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Microsoft for antitrust vio-
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prmined to go to trial.
Six states expressed support
sded for one; [foi the proposed settlement
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nt to end the landmark
nopoly case, and at least six
tens successfully negotiated
|w concessions with Microsoft
it moved them closer to a deal.
|Those changes broadened
losures Microsoft must
ike to rivals about the opera-
n of its powerful server soft-
re. By adding the phrase “or
Internet” to one section,
mi*puppy AKn»vyers for the states explicitly
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Active a no ier than just those used for
fice networks. That slight
ange could broaden the settle-
pnt to cover Microsoft’s future
iness strategies of providing
temet services.
The states also negotiated to
ablish a separate oversight
mmittee, so the states can
sure compliance.
Philip Beck, a Dept, of
stice lawyer, described the
w provisions as “clarifications.
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After all-night negotiations,
Microsoft hinted it was finished
negotiating and was willing to
continue the fight in court with
those states that do not sign the
settlement.
“Microsoft believes the set
tlement process has come to an
end,” attorney John Warden told
the judge. “The issues in this case
have been beaten to death, and
they have been beaten to death by
people who are worn out.”
Without agreement of all the
states, the judge hinted, she
may let disgruntled states con
tinue the lawsuit even as she
weighs whether to approve the
settlement with the others.
Eric Green, the mediator,
said attorneys general in some
states remained very troubled
despite the additional provisions
sought by their colleagues. He
did not identify them.
Other states indicated they
would sign the settlement as the
Justice Department negotiated it.
Connecticut, Iowa, California
and Massachusetts were
believed to be pressing to contin
ue fighting in court.
In talks Monday that carried
into the early hours of the morn
ing and resumed before
Tuesday’s hearing, several states
sought new provisions from
Microsoft in a side agreement.
New York, which organized
other states against Microsoft
early in the case, sought addi-
Split decision
The attorneys general for 18 states and the
District of Columbia involved in the antitrust suit
against Microsoft Corp. decided Tuesday whether
to accept the settlement proposed by the
company and the Justice Department.
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■ Agreed
■ Rejected
□ Rejected settlement, but
may still sign on
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□ Not part of the suit
SOURCE: Associated Press
tional sanctions in private negoti
ations with the company Monday
but was rebuffed, according to
people close to those talks.
The settlement already nego
tiated between Microsoft and
the Justice Department requires
the company to provide techni
cal details to help rivals make
products compatible with its
monopoly Windows operating
system and to give an oversight
panel full access to its books and
plans for five years.
But critics portray the 21-
page agreement as rife with
loopholes, such as one clause
that permits Microsoft to ask
consumers whether they want to
restore after 14 days any
changes made to Windows by
computer makers.
It also allows Microsoft to
maintain the secrecy of any tech
nical details of its anti-piracy,
security, anti-virus or encryption
technology. In the changes negoti
ated by states, the government
also sought to narrow cases in
which Microsoft could shield that
information.
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group, Bradshaw said.
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caused by global warming are
increasing the length of the
season in which the animal
can grow, develop and repro-
... it shows the
genetic population of
the mosquito was
modified by global
warming. This sug
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To the season. Global warm-
duce,” he said. “As a result,
animals that reproduce later in
the season have a greater
opportunity to leave their
genes in the population.”
As a result, global warming
allows those mosquitos to dom
inate others, Bradshaw said.
The pitcher plant mosqui
to, which lives mostly on nec
tar, is found in eastern North
America, from Canada to
Florida. Along its southern
range, it is found as far west as
Mississippi.
It is the southern type of
pitcher plant mosquito that is
adapted to a longer growing
season, Bradshaw said. The
study showed that this south
ern adaptation, favored by the
effects of global warming, is
now moving north.
In laboratory experiments,
the Oregon researchers showed
that this genetic adaptation
can come to dominate a mos
quito population in as little as
five years.
“This is an important find
ing because it shows the
genetic population of the mos
quito was modified by global
warming,” said Marina Caillaud,
a Cornell University genetic
researcher who commented
on Bradshaw’s paper.
“This suggests that this type
of genetic adaptation could
happen in other species also.”
For instance, she said, other
mosquitoes that are pests to
humans might adapt so that
the troublesome mosquito sea
son could grow longer and
expand further north.
Northern lights
shine across
American skies
(AP) — The aurora borealis
appeared with rare intensity in skies
across the country, treating onlook
ers as far south as California and
Georgia to a shimmering display of
red and green lights.
The ghostly streaks, better known
as the Northern Lights, are rarely
seen south of Canada and Alaska.
The Northern Lights occur when
charged particles blowing away
from the sun, called solar wind,
interact with the Earth’s magnetic
field. The lights are produced as the
particles strike different gases in-
the atmosphere.
A large solar flare on Sunday like
ly caused the lights to be visible far
ther south than usual, said Brian
Murphy, director of Butler University’s
Holcomb Observatory in Indianapolis.
Clear skies and dry air also created
ideal conditions.
“There was this huge red streak
through the northern sky,” Murphy
said. “I’d never seen an aurora like
that before.”
The color of the aurora depends
upon what type of molecule is struck
by the particles and at what atmos
pheric level. Oxygen about 60 miles
up produces a green color. Higher-level
oxygen produces the rare alked auro
ras, while ionized nitrogen produces
blue light and neutral nitrogen glows
purplish-red at the edges of the aurora.
On the Website spaceweather.com,
photographers from California,
Alaska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Idaho, New Jersey and Georgia post
ed their pictures.
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