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Google not in competition with Microsoft: Schmidt (AFP)
 AFP - The expansion of Internet search engine Google is not about direct competition with IT giant Microsoft, the company's chief executive said.
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CES 2006 Announcements Fuel Digital Media Revolution (PC World)
 PC World - Windows Live services for Media Center PCs; a deal with MTV among Microsoft's moves.
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Microsoft Shuts Down Chinese Blog (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. has shut down the Internet journal of a Chinese blogger that discussed politically sensitive issues, including a recent strike at a Beijing newspaper.
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Microsoft issues Windows fix early to foil hackers (AFP)
 AFP - Microsoft released a security fix for a recently discovered flaw in its Windows operating system several days early, in a bid to foil hackers trying to exploit the vulnerability.
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Microsoft Releases Metafile Patch Ahead of Schedule (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Responding to demands for a fix to address a critical flaw in the Windows graphics-rendering engine, Microsoft issued a patch on Thursday, well in advance of the company's regularly scheduled monthly security update, which is set for next Tuesday.
Microsoft Tunes Into Windows Live (PC World)
PC World - Software giant reveals plans to link the portal to Media Center PCs to give users more access to digital content.
Microsoft has no plan to buy Opera browser: paper (Reuters)
 Reuters - Software giant Microsoft has no plan to
buy its small Norwegian Internet browser rival Opera Software,
Microsoft's chief executive told Norwegian daily Aftenposten in
an interview.
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Tech industry works to move Web content off PCs (USATODAY.com)
 USATODAY.com - Companies such as Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Samsung all agree that the World Wide Web ought not be confined. They're packing the huge Consumer Electronics Show floor in Las Vegas with new products that promise to get the Internet off the desktop and into the real world.
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Bill Gates stake in Berkshire nears $400 million (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
Gates paid $6.2 million for an additional 70 shares of Warren
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N), increasing
his stake in the company to nearly $400 million.
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Microsoft faces backlash after blocking Chinese blogger (AFP)
 AFP - Microsoft is under the spotlight over its blocking of a prominent Chinese Internet blogger, in the latest case of a major Western technology firm helping Beijing curtail free speech.
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Google Plans to Expand Video Offerings (AP)
 AP - Google Inc. is upping the ante in the online video gold rush, allowing content owners to set their own prices in a bid to create a more flexible alternative to Apple Computer Inc.'s pioneering iTunes store.
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Rivals Seek Entry in HD DVD Player Market (AP)
 AP - It was supposed to be the grand unveiling of a new generation in home entertainment when Kevin Collins of Microsoft Corp. popped an HD DVD disc into a Toshiba production model and hit "play." Nothing happened.
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Google Introduces Software Starter Kit (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is distributing a free software startup kit designed to make computing safer and easier — a generous gesture driven by the company's desire to steer technology offline as well as online.
Motorola to Add Google Button to Phones (AP)
 AP - Motorola Inc. will soon begin selling Web-enabled cell phones that feature easy access to Google's search engine by clicking on a button on the phone's keypad, the world's second-largest maker of cell phones said.
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Wal-Mart: Error to Blame for MLK Link (AP)
 AP - Human error is to blame for an offensive link at Wal-Mart's Web site that recommended a film about Martin Luther King Jr. to potential buyers of a "Planet of the Apes" DVD, the retail company said Friday.
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Google to launch online video store (Reuters)
 Reuters - Google Inc. said on Friday the
company is expanding into two new fields with an online video
store and a computer maintenance service, moves that mark
stepped-up challenges to its biggest computer and media rivals,
including Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo.
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Intel: Brightening Channel Surfers' Lives with Viiv (PC World)
PC World - Intel's Viiv PC technology strives to give TV viewers access to a wider range of content and services.
Cell Phone Includes Internet Telephony Capability (PC World)
PC World - UTStarcom's GF200 could be great for consumers, but cell phone companies have reason to fear it.
The Print Shop: Linux Drivers Made Easy (PC World)
PC World - Getting your printer to play nicely with Linux is easier than ever.
Google Launches Video Download Service (PC World)
PC World - Search giant president also announces video player and Google Pack software package.
Google to launch online video store (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. said on Friday the
company is expanding into two new fields with an online video
store and a computer maintenance service, moves that mark
stepped-up challenges to its biggest computer and media rivals,
including Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo.
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Google Plans to Expand Video Offerings (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is upping the ante in the online video gold rush, allowing content owners to set their own prices in a bid to create a more flexible alternative to Apple Computer Inc.'s pioneering iTunes store.
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Cell Phone Includes Internet Telephony Capability (PC World)
PC World - UTStarcom's GF200 could be great for consumers, but cell phone companies have reason to fear it.
Google Launches Video Download Service (PC World)
PC World - Search giant president also announces video player and Google Pack software package.
Citigroup rates Amazon.com No. 1 in Web shopping (Reuters)
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc. was the top-rated
Web shopping site this holiday, according to a Citigroup study
released on Friday that considered factors such as simplicity
of checkout, price and product assortment.
Google not in competition with Microsoft: Schmidt (AFP)
AFP - The expansion of Internet search engine Google is not about direct competition with IT giant Microsoft, the company's chief executive said.
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Google Introduces Software Starter Kit (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is distributing a free software startup kit designed to make computing safer and easier — a generous gesture driven by the company's desire to steer technology offline as well as online.
Wal-Mart: Error to Blame for MLK Link (AP)
AP - Human error is to blame for an offensive link at Wal-Mart's Web site that recommended a film about Martin Luther King Jr. to potential buyers of a "Planet of the Apes" DVD, the retail company said Friday.
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Clear Channel to launch music video-on-demand (Reuters)
Reuters - Clear Channel Communications Inc., the
top U.S. radio conglomerate, on Friday said it planned to begin
testing a free, music video-on-demand service next Tuesday as
part of a strategy to bolster its Internet presence.
Yahoo expanding Web on TV, phones with Go service (Reuters)
 Reuters - Yahoo Inc., the world's largest
Internet media company, on Friday unveiled a new service that
will make using its Web, media and personal services as easy to
use on mobile phones and TVs as on computers.
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