Microsoft has sold nearly 40 million copies of Windows Vista so far, Bill Gates told a crowd of hardware developers on Tuesday.

Following Intel's recent unveiling of the Santa Rosa mobile platform, notebook vendors are busily rolling out their updated product lines. On Monday 14 May, it was Acer's turn, and as well as a refresh of the key internal components — processor, chipset and wireless module — the company presented a brand-new industrial design for its business-focused TravelMate range.

With the tedious inevitability of an unloved season, Microsoft is threatening open source with the law. Linux is in violation of 235 of its patents, says the company. It won't say which. It won't say how. It won't say what it plans to do. It just wants us to know how it feels.

Google has warned web users of the increasing threat posed by malware that can be dropped onto a computer as a web surfer visits a particular site.