Two blows to the belly of Microsoft
Microsoft was denied the shutting down of Lindows.com site. US District Judge Coughenour on Tuesday reiterated his previous decision in a seven-page ruling, saying competitors and dictionary definitions demonstrated that the "consuming public used the terms 'windows,' 'window' and 'windowing' to indicate a general type of user interface." He said the term was generic in the same way that the words "light" in "light beer" and "matchbox" in "matchbox toys" are.

And in other Microsoft pain... Video game publisher Electronic Arts on Wednesday said its franchise "Madden NFL" football series will support the launch of online play for Sony's PlayStation 2 later this year, but will not do so for Microsoft's Xbox.