A judge last week ruled that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would have to testify in a class action suit over the "Vista Capable" logo program that Microsoft ran ahead of the launch of Windows Vista.
AutoPatcher, a four-year-old project to distribute Microsoft patches and other updates to software that runs on Windows, has shut down because of a Microsoft request.
The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix users in an attempt to get the standards body to recant its approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format.
Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell have been sued for patent infringement -- but not by Microsoft.
Microsoft has been ordered to pay US$1.5 billion to Alcatel-Lucent in a patent dispute over MP3 audio technology used in Windows.
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Facebook's answer as to why it removed vigilante groups that had posted details about accused fire-bug Brendan Sokaluk smells of fear that it may be as responsible as media for content published on its network.
When you're the industry's 800-pound gorilla, what's a few billion dollars to pay for problems to disappear?
It's time for Microsoft to seek an annuity base that isn't as tied to the upgrade cycle as its current revenue model is.
Is Microsoft funding the SCO Group's legal fight against Linux? ZDNet hopes to shed some light and answer common questions swirling around the duo's relationship.
CEO Stuart Cohen talks about OSDL's efforts to head off patent claims against the community-developed operating system.
Scott McNealy spent years sniping at the "evil empire" of Bill Gates. Now, a more customer-centric approach unites the archrivals, forcing them to bury the hatchet.
Microsoft Security Essentials is recommended for those who want something to set and ignore, but users who want more robust configuration choices or don't want to contribute to the cloud should look elsewhere.
Australian-based company Thinc Technology has launched a suite of office applications aimed at challenging Microsoft Outlook's dominance of the small- to medium-sized business market.
There's a lot to like in the first beta of Exchange 2010, from storage improvements to new high availability tools and better integration with the cloud, not to mention Outlook Web Access support for Firefox and Safari. But not everyone will be impressed by the lack of a 32-bit GUI management client.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 isn't perfect, but it's the best dictation software available.
Many free and inexpensive office suites are available for download or for use in a web browser. So what's the advantage of paying a pretty penny for a desktop office suite? Corel's WordPerfect Office X4 offers a strong software package that comes closest to the breadth and depth of features found in Microsoft Office.
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