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On February 27, 2018, the Supreme Court heard arguments in United States v. Microsoft Corp ., a case that will decide whether a digital communications provider has to comply with a U.S. search warrant for user data that is stored outside of the U.S. U.S. v.
WASHINGTON: Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared unsure how to resolve a dispute between Microsoft Corp and the Justice Department over whether U.S. law should allow prosecutors to compel technology companies to hand over data stored overseas. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, both conservatives, hinted at support for the Justice Department during the one-hour argument as the nine-member court wrestled with the technological complexities of email data storage.
The US Supreme Court has turned its attention to the dispute between Microsoft and the Department of Justice over privacy rights. Nine judges are set to hear arguments today from both parties over the DoJ's attempts to force Microsoft to hand over personal data held on servers in Ireland.
It's been more than a year since Microsoft sued the government over the right to tell its customers when the authorities ask it to hand over data, and now the DoJ has responded with a new policy. Microsoft says that the new rules restrict the use of secrecy orders and it says they should have defined time periods.
"In 2013, Microsoft refused to turn information from a customer's email account over to law enforcement pursuant to a warrant in a narcotics investigation. The information, Microsoft noted, was stored on a server in Ireland.
FILE In this April 7, 2017 file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington. - The Supreme Court is intervening in a digital-age privacy dispute between the Trump administration and Microsoft over emails stored abroad.
Up Periscope: U.S. Navy to use Xbox game controller on submarines The U.S. Navy plans to use Xbox 360 controllers to operate periscopes aboard its newer submarines. Check out this story on pal-item.com: https://usat.ly/2xf14X7 Microsoft has finally unveiled its new console - officially named the Xbox One X. It will be launched worldwide on November 7th and cost $499.
Melinda Gates and her husband, Bill, the Microsoft co-founder, pause before being honored for their philanthropic work in France this April. SEATTLE - Melinda Gates is calling on world leaders to step up global aid funding, saying "a loss of U.S. leadership" is resulting in "confusion and chaos" in some of the most vulnerable corners of the planet.
A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million U.S. workers, siding with business groups and 21... People march and chant slogans against President Donald Trump's proposed end of the DACA program that protects immigrant children from deportation at ... (more)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took to LinkedIn on Thursday to stand up for the DREAMers - undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. With President Trump reportedly considering ending an Obama-era program that protected such immigrants from deportation, Nadella defended "smart immigration" policies, saying they can "help our economic growth and global competitiveness."
San Francisco, Aug 19 - Following a series of comments US President Donald Trump made over the violence in Charlottesville, tech leaders have resigned en masse from the President's tech advisory board as a mark of protest. According to a report in Politico on Friday, more than half of the members of the 15-person Digital Economy Board of Advisors have quit.
Federal agents persuaded a judge to issue a warrant for a Microsoft email account they suspected was used for drug trafficking. But U.S.-based Microsoft kept the emails on a server in Ireland.
But simply flying a flag is not enough. Citizens should take care to make sure they are following proper etiquette when it comes to the presentation of the Stars and Stripes.
It's game over for the Xbox 360 class action: the US Supreme Court has ruled 8-0 in favor of Microsoft, who was blamed for selling a poorly designed console with a disc system that could scratch games up . The decision seems to rest on the idea that scratches could happen for myriad reasons, including human error.
"The Hall of Fame is the premier event for Utah's 6,000 tech companies where we celebrate the vitality of our dynamic industry," said Richard R. Nelson, president and CEO of UTC. "Hosting Mr. Nadella is a major coup-he's a brilliant visionary."
DANA POINT, Calif. - April 25, 2017 - PRLog -- Basileia Consulting Group, a Managed Microsoft Partner, today announced that Kevin Johnson has joined the firm to oversee project delivery and managed service operations as the firm's new Practice Manager.
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a lot of money and nothing to prove. Post-Microsoft, his biggest achievement so far has been paying $2 billion to buy the LA Clippers , but on Monday The New York Times dropped an extensive report about his next venture: a project called " USAFacts ," which aggregates publicly available government data to tell you how your city, state, and federal tax dollars are spent.
The Shadow Brokers latest NSA dump indicates that Dubai-based firm EastNets , which oversees SWIFT transfers for various Middle Eastern clients, was hacked by the NSA. Fairfax was not able to verify the authenticity of the files - and the NSA has not commented on the leak.
The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday that it is sympathetic to Microsoft Corp. in a dispute with disgruntled owners of the Xbox 360 video-game system who sued saying the console has a design defect that scratches game discs. The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case that involves the Xbox 360 owners' attempts to get class action status for their lawsuit, which was filed several years ago in the state of Washington, where Microsoft is headquartered.
After the new president banned refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Google, Facebook, Salesforce, Microsoft and others railed against the move, saying it violated the country's principles and risked disrupting its engine of innovation. Trump's next steps could strike even closer to home: His administration has drafted an executive order aimed at overhauling the work-visa programs technology companies depend on to hire tens of thousands of employees each year.