Evil & Confusion From Microsoft?

Michael sees a lot of confusion and mixed messages coming out of Redmond lately. Particularly with IE and Longhorn, but also concerning DRM and Xbox.

Sony Ordered To Halt Playstation Sales, Pay $90 Million

A ruling in a US court has caused some major upheaval for Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). A federal district court in California ruled the SCE must cease sales of its Playstation and Playstation 2 consoles, while paying the company Immersion $90 million because of complaints stemming from a patent infringement case.

Supreme Court Gets Cable Modem Case

In what looks like the makings of busy week, the Supreme Court is preparing to hear statements from cable modem-based Internet service providers about the sharing of cable modem capable networks with competitors.