Microsoft denies allegations in digital media case
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Last week, a previously underpublicized legal case involving Microsoft and a small UK company named Burst.com reached a head when a US judge reportedly ordered the software giant to turn over thousands of missing email messages related to the case. Or at least that's what we were told: According to Burst.com accounts of the closed hearing, Microsoft had mysteriously lost emails related to Burst.com during a crucial period of work between the two companies. But the wider case revolves around an issue of theft: Did Microsoft steal Burst.com's streaming digital media technology for use in its Windows Media 9 Series products? This week, Microsoft publicly denied Burst.com's claims and said it had developed the streaming technology it used in Windows Media 9 Series inhouse.