Microsoft has initiated five civil suits against individuals behind deceptive online advertising that camouflaged malicious code.

Microsoft announced formation of the CodePlex Foundation shortly after discovering it had inadvertently sold 22 patents to the Open Inventions Network. CodePlex is supposed to be a consortium, but so far it appears they’re discouraging others from joining.

In the U.S., students can get Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for just $30 instead of the $120 everyone else is required to pay. This article lists four points in favor of extending the student price to everyone.

Microsoft is now accepting registrations for the beta program of Project 2010. The beta software is expected to become available later this year.

Beginning July 13, 2010, Windows Server 2000 users will no longer get support from Microsoft and users of Windows Server 2003 will move to "extended support". Microsoft also confirmed, there will not be another service pack for Server 2003.

Microsoft is offering a peek at its up-coming Office Web Apps on Technology Preview. This article includes some screen shots.

In the continuing battle between spammers and the rest of us, e-mail filters are being targeted by blasts of malware-laden mail. The idea is to attack quickly, before most filters can be updated, and overwhelm systems.

uTest held a contest in which participants were asked to find and report on bugs in different search engines. Yahoo had the fewest bugs, Bing had the most.

Microsoft isn’t the only one at fault if your machine isn’t adequately patched. Patches for applications need to be applied as well as those for the operating system.

Microsoft is starting to strong-arm firms into deploying Windows 7 with blogs, ads, and incentives. Many firms will probably still hold out until "stability" is achieved with the first service pack for Windows 7.