AFP - EU regulators are preparing to raise the pressure on Microsoft for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust ruling by slapping huge new fines on the US software giant.

AP - Motorola Inc. expects its new Moto Q cell phone and e-mail device — a competitor to the BlackBerry and Treo — to enjoy sales similar to those of its popular Razr, the head of Motorola's mobile phone division said Wednesday.

AFP - South Korean antitrust watchdog said it had rejected an appeal by Microsoft Corp against an earlier ruling that the US software giant had abused its market dominance and violated fair trade rules.

AP - Motorola Inc. unveiled its highly anticipated "Q" cell phone Monday, joining other manufacturers in aiming for businesspeople who want their e-mail to go.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Monday it did not expect a lawsuit to delay Vista, a new version of its Windows operating system.

Reuters - Symantec Corp. sued software rival Microsoft Corp. on Thursday, accusing it of misappropriating trade secrets to develop its own competing features and products, including the next version of Windows.

Reuters - Microsoft's new Vista operating system has put the European Commission in a quandry on whether to open a new front against the software giant before a court clarifies the EU antitrust watchdog's authority.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s long- awaited release of the upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system will likely be delayed again by at least three months, research group Gartner Inc. said on Tuesday.

AP - Google Inc. is hoping to pressure Microsoft Corp. into changing a new Internet Explorer browser feature that could direct more people to Microsoft's online search engine instead of Google's far more popular offering.

AFP - Security threats are rising for users of Apple Computer's line of Mac computers, even though risks remain lower than for those using Microsoft Windows systems, a computer security center said.

Reuters - One key part of Microsoft's antitrust court hearing last week involved an obscure concept known as work group server protocols, which lay out what experts call the rules and grammar of online information exchange.

Reuters - The Supreme Court on Monday asked for the Bush Administration'­s views on a dispute over whether software maker Microsoft Corp. should be liable for damages overseas for infringing a software patent owned by AT&T Corp.

AP - Chinese computer manufacturer Founder Technology Group Corp. signed an agreement Wednesday with Microsoft Corp. as part of an overall effort to crack down on widespread software piracy in China.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of three "critical" security flaws in its Windows operating system that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.

Macworld.com - Apple today introduced Boot Camp, new public-beta software for Mac OS X that lets users of Intel Macs boot directly into Microsoft Windows XP. While the move may contradict previous statements by Apple, the company said they still have no intention of fully supporting Windows on the Mac.

XenSource has prepped its first major charge at Microsoft Windows customers with a new package that includes the open source Xen hypervisor along with some management software. The XenEnterprise package has gone into beta and includes the Xen 3.0...

AFP - Microsoft voiced hope for a last-ditch compromise in a long-running anti-trust dispute with the European Union, as US diplomats weighed in to give provisional support to the software giant.

AFP - US software giant Microsoft says it hope it could yet avoid threatened EU fines linked to a landmark 2004 competition ruling, as last-ditch negotiations resumed in Brussels.

AFP - Facing the threat of daily fines, Microsoft sought to convince EU anti-trust regulators that the US software giant is meeting their demands to comply with a landmark 2004 competition ruling.

Reuters - A U.S. District Court in California on Wednesday quashed an attempt by Microsoft Corp. to force Sun Microsystems Inc. and Oracle Corp. to provide documents in its battle with the European Commission.