family friend and...; Tags: Neukom, Abramoff, Microsoft Corp., Net neutrality explainer, Net Neutrality; Discussion threads 2006-07-26
Gates' donation to fight AIDS in Africa: Gates' donation to fight AIDS in AfricaWah wah wahWhy don't you stick to the topic of him doing good for the world instead of your little tangent about Microsoft? Especially since the two are not related at all. Perhaps you'd be better suited on slashdot if you want...; Tags: Corporate law, Neukom, Gates Foundation, donation, Microsoft Corp., Bill Neukom, Bill Gates, Gates IS; Discussion threads 2006-07-20
Microsoft buys Windows utility software maker: Microsoft buys Windows utility software makerAbsolutely nothing wrong with that."I've had my eye on Mark for some time," Jim Allchin, Microsoft divisional co-president, said in a statement..Nothing wrong with that.Just hope that SysInternals is still downloadableI would hate to see this fine resource disappear because Microsoft bought them.SysInternals should have...; Tags: Business ethics, Microsoft Windows, software, Neukom, ethics, Think about OJ, Microsoft Corp., Jim Allchin, oath; Discussion threads 2006-07-18
Microsoft names new entertainment marketing chief: Microsoft names new entertainment marketing chiefKey players American Bar AssociationThe above article is of interest because it reminds IT professionals that while the roles may change the players remain. Today on 6/6/6 it is usefull to track where the devils have gone and in particular it is useful to note...; Tags: Free trade, entertainment, Microsoft Way, Neukom, Microsoft Corp., Watada; Discussion threads 2006-06-06

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Lawmaker blasts U.K. government on Microsoft policy: Lawmaker blasts U.K. government on Microsoft policyconfidentiality agreementEvery deal has a side deal in countries like England where the population still thinks its government not corruptible and more like parental units that would never harm the citizenry. The colonists in America split off from England for that exact reason. We...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-10-10
Mortgage meltdown: Tech stocks' gain?: Mortgage meltdown: Tech stocks' gain?Out of Country Monied Elite stand to loose BillionsAs one who does not invest but has sold expert systems to fund managers, let me spin this a bit differently. It is not a mortgage meltdown but rather a return to traditional US values that explains the...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Brilliance, Preston Gates, tax, Abramoff, Bill Neukom; Discussion threads 2007-08-24
Beating bullies: Beating bulliesWell-trained dogs...... proving they can ignore a cat playing the part of a creature most dogs would chase happily.Is the point how difficult it is to change human nature?HR represents management; get your own representativeHuman Resources is a department that is legally bound to represent management. The more ethical...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Microsoft Corp., health care, Human Resources; Discussion threads 2007-08-23
Microsoft to dispute FCC on vacant TV airwaves: Microsoft to dispute FCC on vacant TV airwavesEven MS may not have enough...money to pull this off. Only telephone companies get what they want from the FCC. Microsoft needs to get AT&T to ask the FCC. Then everything will be OK.Huzzah to Microsoft ; Free Universal...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Federal government, digital television, TV, Microsoft Corp., FCC, broadcast-TV; Discussion threads 2007-08-13
House panel approves legal shield for bloggers: House panel approves legal shield for bloggersA good lawBut it doesn't go far enough. It should have also protected online bloggers who do not make any money off their websites through ads and other things.I was happy to see that they put in the 'reasonable exhaustion of other means' thing...; Tags: Blogging, Vertical industries, government, blogger, illegal act, shield, First Amendment; Discussion threads 2007-08-01
Microsoft: Expect Windows installed base to hit 1 billion by mid-2008: Microsoft: Expect Windows installed base to hit 1 billion by mid-2008LOL..."Hire the best and brightest"with IQ bellow 50 so Gate$ position won't be in jeopardy"Continue to innovate"Read: innovate new scams to squeeze the customers.As for the wishful thinking of 1 billion installed base, he forgot to add the Linux...; Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, King George Bush, Microsoft Corp., Abramoff, Linux, Brightest Men, Enron Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-07-26
Microsoft may be bullish about Vista, but Acer CEO says it's been a dud for PC manufacturers: Microsoft may be bullish about Vista, but Acer CEO says it's been a dud for PC manufacturersRE:Deciding what to call a success[b]"...10% increase would be a remarkable amount of money."[/b][b]"...rejecting facts should not be an option."[/b]Why don't M$ take a customer satisfaction poll and stop "Houdini"ing us with sales figures.Does...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PC, Acer Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-07-24
Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shape: Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shapeHmmmmm ..."What's ours is yours," Hall told the crowd.But FOR HOW long, before someone comes up with a really good thing and they decided it's in THEIR best interest to do the same ...Thnaks, but no, FOSS works for me ...Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shapeAnother great...; Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., United Way, operating system; Discussion threads 2007-07-12
Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor: Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favorOnly Those Retiring Follow the old Microsoft-Way TodayIt is about now. Microsoft may no longer be a criminal organization. The new management comes from IT and they have track records involving the industry-standardization needed for cooperation. The Novell-Microsoft marriage was the turning point. Hell froze...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Microsoft Office, Word processors, thuggery, Microsoft Corp., Corel Corp., draft proposal; Discussion threads 2007-07-02