Neowin News Feed for: Reform

Satya Nadella to meet with Congressional Republicans on immigration, privacy reform

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:18:01 +0000

Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, is meeting with a number of republicans in Congress to discuss major issues of the day and Microsoft's position on them, such as immigration and privacy reform. Read more...

Patent Reform Moves to Senate

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:01:53 +0000

Passed by the US House of Representatives on Sept. 7, H.R. 1908: the Patent Reform Act of 2007, limits damages to the actual value of the infringed technology, not the entire product containing the contested... Read more...

Patent Reform Is Good for Microsoft

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:01:34 +0000

If newly proposed patent legislation becomes law, Microsoft might have to lay off or fire a bunch of lawyers. On Friday, the House passed H.R. 1908, the Patent Reform Act of 2007, setting the stage... Read more...

Analyst: Vista's UAC Will Reform Developers

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:22:41 +0000

When it comes to the new security functions in Windows Vista, User Account Control is the one people tend to scratch their heads over, Gartner Analyst Neil MacDonald said during his presentation on implementing Vista... Read more...

IBM wins patent glory, but seeks reform

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:46:01 +0000

So it's no surprise that the company did just that for the 14th consecutive year. But it's still worth noting the number of patents Big Blue was awarded--3,651--especially in light of various efforts to reform... Read more...

EU praises Microsoft reform plans

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:57:39 +0000

The European Commission has praised Microsoft's initial response to its antitrust ruling against the company. Last week, Microsoft successfully met a deadline to give details of how it would improve the way it opens up... Read more...

Microsoft Advocates for Patent Reform

Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:48:12 +0000

Microsoft went public on Thursday with a number of proposals designed to overhaul the U.S. patent system and make it better suited to the software industry. Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith presented Microsoft's proposed reforms... Read more...

ICANN approves new domains, reform

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:25:24 +0000

The group that oversees the Internet's traffic system said on Sunday it plans to approve a host of new address suffixes to join the likes of ".com" and ".org" over the coming year, and is... Read more...