World News 08-11-1999 Bill Gates Gives Gift To UK As Microsoft Empire Is Shaken who: Bill Gates what: Is giving £2.5 million to help fund a string of walk-in computer centres across Britain when: Yesterday snippet: "Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates is giving £2.5 million to help fund a string of walk-in computer centres across Britain," reports The Mirror. Arts Minister Alan Howarth made the announcement yesterday. The project "will be used to extend the Internet revolution through a network of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centres in 47 libraries." Meanwhile, The Independent reports that Microsoft has been in talks with the US Justice Department following the ruling on Friday by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson that the Microsoft empire legally consititutes a monopoly and had actively stifled competition from IBM and Netscape. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates took out a full-page ad in The Washington Post in response to the ruling to address his shareholders directly. "Microsoft is committed to resolving this matter in a fair and responsible manner, while ensuring that the fundamental principles of consumer benefit and innovation are protected," he said. The court will now decide whether Microsoft has liability. A ruling against them could result in the company being broken up. [... more]

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