As previously reported, Microsoft will introduce modular OS updates with Windows Vista’s Anytime Upgrade a new service which will allow users to upgrade Vista on the fly and unlock additional ...

Today, companies require infrastructure uptime of 99.999% (five nines) to maximize the performance of business-critical applications and increase productivity. Unfortunately, traditional Ethernet LAN ...

In a publicly released deposition on Monday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said such a policy would force Microsoft to support thousands of different versions of Windows and throw the industry into ...

????? You don't have to charge to establish prior art. The point made by the article is that MS is patenting modular upgrades as a money making scheme using "license ...