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Microsoft Working to Fix Browser Flaw (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. was working Friday to come up with a fix for a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser that could let hackers gain remote access to computer systems through malicious Web sites.
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Microsoft demos RSS features in IE 7 (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - SAN FRANCISCO -- Whether the content streams are eventually called RSS, Web feeds, or some other name, a key design goal of the forthcoming Internet Explorer 7 is to let users easily subscribe to blogs and Web sites via RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Attendees at the Blog Business Summit here on Friday got a sneak peek of this functionality in IE 7 running on Windows Vista.
Microsoft MSN Leads Gain In Search Market (TechWeb)
TechWeb - But it's too soon to say whether the third-place portal is catching up.
Microsoft CTP Madness Strikes (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Microsoft is releasing previews of more of its technologies via Community Technology Preview builds. But mixing and matching CTPs is turning into a full-time occupation.
Infection Rates in New Windows Worm Low (AP)
 AP - Malicious hackers unleashed new variants of a computer worm that attacks a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system, but infection rates appeared to be relatively low and damage minor Wednesday.
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Microsoft offers tool to combine .Net assemblies (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is offering an upgraded version of its ILMerge utility, which merges multiple .Net assemblies into a single assembly.
A Year After Its IPO, Google Re-Stocking With New Offering (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Google's loading up the war chest for what could be a long battle with well-heeled Internet rivals Yahoo and Microsoft.
New Zero-Day IE Bug Can Give Attackers Control (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser appears vulnerable to an unpatched bug similar to one fixed last week, several security vendors say.
Gates Talks Education, Tech Needs to Legislators (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) chairman Bill Gates told a gathering of state legislators that focusing on technology education will help them serve their constituents into the future.
Intel, Microsoft And The Coming DRM Clampdown (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Digital rights management is here to stay. Unfortunately, it's mostly honest folks who are penalized by DRM.
Google Revamps Desktop Search Program (AP)
AP - Google Inc. updated its software for searching PC hard drives and the Internet, giving the free program a new look and adding tools that deliver personalized information based on a user's Web surfing habits.
Debate Over Cell Phone Towers Growing (AP)
AP - After two years of boisterous meetings and litigation, the 150-member Southampton Presbyterian Church surrounded by closely-spaced red-brick homes is at odds with its neighbors over an issue that has nothing to do with theology.
RSA Security Sees Hope in Online Fraud (AP)
AP - It was a Friday afternoon for the computer encryption folks at RSA Security Inc., and summertime greenery filled the countryside view from Art Coviello's office.
Diversification Helps Spammer Make Fortune (AP)
AP - Christopher Smith's neighbors didn't know exactly what he did for a living. But they knew well that he liked to collect expensive cars and set off fireworks at all hours.
Google Techs, Entrepreneurs Match Wits (AP)
 AP - Free-flowing beer, live music, karaoke and arcade games kept the party raging at the Googleplex the other night, but the real action was unfolding inside a sterile conference room at Google Inc.'s headquarters.
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Google bypasses browser to search PC drives, Web (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. unveils a computer
and Web search tool on Monday using self-updating navigation
and personal information software that puts it in more direct
competition with Yahoo, Microsoft and
Universal Music Group gets a phone of its own (Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Music Group and
partner SingleTouch Interactive are bringing to market a
music-focused mobile phone, called MoveU Mobile, which will
provide access to such personalized entertainment as ringtones,
wallpaper images and other music-related downloads.
NMTC reaches 1 million customers in Algeria - KUNA (Reuters)
Reuters - Kuwait's National Mobile
Telecommunications Co has reached 1 million subscribers in
Algeria, a few months ahead of its original target date, a top
executive said in remarks published on Sunday.
Eclipse upgrades C/C++ tools (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Although generally known as a provider of open source development tools for Java, the Eclipse Foundation has Microsoft-style technologies, too. To this end, Eclipse on Monday will release an upgrade to its C and C++ development tools platform.
File-Sharing Continues at Colleges (AP)
AP - As a college freshman, Will Mount feasted on the free but mostly illegal music available through online file-sharing software such as Kazaa. Now a senior, Mount has seen his free music fix become legal, thanks to an initiative by American University in Washington, D.C., to dissuade students from using its computer network to illegally swap music online.
Google bypasses browser to search PC drives, Web (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. unveils a computer
and Web search tool on Monday using self-updating navigation
and personal information software that puts it in more direct
competition with Yahoo, Microsoft and
Google Revamps Desktop Search Program (AP)
AP - Google Inc. updated its software for searching PC hard drives and the Internet, giving the free program a new look and adding tools that deliver personalized information based on a user's Web surfing habits.
RSA Security Sees Hope in Online Fraud (AP)
AP - It was a Friday afternoon for the computer encryption folks at RSA Security Inc., and summertime greenery filled the countryside view from Art Coviello's office.
Yahoo Japan to expand its online music service (Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Japan Corp. said on Monday it would
expand its online music distribution service, allowing
customers in the world's second-largest music market to listen
to selected songs in full before they decide to buy.
China tries to wipe Internet icon from Web (Reuters)
 Reuters - Floozie or role model, attention monger
or free spirit? For months, China has been debating what to
make of its latest Internet-born star, a young woman known
nationwide as Furong Jiejie, aka Sister Furong.
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Bucks for blogs (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - When it comes to blogging, big corporations are turning to twentysomething mavericks for advice. If they can't lick them, they may have to join them.
Amazon.com Starts Selling Digital 'Shorts' (AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc. started selling new works of short literature and nonfiction Friday from authors who write them exclusively for the Internet retailer.
File-Sharing Continues at Colleges (AP)
AP - As a college freshman, Will Mount feasted on the free but mostly illegal music available through online file-sharing software such as Kazaa. Now a senior, Mount has seen his free music fix become legal, thanks to an initiative by American University in Washington, D.C., to dissuade students from using its computer network to illegally swap music online.
Microsoft Working to Fix Browser Flaw (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. was working Friday to come up with a fix for a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser that could let hackers gain remote access to computer systems through malicious Web sites.
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TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - Dancing With the Stars winner Kelly Monaco and runner-up John O'Hurley, along with partners Alec Mazo and Charlotte Jorgensen, will go head-to-head once again in Dancing With the Stars Dance-off on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 8:30-10 p.m. ET. Just in time for the start of the new season, the competition will feature each couple performing several styles of dance, including Latin, ballroom and freestyle. Although the judges will be back, this time America will decide who the true winner is, with voting via phones and the Internet immediately following the broadcast. ...
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