Judge Named for Microsoft Penalty is a story relating the latest development in the Microsoft antitrust case, in which U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is to take over the case replacing Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who had ordered Microsoft to be split into two separate companies. In a somewhat amusing twist, she was selected to hear the case by a computer program that randomly picked her (no word on whether it was running a Microsoft operating system). In other MS related news, Windows XP Ready for Manufacturers (AP) has today's expected 'gone gold' announcement for the new pro version of the Windows OS, while Windows XP to be pricier than 2000, Me (CNET) offers details on price increases ranging from $10 to $80 over Win2K, and finally, AMD Announces Windows XP Support on the AMDZone.