uGGGHH, My contract expired but I kept the service for another 6 mos, I called to cancel and the girl said your paid up for the next two weeks. So I called back on the last day and they said I volunteered to extend my contract for another year. No point in arguing, I said play the recording back I want to hear it. Company policy prohibits that they said it's $150.00 to cancel. Lots of yelling several mgr's to explain company policy. Original contract allows ATT to extend contract without consent. Etc...... 2.5 hrs on the phone to cancel a line that I had for 4 years. WoW did that suck.

Protect manufacturers from litigation from whom?

Re: Bill - "At the very least, the Microsoft lawyers should've asked permission from Rovio to include the Angry Birds icon"

As the past history of Microsoft has shown Microsoft tend not to ask first, but acquire and then ask later e.g. WIMP system acquired from Apple (who acquired it from Xerox), Java acquired from Sun Microsystems (and then removed and re-worked as JScript 'cos Sun got a little bit annoyed!) and many more acquisitions.

Microsoft screwed up, plain and simple. At the very least, the Microsoft lawyers should've asked permission from Rovio to include the Angry Birds icon in their publicly viewed website. Since it appears that they failed to do even that, they have some serious relationship patching up to do.

Having worked at a company that changed it's INTERNAL documentation to avoid litigation with a hollywood movie house, I can tell you that this issue is no laughing matter.

you are making too much of this, within 14 hours this will be forgotten by all.