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Office 2007 to Feature New Server, Tools (AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. is pushing a host of additional products along with the next version of its business software suite, dubbed Office 2007, including specialized tools to help employees work together even if they are thousands of miles apart.
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Microsoft eyes multiple versions of new Office 2007 (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. unveiled on
Wednesday multiple versions of its upcoming Office business
software suite with features that aim to simplify worker
collaboration and improve efficiency.
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Cheney Hunting Mishap Takes Media by Storm (AP)
 AP - When Bill Gates appeared at a computer security conference in San Jose, Calif., this week, he greeted his audience with a quip. "I'm really glad to be here," said the Microsoft Corp. chairman. "My other invitation was to go quail hunting with Dick Cheney."
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CORRECTED: Microsoft to take wraps off Office Live in preview (Reuters)
Reuters - Please read in first paragraph ...Office Live, a Web-based
application for small businesses that can integrate with its
popular Office software, in a step toward better competing with
rivals... instead of ...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... .
Aiding China Censors Beats Alternative, U.S. Internet Giants Testify To Congress (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Officials for Yahoo , Google , Microsoft and Cisco went before Congress Wednesday and defended their decisions to comply with China's laws to do business there, even though the moves allow for censorship and, in some cases, the jailing of dissidents.
U.S. Lawmakers Lecture Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft on China Censorship (TechWeb)
TechWeb - 'Sickening cooperation,' one lawmaker calls it. But the search engines say they want government help fighting censorship.
U.S. Congress Grills Internet Execs On China Policies (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Lawmakers lined up to deride policies by Google, Microsoft, and others as "a disgrace," among other things. A new bill is on the docket to help companies clarify policies.
Microsoft, EC Battle Over Large Daily Fine (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Accusations are flying, as Microsoft charges that the European Commission ignored 'critical' evidence and the EC responds that Microsoft's documents came in after the deadline had passed.
Microsoft Hones IE 7's Drive-by-Download Defenses (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Developers working on Internet Explorer 7 are fortifying the browser against stealth downloads carrying malicious software.
Microsoft, EU battle over large daily fine (Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. formally denied
European Commission charges that could lead to 2 million euro
($2.4 million) daily fines in an antitrust case on Wednesday,
saying critical evidence had been ignored.
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Cellular Service to Offer MySpace Phones (AP)
 AP - The social networking site MySpace, hugely successful among teenagers and twenty-somethings, is about to become more ubiquitous with the launch of a cellular service that will let users read and post to the site for free.
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Office 2007 to Feature New Server, Tools (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is pushing a host of additional products along with the next version of its business software suite, dubbed Office 2007, including specialized tools to help employees work together even if they are thousands of miles apart.
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Congress Chides 4 Tech Giants Over China (AP)
 AP - Four U.S. high-tech companies on Wednesday found themselves branded collaborators with the Chinese government in suppressing dissent in return for access to a booming Internet market.
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Nokia, Motorola Show Cellular-VoIP Phones (AP)
 AP - "Call me back on the landline" may soon sound like a quaint, turn-of-the-century instruction to the ears of many mobile phone users.
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Toshiba Develops Mobile-Phone Technology (AP)
 AP - Checking out the Internet buzz about a DVD, book or candy while on the go will become as easy as taking a snapshot of the bar code on a product.
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Amazon, 4 music firms discuss digital service: report (Reuters)
 Reuters - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is in
advanced talks with four top music companies on starting a
digital music service as early as this summer, the Wall Street
Journal reported on Thursday.
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Trusted Computing Standard Coming To The SAN -- And The Sneakernet (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Seagate has the first encrypted storage drive based on a new standard designed to make data breaches from stolen laptops less common
Nokia says starts shipping 3G phone to DoCoMo (Reuters)
Reuters - Top global handset maker Nokia
(NOK1V.HE) has started shipping a 3G phone to Japanese mobile
operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.T), the Finnish group said in a
statement on Thursday.
OSBC: SAP exec cites IT consolidation wave (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - SAP and SpikeSource executives on Wednesday emphasized IT consolidation and the effects of open source, in different presentations at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco.
It's Official: Office '12' to Become Office 2007 (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft tunes up, renames next version of its suite of office software.
Amazon, 4 music firms discuss digital service: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is in
advanced talks with four top music companies on starting a
digital music service as early as this summer, the Wall Street
Journal reported on Thursday.
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Nintendo DS plays TV, Web (Reuters)
Reuters - Nintendo is expanding
the entertainment capabilities of its best-selling Nintendo DS,
making it possible to watch live television and surf the
Internet using the dual-screen portable game device.
Helio announces launch devices, MySpace partnership (Reuters)
Reuters - Helio LLC, a youth-oriented mobile
phone service created by SK Telecom and EarthLink Inc., said on
Wednesday it will launch in the spring with two branded
handsets and a mobile partnership with networking Web site
MySpace.
US Internet sites put greed first in China, lawmakers say (AFP)
 AFP - Lawmakers in the US Congress accuse US Internet portals of putting the quest for profits ahead of ethics in cooperating with China's censorship of online information.
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Racist abuse closes BBC Asian cricket online board (Reuters)
 Reuters - An online message board dedicated to
Indian and Pakistani cricket fans on the BBC Web site has been
shut down after some users began posting racist and religious
abuse, the broadcaster said on Wednesday.
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CORRECTED: Microsoft to take wraps off Office Live in preview (Reuters)
Reuters - Please read in first paragraph ...Office Live, a Web-based
application for small businesses that can integrate with its
popular Office software, in a step toward better competing with
rivals... instead of ...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... .
iVillage bids likely to come in low: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Women's online media
company iVillage Inc. has asked for a second round of takeover
bids from suitors that may include some big names in media and
publishing, but sources familiar with the process say offers
could come in lower than expected.
Study: Internet Users Go Online for Fun (AP)
AP - Some people go online just for the sake of it: A new study finds that on any given day, nearly a third of U.S. Internet users log on just for fun or to pass the time.
Online Game Addresses Gay-Rights Uproar (AP)
AP - A gay-rights uproar in the popular "World of Warcraft" online game has spurred the game's maker to review its treatment of gay players.
Thirty pct Internet users go online just for fun: poll (Reuters)
Reuters - Nearly one-third of American
Internet users surveyed said they go online just for fun rather
than to check e-mail, read news or use a search engine, a sharp
increase from a year ago, the Pew Internet & American Life
Project said on Wednesday.
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