| 
 
  - 
  MSN 8, AOL 8.0 compared by feature
 
  New software packages from America Online Inc. and Microsoft Corp. promise improved 
  Internet experiences through better junk-mail blockers, parental controls and 
  other features. 
  - 
  
  Proctor: Microsoft vs. AOL is tossup
 
  Internet service provider heavyweights America Online and Microsoft recently went 
  head-to-head with the release of their latest Internet software (8.0 for AOL, 
  8 for MSN). 
  - 
  
  Cash-rich Microsoft girds for new markets
 
  The winner is a chastened
  
  Bill Gates. Gates saw his stake in
  
  Microsoft, the muscular software company he co-founded, rise by more than 
  $2 billion when a judge closed the case on an anti-trust settlement with the US 
  government last week and shares in the company shot higher as an immediate response. 
  - 
  How did Microsoft end up policing Microsoft?
 
  I've been reading Judge
  Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's 
  decision to affirm the DoJ-Microsoft Seattlement in great detail this weekend, 
  with one thing in particular growing from a small seed of a doubt, but gradually 
  fomenting into a terrible and inescapable conclusion. 
  - 
  
  Dynamic patching system
 
  Intelligent agents that automatically patch vulnerabilities and stop attacks as 
  they happen are the next generation in network security. 
  - 
  
  Microsoft ruling to have little impact on customers
 
  A judge's approval of Microsoft's antitrust settlement will have negligible — 
  if any — impact on how consumers buy and run software. 
  
         |