The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a Microsoft appeal to an antitrust case that dates back to Novell's desktop PC software business in the mid-1990s.
A US court has told a Linux enthusiast he must switch to Windows if he wants to use a computer because the court's monitoring software will only work with Microsoft's operating system.
Microsoft and Lindows faced off in a Dutch court Tuesday over allegations the Linux operating system company infringed on the Windows trademark.
Gadget blog site Engadget.com said on Wednesday it had resolved a clash with Microsoft over a story it published about an upcoming Microsoft operating system release.
Microsoft was awarded AU$1.86 million worth of damages and injunctions last week, concluding a long-going software piracy court battle with Sydney electronics wholesaler TYN Electronics.
Upstart operating system company Lindows is hoping to deal a final death blow to the suit brought against it by Microsoft.
The software maker says it is retiring several of its older products, including Windows 98, to comply with a court order related to Sun Microsystems and Java.
Vendors Symantec and McAfee have looked into the future and don't want to become the next Netscapes.
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A European court dealt a severe blow to Microsoft's competitive ambitions in Europe on Monday by siding with regulators in an antitrust case against the company.
Upstart operating system company Lindows is hoping to deal a final death blow to the suit brought against it by Microsoft.
According to court documents, the founder of Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit fought a hard battle to keep Mac Office 97 alive.
Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows XP Service Pack 1 without the company's version of Java, complying with a court order that was stayed just hours later.
The software giant is phasing out standalone versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser, according to statements attributed to IE's program manager on its Web site.
In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.
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