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Microsoft, Google Trade Salvos Over Exec (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to "kill" Internet search leader Google Inc. in an obscenity-laced tirade, and Google chased a prized Microsoft executive "like wolves," according to documents filed Friday in an increasingly bitter legal battle between the rivals.
Microsoft, Fujitsu Tune In Digital TV (PC World)
PC World - XP Media Center Edition products will have Fujitsu's digital reception technology built in.
Microsoft takes Google to court over ex-employee (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. asked a county judge on
Friday to stop its newest rival Google Inc. from hiring a
senior executive familiar with the world's largest software
maker's plans in China.
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Microsoft Updates MSN Personal Portal (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft makes it easier for people to access its customizable portal on MSN and has made improvements to the beta service.
Microsoft Beefs Up 64-Bit Windows As Unix Alternative (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Longhorn Server will be optimized to run database operations, business applications, and custom enterprise applications.
Windows Firewall Flaw No Vulnerability, Says Microsoft (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Although Microsoft doesn't consider the bug a security vulnerability, it has posted a fix for users to download.
Microsoft Launches Internet Crime Portal (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At a High Technology Crime Investigation Association event on Wednesday, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced plans to launch a Web site that will aid police in investigating Internet crime.
VoIP Marks Latest Microsoft-Google Battleground (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The battle over consumer VoIP is just the latest in a dizzying string of competitive product rollouts between Microsoft and Google.
Microsoft Blasts Massachusetts' New XML Policy (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Even as millions of dollars worth of Office business hangs in the balance, Microsoft says it will not support the OpenDocument format likely to be adopted by the state of Massachusetts this month as its standard XML format.
Microsoft Set to Reveal More Office 12 Tidbits (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Microsoft won't be distributing Beta 1 bits at its upcoming Professional Developers Conference. But it will be providing new details on some of its pending Office 12 desktop and server products.
Court KOs Online Game Bypass Program (AP)
AP - Three men illegally bypassed anti-piracy controls when they developed free technology to let computer users play some games against each other online without using the gamemaker's own system, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Cos. Offer Powerful Speakers for Katrina (AP)
 AP - A company that develops high-powered speakers for the military and police says it has loaned some of its gear so emergency responders can communicate with people stranded by Hurricane Katrina.
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AP Offers Satellite Image of New Orleans (AP)
 AP - The Associated Press is offering Internet access to a satellite image that covers most of New Orleans, detailed enough that viewers can zoom in to check on particular neighborhoods and streets.
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Phones, Computers Coming to Astrodome (AP)
 AP - Thousands of Hurricane Katrina refugees packing into Houston's Astrodome are getting electronic access to the outside world.
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Google Opens Digital Library (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is asking European book publishers to submit non-English material to its Internet-leading search engine — a move that may ease worries about the company's digital library relying too heavily on Anglo-American content.
Web Recording Site Draws Top Music Talent (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Recording artists will soon have a place on the Internet to record and scout for people who have worked with Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney and other big names in music.
Microsoft, Fujitsu Tune In Digital TV (PC World)
PC World - XP Media Center Edition products will have Fujitsu's digital reception technology built in.
Verizon Wireless Sues Two Telemarketers (AP)
AP - Verizon Wireless has sued a pair of telemarketing companies, accusing them of illegally soliciting the company's cell phone users and making more than 1.2 million calls to its customers this summer.
Operating Systems as Content Pushers (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Call it the widget revolution. Mac OS X, Windows and Linux all have widgets for pulling in available content from small software houses and other sources around the Internet.
Manhattan Closes Evant Deal (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Both companies make supply-chain management software. Evant customers include Staples and O'Reilly Automotive.
Court KOs Online Game Bypass Program (AP)
AP - Three men illegally bypassed anti-piracy controls when they developed free technology to let computer users play some games against each other online without using the gamemaker's own system, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Web Recording Site Draws Top Music Talent (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Recording artists will soon have a place on the Internet to record and scout for people who have worked with Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney and other big names in music.
Google Offers GMail App For The Mac (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Google Inc. has released in beta a Mac application that connects the desktop directly to the search engine's Web mail service.
Web Sites Launched to Help Find Hurricane Victims (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue and San Diego State University's Super Computing Center have launched a Web site to help locate victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Microsoft Updates MSN Personal Portal (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft makes it easier for people to access its customizable portal on MSN and has made improvements to the beta service.
Hunkered Down Internet Firm Weathers Hurricane (TechWeb)
TechWeb - An Internet registrar whose staffers refused to leave New Orleans and instead hunkered down in their offices, have kept their business up and online.
Estonians can vote by Internet in local elections, supreme court rules (AFP)
 AFP - Estonians will be able to vote in forthcoming local elections via the Internet after the Baltic state's supreme court overturned a veto by President Arnold Ruutel's on electronic voting, the national electoral commission said Friday.
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In Central New Orleans, Web Company Keeps Spinning (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Intercosmos employees are committed to keeping its data center, and the 800,000 Web sites that depend on its existence, up and running no matter what.
Internet Shows Katrina Damage From On High (TechWeb)
TechWeb - On the Web, millions are able to access never-before-seen perspectives of a major U.S. disaster as sites post satellite images of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
Microsoft Launches Internet Crime Portal (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At a High Technology Crime Investigation Association event on Wednesday, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced plans to launch a Web site that will aid police in investigating Internet crime.
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