2 February – Five Stories You Need to Read

The Wall Street Journal reports that “Microsoft [has] said it will license instructions to help competitors make software products that work smoothly with servers that use its operating system.”

Internetnews.com wonders, “[d]id troubled computer maker Dell accept then hide kickbacks from Intel designed to buy loyalty to the giant chipmaker?”

CNetNews.com writes that “[a] European trademark office has ruled that Google cannot register ‘Gmail’ across Europe, but a Google spokesman says the company can still use the name in countries where it is being used.”

In a different story, CNetNews.com warns that “[d]ictators, too, have entered the world of Web 2.0.”

Finally, eWeek.com reports that Microsoft and Novell are staffing up their interoperability lab.