Grant Gross

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Microsoft Corp. has 120 days to begin shipping Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology with its Windows PC operating system.

A U.S. federal court judge Friday denied Microsoft Corp.'s motions to dismiss the private antitrust lawsuits brought by Be Inc. and Burst.com Inc., while delaying action on motions to dismiss seven Sun Microsystems Inc. antitrust claims.

A federal judge in a Baltimore courtroom Tuesday peppered lawyers from both Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. with probing questions as the two sides presented opening arguments in a pretrial hearing in Sun's private antitrust case against the software giant.