91.   The company is confident the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which sided with the software giant in an earlier case, will overturn Jackson.

92.   The contributions are far more numerous than ever received by Gorton from the Redmond-based software giant.

93.   The developments come as companies maneuver to set up alliances and stay ahead of Microsoft, the software giant that plans to unveil its Internet strategy on Thursday.

94.   The gathering, dominated by Microsoft opponents, adds to a drumbeat of recent criticism aimed at the software giant.

95.   The Justice Department has been probing several antitrust questions about the Redmond, Washington, software giant.

96.   The Justice Department, which prosecuted the software giant and backed the breakup, naturally disagrees.

97.   The Microsoft Network is arguably the most ambitious, and difficult, effort yet undertaken by the software giant, which is based here.

98.   The Justice Department has been amassing evidence as it decides whether to bring a broader antitrust suit against the software giant.

99.   The Justice Department spent years in hot antitrust pursuit, and in July reached a settlement said to rein in the software giant.

100.   The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is getting ready to sell its own server software.