Enraged US man shoots his malfunctioning computer Must be a Windows box.

That's a PC command.

(He initially tried to beat it to death with linguini, but it was a survivor, so he went extreme. )

The article says "A judge is due to decide what penalty he will receive."

Really? There's a penalty for shooting a Windows machine?

The penalty would be for unauthorized discharge of a gun. Shooting a Windows machine incurs a reward.

Smacks of justifiable homicide to me.

here on the radio the announcer is referring to it as an "execution".

Maybe that's what the Windows extension .exe means.

Microsoft is giving him a 5% discount on the release of Windows 10.

ok so if the software is executable, so is the computer?

Neither really needs to be executed. Both are DOA!

I just realized what happened. I figure that he called tech support but the "specialist" didn't speak English very well and what he meant to say was "BOOT the computer".

That's why you need a license (to run Windows.)

"Death by Engrish?"