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Reports that the United States Department of Justice has abandoned its goal of breaking up Microsoft Corp. into smaller companies. Other decisions which indicate that the U.S. Department of Justice under President George W. Bush may not pursue antitrust matters aggressively; Claim made by state attorneys general that they may pursue the case separately; Impact of this decision on the introduction of the Microsoft Windows XP computer operating system.

Discusses the United States federal court ruling on charges of antitrust violations against Microsoft Corp. and how the court decision by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson will affect the future of Microsoft. Reaction from Microsoft competitors; Bill Gate's video press release after the ruling; Possible punishments for Microsoft; Details of the case; Question of whether lawsuits like this are good for the country; Outlook. INSETS: What It May Mean for Gates, by Chris Taylor;What It May Mean for You;What Gates Did: Seven Deadly Sins.

Discusses the first week of the antitrust case brought against Microsoft Corp. by the United States Department of Justice. The case's focus on Bill Gates; The case expected to be an ideological showdown; Showing the darker side of Gates; Work of Justice's Joel Klein and Microsoft's lawyer, John Warden; Case for Microsoft being an economic bully; Role of the Internet browser in the case; How Microsoft impacted various computer companies. INSET: Netscape's Barksdale: Microsoft's Worst Enemy, by Joshua....

Discusses a United States appeals-court ruling that partly reversed an antirust verdict against Microsoft Corp. by overturning an order that the company be split in two. Criticism of Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson for his comments to the media about the case; Affirmation that Microsoft is a monopoly and engaged in illegal competition; Statement that the ruling could pave the way for private antitrust lawsuits; How the decision impacts the consumer.

Reports on the United States Department of Justice's antitrust case against the Microsoft Corp., and discusses the remedies which can be enacted. Journey by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates to Washington D.C. where he met with top US political leaders; Comments by both sides; Structural remedies which would break the company into smaller pieces; Conduct remedies which would regulate the company's future actions.

Reports that Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has admitted to hiring private investigators to search the garbage of groups defending rival Microsoft in its antitrust case. Ellison's assertion that the practice was ethical; What Ellison claims to have found; Microsoft's reaction to the admission; What Ellison and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates have in common.

Examines how Microsoft Corp. is trying to battle its negative public image during the antitrust trial brought against the company by the United States Department of Justice. The public relations campaign showing the friendly side of company chairman Bill Gates; Microsoft's vision of the computer industry and the place that it holds in the industry; Why Microsoft feels it is not a monopoly; How the company has responded to allegations that its alleged monopoly has hurt consumers.

Looks at possible courses of action that could be taken against Microsoft Corp. if the United States Justice Department wins its antitrust lawsuit against the company. Eliminating coercive contracts that Microsoft has with other companies; Forcing of Microsoft to give access to programming codes used in its software; Adding charges for the bundling of software with its Windows operating system; Breaking up of Microsoft.

Discusses the progress of the antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. Inability of Bill Gates to recall significant e-mails and meetings; Insights into Gates' management style; Gates' depiction in his videotaped testimony; Work of United States Justice Department lawyer David Boies; Doubt cast on Gates' credibility; Testimony of Apple official Avadis Tevanian; Witnesses for the Justice Department; Expectations for Microsoft's defense. INSET: FUD and Loathing in Redmond, by Joshua Quittner.

Looks at the launch of the Microsoft Windows XP computer operating system by Microsoft Corp., and the outlook for sales in the computer software industry due to its release in fall 2001. Idea that Microsoft needs XP to help boost sales and anchor its move into Internet commerce and services; How the system is being launched in the middle of the slowest economy in a decade; Features of the system; Compatibility of XP with broadband Internet access.

Focuses on Microsoft's identity-verification program called Passport. Use of Passport by Starbucks.com as an exclusive payment option; Complaint filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center with the United States Federal Trade Commission charging that Passport collects personal information deceptively; Mention that AOL Time Warner is developing its own system, Magic Carpet.

Focuses on Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who presided over the Microsoft Corp. antitrust trial and made comments to the press while the case was pending. How Jackson made comments that were not judicious to author Ken Auletta for the book 'World War 3.0'; Implications for the Microsoft appeal and for the software industry.

Mentions the Microsoft Corp. initiative called .NET that will put the offline company into the Internet age. Concern that .NET will be accessible to non-Windows platforms; Possibility that the company is moving from a pay-for-software model to a subscription model; Appeal of a court order to divide Microsoft Corp.

Focuses on Judge Richard Posner, the mediator for the United States Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. Career highlights; His conservative views; Opinion that he may be the perfect mediator; Legalities involving Microsoft's monopoly.