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Microsoft Chided Over Exclusive Music Idea (AP)
 AP - The federal judge overseeing Microsoft Corp.'s business practices scolded the company Wednesday over a proposal to force manufacturers to tether iPod-like devices to Microsoft's own music player software.
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Microsoft's Power In Creative Software Seen As Overblown (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Adobe Systems used the competitive threat of software giant Microsoft to help it win U.S. regulatory approval this month for its purchase of Macromedia.
Microsoft: Multicore Chips Are Changing PC Software Design (PC World)
PC World - The 'free lunch' for software developers is over, Microsoft executive says.
US software giant Microsoft plans online book library (AFP)
 AFP - US software colossus Microsoft announced plans to launch an online library of books and other written works.
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Microsoft to Retire Exchange Server 5.5 by Year's End (PC World)
PC World - Support also to end; users urged to upgrade.
Gates hails Israel's hi-tech know-how (AFP)
 AFP - Microsoft founder Bill Gates hailed Israel's thriving technology sector, saying that its strong performance stemmed largely from its cutting-edge military inventions.
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Microsoft sees China, India competition in future (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
Gates said on Wednesday the software giant faced growing
competition from companies in China and India but, for now, the
strength in those countries lies in software services.
Gates foresees Chinese, Indian competitors (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
Gates said on Wednesday the software giant faced growing
competition from companies in China and India but, for now, the
strength in those countries lies in software services.
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Microsoft to Start Online Book Searches (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. is diving into the business of offering online searches of books and other writings, and says its approach aims to avoid the legal tussles met by rival Google Inc.
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Gates Welcomes Competition With Google (AP)
 AP - Google Inc. is fierce competition for Microsoft Corp., but the software giant does not fear the race and plans to upgrade his search technology in the next six months, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates said in remarks published Wednesday.
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Microsoft Chided Over Exclusive Music Idea (AP)
AP - The federal judge overseeing Microsoft Corp.'s business practices scolded the company Wednesday over a proposal to force manufacturers to tether iPod-like devices to Microsoft's own music player software.
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Yahoo Doubling Price of Music Service (AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. is doubling the price of its online music subscription service for portable MP3 players, ending a short-lived promotion that sought to lure consumers from Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iTunes store.
Baidu.com Adds Copyright Disclaimer (AP)
AP - The Web portal Baidu.com has added a disclaimer to its popular search engine for MP3 music sites following lawsuits accusing the company of helping visitors illegally obtain copyright music.
Microsoft to Start Online Book Searches (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is diving into the business of offering online searches of books and other writings, and says its approach aims to avoid the legal tussles met by rival Google Inc.
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Ultrawideband Challenges Wi-Fi In Fight For Wireless Consumers (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Wi-Fi is a popular way for home broadband users to share Internet connections and, more and more, other consumer electronics wares.
Internet Users Cut Back Because of Fears (AP)
AP - As identity theft has grown, so has fear of being victimized through high-tech means.
China Continues Mobile Phone Growth (AP)
AP - The world's largest cell phone market keeps growing. China had 377 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of September, or 29 for every 100 people, the government reported Wednesday.
Sprint Nextel Posts Profit After Merger (AP)
 AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. posted a third-quarter profit Wednesday for its first quarter since Sprint purchased Nextel Communications Inc. in August for $35 billion to create the nation's third-largest wireless carrier.
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IBM, Others to Create Open-Source Programs (AP)
AP - Pushing the "open source" idea deeper into computing, several companies led by IBM Corp. are teaming up to develop programs for letting big businesses uniformly manage their increasingly vast warehouses of data.
Microsoft: Multicore Chips Are Changing PC Software Design (PC World)
PC World - The 'free lunch' for software developers is over, Microsoft executive says.
Yahoo Doubling Price of Music Service (AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. is doubling the price of its online music subscription service for portable MP3 players, ending a short-lived promotion that sought to lure consumers from Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iTunes store.
Baidu.com Adds Copyright Disclaimer (AP)
AP - The Web portal Baidu.com has added a disclaimer to its popular search engine for MP3 music sites following lawsuits accusing the company of helping visitors illegally obtain copyright music.
Internet Users Cut Back Because of Fears (AP)
AP - As identity theft has grown, so has fear of being victimized through high-tech means.
School Orders Students to Remove Blogs (AP)
AP - A Roman Catholic high school has ordered its students to remove their online diaries from the Internet, citing a threat from cyberpredators.
US software giant Microsoft plans online book library (AFP)
AFP - US software colossus Microsoft announced plans to launch an online library of books and other written works.
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Rolling Stones Team Up With Starbucks (AP)
AP - Coffee giant Starbucks and Virgin Records are co-releasing a CD of rare Rolling Stones remixes, B-sides and hard-to-find live recordings, the band announced on its Web site Wednesday.
Web Threats Keep Users Away (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - New research indicates that U.S. Internet users are cutting back their hours spent online based on growing fears about identity theft schemes and other Web-oriented crimes.
Security fears on Internet cause big cuts in US Web usage: survey (AFP)
 AFP - Nearly one-third of US Internet users are cutting back on Web usage and 25 percent say they have stopped buying online due to fears of identity theft and other threats, a survey showed.
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MSN Readies Book-Searching Service (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's project starts with non-copyrighted materials, but may expand.
Microsoft to Start Online Book Searches (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is diving into the business of offering online searches of books and other writings, and says its approach aims to avoid the legal tussles met by rival Google Inc.
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