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» Ballmer weeps for Windows
   Microsoft releases video clip of Steve Ballmer in court, explaining how they are the real victims.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/05/ballmer_weeps_for_windows_video/

» Compulsory Windows: for Macs, and people without PCs?
   Microsoft wants your schools to buy software they can't use.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/14/compulsory_windows_for_macs/

» Dead People Rise in Support of Microsoft
   Seems there is spare time to write your congressman from the grave.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/08/24/dead_people_rise_in_support/

» EU may fine Microsoft
   The European Commission may fine Microsoft up to $2.5bn (£1.75bn) but says its investigation is still at an early stage.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1590919.stm

» EU to fine Microsoft
   Finds that Microsoft had abused its Windows monopoly, harming consumers and competitors, and is expected to fine an unprecedented amount. [Guardian]
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2004/mar/23/lifeonlineaguidetotheinternet.microsoft

» Halloween VII: Survey Says
   MS admits its Linux-bashing is a failure. Most polled found the MS FUD offensive, one third want OSS because it isn't made by Microsoft.
   http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween7.html

» How NSA access was built into Windows
   Careless mistake reveals subversion of Windows by NSA.
   http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5263/1.html

» Linux.com: Can You Trust Your Computer?
   How Microsoft's palladium will usher in "treacherous computing."
   http://www.linux.com/articles/25842

» Lobbying for insecurity
   Keeping secure software out of the hands of users.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/30/lobbying_for_insecurity/

» MS fights Open Source with Freebies - An Eyewitness Writes
   How important is market share? They give away software to keep it.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/12/10/ms_fights_open_source/

» MS plays volume licensing upgrade card against Naked PCs
   Volume licensing programs are only an upgrade? How to sell your product once, and get paid twice.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/27/ms_plays_volume_licensing_upgrade/

» MS preps all-new warez busting antitrust complying XP SP1
   How to get around a punishment that hasn't even happened yet.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/24/ms_preps_allnew_warez_busting/

» MS soft-pedals SSL hole
   Trustworthy computing in action: Don't worry about our missing security.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/16/ms_softpedals_ssl_hole/

» MS to micro-manage your computer
   How to trust your digital life to Microsoft in one easy step.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/06/24/ms_to_micromanage_your_computer/

» Microsoft Financial Critique
   Bill Parish's view on how Microsoft uses stock options to raise revenue, taking advantage of its size and cash to manipulate the value of firms it wants to own or harm.
   http://www.billparish.com/20000222fraudfactsupdate.html

» Microsoft Financial Fraud
   Alleges that fraudulent accounting at Microsoft constitutes "the greatest financial fraud/pyramid scheme this century", and could have widespread economic repurcussions even setting aside the huge ramifications of the antitrust trials.
   http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html

» Microsoft is its own worst enemy
   What Micrisift does that hurts them.
   http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5906

» Microsoft to Schools: Give Us Your Lunch Money
   Article that details how Microsoft bullies school districts which use unathorized copies of its software. Salon.com.
   http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/10/microsoft_school/index.html

» Microsoft winds up on both ends of software piracy stick
   The people who invented the term "software piracy" guilty of same.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/10/microsoft_winds_up_on_both/

» Namibia Wisely Spurns MS 'Gift' in Favor of Linux
   For just thirty thousand dollars, small African country can get $2000 in software.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/31/namibia_wisely_spurns_m_gift/

» Register: Preinstalled Windows: AARGH! I can't get it off!
   Microsoft site claims Windows can't be legally removed once installed?
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/04/30/preinstalled_windows_aargh_i_cant/

» Removing IE would kill Win2k, WinXP
   Haven't we heard that one before?
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/04/removing_ie_would_kill_win2k/

» Tablet PCs Ink a Shady Proposition
   Microsoft is pushing ink technology in hopes of continuing its domination of desktop computing.
   http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Tablet-PCs-Ink-a-Shady-Proposition/

» The Microsoft penalty that isn't - Tech News - CNET.com
   MS sides steps the penelties of the court ruling against it by software patents and technology license.
   http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071-882846.html

» The Register: Justice Chief Queried over MS Campaign Contributions
   Why has Attorney General John Ashcroft not disqualified himself from participation in settlement talks in the Microsoft case?
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/02/15/justice_chief_queried_over_ms/

» The new EULA
   MS security patch EULA gives Billg admin privileges on your box.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/06/30/ms_security_patch_eula_gives/

» Trustworthy Computing in 2002
   Was 2002 "trustworthy computing," or unethical business?
   http://www.linux.com/articles/27113

» Users Wary of Microsoft Settlement
   Worried remedies will not protect competition.
   http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Users-Wary-of-Microsoft-Settlement/

» What's Microsoft Up Against in Europe?
   A look at how EU's antitrust ruling against the software giant is likely to play out. {Businessweek]
   http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2004/tc20040318_6044_tc024.htm

» Windows Costs Less Than Linux. A bit. Sometimes - MS study
   Microsoft spins TCO to battle Linux.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/12/03/windows_costs_less_than_linux/

» Windows Messenger 'Trojan update'
   The Register reports on a 'Critical Update' from Microsoft that forceably installs Windows Messenger even if you have already removed it from XP.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/04/02/windows_messenger_trojan_update/

» Windows Ruling is Biggest IP Heist in EU History, Claims MS
   Looks at EU's order to remove Media Player from Windows from a Microsoft lawyer's perspective. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/24/windows_ruling_is_biggest_ip/

» Windows XP: EXtra Proprietary
   Michael Tiemann of Red Hat discusses Microsoft's proprietary views on the web and content control. Wired.com.
   http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/10/48011