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Microsoft loses money on each Xbox (Reuters)
 Reuters - The cost of building a Microsoft
Corp. Xbox 360 video game console is nearly 40 percent
higher than the retail price, technology and microchip research
company iSuppli said on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Reports Isolated Xbox Glitches (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it had received isolated reports of technical problems with its popular new Xbox 360 videogame system.
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Microsoft Seeks to Standardize Office Format (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. is seeking to standardize the document format used for its popular Office products, partly in response to concerns that documents stored using its proprietary technology may be difficult to access in years to come.
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Microsoft Seeks Open Standard for Office File Formats (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Faced with increasing pressure from the public and private sector regarding long-term access to information, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is opening its Office file formats, seeking to make the technology an international standard.
Report: Windows Is Pacing The Server Market (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft Windows servers recorded revenue of $4.6 billion, representing the largest single segment of the server market, a new IDC study says.
LG Ships DVR With Microsoft Program Guide To Retailers (TechWeb)
TechWeb - LG Electronics says major consumer electronic retailers have started selling an LG digital video recorder with Microsoft Corp.'s cable program guide.
Microsoft Makes RSS a Two-Way Street (PC World)
PC World - Proposed 'extensions' to specification allow multidirectional synchronization.
S.Korea delays Microsoft ruling (Reuters)
 Reuters - South Korea's anti-trust agency said on
Wednesday it was delaying a long-awaited ruling on Microsoft
Corp.'s business practices to next week, after the
review committee failed to reach an agreement.
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Security Threats Shift to Applications (AP)
AP - As people heed warnings to install the latest security updates for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating systems and Internet Explorer browsers, researchers say hackers have been shifting their focus to applications that are harder to protect.
Microsoft launches new battle in console wars (AFP)
 AFP - US software giant Microsoft was elated after seeing its new Xbox 360 computer games console fly off store shelves across North America and fetch jaw-dropping sums in online auctions.
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Bose Tries to Shake Up Auto Industry (AP)
 AP - In a cleared-out parking lot at Bose Corp.'s headquarters, a test driver guides a Lexus at 25 mph toward what would appear to be an unfriendly introduction to a two-by-six lying on its side, ankle-high.
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Parents Weigh When Kids Should Get Gadgets (AP)
AP - Debra Scott's daughter had a birthday wish list typical for kids turning 11 these days. She wanted a cell phone, an iPod, a PlayStation 2 and maybe a new laptop.
Jukeboxes, DJs Being Pushed Out by iPods (AP)
AP - The jukebox at the bar Brian Toro manages isn't gathering dust just yet — but it may only be a matter of time. The popular nightspot is among a growing number of places across the country where people can bring their iPods and other portable music players and, for as long as the bartender allows, share their personal favorites with the crowd.
Teen in Crash May Have Been Text Messaging (AP)
AP - A 17-year-old likely will face misdemeanor charges after allegedly losing control of his car while text messaging and hitting a bicyclist.
Lycos Ordered to Tell Web Client Identity (AP)
AP - The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday ordered Internet company Lycos to reveal the identity of a client in a benchmark decision on privacy that was praised by copyright groups as a way to go after illegal swapping of music and movies online.
Apple's iPod nano a holiday hit (Reuters)
 Reuters - Apple Computer Inc.'s sleek iPod
nano music player was among the top-selling electronic items on
Amazon.com on Friday and some models sold out on a top
retailer's Web site as consumers stocked up on holiday gifts on
one of the year's busiest shopping days.
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Sales stall for digital music tracks (Reuters)
Reuters - The pace of U.S. digital music
track sales during the last six months has slowed dramatically
after a year of explosive growth.
Nokia's cell phone sales skyrocket in China (AFP)
 AFP - Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, said that over the first nine months of the year it had sold 23 million handsets in China, an increase of 77 percent compared to the same period a year ago.
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Browser Makers Band Together Against Phishers (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Representatives from the most prominent browser makers -- including Microsoft and Mozilla -- recently gathered to discuss ways to make it clearer to users which Web sites are safe and which are fake.
Kazaa gets stay; industry sees changes (Reuters)
 Reuters - The operator of the Kazaa file-sharing
network on Friday said an Australian court would hear an appeal
on a copyright case in late February conditional on Kazaa
making some changes to its software in the mean time.
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Apple's iPod nano a holiday hit (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc.'s sleek iPod
nano music player was among the top-selling electronic items on
Amazon.com on Friday and some models sold out on a top
retailer's Web site as consumers stocked up on holiday gifts on
one of the year's busiest shopping days.
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Online retailers await 'Cyber Monday' (Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. online holiday sales are
expected to hit nearly $20 billion this year and should take
off on Monday, when consumers return to work and their fast
Internet connections after the long Thanksgiving weekend.
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Dutch Court Orders Lycos To Reveal Client's Identity (TechWeb)
TechWeb - In what some observers see as a legal precedent on Internet privacy, the court order could make it easier to prosecute those who swap music and movies illegally.
Internet Allows Sons To Rescue Mother (TechWeb)
TechWeb - A webcam in California allowed her family on the other side of the world to get her help, in time.
Firm wants to rid Net of suffixes (Reuters)
 Reuters - A Dutch technology company has
breathed life into a project to rid the Internet of suffixes
such as .com, and instead offer single names which can be
countries, company names or fantasy words.
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Firms haggle over video on demand (Reuters)
 Reuters - Everyone agrees video on demand over the
Internet should be a goldmine for telecoms and media firms, but
the two converging industries have yet to figure out how both
can make money, a conference in France heard this week.
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Child pornography problem growing in Sweden (AFP)
 AFP - The number of Swedes seeking out sexual images involving children on the Internet is on the rise, the Swedish chapter of the anti-child pornography group Ecpat said.
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Lycos Ordered to Tell Web Client Identity (AP)
AP - The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday ordered Internet company Lycos to reveal the identity of a client in a benchmark decision on privacy that was praised by copyright groups as a way to go after illegal swapping of music and movies online.
Murdoch sees gloom for newspapers against Internet (AFP)
 AFP - The media magnate Rupert Murdoch predicted a gloomy future for newspapers, which he said are failing to adapt to the realities of the Internet.
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Sweden Aims to Bring Expo to Internet (AP)
AP - There won't be any cotton candy, but most other treats of a world fair would be available in an Internet version of the global exposition being prepared in Sweden.
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