Microsoft has been trying anything from copyright libel to patent trolls to actually suing companies like TomTom (after using extortion), so what are the implications?

HP's Windows-based Slate is declared dead just days after it turns out that Courier too is history; Vista 7 is said to be replaceable by WebOS, which HP has just acquired

Funny how it's always Linux which Microsoft is alleging is infringing on Microsoft's patent portfolio, isn't it? Not FreeBSD, not OpenBSD, not NetBSD, not Solaris (open or closed), not Plan Nine From Bell Labs, not ReactOS, not Minix, not GNU-HURD, not any of the flavors of proprietary Unix.

What Samsung's rumoured entry into the market of "Google TVs" (running Android) actually means to Microsoft

Microsoft's assault on GNU/Linux takes new routes as additional deals get signed to undercut it or to make it more expensive

What Mary-Jo Foley and Rob Enderle have to say about Microsoft's extortion of the Linux-based Android platform

Microsoft has now joined Apple in a guerrilla war against Google's Android, and Google's next steps are far from certain. The smartphone industry is still in its infancy, but its strategic importance to computer companies big and small can't be overstated.

In order to generate hype which is not justified, Novell comes up with familiar numbers that do not tell much and might not tell the truth, either