The article says what it means and lists the six domain names. The domain names look like domain names owned by Microsoft and its customers, so Microsoft can take them down for impersonation.

Not all of them where impersonating Microsoft domains. Still can't understand how Microsoft managed to take these domains down if they weren't hosted by Microsoft in the first place.

This seems similar to the scheme in which Microsoft diverted the no-ip.com DNS to their servers some legal shenanigans, namely some system of being able to get a judgement without informing the owner of the domain they were going after.

Ars Technica http://bit.ly/2whNn9x, zdnet https://zd.net/2MLdcZU

Since when did they become the policemen of the internet. and do the judges who authorize these things have an understanding of the internet at all?

Latter,they work with governments a lot to take down malware domains and such

Why is the court letting Microsoft handle these cases? I understand it's convenient if Microsoft is the one detecting the domains and handing the case over to a court. But shouldt't these crimes be investigated by proper police?

They don't directly enforce any laws. Think of it like neighboorhood watch people that find suspicious criminal activity and call the cops.

They do all the investigation and leave the guns,handcuffs and prosecution to the government.