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Hackers Get Windows XP on Apple Computers
(AP)
 AP - As expected, hackers have found a way to run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system on new Macintosh computers, winning an ad hoc contest and a $13,854 cash prize to boot.
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New Zero-Day Bug Crashes IE
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Security firms are warning about another zero-day bug. Apparently, Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser crashes when attacked through a new unpatched vulnerability.
Spring VON Show: Microsoft Underwhelms With VoIP Beta -- Analysis
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft may have been the biggest company at VON -- but its beta product may have made the smallest splash.
Windows Live: Microsoft's Antitrust Savior?
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Windows Live might end up doing more than providing Microsoft with subscription revenues. It also could give Microsoft with a way to extend Windows without 'bundling.'
Google capital spending spike will slow 2006 growth
(AFP)
 AFP - US Internet search giant Google said it expects to spend "significantly" more this year to continue to innovate and resist competition from the likes of Microsoft and Yahoo.
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Microsoft Takes On IBM for Enterprise Dominance
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Looking to grab business from rival IBM, Microsoft has embarked on a major marketing campaign designed to appeal to enterprise users. The campaign, budgeted at $500 million, will extol the virtues of the company's new products as they begin shipping later this year.
Microsoft In $500 Million Business Services Push
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The company is taking on IBM with Vista and other software that Microsoft says can help employees become more productive without needing to spend big money on consultants.
Microsoft goes on $500 million marketing push
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Microsoft will pump $500 million into marketing Windows Vista and Office 2007, the latest versions of the company's dominant desktop PC operating system and suite of clerical programs. That's part of the message Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered to senior executives in New York.
Internet Explorer Has a Future
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - At its Mix '06 designer confab next week, Microsoft will distribute a 'layout-complete' IE 7.0 test build, yet another step along the way toward the final IE 7.0 release, and talk IE futures, too.
Microsoft's Live Video, Voice Still A Beta Thing
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Software giant shows beta-on-beta demo of video and voice calling from 'Live Mail' program, and says IP voice phones will be out this summer.
Georgia College Pushes for iPod Ingenuity
(AP)
 AP - The campus of Georgia College & State University boasts traditional college fare — spacious greens, historic architecture and a steady stream of students with the familiar white headphones of iPods dangling from their ears.
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Orthodox Jews Find Love on the Web
(AP)
AP - Batsheva Frankel was tired of being told she should be happy simply to find a husband who was breathing, let alone someone with a good sense of humor or similar to her in age.
Town Auctioned on eBay Up for Sale Again
(AP)
 AP - The first town ever auctioned on eBay soon will be back up for sale on the online auction site.
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Pixar Stock Certificates to Be Collectable
(AP)
AP - Pixar Animation Studios Inc.'s upcoming sale to Walt Disney Co. has inspired an audience of investors more interested in buying a piece of paper than a piece of the $7.4 billion deal.
Google Avoids Surrendering Search Requests
(AP)
 AP - A federal judge on Friday ordered Google Inc. to give the Bush administration a peek inside its search engine, but rebuffed the government's demand for a list of people's search requests — potentially sensitive information that the company had fought to protect.
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FCC near deciding Verizon's broadband request
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. telecoms regulator was
poised to reveal on Monday whether it would ease numerous
regulations on some of Verizon Communications' high-speed,
broadband data services for lucrative business customers.
Belarus gets the message: fear rules
(AFP)
 AFP - When his mobile phone beeped to signal a new text message, Anatoly Korshunov thought a friend was calling. Instead it was a lesson in politics -- Belarus style.
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Survey reveals mobile phone revenue hurdle
(FT.com)
FT.com - Mobile phone users are unlikely to pay extra to access the growing range of video and audio content available on their phones, according to a global KPMG survey. This trend could push operators into rethinking their business models.
Red Hat Details Virtualization Plans
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Linux specialist Red Hat on Tuesday provided details of plans to integrate virtualization capabilities in its operating-system software, particularly the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform, in an effort to help customers get more performance out of their servers.
Hackers Get Windows XP on Apple Computers
(AP)
AP - As expected, hackers have found a way to run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system on new Macintosh computers, winning an ad hoc contest and a $13,854 cash prize to boot.
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FCC near deciding Verizon's broadband request
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. telecoms regulator was
poised to reveal on Monday whether it would ease numerous
regulations on some of Verizon Communications' high-speed,
broadband data services for lucrative business customers.
Experts struggle to fight online "phishing' schemes
(AFP)
 AFP - The e-mails look real. A bank needs to "verify" your account information. An online payment service urgently warns about "unauthorized" access to your account.
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March Madness infects the Internet
(AFP)
 AFP - The hugely popular US college basketball championships got under way this week, with the CBS TV network looking to slam dunk an Internet experiment that could revolutionise sports broadcasting.
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Orthodox Jews Find Love on the Web
(AP)
AP - Batsheva Frankel was tired of being told she should be happy simply to find a husband who was breathing, let alone someone with a good sense of humor or similar to her in age.
Kinderstart sues Google over lower page ranking
(Reuters)
Reuters - A parental advice
Internet site has sued Google Inc., charging it unfairly
deprived the company of customers by downgrading its
search-result ranking without reason or warning.
Google wins partial keywords victory
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A federal judge denied a U.S.
government request that Google Inc. be ordered to hand over a
sample of keywords customers use to search the Internet, but
required on Friday that the company produce some Web addresses
indexed in its system.
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Alaska volcano's Web site becomes Internet hot spot
(Reuters)
Reuters - Want to peer into the
steaming summit of an erupting volcano without risking death?
Google ordered to release some search data
(AFP)
 AFP - Google has been ordered to turn over some data on sites in its popular search engine to the US federal government -- but only 50,000, far fewer than the government wanted, under a judge's ruling.
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Google Avoids Surrendering Search Requests
(AP)
AP - A federal judge on Friday ordered Google Inc. to give the Bush administration a peek inside its search engine, but rebuffed the government's demand for a list of people's search requests — potentially sensitive information that the company had fought to protect.
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Blogger declines comment on reported hoax
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese journalist whose Web log
temporarily closed down in an incident that sparked criticism
of how Western media cover China declined on Saturday to
confirm or deny he had played a hoax.
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