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Gates: Xbox 360 Key to Microsoft Strategy (AP)
 AP - Anyone who snagged one of Microsoft Corp.'s new Xbox 360s at its Tuesday debut will likely see the new video game console as just that — a medium for spending hours playing the likes of "Halo 2" and "Project Gotham Racing 3."
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Microsoft to Open Office Document Format (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft will offer its Word, Excel, and PowerPoint document formats as open standards.
Microsoft Warns of New Security Threat (NewsFactor)
 NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is warning consumers using Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows 2000 SP4 that code has been published that could be used to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
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Is Microsoft Up to Some New Tricks? (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Unusual strategies can be played out in online forums.
Zero-Day Exploit Targets IE (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Microsoft acknowledges a potential code execution vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser after the public release of a proof-of-concept exploit.
Microsoft shows prominently at Supercomputing '05 (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's presence at Supercomputing '05 in Seattle last week was unmistakable.
Microsoft fires first salvo of new console wars (AFP)
 AFP - US software titan Microsoft takes the computer game wars to the Japanese enemy with the North American launch of its next-generation Xbox 360 console.
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Microsoft fires first salvo of new game console wars (AFP)
 AFP - US software titan Microsoft takes the computer game wars to the Japanese enemy with the North American launch Tuesday of its next-generation Xbox 360 console.
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Q&A: Microsoft Touts New Ajax Tools (TechWeb)
TechWeb - <i>InformationWeek</i> talks to Microsoft Product Manager Brian Goldfarb about the trendy new Web technology called Ajax, and Microsoft's plans for tools to make Ajax development easier.
Ex-Microsoft Worker Sentenced for Theft (AP)
AP - A federal judge sentenced a former Microsoft Corp. employee on Friday to four years in prison for illegally selling millions of dollars of company software.
Gates: Xbox 360 Key to Microsoft Strategy (AP)
AP - Anyone who snagged one of Microsoft Corp.'s new Xbox 360s at its Tuesday debut will likely see the new video game console as just that — a medium for spending hours playing the likes of "Halo 2" and "Project Gotham Racing 3."
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Google Unveils Tool to Map Shopping Trips (AP)
AP - Joining the herd of Web sites jostling to cash in on the holiday shopping season, online search engine leader Google Inc. is adding a tool designed to make it easier for consumers to map out their local trips to the mall.
Google Donates $3M to Help Scan Documents (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is giving $3 million to the U.S. Library of Congress to help set up a system for creating digital copies of rare documents from around the world — the latest step in Google's crusade to expand the amount of information that can be indexed by its Internet-leading search engine.
Online Video Service Pairs Up With AOL (AP)
AP - The migration of television to the Internet is getting another boost with a deal that gives Web video startup Brightcove Networks Inc. a foothold on AOL's Web portal.
Sony BMG Sued Under Anti-Spyware Laws (AP)
AP - Sony BMG Music Entertainment's troubles over anti-piracy technology on music CDs deepened Monday as Texas' attorney general and a California-based digital rights group said they were suing the music company under new state anti-spyware laws.
Hong Kong Internet providers vow privacy protection but respect local law (AFP)
 AFP - Hong Kong Internet service providers say they will respect their users' privacy but were bound by local laws, a week after a group of record companies asked them to hand over information about clients accused of illegal music downloads.
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Gamers wait in rain for Xbox 360 (Reuters)
 Reuters - More than 200 hard-core video game
fans braved rain and chilly temperatures in Manhattan to be
among the first to get their hands on Microsoft Corp.'s new
Xbox 360 video game console, which went on sale in North
America on Tuesday.
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AT&T Plans to Resurrect Wireless Brand (AP)
 AP - AT&T Inc., the company created by SBC Communications Inc.'s just-completed purchase of its former corporate parent, plans to resurrect the AT&T Wireless brand for cell phone service provided by its Cingular Wireless partnership with BellSouth Corp.
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Sun Brings Open-Source Database Postgres into Solaris (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), in an effort to broaden the scope of its flagship enterprise operating system, is offering support for the open-source Postgres database.
Online crooks shift to players, software: study (Reuters)
 Reuters - Online criminals shifted their attacks
in 2005 from computer operating systems such as Windows and
others to media players and software programs, according to a
study released on Tuesday.
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Hong Kong Internet providers vow privacy protection but respect local law (AFP)
AFP - Hong Kong Internet service providers say they will respect their users' privacy but were bound by local laws, a week after a group of record companies asked them to hand over information about clients accused of illegal music downloads.
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First Look at the Xbox 360 (PC World)
PC World - The online aspects rock, but you'll want to upgrade to take full advantage of Microsoft's console.
Online crooks shift to players, software: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Online criminals shifted their attacks
in 2005 from computer operating systems such as Windows and
others to media players and software programs, according to a
study released on Tuesday.
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Google Unveils Tool to Map Shopping Trips (AP)
AP - Joining the herd of Web sites jostling to cash in on the holiday shopping season, online search engine leader Google Inc. is adding a tool designed to make it easier for consumers to map out their local trips to the mall.
Google Donates $3M to Scan Rare Documents (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is giving $3 million to the U.S. Library of Congress to help set up a system for creating digital copies of rare documents from around the world — the latest step in Google's crusade to expand the amount of information that can be indexed by its Internet-leading search engine.
Idaho town votes to rename itself Secretsanta.com (Reuters)
Reuters - Officials in the northern Idaho
town of Santa, Idaho, on Monday voted to rename the 115-person
hamlet Secretsanta.com to hype an online gift exchange
management service.
Net TV startup lands $16.2 mln from AOL, IAC (Reuters)
Reuters - Brightcove, an Internet television
startup that helps programmers syndicate shows across the Web
and collect money from it, plans to announce on Tuesday it has
attracted new high profile investors including AOL and
IAC/InterActiveCorp, and a distribution pact with AOL.
Online Video Service Pairs Up With AOL (AP)
AP - The migration of television to the Internet is getting another boost with a deal that gives Web video startup Brightcove Networks Inc. a foothold on AOL's Web portal.
Huge increase in search engine use in the US (AFP)
 AFP - More and more Americans are googling and yahooing their way through life, according to a new survey which shows a massive increase in the use of Internet search engines over two years.
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FBI Warns of E-Mail About Surveillance (AP)
AP - The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an alert Monday about a scam involving unsolicited e-mails, purportedly sent by the FBI, that tell computer users that their Internet surfing is being monitored by the agency.
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