No, its because N4G has a very biased fanbase.

Its called the Patent wars.

Like vgchartz.

Curious, MS starts the war, then whines...

Seriously? Dude, go to N4g orLensoftruth webites. Youll see how forgiving Vgchartz is. 

So potentially, Microsoft could have to pay Motorolla 4 billion dollars every year in royalties...nice!

I think that Motorola dug their own hole when admitting that the 4 billion was just "start negotiations", which is basically saying that they are using the numbers they throw just as a leverage and a threat. 

But then again, it was probably MS fault who started this head2head dispute with Motorola and now are having a taste of their own medicine. 
It's A bit like that time Sony patent trolled LG and had the plan backfiring with patent counter claims from LG almost stopping PS3 shipments to Europe until they both settled the dispute and dropped their claims. 

This story will probably end up the same way here. Too bad that companies are wasting time on lawyers and politics instead of actual innovation

The post above, and below yours proves my point.

Microsoft should buy Motorola. A couple of years ago they were willing to pay an incredible amount for Yahoo and here they could have Motorola with 17,000 patents for about $13-14 billion. Any anti-trust issues might be dealt with by offering to license specific patents at a set rate below what Motorola is already charging.

4 billion a year is bullshit no matter how you look at it