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July 09, 2004

Man Accused of AltaVista Theft Working on MSN Search?

"A Kirkland man arrested last week on allegations that he stole proprietary technology from the AltaVista search engine two years ago is a Microsoft Corp. employee who has been working on the Redmond company's MSN Search initiative."

Woo.

"Federal authorities allege that Laurent Chavet, a former AltaVista employee, illegally accessed the California company's computer system in March 2002 and June 2002, after he left AltaVista and well before he went to work for Microsoft. ... three other people with knowledge of Chavet's Microsoft employment confirmed that he has been working on the MSN Search effort."

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