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Xbox 360 Beats PlayStation to Japan Stores (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. will get the jump on Sony this Saturday by introducing the next-generation Xbox 360 in its rival's backyard, but winning over Japan's notoriously finicky video game fans will be an uphill battle for the American interloper.
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Microsoft Gives Local Search a New View (PC World)
PC World - Virtual Earth becomes part of Windows Live Local service.
DOJ assails Korean judgment against Microsoft (MacCentral)
MacCentral - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that South
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) went too far in an antitrust
judgment against Microsoft.
Microsoft's CEO will have to shop for his Xbox (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer will have to shop around for an Xbox
360 game console this holiday season just like the rest of us
-- it doesn't come with his job.
US critiques South Korea decision in Microsoft case (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. officials on Wednesday
criticized a decision by South Korean regulators forcing
software giant Microsoft Corp. to separate its instant
messaging service from the Windows operating system.
Microsoft Releases Dynamics CRM 3.0 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has released a customer-relationship management (CRM) software package, called Dynamics CRM 3.0, that brings new marketing-management and service-scheduling features to the mix. The software also offers new configuration and integration capabilities designed to make it easier to customize the software.
Microsoft Ships Windows Server 2003 R2 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has released Windows Server 2003 R2, an upgrade to its primary server operating system designed to deliver new capabilities for branch-office management, identity and access management, virtualization, and Web technologies.
Microsoft To Appeal Korean Antitrust Ruling (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft said Wednesday that it plans to appeal a decision against it by the Korean Fair Trade Commission, which complains about the software vendor's practice of "tying" Microsoft products to one another.
US calls South Korean action against Microsoft excessive (AFP)
 AFP - The US government accused South Korean anti-trust regulators of being excessive in ordering Microsoft to strip out popular software tools from its Windows operating system.
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Microsoft To Lift Lid On Windows Live Local (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The new online offering, which attempts to go Google one better, combines local search with Microsoft's Virtual Earth aerial-imaging service.
Xbox 360 Beats PlayStation to Japan Stores (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. will get the jump on Sony this Saturday by introducing the next-generation Xbox 360 in its rival's backyard, but winning over Japan's notoriously finicky video game fans will be an uphill battle for the American interloper.
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MPAA Pushes for Tougher Bootlegging Laws (AP)
AP - Every evening rush hour, hustlers lugging bags full of bootlegged movies walk the subway train aisles, calling "two for five dollars!" as brazenly as if they were selling hot dogs at Yankee Stadium. At those prices, the DVDs, often of current Hollywood blockbusters, sell well, despite laughable sound and picture quality. Few customers seem to care the copies were made illegally.
FBI: Internet-Based Attacks Unlikely (AP)
 AP - Al-Qaida and other terror groups are more sophisticated in their use of computers but still are unable to mount crippling Internet-based attacks against U.S. power grids, airports and other targets, the FBI's top cyber crime official said Wednesday.
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Camera Can Wirelessly Relay Video, Audio (AP)
 AP - Police officers stepping into hostage standoffs and other dicey situations now have something new to throw into the mix — a baseball-sized camera that can be hurled from afar, survive the landing and wirelessly relay video and audio back to base for two hours.
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Iraq insurgents escalate war of words on cyber-battlefield (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Insurgents in Iraq have launched a publicity blitz. They increased the number of Web postings to 825 last month from 145 in January, according to the U.S. military. Most postings detail insurgent bombings or attacks on Iraqi and U.S. forces.
TiVo Execs Bet Google Ad Model Will Work On TV (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - The theme of the year for media companies has been "on demand." From the video iPod to selling episodes of hit TV programs through video-on-demand services to the explosion of broadband programming, video is increasingly available when consumers want it. Now, advertisers are mulling whether their TV marketing messages can follow suit, and what it will take to get consumers to choose to watch them.
Intel Working on Rootkit Detection Techniques (PC World)
PC World - One possibility is to include a small chip on a PC's motherboard to monitor programs.
Verizon Wireless to deliver CBS clips to phones (Reuters)
Reuters - Verizon Wireless plans to start
sending clips of popular CBS shows "CSI," "Survivor" and "Late
Show with David Letterman" to mobile phones, marking CBS's
first foray into wireless video, the companies said on
Wednesday.
In Brief: Intalio acquires FiveSight (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Intalio announced it has acquired privately owned FiveSight Technologies, the company that brought to market the first open source implementation of OASIS' BPEL 2.0 specification.
Rampant software piracy stifles growth: survey (Reuters)
Reuters - Software piracy is rampant and
hampering economic growth, and it is increasingly in the hands
of organized groups which are regarded as legitimate businesses
in some countries, a survey said on Thursday.
TiVo Execs Bet Google Ad Model Will Work On TV (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - The theme of the year for media companies has been "on demand." From the video iPod to selling episodes of hit TV programs through video-on-demand services to the explosion of broadband programming, video is increasingly available when consumers want it. Now, advertisers are mulling whether their TV marketing messages can follow suit, and what it will take to get consumers to choose to watch them.
Yahoo undercuts Skype, telcos on voice call rates (Reuters)
 Reuters - Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday the
company plans to allow computer users to make and receive calls
from phones at rates that undercut eBay-owned rival Skype and
are significantly below traditional phone companies.
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Sony Internet arm sets $286.4 million IPO (Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Communication Network Corp. (SCN),
an Internet subsidiary of Sony Corp., set its initial public
offering price at the top of expectations on Thursday, valuing
the flotation at $286.4 million.
New web site targets Hollywood peccadilloes (Reuters)
Reuters - America Online is
putting a klieg light on Hollywood with Thursday's official
launch of the Web site http://www.TMZ.com, which plans to break
celebrity and entertainment news around the clock.
FBI: Internet-Based Attacks Unlikely (AP)
AP - Al-Qaida and other terror groups are more sophisticated in their use of computers but still are unable to mount crippling Internet-based attacks against U.S. power grids, airports and other targets, the FBI's top cyber crime official said Wednesday.
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European Web Addresses Open for Business (AP)
AP - The European Union planted its flag in cyberspace Wednesday when the ".eu" Internet domain name opened for business.
Report: Bad Web Registrations Abound (AP)
AP - More than 5 percent of Internet address names issued in the United States are registered using "patently false" contact information, making it difficult or impossible to contact the sites' owners, according to report submitted to Congress.
Online comparison shopping nabs Web market share (Reuters)
Reuters - Comparison shopping Web sites have
seen a surge in holiday visits this year, as more consumers
look to the Internet to compare prices, a research company said
on Wednesday.
Study: Internet Use on Rise in India (AP)
AP - The number of Internet users in India remains relatively low, but it has soared 54 percent over the past year to 38.5 million, and will jump to 100 million in two years, an industry study said.
Peppercoin, MasterCard Join Forces (AP)
AP - A new partnership with MasterCard Inc. marks the evolution of Peppercoin Inc., a company that once sought to spread a "micropayment" system for low-priced content on the Internet.
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