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Microsoft issues patch for Windows flaw early (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on
Thursday made available a patch earlier than anticipated to fix
a flaw in its Windows operating system that could allow
attackers to take control of a computer.
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Verizon Making Music In Microsoft Harmony (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Verizon Wireless on Wednesday unveiled a service that lets customers download music to mobile phones wirelessly, as well as transfer songs to cell phones from PCs.
Microsoft to Offer HD-DVD Drive for the Xbox 360 (PC World)
PC World - The add-on device to the gaming console will enable users to watch high-definition movies.
Microsoft CIO Ron Markezich: The Ultimate Beta Tester (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Ron Markezich is the man Bill Gates tapped to head Microsoft's information technology. While the position of CIO is tough at any company, it is arguably more demanding at the world's largest and best-known software manufacturer.
Gates Talks Up Vista at Consumer Electronics Show (NewsFactor)
 NewsFactor - During his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates revealed no surprises or major product announcements, but rather took the opportunity to show off more features of Windows Vista, the company's forthcoming operating system.
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Microsoft Releases Patch for Windows Flaw (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. released a software patch for its Windows operating system Thursday to fix a flaw that has spawned attempts to take control of Internet-connected computers.
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Gates sees IBM not Google as top Microsoft rival (Reuters)
 Reuters - Media coverage focuses on Microsoft
Corp.'s competition with Google Inc., but Chairman Bill Gates
sees IBM and not the Web search leader as its biggest
challenger.
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Microsoft Ships 'Emergency' WMF Patch (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft changes course and ships an emergency out-of-cycle update to cover a critical flaw in its Graphics Rendering Engine.
New Windows Live Services on the Microsoft Drawing Board (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft is slowly but surely showing more of its planned software-as-a-service add-ons for Windows, most of which will be ad-supported.
Ballmer, Gates Take on CES (PC World)
 PC World - Microsoft execs sit down to talk about Windows Vista, that Xbox shortage, and what they mean by Web 2.0.
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Yahoo Launches Content Service for Phones (AP)
 AP - Yahoo Inc. is expanding its presence beyond the PC, moving onto Web-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices so users can access their customized content while untethered.
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Laptops Get Instant-On Makeovers at CES (AP)
 AP - Tick. Tick. Tick. The dreaded waiting period for a computer to boot up is all too familiar. Even the pilot on my flight to Las Vegas this week told passengers they would have to wait for a few minutes — "like how your computer has to boot up at home" — as he restarted the engine before takeoff.
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Review: Online News Video Is Plentiful (AP)
 AP - Online news video is plentiful: NBC, ABC and CBS all have Web editions of their evening news, and CNN recently launched a four-channel broadband network carrying feeds not available on its U.S. cable channels. Best of all, most of it is free.
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Intel Launches Viiv Entertainment PC (AP)
 AP - Chip-maker Intel Corp. launched its Viiv entertainment PC platform Thursday and announced a slew of deals with entertainment and other tech companies to provide content for the new systems.
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Verizon Making Music In Microsoft Harmony (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Verizon Wireless on Wednesday unveiled a service that lets customers download music to mobile phones wirelessly, as well as transfer songs to cell phones from PCs.
Intel, Google in video search tie-up (Reuters)
 Reuters - Users of Intel Corp.'s new
entertainment platform will soon be able to use Google Inc.'s
search technology to locate Internet video, one of several new
partnerships as the top chip maker moves from microprocessors
into digital home entertainment.
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Portable media, connected devices dominate CES (Reuters)
 Reuters - Portable digital media and myriad
devices connected to the Internet dominated the biggest U.S.
technology trade show on Thursday, underscoring how
entertainment has broken free of the living room.
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Verizon Wireless Gets Tuneful (PC World)
PC World - V Cast online music store will allow customers to download songs directly to their phones.
The Print Shop: Linux Drivers Made Easy (PC World)
PC World - Getting your printer to play nicely with Linux is easier than ever.
Cable Cos. to Offer Interactive Standard (AP)
AP - A new software system being deployed by cable TV companies and electronics makers will make it possible to buy a television, connect it to cable, and instantly view movies on demand, shop at home and control multiple devices with one remote.
Yahoo Launches Content Service for Phones (AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. is expanding its presence beyond the PC, moving onto Web-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices so users can access their customized content while untethered.
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Intel, Google in video search tie-up (Reuters)
Reuters - Users of Intel Corp.'s new
entertainment platform will soon be able to use Google Inc.'s
search technology to locate Internet video, one of several new
partnerships as the top chip maker moves from microprocessors
into digital home entertainment.
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Portable media, connected devices dominate CES (Reuters)
Reuters - Portable digital media and myriad
devices connected to the Internet dominated the biggest U.S.
technology trade show on Thursday, underscoring how
entertainment has broken free of the living room.
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Verizon Wireless Gets Tuneful (PC World)
PC World - V Cast online music store will allow customers to download songs directly to their phones.
Motorola brings in Google to push mobile web access (Reuters)
Reuters - Motorola Inc. plans to launch
mobile phones with a Google search icon, as the
world's number-two cell-phone maker looks to ride the web
search giant's popularity among Internet users to boost handset
sales.
Online retail spending rises 25 percent: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Online retail spending rose 25
percent during the 2005 holiday season to $19.6 billion,
tracking firm comScore Networks said on Thursday.
Review: Online News Video Is Plentiful (AP)
AP - Online news video is plentiful: NBC, ABC and CBS all have Web editions of their evening news, and CNN recently launched a four-channel broadband network carrying feeds not available on its U.S. cable channels. Best of all, most of it is free.
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Florida Slaps Spammer with $11 Billion Fine (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - CIS Internet Services, a Clinton, Iowa-based Internet service provider, has been awarded $11.2 billion in a court judgment against a Florida man who sent millions of unsolicited pieces of commercial e-mail.
Lenovo Adds Cingular Broadband to ThinkPads (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In what seems to be the latest move in a growing trend among laptop makers, Lenovo announced plans on Wednesday to equip ThinkPad notebooks with a chipset that will provide access to Cingular's broadband cellular technology. The built-in cards will let you connect to the Internet using Cingular's BroadbandConnect service without having to use additional PC cards or other hardware.
Microsoft Releases Patch for Windows Flaw (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. released a software patch for its Windows operating system Thursday to fix a flaw that has spawned attempts to take control of Internet-connected computers.
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