Details of Microsoft’s recently announced plan to extend the life of Windows XP for ultra low-cost PCs are trickling out. IDG News got its hands on what it says are Microsoft documents outlining the program for PC manufacturers.
Read more »Microsoft’s plan to block Linux on laptops
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EU Won't Seek New Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft
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The European Commission confirmed it has received a complaint about Microsoft's business practices from a British government agency Tuesday, but isn't following it up as it normally would with an antitrust complaint, according to a press officer.
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European software patents via treaty?
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"...Brussels, 13 May 2008 -- European Commissioner McCreevy is pushing for a bilateral patent treaty with the United States. This Tuesday 13 May in Brussels, White House and European representatives will try to adopt a tight roadmap for the signature of a EU-US patent treaty by the end of the year.
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Advertising slowing down the web
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The bulk of the extra content consists of HTML tags and links. It's difficult to say how much cruft there is — much of it is Javascript, and I used a non-Javascript web browser for some of this analysis — but a naive dump of the content reveals 128 URLs.
Read more »Microsoft emails Blender
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Microsoft has just approached the Blender guys, and I would assume have or will approach other FOSS projects since we learn that Microsoft has assigned a guy to work with Open Source projects, with a request for information on how to make Blender run better on Windows. Here's part of what Microsoft emailed to Blender
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Microsoft to limit capabilities of cheap laptops
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Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs, one effect of which will be to limit the hardware capabilities of this type of device, IDG News Service has learned.
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Microsoft to Increase Focus on Handsets for Poor
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Another attempt by Microsods to counter free with gratis. This time, by providing low cost phones with Windows Mobile installed to the poor.
Read more »Microsoft intensifies anti-piracy measures
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Your computer screen’s menus and icons disappear, slipping beneath a wall of funereal black. The computer still works, but it will not work for you.
Read more »House Judiciary Approves Pro IP Act, Modifies Scope of IP Czar, Forfeiture Sections
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"The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would make changes to several federal statutes in order to strengthen enforcement of intellectual property rights against domestic and overseas piracy.
Read more »Intellectual Exclusion Makes Intellectual Abuse
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Here is just a quick roundup of news which revolves around our ‘favourite’ patents trolls, our ‘favourite’ anti-Free software laws, and Microsoft’s latest intellectual monopoly offenses.
Read more »Windows-based EeePC cheaper than Linux one
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Is ASUS in bed with Microsoft? The new XP-based EeePC 900 will actually be cheaper than the Linux-based version.
Read more »Microsoft doesn't need open source
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What do you do when you have billions of dollars in the bank and more money coming in each day than most companies can score in their corporate lifetimes? You probably don't open source your software.
Read more »Novell Potty Calls the Kettle Black
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The headline is just a game of words and nothing personal, but mind the following take on OpenSolaris, courtesy of OpenSUSE’s community manager: "Ultimately, I can’t help but think that the problem that Sun is trying to solve with OpenSolaris is not a technical one, but one of control.
Read more »FUD Alert: Microsoft’s Burton Group at It Again, Slamming Microsoft Rivals
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Here is just a quick word of caution: Now comes the latest FUD from the Burton Group, Microsoft’s left-arm FUD buddy, which was only recently used against Google, VMWare and ODF. As usual, it all comes in the form of a report Microsoft can cite and distribute copies of. It’s now used against Free software, too.
Read more »'Stifling' gadgets threaten internet's future
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Maybe Richard Stallman can tell Professor Zittrain the solution to this problem.
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