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Microsoft Venture Adds to Blackberry Woes (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. has won backing from major cellular networks for a new generation of phones designed to transform mobile e-mail from executive accessory to standard issue for the corporate rank-and-file.
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Handwriting On The Wall For Tablet PCs - Must Lighten Up (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Introduced with great fanfare three years ago, Microsoft's Windows Tablet PC has failed to live up to expectations. But the software giant and its hardware partners hope new products, including much smaller devices, will speed adoption of the technology.
What Will Vista Mean to You? (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Listening to the hype surrounding the upcoming release of Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista, people could be forgiven for thinking that the new OS will revolutionize the home-computing experience.
Feds Examine Windows Vista Antitrust Complaints (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft's recent decision to release source code for the Windows Server operating system was recognized this week by the Department of Justice as a move that addresses most of the remaining issues pertaining to the antitrust lawsuit filed against the software giant. But the DOJ did cite a potential problem with the forthcoming Vista OS.
Microsoft, partners to challenge Apple iPod--Gates (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp.
and its hardware partners will continue to develop new digital
media devices aimed at challenging the dominance of Apple
Computer Inc.'s ubiquitous iPod music player, Chairman
Bill Gates said on Friday.
Money, Market Share At Root Of Microsoft Security Push (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's entry into the consumer security market with its OneCare subscription service is either an attack on rivals or a maneuver to protect its important Windows revenue base, analysts say.
Microsoft appoints ex-MSNBC exec to head MSN: report (Reuters)
 Reuters - Software maker Microsoft Corp
appointed John Nicol to head its MSN Internet business, with
plans to reinvest in media and entertainment services, the Wall
Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Microsoft Tells Device Makers, We'll Foot Your Legal Bills (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Says it will lift all caps on legal fees it will pay against intellectual property lawsuits.
Microsoft Rebrands MSN to Focus on Content (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp.'s plans to rebrand its free e-mail, instant messenger and Web search products under the name "Live" could be interpreted as a sign that MSN — the unit that previously housed those products — is a sinking ship.
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New Google Desktop Grabs More Of Microsoft's Turf (Reuters) (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Web search leader Google Inc. is introducing an upgraded version of its software for users to organize and find information on any computer and to share it with friends, the company says.
Microsoft Venture Adds to Blackberry Woes (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. has won backing from major cellular networks for a new generation of phones designed to transform mobile e-mail from executive accessory to standard issue for the corporate rank-and-file.
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MySpace Rises As New Online Star (AP)
 AP - The Internet has a rising star whose name isn't Google. Just over 2 years old, MySpace now has 2 1/2 times the traffic of Google Inc., and it quickly eclipsed Friendster as the top social-networking site where users build larger and larger circles of friends.
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Some Personal Web Pages Give Dark Glimpses (AP)
AP - It's like countless Internet photo albums: An adorable baby girl aglow at Christmas, at her baptism, in a skunk costume for Halloween — joined in some frames by one or both of her smiling parents.
Hi-Tech, Tradition Create Romance in China (AP)
AP - The gateway to marital bliss has a frosted glass door emblazoned with two candy-apple red hearts and lots of computers. Introducing the Beijing Military and Civilian Matchmaking Service, one of a growing number of Chinese companies that are marrying high technology and low-tech tradition to spawn romantic unions.
NBC Expands Online Olympics Video (AP)
 AP - NBC is significantly expanding its Olympics video offerings for the Internet and cell phones, a sure sign of its increased comfort with technologies that erect geographic boundaries online.
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Web Site Lets Public Track Alaska Volcano (AP)
 AP - From his home in Nanwalek, Vince Evans can stare across the water at Augustine Volcano as it pumps out clouds of ash and steam, but like many residents in the isolated village, Evans prefers to check the Internet for the latest on the erupting island mount.
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Video game awards show to debut in 2007 (Reuters)
Reuters - The Academy of
Interactive Arts and Science has unveiled a new annual
television event, a co-venture with Dick Clark Prods. designed
to showcase the year's best video games and the creative teams
that made them possible.
3G mobile mania arrives in Spain (AFP)
 AFP - Mobile mania comes to Spain for four days from Monday, when telecoms companies will vie for the attention of visitors to this year's 3GSM World Congress, the globe's self-styled "premier mobile event".
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JBoss Boss Mum as Buyout Talk Grows Louder (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Marc Fleury isn't talking, but sources say JBoss is about to be sold, making its founder a rich man and a hero to those following open-source business models.
US charges Calif. man in computer "botnet" case (Reuters)
Reuters - A California man was indicted on
Friday on federal charges of creating a robot-like network of
hijacked computers that helped him and two others bring in
$100,000 for installing unwanted ad software.
Web Site Lets Public Track Alaska Volcano (AP)
AP - From his home in Nanwalek, Vince Evans can stare across the water at Augustine Volcano as it pumps out clouds of ash and steam, but like many residents in the isolated village, Evans prefers to check the Internet for the latest on the erupting island mount.
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Bill Graham's rock archives stream online (Reuters)
Reuters - Some of rock's most intriguing
content is now in cyberspace via Wolfgang's Vault. The
memorabilia seller offers treasures from the stash of promoter
Bill Graham, programmer of San Francisco's legendary Fillmore,
who died in 1991.
'Tale' traces descent into rock 'n' roll hell (Reuters)
Reuters - So you want to be a rock
'n' roll star? Well, as the Byrds once instructed, first you
get a guitar and learn to play it, at least a little. Then you
get the right haircut, the right clothes. Then you go see the
agent downtown. After that it's cake; though, to assure maximum
fame, it helps to get an embarrassing video on the Internet,
marry fabulously, get hooked up to a drug habit and -- rock
gesture of all rock gestures -- to die young.
MySpace Rises As New Online Star (AP)
AP - The Internet has a rising star whose name isn't Google. Just over 2 years old, MySpace now has 2 1/2 times the traffic of Google Inc., and it quickly eclipsed Friendster as the top social-networking site where users build larger and larger circles of friends.
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Some Personal Web Pages Give Dark Glimpses (AP)
AP - It's like countless Internet photo albums: An adorable baby girl aglow at Christmas, at her baptism, in a skunk costume for Halloween — joined in some frames by one or both of her smiling parents.
US Congress set to grill Internet companies over China clampdown (AFP)
 AFP - US Internet giants will come under unprecedented grilling in Congress this week for joining hands with China to censor the Internet, despite the proud American tradition of free speech.
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US agencies, firms simulate internet attack with 'cyber storm' (AFP)
 AFP - US government agencies have staged a simulated cyber attack on the country's power grid and other critical infrastructure to test Internet security measures and emergency preparedness.
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Hungarian PM appears on Internet as Hugh Grant (Reuters)
Reuters - Hungary's most famous fan of Hugh
Grant has taken his enthusiasm for the British actor to new
heights.
Wikipedia reviewing US, Canadian and British political bios (AFP)
 AFP - The founder of the vast online reference site, Wikipedia, said that volunteers were checking the biographies of American, Canadian and British lawmakers following some online spin-doctoring.
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No 'buoi' please, we're Vietnamese (Reuters)
Reuters - What do a Vietnamese grapefruit seller
and a gender activist have in common?
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