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Gates Outlines Computer Security Efforts (AP)
 AP - Looking to simplify online transactions and make them safer, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates showed off a tool that could replace the need to manually enter usernames and passwords to unlock the doors of the Internet.
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Microsoft warns of "critical" security flaws (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on
Tuesday warned of two "critical" security flaws that could
allow attackers to use its media player or Internet Explorer
Web browser to possibly take control of a computer.
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Microsoft plans virtual information wallet: Gates (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
Gates on Tuesday showed off a new software tool aimed at giving
consumers a virtual wallet to securely store their personal
information for Internet transactions.
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Microsoft Sees Vista in Stores by Holidays (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. hopes to have the new version of its Windows operating system available in time for the U.S. holiday season, narrowing the time frame for the much-anticipated product's release.
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Microsoft Offers Small Businesses Free Web Sites and More (PC World)
PC World - Office Live beta combines fee-based collaboration services with ad-sponsored Web site hosting.
Microsoft Launches Test of Office Live (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. is launching a free test version of Office Live, one pillar in the company's plans to compete with the likes of Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. by making more products and services that run over the Internet.
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Microsoft CEO sees smartphones at $100 in 1-2 years (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Chief Executive
Steve Ballmer expects smartphones powered by the company's
Windows Mobile software to sell for $100 within one or two
years, which would create a huge market.
Microsoft to answer EU regulators as deadline expires (AFP)
 AFP - The US software giant Microsoft will respond by a midnight Wednesday deadline to EU demands that it prove it is not abusing its dominant market position, a company lawyer said.
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Microsoft to take wraps off Office Live in preview (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Monday
it is set to begin testing an online version of its popular
Office software in a first step toward shifting some of its
computer-based products to the Web to fend off rivals such as
Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft to Offer First Look at Office Live (PC World)
PC World - Registration for free beta opens tomorrow morning.
U.S. Web Companies Defend China Policies (AP)
 AP - Yahoo Inc., Google Inc. and other U.S. Internet companies under fire for assisting in China's censorship efforts are insisting they must obey Beijing or risk limiting access to their most promising market.
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Microsoft warns of "critical" security flaws (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on
Tuesday warned of two "critical" security flaws that could
allow attackers to use its media player or Internet Explorer
Web browser to possibly take control of a computer.
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Apple to Begin Shipping New MacBook Pro (AP)
 AP - Apple Computer Inc. said Tuesday it will begin shipping this week the new MacBook Pro, the company's first laptop computer to feature an Intel Corp. microprocessor.
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Sanyo, Nokia Agree on Mobile-Phone Venture (AP)
 AP - Japan's Sanyo Electric Corp. and Finland's Nokia Corp. announced Tuesday they will combine some of their cell-phone operations into a joint venture with major operations in San Diego.
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Microsoft Sees Vista in Stores by Holidays (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. hopes to have the new version of its Windows operating system available in time for the U.S. holiday season, narrowing the time frame for the much-anticipated product's release.
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With Hackett Departure, Old Politics Win (AP)
 AP - With a shove from party leaders, Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett abruptly quit a key Senate race in Ohio and further exposed a disconnect between the Democratic establishment and Internet-fueled challengers.
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MovieBeam offers 1st high-definition movie rentals (Reuters)
 Reuters - A video-on-demand company
spun out of Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday introduced the first
delivery service for high-definition films to U.S. homes,
offering some movies on the same day as their DVD releases.
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Hotlines: Orange Winnows to 3 Finalists In $200 Mil. European Review (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - NEW YORK Orange, the French-owned wireless telecom, has cut to three finalists in the review of its estimated $200 million pan-European ad account, sources said.
OSBC: Sun seeks to woo HP to Solaris (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is trying to persuade Hewlett-Packard to move its HP-UX Unix customers over to Sun's Solaris, Sun President/COO Jonathan Schwartz said at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Microsoft plans virtual information wallet: Gates (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
Gates on Tuesday showed off a new software tool aimed at giving
consumers a virtual wallet to securely store their personal
information for Internet transactions.
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U.S. Web Companies Defend China Policies (AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc., Google Inc. and other U.S. Internet companies under fire for assisting in China's censorship efforts are insisting they must obey Beijing or risk limiting access to their most promising market.
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With Hackett Departure, Old Politics Win (AP)
AP - With a shove from party leaders, Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett abruptly quit a key Senate race in Ohio and further exposed a disconnect between the Democratic establishment and Internet-fueled challengers.
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Nelson unveils 'gay cowboy' valentine (Reuters)
 Reuters - Willie Nelson chose Valentine's Day
to release the gay-themed song "Cowboys Are Secretly,
Frequently (Fond of Each Other)." The country music icon
premiered the track Tuesday morning (February 14) on Howard
Stern's Sirius Satellite Radio show as it was being made
exclusively available via Apple's iTunes music store.
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Gates Outlines Computer Security Efforts (AP)
AP - Looking to simplify online transactions and make them safer, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates showed off a tool that could replace the need to manually enter usernames and passwords to unlock the doors of the Internet.
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Microsoft warns of "critical" security flaws (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on
Tuesday warned of two "critical" security flaws that could
allow attackers to use its media player or Internet Explorer
Web browser to possibly take control of a computer.
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China denies Internet controls lead to arrests (Reuters)
 Reuters - Chinese people can freely access the
Internet and the government has never arrested anyone for
expressing an opinion on the Web, an official state newspaper
said on Wednesday. Chinese regulations were also in line with
international practices and no different from rules in other
countries like the United States which seek to block sites with
harmful content, the China Daily said, quoting a senior
Internet watchdog official.
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Microsoft plans virtual information wallet: Gates (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
Gates on Tuesday showed off a new software tool aimed at giving
consumers a virtual wallet to securely store their personal
information for Internet transactions.
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TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - Cable network Bravo is now available in more than 80 million U.S. homes. Recent launches responsible for reaching this new level are Cable One throughout Idaho, Atlantic Broadband, Chesapeake, MD; Bresnan Communications, Grand Junction, CO; Bright House Networks, Indianapolis, IN and Intermountain Cable in Kentucky.
US lawmaker renews push against Internet gambling (Reuters)
Reuters - Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte will
reintroduce a bill this week that would prohibit Internet
gambling, a fast-growing industry valued at about $12 billion,
a spokeswoman for Goodlatte said on Tuesday.
US launches Internet freedom task force (AFP)
 AFP - The US government has set up a special operation to monitor the restriction of Internet freedom by repressive regimes around the globe, with a particular focus on China.
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