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Failing to settle its antitrust case with all sides, Microsoft Corp. is now in the precarious position of complying with already negotiated sanctions while risking additional future penalties the trial judge could impose as early as next year.Some legal experts wonder whether Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates jumped this week from a frying pan of secret negotiations into a potential fire
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stanley usa disparate fronts: convincing the judge in one set of hearings that its concessions are tough enough even as some states press in other hearings for much harsher sanctions.Nine states, including New York and Wisconsin, announced a settlement Tuesday with Microsoft and the Justice Department after the company agreed to new provisions aimed at ensuring that competitors can build software products that work seamlessly with the monopoly Windows operating system.As many as nine other states said they will press forward in the antitrust case and begin collecting evidence soon to decide the most appropriate penalties for Microsoft. A federal judge already has determined the software maker is guilty of illegally using its influence in the technology industry to undermine rivals.Officials in some of those nine states hinted they may eventually settle their complaints, perhaps within the week. A number of states said they will take a look at this over the ne Ejdh Futurama makes us wish we d stayed in prison
When you look up at the sky, on a clear dark night, you ;re sometimes lucky enough to catch glimpses of other planets. They seem small, insignificant, surreal. Guess what That exactly how we look to them. Here our pale blue dot, from Saturn. You might have to squint. The above image was released today by NASA; it was taken by the Cassini spacecraft, some 900 million miles from home. It as stark a reminder as any of our place in the solar
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stanley termoska ry difficult to capture pictures of the Earth from this distance because we ;re so relatively close to the Sun. Pointing sensitive detectors in direct view of that much brightness doesn ;t result in much of an image As NASA explains, this view came during an opportune moment, when Saturn had slipped behind the sun and shielded the view. Want to feel even smaller Here the Earth next to the moon, also from Cassini: This hopefully also won ;t be the last we see of Earth from
stanley quencher Cassini; the craft has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, studying its rings, moons, and neighboring planets. But however much data it wrings from Titan and Jupiter, it may turn out that its most important contribution is perspective. [NASA] EarthNASASpace
