Quick updates on situations that make important precedence at a national level

Microsoft, which will on Monday learn whether a top European Union court has annulled the landmark 2004 antitrust ruling against the US software developer, is warning technology rivals they should be careful what they wish for.

A couple of days ago we discussed Novell’s Moonlight and explained why it assists Microsoft’s fight against Adobe, Google, GNU/Linux, Ajax and many other rivals (or rival technologies employed by those rivals).

Microsoft sets dangerous precedence with NBC, says the EFF

Microsoft is trying to sneak patents-encumbered MPEG formats into the Web using Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9); Microsoft threatens (again) to go after Linux legally

Microsoft Corp. is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS today, but neither were potential rivals who make Linux and instant-on operating systems.

Microsoft is said to be censoring complaints about Hotmail and there is precedence

New 'insider' possibilities emerge as former Microsoft executives find a new home in potential Microsoft competitors.

Microsoft's patent push has been stimulated by a number of factors including competition and trying to make sure Microsoft's rivals don't get access to key innovations.