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Palm Teams With Microsoft for Smart Phone (AP)
 AP - Palm Inc. is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to launch a Windows-based version of the Treo smart phone, marking the first time the handheld computer pioneer will sell a device based on its former rival's software.
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Palm partners with Microsoft (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Palm, maker of the popular multi-function Treo phones, is expected on Monday to launch its first Treo that uses a Windows-based Microsoft operating system, industry sources said.
Microsoft to offer third beta of developer collaboration tool (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft on Friday plans to release the third beta version of its Team Foundation Server (TFS) software for application lifecycle management, a Microsoft representative said.
Massachusetts Finalizes Plans to Phase Out Microsoft Office (PC World)
PC World - In a first for a U.S. state, executive branch agencies will adopt the OpenDocument standard by 2007.
Palm to unveil cell phone with Microsoft software (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. and its
longtime rival in the mobile software market, Palm Inc.
are set to unveil on Monday a cell phone that will run
Microsoft's software, sources said on Friday.
Less Could Be More At Microsoft (BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - For the last year, an anonymous Microsoft Corp. employee, dubbed Mini-Microsoft, has blasted the company's top brass on his Weblog for being out of touch. Mini, as he's known around the Redmond (Wash.) campus, has criticized everything from stifling bureaucracy that slows development to an unfair review process that pits co-workers against one another. But when Microsoft CEO Steven A. Ballmer unveiled a major reorganization on Sept. 20, Mini finally saw a bit of light in the darkness. "Thank goodness," Mini began in a post hours later. ...
Microsoft sets governance changes (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Friday
declared a quarterly dividend of 8 cents a share and said it
has changed the rules for electing directors.
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Web Metrics Firm Caught In Microsoft Controversy (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Web metrics firm Keynote Systems Inc. has come under fire for not releasing search-engine rankings, reportedly at the request of a very large software company.
Microsoft Offers English Windows in India (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. plans to offer an English-language version of its scaled-back, lower-priced Windows XP Starter Edition in India, as part of efforts to encourage technology adoption in developing countries and prevent pirating.
More Flaws in Firefox Than in Internet Explorer (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC) latest Internet Security Threat Report, the security firm noted that Mozilla's Firefox browser has nearly double the amount of vulnerabilities found in Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet Explorer. But Symantec also noted that the flaws found in Internet Explorer are more severe.
Palm Teams With Microsoft for Smart Phone (AP)
AP - Palm Inc. is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to launch a Windows-based version of the Treo smart phone, marking the first time the handheld computer pioneer will sell a device based on its former rival's software.
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Wireless Carriers Banking on Mobile Music (AP)
 AP - When someone dials Leah Balecha's mobile phone, it doesn't ring. It jams with the sounds of 50 Cent, OutKast, Gwen Stefani and Kelly Clarkson.
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Rita Pushes Blogs, Rich Maps to Forefront (AP)
 AP - As Hurricane Rita approached, editors at the Houston Chronicle decided to experiment: They hand-picked about a dozen Web diarists and asked them to post regular dispatches on the newspaper's online blog — all without any editorial intervention.
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More Colleges Offering Video Game Courses (AP)
 AP - More and more, video game-related courses are being offered in colleges around the country in response to the digital media industry's appetite for skilled workers and the tastes of a new generation of students raised on Game Boy and Xbox.
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Voice Over Internet Both Simple, Complex (AP)
 AP - We have more ways than ever of communicating, but trying to keep up with family and friends can be exasperating. Our overlapping free time seems to shrink. We constantly play phone and voice mail tag. And e-mail, in its tone-deaf impersonality, barely helps.
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Brian Wilson Dialing Up Katrina Donors (AP)
 AP - "Iowa Jim" was suspicious. Was Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson really putting messages on his official Web site urging people to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts?
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Camera phone enters new creative territory (Reuters)
Reuters - Billboard has learned that rock band
the Presidents of the United States of America shot its latest
video using only mobile phone cameras.
Music biz explores wireless frontier (Reuters)
Reuters - And so it begins. Wireless
operators and record companies are starting to let mobile
subscribers buy and download full songs over wireless networks
directly to mobile phones capable of storing and playing music.
Exploit Circulates For Firefox Flaw (TechWeb)
TechWeb - An exploit for the just-patched IDN bug in Mozilla's Firefox browser and namesake suite has been published on the Internet, a French security vendor says.
Palm partners with Microsoft (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Palm, maker of the popular multi-function Treo phones, is expected on Monday to launch its first Treo that uses a Windows-based Microsoft operating system, industry sources said.
Brian Wilson Dialing Up Katrina Donors (AP)
AP - "Iowa Jim" was suspicious. Was Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson really putting messages on his official Web site urging people to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts?
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Ikanos launches public offering (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Ikanos Communications in Fremont went public Thursday on the promise of rising sales of its semiconductor chips, which speed the delivery of Internet content into homes by as much as 100 times.
Gear From 'Rock Star: INXS' Auctioned (AP)
 AP - Musical instruments and memorabilia from CBS' "Rock Star: INXS" are being auctioned on the eBay Web site to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
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U.S. TV makes way for two White House dramas (Reuters)
![Actress Geena Davis, star of ABCs new series 'Commander-In-Chief', poses at the premiere screening of the show at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California September 21, 2005. The series features Davis as the first female president. (Chris Pizzello [Photo via NewsCom]/Reuters)](http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20050924/2005_09_24t115138_282x450_us_commander.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=5GivwMDqbelCFo1KiTqjWg--) Reuters - A new TV show starring Oscar-winner
Geena Davis as America's first female president, juggling
career and family while holding Republican enemies at bay, is
drawing Internet fire from conservatives and feminists alike.
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AOL Portal Officially Out Of Beta (TechWeb)
TechWeb - America Online Inc. has officially launched its ad-supported portal out of beta.
Google Releases Toolbar For Firefox (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Google Inc. has released out of beta its Firefox search toolbar, which includes features such as spell check and a word translator.
Intellext Banks On Privacy Pitch In Search App (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Intellext Inc. is expanding the capabilities of Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Search Toolbar with a proactive research tool that offers users some added privacy.
Playing Games with VOIP (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - News Analysis: With an increasing number of people using VOIP communications alongside their video games, companies providing online gaming networks could reap the rewards as users adopt new Internet telephony services.
Rita Pushes Blogs, Rich Maps to Forefront (AP)
AP - As Hurricane Rita approached, editors at the Houston Chronicle decided to experiment: They hand-picked about a dozen Web diarists and asked them to post regular dispatches on the newspaper's online blog — all without any editorial intervention.
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MSN Search Toolbar Gets Contextual Search Add-in (PC World)
PC World - Pop-up sidebar offers desktop and Web links related to surfed sites.
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