Microsoft Sued; Christmas Comes Early for Z4 Technologies
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| Microsoft is succumbing to patent trolls today, as they’re being ordered to
| pay over $140 million for, get this, asking for two passwords. The original
| award was ordered in April last year by a federal jury in Marshall, Texas,
| widely known as the friendliest court for patent trolls. There Microsoft and
| Autodesk were saddled with $158 million (plus attorney fees) for asking users
| to “input two passwords during the process of activating newly installed
| software with the aim of deterring piracy.”
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http://mashable.com/2007/11/28/microsoft-sued-christmas-comes-early-for-z4-technologies/
Testers see Windows XP passing Vista
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| Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system is about to get faster and
| Windows Vista isn't, according to a report that caused a stir online this
| week as industry watchers speculated that a zippier XP could keep customers
| from upgrading to Vista.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xp_sp3_performance
Bad times for Windows, so Microsoft starts attacking its rivals.
Here is a better way. Someone calls this "the mom desktop":
http://ctolpin.googlepages.com/momdesktop3.jpg
Yesterday:
Excerpts: Latest filings in 'Vista Capable' lawsuit
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| The lawsuit over Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" marketing program has
| reached a key juncture. Lawyers for the plaintiffs have formally requested
| class-action status for the case, seeking to open it up to many more people,
| and Microsoft last week filed its official opposition to that request. The
| filings contain some interesting tidbits on both sides.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/126606.asp?source=rss
Judge Says 'Windows Vista Capable' Lawsuit Can Proceed
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| A federal judge has ruled that two consumers can proceed with a lawsuit that
| claims Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" campaign was misleading.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201305528&subSection=All+Stories
Microsoft Hard-Balling EU Over Vista
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| "This is part of the negotiating strategy," a person familiar with the
| situation told internetnews.com. "They're in a public relations battle."
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| Microsoft made the same threat to South Korean regulators, but did not
| follow through when they lost that battle.
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3631041
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