I highlighted this in a previous post but the fact that Microsoft is launching Windows Server 2008 today belongs in a daily news roundup just the same. Watch the video preview of WS08 here. The European Union fined Microsoft another $1.3 billion for failing to honor the 2004 antitrust ruling against it in what the EC called “a clear disregard of its legal obligations.” Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie, meanwhile, said that Google owes its life to Microsoft, for without the PC Google wouldn’t have a business and, what’s more, “I don’t think they can do anything we can’t do.” Oddly enough, Mundie did not come clean as to who Microsoft, then, owes its existence. So, here’s a bit of Carl Sagan wisdom for you, Craig: In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. Microsoft is not the only company making waves today. Finjan finds an illegal database with more than 8,7000 stolen FTP credentials including user name, password and server addresses that anyone can purchase and use to launch malicious attacks against the compromised systems. According to figures from Gartner, 2007 was a blockbuster for mobile phones, and the first time more than 1 billion were sold in a year. And the EC approves Acer’s acquisition of Packard Bell, saying the deal would not impede competition. Software Development