'Microsoft' Tag

• Sun threatened by Microsoft, Apple over patents (ZDNet Australia)

  March 10, 2010

  [Story ID: 778]
  Revealing a bit of previously hush-hush history that’s relevant today, Sun Microsystems’ former chief executive said that both Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates had threatened Sun for infringing their patents.

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• Amazon, Microsoft in cross-licensing deal with Kindle (MacNN)

  February 23, 2010

  [Story ID: 536]
  Amazon and Microsoft tonight agreed to a cross-licensing deal for each other’s patents. The deal gives Microsoft special access to technology behind the Kindle reader as well as Amazon’s implementation of Linux on servers. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, including what technology Amazon would get, but the online retailer will pay Microsoft [...]

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• Microsoft and Amazon Sign Patent-Sharing Deal (Mashable)

  February 23, 2010

  [Story ID: 541]
  In a new deal announced today, Microsoft and Amazon will gain access to each other’

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