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Skype 2.0 Offers Free Video Calling (AP)
AP - Skype is upgrading its popular Internet telephone service to add video calling and a toolbar for Microsoft Outlook to find and dial contacts with a click.
Microsoft Readies Online Classifieds Service (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft Corp. is testing internally an online classifieds service that would enable people to sell personal items over the company's instant messaging, social networking or local search services.
Microsoft Develops Classified Service (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is developing an online classified service to compete with the likes of Craigslist and becoming the latest company to capitalize on growing consumer interest in buying and selling everything from cars to baby-sitting services on the Web.
Microsoft Launches Security Service Test (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. is offering the public a free test version of its new service for protecting consumers from viruses and other Internet threats.
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Microsoft to Test Classified Ad Service (PC World)
PC World - Software giant to test a Craigslist.org-type service by year's end.
Microsoft Goes Live with OneCare Security Software (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has opened the beta of OneCare to the general public, inviting Windows users everywhere to test the new all-in-one security suite that provides integrated antivirus, antispyware, and firewall capabilities. Redmond had originally restricted the trial to a select number of testers.
Microsoft Updates Collaboration Services (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is now offering small and midsize businesses (SMBs) services that the company had previously reserved only for larger companies. The software giant unveiled a new version of its Hosted Messaging and Collaboration platform that is designed to provide SMBs with e-mail management, mobile data access, and functionality similar to that deployed by enterprises with deep pockets.
Microsoft lets consumers try new security service (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday
started giving computer users the chance to test its new
security service as the world's largest software maker took its
biggest step yet into the lucrative consumer security market.
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Microsoft To Update 'Windows Live' Web Mail Beta (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft plans to release this week a new version of its Windows Live web mail that's currently in beta, the company said Wednesday.
Microsoft Opens OneCare Test (PC World)
PC World - Prerelease versions of security program are available for free download.
Judge May Halt BlackBerry Service in U.S. (AP)
 AP - A federal judge has rejected Research In Motion Ltd.'s effort to settle a patent case and moved a step closer to reissuing an injunction that threatens BlackBerry e-mail service in the United States.
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Skype 2.0 Offers Free Video Calling (AP)
AP - Skype is upgrading its popular Internet telephone service to add video calling and a toolbar for Microsoft Outlook to find and dial contacts with a click.
Samsung Pleads Guilty in Price-Fixing Case (AP)
 AP - Samsung, the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, has pleaded guilty to a charge it conspired with other companies to fix the price of chips used in personal computers and other electronic devices, boosting the cost to consumers.
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Grateful Dead to Allow Free Web Downloads (AP)
 AP - What a short, strange trip it was. After the Grateful Dead angered some of its biggest fans by asking a nonprofit Web site to halt the free downloading of its concert recordings, the psychedelic jam band changed its mind Wednesday.
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Firefox Faces Uphill Battle, Analysts Predict (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - News Analysis: Despite handing out positive reviews over the latest version of the open-source Firefox Web browser, market watchers are saying that the Mozilla Foundation will need to publicize the product heavily in order to lure new users.
Make Free PC Video Calls With Skype's New Software (PC World)
PC World - The Internet telephone innovator announces Skype 2 software with video calling and other improvements.
Japan Abandons 'IPod Tax' Idea (AP)
AP - Japan is forgoing a copyright law revision to charge royalties on digital music players — a proposal dubbed the "iPod tax" — after discussions in a government panel produced no consensus on ways to police violations.
France's top mobile operators slapped for market collusion (AFP)
 AFP - France's three mobile telecommunications operators faced a heavy bill after competition authorities slapped them with a record fine for five years of market collusion.
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Sun broadens its open source shift (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Bowing to the open source mantra, Sun Microsystems officials on Wednesday said the company is packaging multiple software products from its catalog as the Solaris Enterprise System, anchored by the Solaris OS, and offering it all for free.
Sun to bundle software, offer as free downloads (Reuters)
Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc. said on
Wednesday it will bundle much of its software and provide it
free to customers, the latest tweak by the computer maker to
its business model in an effort to return to growth.
Grateful Dead to Allow Free Web Downloads (AP)
AP - What a short, strange trip it was. After the Grateful Dead angered some of its biggest fans by asking a nonprofit Web site to halt the free downloading of its concert recordings, the psychedelic jam band changed its mind Wednesday.
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Make Free PC Video Calls With Skype's New Software (PC World)
PC World - The Internet telephone innovator announces Skype 2 software with video calling and other improvements.
Skype 2.0 Offers Free Video Calling (AP)
AP - Skype is upgrading its popular Internet telephone service to add video calling and a toolbar for Microsoft Outlook to find and dial contacts with a click.
Skype offers Web video phone-calling feature (Reuters)
Reuters - Skype, the international Web calling
phenomenon acquired by eBay Inc., said on Thursday it is adding
high-resolution video picture phone features to its free
telephone replacement service.
AT&T, BellSouth debut Yellowpages.com venture (Reuters)
Reuters - Telephone operators BellSouth Corp.
and AT&T Inc. unveiled their improved online directory,
Yellowpages.com LLC, on Thursday, going head-to-head against
Internet heavyweights Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft Readies Online Classifieds Service (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft Corp. is testing internally an online classifieds service that would enable people to sell personal items over the company's instant messaging, social networking or local search services.
Centro Zeroes In On Local Online Media (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - A new buying service aims to make it easier for media agencies to target ads to local markets without the headache of dealing with thousands of small Web sites individually.
Web Archive Open for Hurricane Sites (AP)
 AP - The Internet Archive is preserving more than 25 million Web pages relating to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita from some 1,500 news, online journals and other sites.
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Icahn warns Time Warner over loss in AOL deal (Reuters)
 Reuters - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on
Wednesday told New York analysts he would hold the Time Warner
Inc. board members "personally responsible" if they forge a
deal for America Online that values the Internet provider too
cheaply.
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Microsoft Develops Classified Service (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is developing an online classified service to compete with the likes of Craigslist and becoming the latest company to capitalize on growing consumer interest in buying and selling everything from cars to baby-sitting services on the Web.
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