Tablet PC Launch Teleconference and Webcast [Microsoft Press Releases]

Bill Gates Views What He’s Sown in Libraries. There is scant evidence that Bill Gates’s five-year philanthropic effort to put computers in rural libraries has stopped population flight. By Timothy Egan. [New York Times: Technology]

Today’s penny arcade news is showing me the immediate future of console gaming: Cats, Evil pandas with machine guns, exploding walls, extreme high kicks brought to you from the company Phantagram Interactive. Another semi intresting one is Robot Alchemic Drive.

Mozilla riddled with security holes. Playing catch up [The Register]

Microsoft’s U.S. Settlement Won’t Clear Path in Europe. Microsoft’s settlement with the United States Justice Department will not easily serve as a template for resolving the case in Europe. By Paul Meller. [New York Times: Technology]

Microsoft ruling may blunt other cases. update Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s antitrust ruling may have gutted many pending private lawsuits against Microsoft, but cases in California and Europe still pose a danger. [CNET News.com]

This Modern World. Profiles in Democratic courage: A flight of fantasy. [Salon.com]

SOAP 1.2 stumbles on IP blocks. Royalty issues [The Register]

Life With Microsoft Still Stifling for Rivals. Silicon Valley on Saturday largely took Microsoft’s victory in a federal antitrust case on Friday as a foregone conclusion. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]
From what I can read, this is fear of Microsof itself, not fear of the OEM desktop monopoly on intel compatable processors.

Settlement talk. What Bill Gates and advocates for each side have to say about the court’s decision to approve the Microsoft antitrust deal. [Salon.com]