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  • Microsoft file patent faces exam

    A US government agency agreed this week to re-examine a controversial Microsoft patent on the Windows file format, following an objection from a public-interest group.

  • Firefox drawing fans away from Microsoft IE

    Open-source browsers Mozilla and Firefox have won over a significant number of defectors from Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the past nine months, Web site metrics suggest.

  • PalmOne ponders Microsoft, Linux options

    Handheld-computer maker PalmOne is considering moves that would take it beyond the operating system that helped make the company a household name.

  • Gates wades into open-source debate

    While he has no objection to open-source development efforts, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is concerned about the "Pac-Man-like nature" of the license that governs the distribution of such software.

  • Governments vote against Microsoft

    Microsoft has had its share of bad courtroom experiences, but lately the software giant has been taking some of its hardest knocks in city council and legislative chambers.

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  • Battling Windows on the cheap

    Sun hopes to make inroads on the enterprise desktop by slashing the price of its Java Desktop System, which is designed to replace both Windows and Office.

  • Is Java cooling off?

    Sun tries to quell dissension among Java backers while fending off Microsoft. Is Sun really losing control of the Java franchise? Additional reading: Sun: Open-source Java will happen

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