Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

Microsoft said that Motorola had infringed nine different patents, but the ITC only found one to be violated by the American phone manufacturer.

The US International Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order banning certain Motorola Android devices from being imported to the U.S. after determining that the devices infringe on a patent…

Well THAT was quick. Just six months after Google Chrome eclipsed Mozilla’s Firefox to become the world’s second most popular Web browser, Chrome finally surpassed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer on Sunday…

The company is being sued for $15bn – almost as much as the $16bn raised in its record breaking initial public offering – for tracking users against their wishes, even…

So, the OEMs make money from installing crapware onto PCs, and now Microsoft is making money removing it. Makes you realize why more and more people are buying Apple hardware.

In the latest sign that Microsoft’s high-stakes bet on a new, unconventional mobile platform isn’t paying off, numbers released Wednesday show that Redmond’s overall share of the wireless operating system…

But probably more important to Microsoft than the money is the partnership the two companies have built over the past six years. They’ve made mutually beneficial moves in the fight…

Get ready, gang: Android may be on the brink of its biggest change yet — a shift that could redefine the platform and send waves through the entire mobile market.

Satisfaction with Microsoft’s software slipped last year, part of an industrywide downturn driven by U.S. consumer discontent with traditional PC programs, a national survey said today.

While Mozilla is a leading light in the open source community, every so often I’m reminded that the same isn’t always true in the Linux community.  There has been an…

Apple’s iCloud service crashed for ninety minutes on Monday, US time, leaving 12% of users – about 15 million people – possibly “unable to access iCloud mail.”

The judiciary committee could start an antitrust investigation against Microsoft, after the company said IE 10 would be the only desktop browser in its upcoming tablet operating system.

On the eve of its 10-year anniversary, a Canadian advocacy group for open-source software in government says it’s closer to achieving its goal: saving taxpayers $1 billion a year.

Motorola Mobility has won an injunction against Microsoft potentially banning sales of the Xbox 360 games console and Windows 7 operating system over patent infringement claims.

Microsoft Corp. urged a federal judge in Seattle today to rule that Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) unfairly demands as much as $4 billion in annual patent royalties.