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News Commentary. It's time that Microsoft settled the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit, before the PR—and quite possibly legal—damages escalate.

Product Comparison. Microsoft has effectively dropped the price of Zune all-you-can-download subscriptions to $5.09 a month.

News Commentary. Out of the mouths of CEOs come stock slapdowns. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has suddenly made Yahoo into one helluva takeover target.

News Commentary. It's not a question of if but when Google will cut off Mozilla's oxygen supply.

News Analysis. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 won't release any sooner than second quarter 2009. Release candidate is coming early next year.

Podcast. Overnight, Microsoft and Novell made three announcements related to their now two-year-old interoperability agreement, including the soon-to-release beta of the Silverlight for Linux port.

News Analysis. Years ago, I said this day would come. Microsoft will offer free anti-virus software. But the company plans to stop short of bundling with Windows.

News Analysis. When nobody was looking, somebody took Equipt and Windows Live OneCare out back and shot `em. R.I.P. They're destined for heaven, or wherever go software-plus-cloud-services products when they die.

News Commentary. Jerry Yang just can't seem to get out of Microsoft's way. His stepping down as CEO is a short-term inhibitor to possible acquisition.

News Analysis. Head-on competition between Google and Microsoft hosted services begins today.

News Analysis. One company claims $750,000 in savings by swapping out Exchange for Gmail. Really?

News Commentary. Microsoft's "I'm a PC" ad campaign could be largely ineffective reaching more than a quarter of U.S. households.

News Analysis. Did Intel and Microsoft executives collude to reduce the "state of art" for Windows Vista graphics chip sets?

News Commentary. Today, Microsoft Watch opens its second year under my editorship. Oh my, how Microsoft and covering the company have changed.

News Brief. That's the question to ask about Microsoft's 0 percent financing option for its Dynamics CRM and ERP products.

News Commentary. Early this morning, Microsoft formally unveiled the major deliverables for what has been called Windows Live Wave 3.

News Analysis. Microsoft is rumored to be offering twice as much as Google to become Verizon's mobile search provider. Smart.

Podcast. Microsoft's messaging around today's "Dream Server" launch event is all about cost savings in tough economic times. Is it justified?

News Analysis. This morning Microsoft officially released Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008. The company also announced financing options.

News Commentary. When enemies band together, there usually is a common foe. As my Google Watch colleague Clint Boulton observes, Microsoft-Sun are frienemies united against Google.