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  • Microsoft takes on teen's site MikeRoweSoft.com

    01/19/2004 10:11:49 AM PST · by Bobby777 · 56 replies · 1,009+ views
    CNN.Com / Technology ^ | Monday, January 19, 2004 Posted: 9:25 AM EST (1425 GMT) | Associated Press
    <p>Rowe, a 17-year-old high school senior and Web designer from Victoria, has angered the software giant by registering an Internet site with the address www.MikeRoweSoft.com.</p> <p>"Since my name is Mike Rowe, I thought it would be funny to add 'soft' to the end of it," said Rowe.</p>
  • Microsoft to sue Mike Rowe Soft

    01/20/2004 12:49:14 PM PST · by sociotard · 11 replies · 467+ views
    www.yahoo.com/ ^ | Mon Jan 19, 8:05 AM ET | Associated Press
    VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Mike Rowe thinks it's funny that his catchy name for a Web site design company sounds a lot like Microsoft. The software giant, however, is not amused. "Since my name is Mike Rowe, I thought it would be funny to add 'soft' to the end of it," said Rowe, a 17-year-old computer geek and Grade 12 student in Victoria, British Columbia. Microsoft Corp. and its attorneys have demanded that he give up his domain name, the Vancouver Province newspaper reported Sunday. Rowe registered the name in August. In November, he received a letter from Microsoft's Canadian...