Apple opted for web-delivery of OS X 10.7 Lion. Now Microsoft will follow suit with a similar method of delivering Win8 to users. This means compressing files and removing duplicates to keep the download to a reasonable size.

Microsoft has purchased antivirus companies and wants to make use of the technology to help secure Windows. The problem is – if the antivirus product is intertwined with the operating system, like Internet Explorer, are they creating another monopoly?

In testimony offered by Bill Gates’ Microsoft intentionally omitted support for WordPerfect when building Win95 because Novell couldn’t deliver a "working" version in time.

BlueStacks is building an Android app player for Windows that will let you use your apps on your PC. If you’d like to try it, you can download an alpha build now.

It seems keeping track of employees will be taken to a new level with Microsoft’s system to track, analyze, and report behavior. The company filed a patent, over a year ago, describing a computer system that would track mannerisms, both verbal and physical.

Barnes & Noble has resisted Microsoft’s efforts to extract payment for using Android on the Nook e-reader. They’ve now filed papers with the court indicating Microsoft’s patents on Android are invalid and can’t be enforced.

Snapdragon, a two-core ARM chip, will be available sometime next year. Qualcomm and Microsoft are working to get Win8 ported to the new chips, and to market, by the end of next year.

Microsoft has abandoned it’s Dryad data project in favor of porting Hadoop to Windows Server and Windows Azure systems. This represents a substantial change in Microsoft strategy.

Microsoft announced there will be fewer reboots required after running updates in Win8. Which leaves the question of why any reboots are required. And, the process still won’t automatically save your open documents.

You can install a program on your computer letting legitimate firms take advantage of your unused computing cycles. Or. You can (mistakenly) install Trojan-Downloader.Win32.MQL5Miner.a and the malware writers will collect money from a, possibly legitimate, firm to use your computer without your knowledge.