As the SCO lawsuit falls deeper into oblivion, it is worth relating this to existing new lawsuits (TomTom and Melco, both settled)

Microsoft sued in China; some blasts from the past; By lobbying for software patents, Microsoft hopes to harm everyone (but Free software more so)

An attorney insists he wasn't acting as a "shill" for Microsoft in bringing the new breed of lawsuits to greater light.

There appear to be a few parallels between what SCO did and what Microsoft is blustering about. They are both concerned about their so called ownership of intellectual property. They both threatend the suppliers and end users of Linux with lawsuits and fines. They both made deals with certain companies to exempt those companies from their browbeating.

Microsoft is trying to sneak patents-encumbered MPEG formats into the Web using Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9); Microsoft threatens (again) to go after Linux legally

Microsoft Corp., bowing to pressure from European regulators, will take steps to make top-selling software including Windows and Office work better with competing products and limit lawsuits against some rivals.

Java and GNU/Linux are named top IT skills; Microsoft hopes to change that

The money just keeps on rolling into Redmond and Microsoft's partners, almost faster than ever before!

Bits of pieces of news about Microsoft, collected over the past couple of days.