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Microsoft settles anti-trust suit for 30 million dollars (AFP)
 AFP - US software giant Microsoft has sealed a 30 million dollar deal with South Korean Internet portal Daum Communications to settle an anti-trust suit and put the two firms in a new partnership.
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Microsoft Settles Trade Lawsuit for $30M (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. has reached a $30 million settlement with a South Korean Internet portal that accused it of unfair trade practices, the companies said Friday.
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Microsoft settles suit with S.Korea's Daum (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to
pay South Korea's Daum Communications Corp. (035720.KQ) $10
million in cash to settle an antitrust suit against the world's
largest software maker, the two sides said on Friday.
Gates Sails the Seas of Change (The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - You've got to love leaked memos for juicy bits of corporate gossip. Over the last several days, we've gotten a peek into how Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) Bill Gates really feels about the current tech climate -- and the sea change he sees coming.
Microsoft Trains Spotlight on Macromedia Flash Patch (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Microsoft issues an unprecedented security advisory for a third party, giving advice on how to protect against code execution attacks.
In Brief: Ex-AMD Japan chairman joins Microsoft's Japanese unit (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The former chairman of Advanced Micro Devices' Japanese subsidiary joined Microsoft's Japanese unit on Thursday to work on consumer-related Windows systems.
Trojan Attacks Microsoft Image Rendering Flaw (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - An anti-virus vendor spots the first signs of a Trojan attack against a critical flaw just patched by Microsoft. It causes a disruptive denial-of-service attack against unpatched Windows systems.
Gates memo pushes new Web strategy at Microsoft (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. must change its
business to better deliver software and services over the
Internet to compete against new technology upstarts, Chairman
Bill Gates said in a recent memo to executives.
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Bill Gates Memo Aims To Rally Microsoft Around Web Services (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft must reshape its businesses to respond to the growing threat from Internet-based software and services, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates warned senior executives in a recent memo.
Some November Microsoft Security Updates Didn't Reach Users (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's Software Update Services users left in the lurch on recent patch.
Viruses Exploit Sony CD Copy-Protection (AP)
 AP - A controversial copy-protection program that automatically installs when some Sony BMG audio CDs are played on personal computers is now being exploited by malicious software that takes advantage of the antipiracy technology's ability to hide files.
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Yahoo Pulls Out of America Online Talks (AP)
 AP - Yahoo Inc. has pulled out of discussions over buying a stake in America Online Inc., leaving Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. as the leading potential suitors.
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European Group Battles Copy-Protected CDs (AP)
AP - The music industry should stop criminalizing customers and limiting their freedom in the battle against piracy, a European consumers' group said Thursday.
Senior Citizen Bloggers Defy Stereotypes (AP)
 AP - Forget shuffleboard, needlepoint and bingo. Web logs, more often the domain of alienated adolescents and home to screeds by middle-aged pundits, are gaining a foothold as a new leisure-time option for senior citizens.
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Google Earth Gets Down to Business (PC World)
PC World - Enterprise unit takes over Google Earth, mapping products to integrate with search tools.
What's it worth? eBay lets users search prices (Reuters)
 Reuters - Online auctioneer eBay Inc. on
Thursday introduced a new service that allows buyers and
sellers to search the price history of any product on its
electronic marketplace worldwide for up to 90 days.
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Kodak Retains Lead in U.S. Digital Cameras (AP)
AP - For the fourth straight quarter, Eastman Kodak Co. retained its lead over Japanese rivals Canon Inc. and Sony Corp. in the U.S. digital-camera market.
Google offers Silicon Valley home free wireless Internet (AFP)
 AFP - Internet giant Google is offering to cloak its home city in Silicon Valley with free wireless "Wi-Fi" computer service, the company confirmed.
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Vendors Pledge to Share Linux Patents (PC World)
PC World - IBM, Red Hat join Open Invention Network in promoting open source software.
Microsoft settles suit with S.Korea's Daum (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to
pay South Korea's Daum Communications Corp. (035720.KQ) $10
million in cash to settle an antitrust suit against the world's
largest software maker, the two sides said on Friday.
Yahoo Pulls Out of America Online Talks (AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. has pulled out of discussions over buying a stake in America Online Inc., leaving Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. as the leading potential suitors.
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European Group Battles Copy-Protected CDs (AP)
AP - The music industry should stop criminalizing customers and limiting their freedom in the battle against piracy, a European consumers' group said Thursday.
Senior Citizen Bloggers Defy Stereotypes (AP)
AP - Forget shuffleboard, needlepoint and bingo. Web logs, more often the domain of alienated adolescents and home to screeds by middle-aged pundits, are gaining a foothold as a new leisure-time option for senior citizens.
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What's it worth? eBay lets users search prices (Reuters)
Reuters - Online auctioneer eBay Inc. on
Thursday introduced a new service that allows buyers and
sellers to search the price history of any product on its
electronic marketplace worldwide for up to 90 days.
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Google offers Silicon Valley home free wireless Internet (AFP)
AFP - Internet giant Google is offering to cloak its home city in Silicon Valley with free wireless "Wi-Fi" computer service, the company confirmed.
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Paris Hilton "only victim" of crash - spokesman (Reuters)
 Reuters - Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton,
whose Bentley was damaged in a videotaped crash that spawned an
Internet sensation and a police investigation, was the "only
victim" of the incident, her spokesman said on Thursday.
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Survey: Consumers Increasingly Reluctant To Bank Online (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Fears of identity theft have left increasing numbers of consumers wary of banking online, according to a survey released by Entrust, an Internet security firm.
Local New York Law Targets Open Wi-Fi Networks (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Responding to concerns about vulnerabilities associated with wireless Internet connections, lawmakers in New York's Westchester County have introduced legislation requiring those offering open Wi-Fi hotspots to secure their networks.
Living on the Edge of E-Commerce Tech (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - During the heady days of the Internet in the 90s, e-commerce platforms featuring shopping carts were all the rage. But when the dot-com bubble burst, sales of e-commerce technology flagged. The market no longer could support the plethora of vendors that were out there, and even the survivors did little to enhance their platforms for several years thereafter.
3 companies shut down on spyware charges (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. court shut down three
Internet companies for secretly bundling malicious "spyware"
with ring tones, music programs and other free high-tech
goodies, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday.
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