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Origami: Microsoft's 'OrPod' Alternative to the iPod?
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Will Microsoft do the unthinkable and field an all-in-one consumer/business ultra-portable, designed to take on Apple, Palm and maybe RIM, too?
Microsoft Vows to Fight S. Korean Decision
(AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. vowed Friday to appeal a decision by South Korea's antitrust regulators concluding the U.S. company had abused its market dominance and ordering it to offer alternative versions of Windows.
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Microsoft Releases Enterprise Vista Beta
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has released the first beta version of its Windows Vista operating system that incorporates all the fundamental capabilities the software company expects to ship in the final release of the OS later this year.
Microsoft Sets New Web Apps
(PC World)
PC World - The company's most ambitious Web initiative yet brings free and for-fee sites and services to businesses and individuals.
Microsoft Tests Windows Live Parental Controls
(PC World)
PC World - New service would allow parents to control their children's online activity.
Microsoft ALM server to debut with limited Internet access
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server initially will be limited in how users can access it over the Internet, according to a Microsoft blogger.
Microsoft Posts Response to Charges Online
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. took the unusual step Thursday of making public its formal response to European Union charges that it was failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust ruling.
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Microsoft to make EU dispute documents public
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft said it was posting on the
Web confidential documents used in its defense as it fought the
threat of European Commission antitrust fines reaching up to 2
million euros ($2.4 million) a day.
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New BI Projects Taking Root in Microsoft's Information Worker Greenhouse
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Updated: 'News to Me' and "Business Context Sniffer' are the latest two business-intelligence initiatives that Microsoft is hoping to cultivate as commercial offerings.
Microsoft rivals file antitrust complaint
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - A group of Microsoft's rivals filed a complaint with the European Commission on Wednesday, alleging the software giant's business practices threatened to deny real choice among competing software products.
Future of the Internet Highway Debated
(AP)
 AP - On the Internet, the traffic cops are blind — they don't look at the data they're directing, and they don't give preferential treatment.
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Conn. Man Sells Holy Hardware on eBay
(AP)
AP - Thomas Haley was unloading supplies for his job at Hardy's Hardware when he said something odd caught his eye: the face of Jesus Christ on a piece of sheet metal.
Site Offers Alternative to Flu Information
(AP)
AP - You can learn a lot about bird flu and the specter of a global human flu epidemic by checking official information from the government or medical groups. But thousands of times a day, people turn to a much different source.
Smart Cameras, Guards to Protect WTC Site
(AP)
 AP - Visitors to the complex that eventually will fill the World Trade Center site might have to submit to iris scans or thumb print analysis to get into buildings, while smart cameras try to match their faces to a photo database of known terrorists. Well-paid armed guards would be on patrol and sensors would test the air for lethal gases.
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Justice Dept. Rejects Google's Concerns
(AP)
 AP - Concerns by Google Inc. that a Bush administration demand to examine millions of its users' Internet search requests would violate privacy rights are unwarranted, the Justice Department said in a court filing.
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Japan's ruling party turns heat on opposition over Livedoor e-mail fiasco
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party went on the offensive against opposition allegations that a son of the LDP chief had received secret campaign cash from the founder of scandal-hit Internet firm Livedoor.
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Sony may delay launch of PlayStation 3
(AFP)
 AFP - Sony may have to delay the long-awaited launch of its PlayStation 3 console until the autumn because certain specifications were not set on time.
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Precious Art Stolen During Brazil Carnival
(AP)
 AP - Taking advantage of the chaos of a Carnival parade, thieves slipped into an art museum and stole paintings valued at tens of millions of dollars, even stripping visitors of cell phones, digital cameras and wallets before fleeing.
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IBM Subpoenas Competitors In SCO Code-Use Case
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - IBM is demanding information from Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Sun Microsystems and former SCO financier BayStar Capital, as part of its defense against SCO's 2003 lawsuit.
Wall St research suffers since Spitzer deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - For more than a decade, Tom Berquist
enjoyed life as a software analyst at Goldman Sachs and then
Citigroup, delving into the latest technology and rubbing
elbows with the executives of new, fast-growing firms.
Japan's ruling party turns heat on opposition over Livedoor e-mail fiasco
(AFP)
AFP - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party went on the offensive against opposition allegations that a son of the LDP chief had received secret campaign cash from the founder of scandal-hit Internet firm Livedoor.
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Future of the Internet Highway Debated
(AP)
AP - On the Internet, the traffic cops are blind — they don't look at the data they're directing, and they don't give preferential treatment.
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US paratroopers charged in gay porn site
(Reuters)
Reuters - Seven paratroopers from
the U.S. Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division have been charged
with being paid to have sex that was filmed for a gay
pornographic Web site, an Army spokesman said on Saturday.
Justice Dept. Rejects Google's Concerns
(AP)
AP - Concerns by Google Inc. that a Bush administration demand to examine millions of its users' Internet search requests would violate privacy rights are unwarranted, the Justice Department said in a court filing.
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Mich. Teen Downloads Billionth iTunes Song
(AP)
AP - Alex Ostrovsky got more than he bargained for when downloading Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" from the iTunes Music Store.
Sheryl Crow has cancer surgery, postpones tour
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Grammy winner Sheryl Crow had
surgery for breast cancer and postponed a North American tour
scheduled to start next month, the singer announced on her Web
site on Friday.
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Google Unveils Web-Design Tool
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google has added another service to its portfolio of online offerings with the launch this week of Page Creator, a free tool for creating personal Web sites.
Breaking Down Walls For Interactivity
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - There was a time when young creatives toiling in the world of Web advertising were relegated to the kids' table at the marketing buffet. But with clients increasing, however incrementally, their online spends -- from just under $3 billion in 1999 to a projected $8.6 billion this year--and heightening their demand for integration across platforms, agencies are removing the barriers between their interactive and traditional creative disciplines.
Search Engines Fight Copyright-Infringement Suits
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Two search engines sued by the Motion Picture Association of America Inc. for allegedly providing links to illegal copies of movies and TV shows are forming a coalition to fight the lawsuits.
U.S. Hitting A Ceiling On Internet Households
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The vast majority of U.S. households that are not online have no interest in the Web, an indication that Internet penetration has stalled, a study says.
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