Year: 2004

Microsoft threatens teen over MikeRoweSoft.com

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Mike Rowe, a 17-year-old from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada has angered Microsoft by registering a Web site with the address MikeRoweSoft.com. The software giant has demanded that Rowe give up his domain name. According to AP, he received a letter in November from Microsoft’s lawyers informing him he was committing copyright infringement. He wrote back asking to be compensated for giving up his name. Microsoft’s lawyers offered him US$10.

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Apple updates iCal to v1.5.2

Posted by | Jan 19, 2004 | |

Apple has released iCal 1.5.2, the latest version of its popular calendar application. According to Apple, iCal 1.5.2 is “easier and faster to use with its detachable Info Drawer, To Do alarms and notes, more keyboard shortcuts, ability to publish or subscribe to calendars on servers located behind a firewall, improved alarms, support for events in multiple time zones, as well as other stability and performance improvements.”

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