Microsoft's Android tactics are 'hard bargaining' but not patent misuse

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After Barnes & Noble lost a preliminary decision to Microsoft in their ongoing patent dispute, newly released legal documents — first reported by Geekwire’s Todd Bishop — show how the judge felt about Microsoft’s approach to getting Android device makers to pay up a royalty.

Windows 8 to add PDF support for Reader app?

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A new Internet info leak claims that Windows 8 will include support for reading PDF-based documents via the operating system's Reader app, although this has not been confirmed by Microsoft.