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Microsoft takes on Yahoo, Google for Web ad dollars
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s top saleswoman for
Web advertising, Joanne Bradford, spent her first few years on
the job secretly wondering if the software giant was serious
about cashing in on the Internet.
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Microsoft collaboration server to ship this month
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's impending delivery of its Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server is the culmination of seven years of planning the company's entrance into the ALM (application lifecycle management) space.
Microsoft Vista Won't Help Windows Apps On Mactels
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's upcoming Vista OS won't include Intel Corp.'s new EFI, or Extensible Firmware Interface, which would have made it made it easier to run Windows applications on Apple Computer Inc.'s Intel Macs.
Novell Targets Enterprise Desktops with New Linux Distribution
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At the CeBIT computer show being held this week in Germany, Novell unveiled a new Linux distribution that is designed to lure corporate customers away from Microsoft Windows.
Bill Gates: Richest Man on Earth Once Again
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Forbes Magazine has released its annual report of the world's richest people, and for the twelfth year in a row, the founder of Microsoft, Chairman Bill Gates, ranked number one, making him the richest man on earth.
EU Commission sends new warning to Microsoft
(Reuters)
 Reuters - New reports show Microsoft's
compliance with a landmark antitrust ruling continues to be
"entirely inadequate" and the company may soon face a fine up
to 2 million euros daily, the European Commission said on
Friday.
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EU: Microsoft Still Not Obeying Ruling
(AP)
 AP - The European Commission told Microsoft Corp. on Friday that it was "still not in compliance" with a 2004 antitrust ruling that ordered it to share information with rivals to make their software work with Microsoft servers.
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EU regulators warns Microsoft still not complying with anti-trust ruling
(AFP)
 AFP - EU regulators issued a fresh warning to Microsoft that the US software giant was still failing to comply with their 2004 antitrust ruling.
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Gates Still World's Richest Person
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, remains number one on the Forbes list of billionaires, the magazine announced Thursday, with an estimated fortune of $50 billion.
Microsoft Sees Origami As New Breed of PC
(AP)
 AP - So you've got a cell phone in one pocket, an MP3 player in the other, a laptop in your briefcase, and maybe a personal digital assistant somewhere in between. Oh, one of your kids has the latest game handheld, too.
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Alienware Racks Up Gamers, and Millions
(AP)
 AP - Just a few months after cleaning out his bank account and quitting his job to help start up a childhood friend's new computer company, Alex Aguila sat alone in the fledgling firm's office and began to have some second thoughts.
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New Software Tackles Colorblind Challenges
(AP)
 AP - Like many colorblind people who have adapted all their lives to a particular way of seeing things, Harry Rogers says his inability to discern red and green hasn't caused him much trouble over the years.
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Millisecond Response the 'Spec Du Jour'
(AP)
AP - Unless you're an Olympic athlete, milliseconds should hardly make a difference in your life.
Firm to Pay $1.1M to Settle E-Mail Case
(AP)
AP - A company accused of using unauthorized personal data "mined" by other firms from about 6 million e-mail addresses nationwide has agreed to reform its practices under a $1.1 million settlement, New York officials said Sunday.
Virtual Medical Checkups on the Rise
(AP)
 AP - Wayne Wilson is cheered when the computerized voice tells him his blood pressure and heart rate are holding steady.
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TVEyes finds Web video via word search
(Reuters)
Reuters - Virtually all of the
major names in television news offer video on their Web sites,
but audiences can't watch it if they don't know it's there.
Kids: high-tech's fussy new customers
(AFP)
 AFP - A television tucked in a cuddly toy, a mobile phone dressed up as a teddy bear and a nanny robot are among the new gadgets targeting an untapped high-tech market: kids.
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Gent severs links with Vodafone, chairman backs Sarin
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former Vodafone chief Chris Gent severed
his links with the group on Sunday, as Chairman Ian MacLaurin
broke his silence to declare support for CEO Arun Sarin to
quell talk of a boardroom rift at the cell-phone giant.
Novell Targets Enterprise Desktops with New Linux Distribution
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At the CeBIT computer show being held this week in Germany, Novell unveiled a new Linux distribution that is designed to lure corporate customers away from Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft takes on Yahoo, Google for Web ad dollars
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s top saleswoman for
Web advertising, Joanne Bradford, spent her first few years on
the job secretly wondering if the software giant was serious
about cashing in on the Internet.
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Microsoft takes on Yahoo, Google for Web ad dollars
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s top saleswoman for
Web advertising, Joanne Bradford, spent her first few years on
the job secretly wondering if the software giant was serious
about cashing in on the Internet.
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Kids: high-tech's fussy new customers
(AFP)
AFP - A television tucked in a cuddly toy, a mobile phone dressed up as a teddy bear and a nanny robot are among the new gadgets targeting an untapped high-tech market: kids.
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Report: Web Searches Can ID CIA Employees
(AP)
AP - The identities of 2,600 CIA employees and the locations of two dozen of the agency's covert workplaces in the United States can be found easily through Internet searches, according to an investigation by the Chicago Tribune.
Canadian multimillionaire's home in Costa Rica is searched
(AFP)
 AFP - Police searched the Costa Rican home of Canadian multimillionaire Calvin Ayre, who runs an Internet betting business, and seized documents, computers and weapons, authorities said.
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Costa Rica police raid gambling billionaire's home
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dozens of police barged
into the Costa Rican home of Calvin Ayre, a Canadian online
betting mogul featured on the cover of Forbes magazine's annual
billionaire issue, Ayre said on Saturday.
Wireless networking baffles some customers
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Anne McNamara needs a wireless
Internet network in her Germantown, Maryland, home. It's a good
thing her son knows how to set one up.
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FBI: No Credible Threat, but Be Vigilant
(AP)
 AP - The FBI said Friday there is no specific, credible threat of a terror attack aimed at college basketball arenas or other sports stadiums, but acknowledged alerting law enforcement to a recent Internet posting discussing such attacks.
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Brazil tries to seize data on users of Google's Orkut
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Brazilian authorities said on
Friday they will seek warrants to seize information on hundreds
of users on the Orkut social network, operated by search engine
giant Google Inc., for suspected Internet crimes.
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Bishops post Web site disputing 'Da Vinci Code'
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops took aim at "The Da Vinci Code" on Friday, launching a
Web site that disputes central points of the best-selling
novel.
S.Korea aims to cool Internet rage attacks
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dog poop girl is infamous in South Korea.
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