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Microsoft says China R and D investment steady (AFP)
 AFP - Microsoft Corp said annual spending in China on research and development remained at 100 million dollars and no additional investment would be made as state press indicated earlier.
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Microsoft to Buy Safeco Office Campus (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to pay $209.5 million for the Redmond office campus of Safeco Corp., the insurance company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday.
Microsoft Refutes 'Back Door' Claim (NewsFactor)
 NewsFactor - Microsoft has denied a security researcher's claims that the recent Windows Meta File (WMF) flaw was not a vulnerability, but instead a back door created by the company's developers to give them remote access to PCs.
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Microsoft Issues First Vista OS Patch (NewsFactor)
 NewsFactor - Microsoft has issued a security patch for it's as-yet-unreleased operating system, Windows Vista. The patch, issued over the weekend, repairs the same graphics-rendering flaw discovered in Windows XP late last month.
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Microsoft Updates Lotus Notes Migration Tools (PC World)
PC World - The company hopes to lure Notes users to Microsoft collaboration software.
Microsoft to offer production-ready Vista technologies (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Setting the stage for its planned Windows Vista desktop OS, Microsoft on Wednesday will release production-ready versions of Web services and workflow technologies slated for inclusion in Vista.
Microsoft Delivers Updated Test Build of Core Programming Components (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The January Community Technology Preview test build of WinFX is now available to any and all interested testers for download.
Cingular to sell phone with Microsoft software (Reuters)
 Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S.
cellphone service provider, said on Wednesday it would begin
selling a mobile phone running the latest Microsoft Corp.
software for mobile phones.
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Microsoft Targets Lotus Notes Users with Free Migration Tools (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has launched a suite of free software tools intended to encourage Lotus Notes or Domino users to migrate to Redmond's Exchange collaboration system.
Microsoft Refutes Windows "Back Door" Claim (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft is rejecting allegations that the Windows Metafile (WMF) bug is actually a "back door" planted by the company's developers so they could secretly access users' PCs.
No raised cancer risk from mobile phones: study (Reuters)
 Reuters - Using a mobile phone does not increase
the risk of developing the most common type of brain tumor,
according to a study on Friday.
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New TVMyPod service comes in gray (area) (Reuters)
Reuters - A tiny Massachusetts
company named TVMyPod is selling iPods that come with movies
and TV programs already loaded on them, a practice that raises
questions of legality as it addresses consumer demand for
convenience and portability.
Pixar, Disney deal could change digital landscape (Reuters)
 Reuters - A possible merger of the Walt
Disney Co. and Pixar Animation Studios Inc. ,
if successful, could give Pixar chief Steve Jobs the power to
break down barriers that have long existed between online
content, computer hardware and digital distribution.
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Global mobile subs to grow 20 pct in 2006: analyst (Reuters)
Reuters - Global growth of subscriptions for
wireless services will slow to 20 percent in 2006 from 23
percent last year, with the biggest gains in emerging markets,
especially some African countries, according to a Strategy
Analytics report released on Thursday.
Million-Dollar Web Site Brought Down by Hackers (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The MillionDollarHomePage.com Web site is limping along after becoming the target of a week-long denial-of-service (DoS) attack.
Blogs put megaphone up to Sundance buzz (Reuters)
Reuters - As befits its indie
roots, the Sundance Film Festival has long played host to
innovations that have spread elsewhere.
Global digital music sales triple (Reuters)
Reuters - Global sales of digital music
tripled to $1.1 billion in 2005 and the popularity of
recordings on iPods and mobile phones will result in digital
music generating 25% of worldwide music revenues by 2010, a
music industry trade group said Thursday.
Razr Phones Keep Motorola's Sales High (AP)
 AP - Motorola Inc. is banking on new Razrs to do in 2006 what the first models did last year: reap huge sales gains and reverse the company's image from laggard to leader in handset design. Wall Street already is showing it will be disappointed with anything less.
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F-Secure Quickly Fixes 23 AV Flaws (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Finnish security company F-Secure released patches for its flagship Windows and Linux anti-virus line Thursday to fix flaws revealed by an independent researcher.
Cisco Patches Router, Call Manager Software (PC World)
PC World - Patches address several different security vulnerabilities.
Blogs put megaphone up to Sundance buzz (Reuters)
Reuters - As befits its indie
roots, the Sundance Film Festival has long played host to
innovations that have spread elsewhere.
eBay scraps transaction fees in China (AFP)
 AFP - The US online auction service eBay scrapped all sellers' transaction fees in China, in an effort to compete with local competitors offering free services, including Yahoo-invested Alibaba.com.
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Google defies US government demand for online search data (AFP)
 AFP - Internet search giant Google defied a legal challenge from the US Justice Department by vowing to "vigorously" fight a demand to reveal details about online searches.
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Google Rebuffs Feds on Search Requests (AP)
 AP - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the Internet's leading search engine — a request that underscores the potential for online databases to become tools for government surveillance.
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ITunes Traffic Skyrockets, Study Says (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Traffic to Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes music store surged by 241 percent last year, driven in part by its popularity among teenagers.
Pixar, Disney deal could change digital landscape (Reuters)
Reuters - A possible merger of the Walt
Disney Co. and Pixar Animation Studios Inc. ,
if successful, could give Pixar chief Steve Jobs the power to
break down barriers that have long existed between online
content, computer hardware and digital distribution.
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Apple Computer Alters iTunes Software (AP)
 AP - Apple Computer Inc. has altered its iTunes software after users raised privacy concerns over a new spy-like song-recommendation feature in the music jukebox program.
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Rating system urged for adult Internet content (Reuters)
 Reuters - An influential U.S. Senator warned
the adult entertainment industry on Thursday that if it does
not develop a rating system for its Internet content, Congress
will.
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Study: Google Could Eclipse Chinese Search Engine Baidu (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Google's simpler homepage design and more relevant search results give it a chance of overtaking China's leading search engine Baidu, a Web metrics firm says.
Amazon to launch online talk show with Bill Maher (Reuters)
 Reuters - Online retail giant Amazon.com said
on Thursday that it planned to launch a half-hour Web-based
talk show this summer hosted by television personality Bill
Maher and featuring author and celebrity interviews and musical
performances.
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