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Microsoft Misses Views With Profit Jump (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. saw net income nearly double from a year ago, but revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts because of leaner licensing business and a sharp drop in the dollar's value.
Microsoft not glowing over LAMP (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft officials are undaunted by the popular LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl/Python/PHP) application stack that serves as an open source rival to the Microsoft .Net platform.
Microsoft Profit Up, Says Outlook Strong (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday
gave a positive outlook for the upcoming business year despite
failing to meet its own and Wall Street revenue targets, and
its shares edged higher.
Microsoft Sales Fall Short Of Views, But Firm Raises Its Outlook (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft matched Wall Street's earnings expectations for its fiscal third quarter Thursday, but sales were weaker than most analysts had predicted.
Microsoft profit jumps to 2.56 billion dollars (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft said its profit jumped to 2.56 billion dollars in the latest quarter, nearly double the level of a year ago when the software giant set aside cash for litigation costs.
Microsoft's 3Q profit nearly doubles driven by growth in server business (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that third-quarter earnings nearly doubled from last year, driven by growth in the software company's server and tools business and lower legal costs, but revenue fell shy of Wall Street expectations.
Microsoft Upbeat on Revenue Growth for 2006 (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The company posts a 5 percent rise in revenue over the year-ago quarter to $9.62 billion.
SAP Aims for More Seats with Microsoft Deal (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Announcements made at SAP's (NYSE: SAP) user conference in Europe this week indicate that it will be seeking to extend much deeper into its existing enterprise customer base.
Microsoft Criticized for Gay Rights Stance (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp., one of the earliest companies to extend benefits to gay employees, now finds itself in the crosshairs of angry activists for rescinding support for gay rights legislation in its home state.
Tech Innovation At The Microsoft Research Tech Fair (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Text Entry For Phones Using Speech
Milind Mahajan, researcher, Microsoft Research, Redmond, Wash.
Spitzer Sues Intermix Over 'Spyware' (AP)
AP - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued a major Internet marketer Thursday, blaming it for secretly installing software that delivers nuisance pop-up advertisements and can slow and crash personal computers.
Verizon Pulling Plug on Free Wi-Fi (AP)
AP - Verizon Communications Inc. is turning off the free wireless Internet access it beams from New York City telephone booths for DSL subscribers who use laptops away from home or the office.
Cinema Owners Seek to Curb Phone Rage (AP)
AP - New Zealand cinema owners may use mobile phone jamming technology to stop mid-movie calls, text messaging — and cell phone rage among patrons, they said Friday.
European Digital Library Is Proposed (AP)
AP - Six European leaders jointly proposed Thursday that works contained in European libraries be made accessible online, in what they called a "European digital library."
Bahrain Site Registration Sparks Protests (AP)
AP - All Web sites operating in Bahrain must register with the country's Information Ministry under a new government mandate that has provoked protests from an international watchdog for press freedom.
EBay Execs Who Got IPO Shares to Pay $3 Million (Reuters)
Reuters - EBay Inc. said on Thursday its
chief executive and two early leaders will pay $3 million to
settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging they received shares in
hot stock offerings from their investment bankers.
Nokia Phones Mark New Era of Differentiation (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The line of new Nokia (NYSE: NOK) mobile phone handsets announced Wednesday seems to have something for everyone -- music, high-resolution digital photography, and, of course, the ability to make calls.
Chinese police warns against anti-Japanese protests (FT.com)
FT.com - Chinese police have sent a message warning against anti-Japanese demonstrations to more than 30m mobile phone users as part of a campaign to prevent protests planned for next week's May holiday.
Microsoft not glowing over LAMP (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft officials are undaunted by the popular LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl/Python/PHP) application stack that serves as an open source rival to the Microsoft .Net platform.
Microsoft Misses Views With Profit Jump (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. saw net income nearly double from a year ago, but revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts because of leaner licensing business and a sharp drop in the dollar's value.
Verizon Pulling Plug on Free Wi-Fi (AP)
AP - Verizon Communications Inc. is turning off the free wireless Internet access it beams from New York City telephone booths for DSL subscribers who use laptops away from home or the office.
EBay Execs Who Got IPO Shares to Pay $3 Million (Reuters)
Reuters - EBay Inc. said on Thursday its
chief executive and two early leaders will pay $3 million to
settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging they received shares in
hot stock offerings from their investment bankers.
Report: 'Idol' Finalist Faced Drug Charges (AP)
AP - "American Idol" finalist Bo Bice was arrested twice in the past four years on drug charges, a Web site reported Thursday — but Fox TV is standing by the long-haired rocker.
'Rocky' to Introduce Mile-High Citizen Journalism (Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK The Rocky Mountain News will launch one of the nation's largest citizen-journalism initiatives in May, when it debuts 39 neighborhood Web sites and 15 zoned print editions, all called YourHub.com.
Spitzer Sues Intermix Over 'Spyware' (AP)
AP - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued a major Internet marketer Thursday, blaming it for secretly installing software that delivers nuisance pop-up advertisements and can slow and crash personal computers.
2004 Internet Ad Rev Surpasses Dotcom Boom Levels (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Internet advertising surged 33
percent in 2004 to a record $9.6 billion, surpassing levels
seen during the early Web boom, and will grow at a similar rate
in 2005, according to data released on Thursday.
New Rhapsody Service Aligns with Real Users (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - RealNetworks' (Nasdaq: RNWK) new three-tiered Rhapsody music service offers free music as well as unlimited song downloads to subscribers. The company says it fashioned the deal with an online partnership with Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and underwriting from Chrysler.
Yahoo Adds Personal-Search Capabilities to Web Browsing (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) on Wednesday introduced the beta release of My Web from Yahoo Search. Yahoo has positioned My Web as a "personal search engine" designed to provide users a way to save, recall and share online information with friends and colleagues.
European Digital Library Is Proposed (AP)
AP - Six European leaders jointly proposed Thursday that works contained in European libraries be made accessible online, in what they called a "European digital library."
Will the Future of Digital Images Be Open? (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The OpenRaw Working Group launches a Web site to work for open documentation of all Raw file formats.
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