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Is Baltimore selling its past?

2012-03-24 00:00:00

It is the clearest sign of the direction historic preservation may be going: Even a building called Government House, a 19th-century mansion in Baltimore's Midtown neighborhood, is now in private hands. While some history buffs were horrified to learn...

Partial list of victims

2001-10-02 11:23:00

Names of those confirmed dead, reported dead or reported missing in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Persons confirmed dead include victims who have been confirmed dead by a coroner's office or the Defense Department. It also includes those for whom death...

ThinkFree steps into the fray

2002-11-07 00:00:00

Despite the overwhelming dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows in the computing realm, it can be avoided with such alternatives as the open-source Linux operating system and, of course, Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh. But while you can duck Microsoft's...

Apple's Office politics

2003-01-23 00:00:00

Given Microsoft Corp.'s storied reputation as an intimidating competitor, few companies dare risk its wrath. Yet Apple Computer Inc., with the San Francisco Macworld announcements of two applications that directly challenge existing Microsoft offerings,...

Pirates and pioneers

2003-05-15 00:00:00

Everybody steals from Apple Computer Inc. Or so the thinking goes in the Mac community. Ever since Microsoft Corp. introduced Windows 1.0 in 1985, there has been a ceaseless chorus from Mac users accusing the software giant, based in Redmond, Wash.,...

Tech industry may get huge upgrade

2002-12-31 00:00:00

For most of the two years since the Internet bubble burst and knocked the technology industry into its worst slump, everyone from unemployed programmers to disaffected investors has looked hopefully to 2003 for a turnaround. Now, with the new year...

A chronology of events

2002-11-01 00:00:00

Here are key dates in the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.: 1975: Microsoft founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates. July 1994: Microsoft, in a consent decree, agrees to change contracts with PC makers and eliminate some restrictions on other...

Key players in the Microsoft trial

2000-04-28 00:00:00

++++++++++++++++++++ || || || || Bill Gates || || Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Bill Gates, 42, is the nation's richest man with a net worth of about $50 billion. Gates, who grew up in Seattle with a penchant for computer programming, entered Harvard...

Alex. Brown chief quit last week

2001-09-13 00:00:00

Mayo A. Shattuck III, chairman of Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown and the executive who guided Baltimore's oldest investment firm through two corporate mergers in the past five years, has resigned. Shattuck, 46, confirmed his resignation yesterday, saying he...

Jury finds for Oracle on a copyright claim, Google seeks mistrial

2012-05-07 13:05:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google is asking a judge to declare a mistrial after a federal jury in San Francisco rendered a split decision: the panel� ruled against the company in Oracle’s copyright case over the search giant’s popular Android mobile...

Partial verdict in Oracle-Google case seen as setback for Oracle

2012-05-07 13:57:00

A partial jury verdict in its copyright infringement case against Google has handed Oracle a major setback, limiting damages against the search giant. The jury on Monday found that Google did improperly borrow the structure of Oracle's software code...

Oracle faces setback in case against Google

2012-05-07 18:09:00

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal jury handed Oracle Corp. a major setback in its high-stakes copyright infringement case against Google Inc. by failing to agree on a key issue in the case. The 12-member panel concluded that Google lifted technology from...

An employee writes a note on the message board at the new headquarters of Facebook in Menlo Park. The 57-acre campus, which formerly housed Sun Microsystems , features open work spaces for nearly 2,000 employees on the one million square foot campus, with room for expansion.

2012-02-01 11:20:47

. Many of the cubicles have been replaced by long open work tables where employees share common spaces and work in community-based groups.

2012-01-26 16:59:24