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State questions Microsoft search plans

April 14, 2004 Massachusetts investigates whether the company is unlawfully wielding its desktop dominance in its plans to enter the search engine market. TAGS: Massachusetts, search engine, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Oracle to buy software maker Tangosol

March 23, 2007 Somerville, Mass., company develops software designed to increase application performance. TAGS: Oracle Corp., logistics, Massachusetts, high-performance, software company

Judge: Microsoft must pay state legal tab

September 22, 2003 A federal judge has ordered Microsoft to pay nearly $1 million in legal fees to the state of Massachusetts, less than half of what the state has been seeking. TAGS: Tom Reilly, antitrust, Massachusetts, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, state, attorney general, federal judge, fee, Judge, Microsoft Corp.

Preparing for the open-standards onslaught

October 17, 2005 CCIA President Ed Black explains why he thinks Massachusetts has set an example other governments will follow. TAGS: Massachusetts, OpenDocument Format, citizen, state, interoperability, government, decision

Police Blotter: Can a cell phone camera intimidate a witness?

November 16, 2007 Court rules that trial defendant committed crime when pretending to photograph an undercover officer with his cell phone. TAGS: officer, informant, Police Blotter, defendant, cell phone, Massachusetts, photograph, camera

Massachusetts sticking with 'open' documents

January 4, 2006 Despite state CIO's departure, Massachusetts is not pulling support for OpenDocument standard. TAGS: Peter Quinn, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, state, CIO, information technology, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Verizon jacks up broadband offering

April 5, 2005 Carrier has doubled the speed of its $30 DSL service and plans to add more communities to its fiber build in Massachusetts. TAGS: FTTH, Verizon Communications, fiber, DSL, DSL service, Massachusetts, community, broadband

Alleged spammer settles with Massachusetts

October 11, 2004 DC Enterprises will pony up $25,000, marking resolution of the first state case under the federal Can-Spam Act. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Tom Reilly, Massachusetts, attorney general, e-mail

Proprietary software--banned in Boston?

September 30, 2003 Massachusetts adopts a policy to favor open standards and open-source software in government computing projects. TAGS: open standard, Massachusetts, policy, state, open-source software, information technology, Boston, antitrust, Web server, open source, XML, Microsoft Corp., server

Citrix acquires Reflectent

May 8, 2006 Networking-software company Citrix Systems expands into the desktop applications performance-monitoring market. TAGS: Citrix Systems Inc., Massachusetts, acquisition, server

This week in security

September 16, 2005 Security researchers say they have found ways to exploit a serious bug in Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers. TAGS: Mozilla Web browser, Mozilla Corp., Massachusetts, Firefox, T-Mobile, Web browser, Netscape Communications Corp., researcher, security

Massachusetts moves ahead sans Microsoft

September 23, 2005 State finalizes policy calling for desktop applications supporting OpenDocument standard format. Microsoft Office is excluded. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, state, Microsoft Office, policy, decision, Microsoft Corp., agency, IBM Corp.

Massachusetts to adopt 'open' desktop

September 1, 2005 State intends to phase out office applications from Microsoft and others in favor of software based on "open" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, Peter Quinn, state, XML, OpenOffice, agency, standards, Adobe PDF, open source, Microsoft Corp., document, Microsoft Office, format, IBM Corp.

Massachusetts files suit under Can-Spam

July 2, 2004 Spurred by glut of e-mail advertising low mortgage rates, case is considered first state suit filed under new federal law. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Massachusetts, attorney general, state, Florida, complaint, e-mail

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor

July 2, 2007 Proposed technical guidelines include Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list of "open format" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, Microsoft Office, XML, Massachusetts, policy, state, standards, document, Microsoft Corp., information technology

Search may be Microsoft's next target, court told

January 16, 2004 Microsoft may be using its desktop dominance to put the squeeze on search engines and on formats like Adobe Acrobat, Massachusetts claims in its latest antitrust filing. TAGS: Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, antitrust, Massachusetts, Internet search, dominance, court, Adobe Acrobat, search engine, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Traveling exhibit offers 'CSI' experience

October 4, 2007 Visitors to a Boston science museum solve simulated crimes through lab experiments, 'morgue' visits and computer analysis.Photos: Exhibit lets you star in 'CSI' TAGS: exhibit, Boston, museum, crime, Massachusetts, analysis

Massachusetts CIO quits

October 4, 2006 Louis Gutierrez says he's leaving due to lack of tech funding; move not expected to affect OpenDocument policy. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, CIO, state, bond, policy, information technology, letter

Mass. governor vetoes bill for online wine sales

November 22, 2005 Mitt Romney says certain provisions in the proposed law would prevent consumers from purchasing "the bottlings they want." TAGS: Mitt Romney, wine, winery, Governor, provision, bill, Massachusetts, law
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