Mobile e-mail developer Visto said on Thursday that it has sued technology giant Microsoft for infringing on several of its patents.
As part of a re-examination, the U.S. Patent Office has issued a preliminary rejection for a patent previously granted to Microsoft for a Windows file format.
Eolas Technologies on Monday filed a motion to permanently enjoin Microsoft's distribution of its Internet Explorer browser amid a flurry of court filings by both sides in the pivotal patent infringement case.
At first blush, the awarding of US$521 million of Microsoft's money to plug-in patent holder Eolas Technologies looks like one of those "score one for the little guys" victories.
Open source software project Samba has signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive protocol documentation for the software giant's Windows workgroup server products.
The companies bridge a networking-system rift, while customers hope more such collaborations are on the way.
Sun Microsystems is about to take the next step in its plan to refurbish the reputation of its Solaris operating system in the eyes of a small but crucial group: programmers.
Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard.
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