The software king has big plans for making the world of mobile phones safe for Windows. Can phone makers, and a little Norwegian company called Opera, stop the onslaught?

This is an interesting article on how Microsoft's restrictions both on licensing and the customizability of their cellphone OS are (for now) keeping them out of the beds of the big handset manufacturers. It's also good news for fans of the little guy, open source and Opera.

"No," von Tetzchner says pragmatically, "I don't believe that the best technology always wins."