Judge rejects Google's anti-Microsoft antitrust bid, Jul 04, 2007

A federal judge refused on Tuesday to rule on a last-minute Google antitrust complaint about Windows Vista's desktop search, saying she trusted government attorneys who said they were already satisfied with Microsoft's planned changes.

The open source software operations of IBM, Red Hat and Novell need not fear prosecution under antitrust laws, a federal appeals court has ruled.

After being denied twice, Microsoft has had its file-storage system patents upheld