July 4, 2004

Who Could Be Reading Your E-Mail? PC World - A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the vice president of an Internet service provider can't be charged with violating federal wiretapping laws for snooping on e-mail sent to his customers, a decision that will give ISPs and other e-mail providers free rein to spy on e-mail, privacy advocates said. 10:17:47 PM

Microsoft Wants EU to Learn from Its US Victory Reuters - Microsoft Corp says a US antitrust court victory last week has a lot to teach Europeans at a time when the software giant faces a major antitrust case here, but experts differ over whether the US decision will make a difference. European Union Court of First Instance Judge Bo Vesterdorf is considering a Microsoft request that he suspend sanctions imposed by the European Commission for the firm's abuse of its dominance of personal computer operating systems. Vesterdorf will make his decision on the heels of a U.S. Court of Appeals decision in Washington that gave Microsoft a sweeping victory by essentially upholding a deal on remedies that it negotiated with the Justice Department. 10:15:52 PM

Iraq, not US, cash spent on rebuilding MSNBC - The US government has spent 2 percent of an $18.4 billion aid package that Congress approved last year after the Bush administration called for a quick infusion of cash into Iraq to finance reconstruction, according to figures released Friday by the White House. 12:31:10 PM