After a few seconds, the questions start. Questions that should be easy to answer, but turn out not to be! Where is my start button? Where are my programs? What happened to the Menu in Internet Explorer? Why is the system constantly asking for my permission to do simple things? Why does my system take so long to boot?

Novell has announced an agreement with Microsoft to settle potential antitrust litigation related to Novell’s NetWare operating system in exchange for $536 million in cash.

Microsoft and industry body the Computing Technology Industry Association have teamed up to drive the adoption of Office Open XML in the Philippines.

"Cox users in our forums have been complaining about peer to peer performance being less than optimal. In particular, they've been noting that their upstream p2p throughput has been "weak and random," though so far this has only been showing up in certain markets.

" France is about to filter internet content according to music and cinema majors’ request. We strongly oppose to the filtering of Internet content, either when the majors ask it, or when the european commissioner Frattini does. French government asked the CEO of FNAC, France biggest CD and DVD retail chain owned by the PPR* Group, to propose repressive measures against P2P file-sharing..."

In a recent interview, Microsoft's Bill Hilf talked about the company's strategy for using and competing with open-source software.

One of the interesting omissions from the Microsoft case study cited yesterday is any support for the claim that the Wintel decision will save the state $10.5 million over five years.

It must be maddening to believe you command developer loyalties and lead legions worldwide, then watch developers flock to the Linux kernel. Maddening, that is, if you're Microsoft.