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Does the phrase "embrace and extend" ring any bells?

Recent example?

I see a lot of circumstantial evidence that Microsoft is still trying to compete through control rather than quality or price when I look at things like DRM, next generation DVDs, ...

These issues have more to do with CONTENT PROVIDERS than Microsoft. Nobody in Hollywood is going to release their content on any kind of media unless there are reasonable protections (ie. DRM, etc). As for next generation DVDs, Sony's favored Blu-Ray format requires a caddy, which makes it totally unsuitable for many applications.

... and web services

Well, considering that MS was one of the original parties involved in drafting the SOAP spec, I'm not surprised that it would be involved. But what and how is it trying to control web services? There are plenty of other parties working on interop in this space side-by-side with MS.

There is also the point that Microsoft never really admitted they were wrong ...

It didn't have to admit guilt. The court made the case very clearly.

... and likes to push every ruling against them to see what they can get away with. That doesn't suggest that the people on top have reformed their attitudes any and would still crush their competition with anti-competative behavior if they could get away with it.

You must live in some kind of fantasy world where everybody that gets sued just agrees with the plaintiff, rolls over, and gets raped. I don't know of any defendant that doesn't challenge lawsuits against them.