Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

The latest rotten deeds of Microsoft may be found below, mixed within positive Linux and Open Source news.


Facebook hit with $15bn privacy lawsuit ahead of stock market debut

 
The company is being sued for $15bn - almost as much as the $16bn raised in its record breaking initial public offering - for tracking users against their wishes, even after they have logged out of their Facebook accounts. 
May 2012
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Microsoft to charge customers $99 to remove OEM 'crapware'

 
So, the OEMs make money from installing crapware onto PCs, and now Microsoft is making money removing it. Makes you realize why more and more people are buying Apple hardware.
May 2012
18

Google's grand Android plan: Finally, it all makes sense

 
Get ready, gang: Android may be on the brink of its biggest change yet -- a shift that could redefine the platform and send waves through the entire mobile market.
May 2012
17

Microsoft poised to reap rewards from Facebook IPO

 
But probably more important to Microsoft than the money is the partnership the two companies have built over the past six years. They've made mutually beneficial moves in the fight against their common competitor, Google.
May 2012
17

Microsoft's Mobile Share Plunges 27% As Phone Sales Cool

 
In the latest sign that Microsoft's high-stakes bet on a new, unconventional mobile platform isn't paying off, numbers released Wednesday show that Redmond's overall share of the wireless operating system market fell 27% in the first quarter, to a meager 1.9%. 
May 2012
17

iCloud blows away 15 million users for 90 minutes

 
Apple’s iCloud service crashed for ninety minutes on Monday, US time, leaving 12% of users – about 15 million people - possibly “unable to access iCloud mail.”
May 2012
16

Is Mozilla Punting on Web Apps for Linux?

 
While Mozilla is a leading light in the open source community, every so often I'm reminded that the same isn't always true in the Linux community.  There has been an ongoing thread over the course of the last week about Mozilla's lack of initial support for the Web Apps Marketplace on Linux.
May 2012
16

Consumer love for mobile sparks discontent with Microsoft's software

 
Satisfaction with Microsoft's software slipped last year, part of an industrywide downturn driven by U.S. consumer discontent with traditional PC programs, a national survey said today.
May 2012
16

Open-source in government can save billions: group

 
On the eve of its 10-year anniversary, a Canadian advocacy group for open-source software in government says it's closer to achieving its goal: saving taxpayers $1 billion a year.
May 2012
15

Senate panel eyes Windows RT browser restrictions

 
The judiciary committee could start an antitrust investigation against Microsoft, after the company said IE 10 would be the only desktop browser in its upcoming tablet operating system.
May 2012
15
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Facebook hit with $15bn privacy lawsuit ahead of stock market debut
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Microsoft to charge customers $99 to remove OEM 'crapware'
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Google's grand Android plan: Finally, it all makes sense
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Microsoft poised to reap rewards from Facebook IPO
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Microsoft's Mobile Share Plunges 27% As Phone Sales Cool
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