Law Enforcement Requests Report from Microsoft
World-wide law enforcement agencies requested information regarding 137,424 Microsoft and Skype accounts in 2012 based 75,378 requests for customer information. Full Story
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EU Fines Microsoft $732 Million for Antitrust Violation
The EU Competition Commission concluded that Microsoft failed to comply with its 2009 agreement to offer browser choices to 15 million Windows customers so rather the customers were stuck with Internet Explorer. Full Story
Microsoft’s Windows President Departs Abruptly
With little fanfare and soon after the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft announced the departure of 23 year veteran Steven Sinofsky which is leading to speculation that Windows 8 may not be as successful as Microsoft hoped. Full Story
Generational Naming 8.0
I ran across information today that Microsoft is coming out with a new operating system this fall: Windows 8. 8? What goes into that branding decision? I’m intrigued by the fact that Microsoft and Apple are again heading in opposite directions. Apple eschewed the moniker “iPad 3″ for its latest generation of the iPad, opting instead for “The new iPad,” or just iPad.
Court Finds Kinect and Kinbox Not Kinected
Kinbook, LLC, an online social networking company, recently sued Microsoft for unfair competition and reverse trademark infringement in United States District Court. (Kinbook, LLC v. Microsoft Corp.,2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8570.) Kinbook created a Facebook application called “Kinbox,” which allows Facebook users to create private sub-social networks for sharing of information within a subset of their list of Facebook friends. Full Story
