Microsoft delays open sourcing Windows 7 tool
Ars Technica / Emil Protalinski
After committing to making the source code and binaries for the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool available under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL) last week, Microsoft has pushed back its schedule a bit. The company is blaming testing for the delay, meaning it isn’t simply rereleasing the tool under the open source license; it’s actually modifying and removing some of the code (likely proprietary code the software giant doesn’t want to be available freely).
For Search, Murdoch Looks to a Deal With Microsoft
The New York Times / Ashlee Vance and Tim Arango
News Corporation, the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has engaged in early stage discussions with Microsoft about a pact to get paid from Microsoft to remove its news content from Google’s search engine.
