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Will Vista Pump Up Microsoft's Future Profits? (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - While the release of Microsoft's next-generation Windows operating system is still months away, Microsoft execs already are projecting strong sales. Here's why they are so bullish.
Microsoft Issues Warning for Mywife Worm (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has published a security advisory to warn Internet users about a worm that could destroy their documents on February 3.
WMF Exploits Sold By Russian Hackers (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Windows Metafile bug that caused users -- and Microsoft -- so much grief may have spread like it did because Russian hackers sold an exploit for the cash.
Microsoft seeks deadline extension in EU case (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp.
Chairman Bill Gates on Thursday said a dispute with the EU was
relatively unimportant, as the firm sought more time to answer
arguments and avoid fines of up to $2.4 million a day.
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Bill Gates says EU dispute relatively unimportant (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
Gates said on Thursday his company's legal dispute with the
European Union was relatively unimportant in view of the
company's overall strong relations with the 25-member bloc.
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Microsoft hits out at EU regulators in antitrust case (AFP)
 AFP - Microsoft has stepped up its offensive against an EU antitrust ruling, demanding access to documents held by the European Commission in order to defend itself.
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US Internet giants condemned for collaborating with Beijing (AFP)
 AFP - US politicians and rights groups have condemned technology giants Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and Yahoo for collaborating with China to censor the Internet.
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Microsoft Claims EU Is Holding Back Data (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. claims that EU regulators are unfairly holding back documents needed to defend itself against antitrust charges, according to a letter its lawyer sent to the European Commission this week.
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Microsoft Seeks to Bridge Web 2.0 and SOA (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Redmond's John deVadoss, speaking at VSLive, says Microsoft sees Web 2.0 and SOA as two edges of the same issue, with Web 2.0 supporting consumers and SOA supporting enterprises.
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo Urge Government Intervention Against Censorship (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo, companies that are in the information business, asked the U.S. government to treat censorship as a barrier to trade, and work to minimize it. The companies have been criticized recently for cooperating with Chinese censorship.
Experts: 'Hype' May Have Mitigated Worm (AP)
 AP - Companies and individuals heeded this week's warning — some may call it "hype" — about a file-destroying computer worm known as "Kama Sutra," helping minimize its damage Friday, security experts said.
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Researchers Fear Confusion on Worm Name (AP)
AP - Friday's file-destroying worm goes by "Mywife" at Microsoft Corp. and McAfee Inc., "Blackmal" at Symantec Corp. and CA Inc. and "Kama Sutra" in most media reports.
Dozens of Olympic Web Sites Cheer Athletes (AP)
 AP - The Michelle Kwan Guardian Angels boast of more than 800 Internet members who vow to love and protect the American figure skater from bashing in chat rooms or message boards.
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Cos., Gov't Seek to Keep Lid on Metadata (AP)
 AP - When the New England Journal of Medicine used a word-processing function to reveal that Merck & Co. had deleted study data about Vioxx and heart attacks, the pharmaceutical giant joined a long line of organizations bitten by information lurking in electronic files.
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RIM wins patent case in the UK (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry, has won two patent-related lawsuits in Europe against InPro Licensing SARL, a Luxembourg patent holding company.
Banking On The Internet For Better Brand-building (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - Financial-services companies, long among the leading spenders on Internet advertising, are changing how they view the Web, with big advertisers like Charles Schwab, Chase and Visa looking to it as a place to build their brand images as much as an efficient customer acquisition channel.
Online console gaming primed for take-off (Reuters)
 Reuters - Online video game playing is
growing up. A new generation of game consoles is ushering in
online features that promise to make playing with others over
the Internet easier and more compelling than sitting on the
couch and playing solo or with a friend.
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Welcome or not, cell phones set for subway (Reuters)
 Reuters - One of life's ironic oases of solitude
-- the peace people find amid the roar of a New York City
subway -- could soon be gone.
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Mozilla Updates Firefox To Address Security, Stability (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Mozilla this week delivered an update to its Firefox browser to address several software vulnerabilities and improve the product's overall stability.
Feared computer 'worm' said to cause little disruption (AFP)
AFP - A malicious software worm timed to attack computers worldwide appeared to do little damage, antivirus software makers said.
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Banking On The Internet For Better Brand-building (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - Financial-services companies, long among the leading spenders on Internet advertising, are changing how they view the Web, with big advertisers like Charles Schwab, Chase and Visa looking to it as a place to build their brand images as much as an efficient customer acquisition channel.
Online console gaming primed for take-off (Reuters)
Reuters - Online video game playing is
growing up. A new generation of game consoles is ushering in
online features that promise to make playing with others over
the Internet easier and more compelling than sitting on the
couch and playing solo or with a friend.
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Wall Street unclear on Amazon's investment plans (Reuters)
 Reuters - Internet retailer Amazon.com left
Wall Street puzzling over its strategy and wondering if its
long-term investments would pay off.
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WMF Exploits Sold by Russian Hackers (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - According to Moscow-based antivirus firm Kaspersky Labs, Russian hackers propagated the Windows Meta File (WMF) exploit that wreaked so much havoc on computers in December 2005 by selling it to Internet criminals for $4,000.
Podcast makes Briton an unlikely Internet icon (Reuters)
Reuters - Unemployed British radio producer Karl
Pilkington has become an unlikely superstar by using the new
medium of podcasting for his bizarre statement about eating an
animal's private parts.
Dozens of Olympic Web Sites Cheer Athletes (AP)
AP - The Michelle Kwan Guardian Angels boast of more than 800 Internet members who vow to love and protect the American figure skater from bashing in chat rooms or message boards.
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'Not too late for corporate leadership' in China, Google told (AFP)
 AFP - A New York-based rights group told Internet company Google it is "not too late for corporate leadership," criticizing the search engine for self-censorship in China.
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Yahoo Pushes Blogs for Businesses (PC World)
PC World - Many small companies don't see the need for blogs, Internet giant finds.
Andrew Kantor: CyberSpeak - Here's hoping Congress keeps the pipes open (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - As Congress gets rolling in its next session, there's an interesting debate it's going to have about the future of high-speed Internet. It's one that will affect you and your wallet directly, and one that has some interesting perspectives that cry out for discussion.
AFP, Softbank launch interactive news website in Japanese (AFP)
 AFP - Agence France-Presse and Japanese Internet group Softbank have launched an interactive Japanese-language website that lets users debate global and domestic news through blogs and bulletin boards.
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