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At 30, Microsoft Grapples With Growing Up (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. promises its software will make people better workers — more productive, more profitable, more able, as the company likes to say, to achieve their potential. Yet some wonder why the software behemoth isn't taking more of its own medicine.
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Microsoft Launches Security Initiatives (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Faced with mounting attacks against its products that emerge regularly from an array of sources, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has outlined a security strategy that includes protection at the client level and alliances with public and private players in the I.T. security realm.
AOL Exec Coy About Microsoft Talks (PC World)
PC World - CEO describes AOL's content-sharing, acquisitions in competitive Web services market.
Fuller list of Xbox 360 launch games emerges (Reuters)
 Reuters - Video game publishers this week
revealed most of the lineup of titles slated for release when
the Xbox 360 game console ships to stores next month -- news
many expected from Microsoft Corp. .
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Microsoft Plans 9 Patches Next Week (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Next Tuesday will be a busy day for Windows administrators, Microsoft has promised nine security bulletins in its October patch release.
Microsoft Readies Eight Critical Patches (PC World)
PC World - At least nine security fixes are due for October release.
EU Names Briton To Monitor Microsoft Compliance (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The appointment of Neil Barrett ends two out of three points of dispute between EU regulators and the software giant. Still open is the question over Microsoft's providing rival software-makers some cost-free, additional access to part of its code.
Microsoft Ups Ante On Security Strategy (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Hoping to take a more holistic approach to thwarting escalating security threats, Microsoft on Thursday laid out its companywide strategy and product roadmap to build thicker walls for both corporate desktops and lower-end servers.
Microsoft, Time Warner resume AOL-MSN talks-WSJ (Reuters)
Reuters - Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
have restarted discussions about forming an alliance of their
Internet units, America Online and MSN, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the situation.
Compuware backs Eclipse, Microsoft (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With Eclipse and Microsoft Windows emerging as the dominant development platforms, Compuware is staking a claim in both camps.
Yahoo to Introduce Tools for Podcasts (AP)
AP - Hoping to tune into the latest craze in digital media, Yahoo Inc. is introducing tools for finding, organizing and rating "podcasts" — the audio programs designed to be played on Apple Inc.'s iPod and many other portable music players.
At 30, Microsoft Grapples With Growing Up (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. promises its software will make people better workers — more productive, more profitable, more able, as the company likes to say, to achieve their potential. Yet some wonder why the software behemoth isn't taking more of its own medicine.
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Stanford Volkswagen Wins $2M Robot Race (AP)
 AP - A driverless Volkswagen won a $2 million race across the rugged Nevada desert Sunday, beating four other robot-guided vehicles that completed a Pentagon-sponsored contest aimed at making warfare safer for humans.
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Court Nixes Full Appeal in BlackBerry Suit (AP)
AP - A federal court denied Research In Motion Ltd.'s request for the full court to rehear its appeal of a long-running patent suit in which the maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices has been found guilty of infringement.
Questions Linger About WebMD Despite IPO (AP)
AP - WebMD's recent sizzling IPO suggests investors are willing to overlook issues ranging from the company losing money to an ongoing investigation by federal authorities.
Two Internet gamers plan London floats -papers (Reuters)
Reuters - Two Internet gaming companies are
planning to list on London's junior AIM stockmarket with
valuations around 100 million pounds, newspapers said on
Sunday.
Consumers seen taking cover from DVD format war (AFP)
 AFP - Remember the VHS-Betamax debacle in the late 1970s when a format war between two types of video tapes erupted, raging on for years and sowing confusion among consumers? Get ready for the sequel.
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Nokia's Ollila sees strong mobile demand in 2006-FT (Reuters)
Reuters - Strong demand for mobile phones will
continue into next year, defying forecasts of a slowdown,
Nokia's (NOK1V.HE) NOKIsdb.ST> Chief Executive Jorma
Ollila said in an interview published on Monday.
Oracle Buys Finnish Open-Source Developer (PC World)
PC World - The database software giant acquires a maker of add-on software for MySQL.
Foreigners spend $500 mln on Israel software firms (Reuters)
Reuters - Foreign companies spent more than
$500 million in acquiring 15 Israeli software firms over the
past 12 months, Israel's Manufacturers Association said on
Sunday.
Two Internet gamers plan London floats -papers (Reuters)
Reuters - Two Internet gaming companies are
planning to list on London's junior AIM stockmarket with
valuations around 100 million pounds, newspapers said on
Sunday.
Blog subscribers seek out small universe of sites (Reuters)
Reuters - The Web publishing phenomenon
known as the blogsphere has millions of sites but only a small
number gain significant audiences, according to data released
on Friday.
Connection restored between feuding Net providers (Reuters)
Reuters - Traffic resumed between two feuding
Internet access providers on Friday, mending a rift that had
blocked off portions of the Internet for thousands of users
over the past two days.
Retailers Improve Image Online (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Retailers overall are doing a slightly better job at treating their customers online, compared to six months ago, a research group says.
Top Three Portals Accounted For 80% Of Online Searches In August (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The total number of online searches in August top 5 billion, with the leading three Web portals accounting for 8 in 10 searches, a Web metrics firm says.
VeriSign Acquires Weblogs.com for $2.3M (AP)
AP - Internet services company VeriSign Inc. said Friday it has acquired Weblogs.com, a service that automatically alerts people when blogs and other Web sites are updated with new material.
PluggedIn: Cameraphones spawn news photo marketplace on Web (Reuters)
Reuters - Armed with cameraphones and digital
cameras, survivors and onlookers of last July's London bombing
flooded the Internet with the first haunting glimpses of the
aftermath long before professional photo-journalists descended
on the scene.
Cyber Security Month Aims To Calm Consumers E-nerves (TechWeb)
TechWeb - A not-for-profit group composed of government agencies and big-name technology firms gears up for a long-term campaign to ease growing consumer fears of the Internet.
Cogent, Level 3 In Standoff Over Internet Access (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Cogent Communications and Level 3 Communications are in a stand-off after Level 3 pulled the plug on shared Internet traffic from Cogent Wednesday.
VeriSign Enters Blogosphere In Buying Dave Winer's Weblogs.com (TechWeb)
TechWeb - VeriSign Inc. has bought Weblogs.com for $2.3 million in cash from Scripting News Inc.
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