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Microsoft Plans Launch of Search Ad System (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. plans to launch its system for selling advertising alongside regular search results by June in the United States, giving the company its next piece of ammunition in the battle with rivals including Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
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Microsoft, Apple Reaffirm Office's Future (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft will continue to develop its Office for Mac software for at least another five years, the company's Macintosh Business Unit has announced.
Microsoft to Ship Mac Keyboard, Mouse in June (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The Redmondians are readying their first-ever Apple-specific hardware: The Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac machines.
Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Palm Treo 700w, with Windows Mobile, is likable (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - This week, I'm weighing in on the Palm Treo 700w, offspring of the high-tech love connection between Palm and Microsoft. Smartphones are cell/personal digital assistants that can handle e-mail, instant messages, multimedia and Web browsing. I like this new Treo. Just not as much as Palm-based Treos.
Microsoft, Yahoo Talk Search (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Although the pair deny acquisition rumors, they are in discussions on the research level, as they combat common rival Google.
Microsoft's Ballmer Socks It To Rivals As Key Year Begins (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - At last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer took part in a virtual boxing match to demonstrate the company's new Xbox 360 video game console.
Microsoft's Office 12 Brings Home Bacon; Vista Hogs Spotlight (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft's Windows Vista will be grabbing the headlines this year. But the star performers for the company likely will be its upcoming Office 12 productivity software and its fast-growing server products.
Robert Fripp Records New Windows Sounds (AP)
AP - King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp visited Microsoft Corp.'s campus recently to record sounds that could be used in the forthcoming version of the company's flagship Windows operating system.
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Microsoft Patches Two Critical Flaws (PC World)
PC World - Software giant issues fixes for Windows, Outlook, and Exchange.
Microsoft Readies 'NXT' to Take On 'Nix (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - UPDATED: Microsoft is set to launch a new software-marketing campaign aimed at convincing Linux and Unix users to migrate to Windows.
Microsoft Plans Launch of Search Ad System (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. plans to launch its system for selling advertising alongside regular search results by June in the United States, giving the company its next piece of ammunition in the battle with rivals including Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
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BlackBerry to Support Google Messaging (AP)
 AP - BlackBerry e-mail devices will soon support the Google Talk instant-messaging and Google Local mapping programs, the handheld maker said Thursday, extending the Internet titan's push to put its services on mobile devices.
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Court Dismisses Yahoo Free Speech Suit (AP)
AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday skirted answering whether Yahoo Inc. must pay a fine of about $15 million to a Paris court for displaying Nazi memorabilia for sale in violation of French law.
Nikon to Concentrate on Digital Cameras (AP)
AP - Nikon Corp., which helped popularize the 35mm camera five decades ago, will stop making most of its film cameras to concentrate on digital models.
BlackBerry Devices to Offer Mac Support (AP)
AP - Research in Motion Ltd. said Thursday it will offer for the first time a Macintosh-based e-mail and calendar application for its BlackBerry handheld devices.
Game show network bets on 'Blackjack' with AOL (Reuters)
 Reuters - GSN, formerly the Game
Show Network, said it will partner with AOL to create a
blackjack area on the Internet portal in April. In addition to
free gameplay and tips, the area will provide exclusive
behind-the-scenes video of GSN's "World Series of Blackjack"
series in June. GSN also is bringing back an updated version of
the classic game show "I've Got a Secret" on April 17.
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Cartoon Network's 'Ben 10' has kid, adult appeal (Reuters)
Reuters - Superheroes are hardly
in short supply these days, but few are as versatile as young
Ben Tennyson. Cartoon Network's enjoyable new sci-fi action
comedy "Ben 10" centers on a normal kid who becomes quite north
of normal thanks an otherworldly gadget that turns him into
something of a one-boy X-Men.
Samsung Elec profit tops forecasts (Reuters)
Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS)
posted a better-than-expected 40 percent jump in quarterly net
profit on Friday, marking its first growth in five quarters, on
soaring demand for flat screens and chips used in mobile phones
and MP3 players.
Mozilla Updates Thunderbird E-Mail App (PC World)
PC World - Version 1.5 of the open-source e-mail client features improved security, support for podcasting.
Fujitsu's Stock Jumps Nearly 5 Percent (AP)
AP - Fujitsu's stock jumped nearly 5 percent Friday on news that the struggling company plans to expand its hard disk drive business and that the Tokyo Stock Exchange — which uses Fujitsu software — plans to boost trading capacity.
Game show network bets on 'Blackjack' with AOL (Reuters)
Reuters - GSN, formerly the Game
Show Network, said it will partner with AOL to create a
blackjack area on the Internet portal in April. In addition to
free gameplay and tips, the area will provide exclusive
behind-the-scenes video of GSN's "World Series of Blackjack"
series in June. GSN also is bringing back an updated version of
the classic game show "I've Got a Secret" on April 17.
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Microsoft Plans Launch of Search Ad System (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. plans to launch its system for selling advertising alongside regular search results by June in the United States, giving the company its next piece of ammunition in the battle with rivals including Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
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Virtual Indonesian lovers tie knot over Internet (Reuters)
Reuters - Two Indonesians in their 50s exchanged
wedding vows this week without ever meeting by using the
Internet to make up for the oceans that separate them.
Cowell in 5-year production deal at Fox TV (Reuters)
 Reuters - "American Idol" star
Simon Cowell has signed a five-year production deal with Fox
Television Studios, aiming to develop programming both for
television and for digital platforms such as the Internet and
cell phones.
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BlackBerry to Support Google Messaging (AP)
AP - BlackBerry e-mail devices will soon support the Google Talk instant-messaging and Google Local mapping programs, the handheld maker said Thursday, extending the Internet titan's push to put its services on mobile devices.
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Google offers personal home page for mobile phones (Reuters)
 Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. on
Thursday said it was now offering U.S. mobile phone users a
personalized version of the Google home page tailored to work
on most recently introduced mobile phones.
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Court rules against Yahoo in Nazi speech case (Reuters)
 Reuters - A U.S. appeals court declined to
intervene on Thursday on behalf of Yahoo Inc., the world's
largest Internet media company, saying U.S. courts have no
jurisdiction in a case pitting free speech against a French law
barring the sale of Nazi memorabilia.
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Big Pharma Seeks Closer Consumer Ties Online (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - With more consumers using the Net to get health information, and the drug industry rethinking its marketing strategies, Web agencies are betting the pharmaceutical industry will pour larger amounts of money into digital initiatives.
FCC sets airwaves sale for Internet on planes (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. regulators plan to sell
airwaves starting May 10 to provide communications services
like high-speed Internet to U.S. air travelers.
Symantec Fesses Up to Rootkit Mistake (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Symantec, the U.S. Internet security technology vendor, has issued a patch that fixes a flaw in its Norton SystemWorks software. The vulnerability could have been exploited by hackers to hide malware on a computer running the software.
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