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Microsoft Updates E-Mail Protection
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is releasing new versions of its software packages for safeguarding and archiving e-mails and other corporate messages.
Judge denies Microsoft subpoenas against rivals
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A District Court in California on
Wednesday quashed an attempt by Microsoft Corp. to
force Sun Microsystems Inc. and Oracle Corp.
to provide documents in its battle with the European
Commission.
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Venezuela Promotes Microsoft Alternative
(AP)
AP - President Hugo Chavez, long critical of big transnational companies, is promoting free open-source software as an alternative to market-dominating Microsoft Corp.
Windows Vista Release May, Oddly, Help Linux
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The looming release of the next major upgrade to Microsoft's flagship Windows operating system, Windows Vista, is encouraging an unlikely group of users -- fans of rival software Linux.
Apple stock up after fresh EU Microsoft concerns
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Shares of Apple Computer Inc rose
6.2 percent on Wednesday as rival Microsoft Corp. faced fresh
antitrust pressure from the European Commission.
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EU Warns Microsoft Over Vista Features
(PC World)
PC World - European Commission spokesperson says features of 2007 OS may trigger new antitrust inquiry.
EU pressures Microsoft over new Vista system
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft faced fresh
antitrust pressure from the European Commission on Wednesday, a
day before it fights to stave off fines handed down in a
previous case by EU competition regulators.
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Software piracy costing Indonesia billions: Microsoft
(AFP)
 AFP - Software piracy is costing the Indonesian economy billions of dollars each year and is stymieing the creation of a local information technology industry, a Microsoft representative said.
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Microsoft Joins OpenDocument Format Voting Group
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has joined a group that carries major weight in the voting process for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard, a specification that drew much attention last year as a result of the Massachusetts legislature's initiative to embrace the spec for government documents.
EU threatens new front in Windows row with Microsoft
(AFP)
 AFP - The EU's anti-trust watchdog has warned it could open a new front in a standoff with Microsoft, on the eve of talks on the US software giant's non-compliance with an earlier ruling.
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Apple Sets New Volume Controls for IPods
(AP)
 AP - In a world where hearing problems are real, concerns are mounting and lawyers are looking to make gadget providers liable, Apple Computer Inc. — the maker of the predominant iPod music player — has created new volume controls.
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Microsoft Updates E-Mail Protection
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is releasing new versions of its software packages for safeguarding and archiving e-mails and other corporate messages.
Study: S. Korea Not 'Most-Wired' Country
(AP)
AP - Because of its high prevalence of broadband access, South Korea is often considered the world's "most-wired" nation. But a new study of international Internet usage offered evidence that people in other countries are even more connected.
Speech Recognition Offered for Handhelds
(AP)
AP - For now, something like "Call Mom" is the most advanced voice command that most cell phones can handle. A maker of speech-recognition software for personal computers hopes to change that.
Venezuela Promotes Microsoft Alternative
(AP)
AP - President Hugo Chavez, long critical of big transnational companies, is promoting free open-source software as an alternative to market-dominating Microsoft Corp.
eBay China unit forms alliance with major retailer
(Reuters)
Reuters - The China unit of online auctioneer
eBay Inc. has formed an alliance with one of the nation's
biggest retailers in a bid to gain more traction with
mainstream Chinese shoppers, it said on Thursday.
Ramsay: TiVo Shared Technology With Dish
(AP)
 AP - TiVo Inc. shared details of its technology with Dish Network, which later used it in its own TiVo-like boxes that can pause and rewind live television programs, a TiVo co-founder said Wednesday.
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Drops in cellular fees to slow: Sprint exec
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The price of cellular phone calls
should decline more slowly in 2006 than in recent times as the
duration of phone calls expands less rapidly, a top executive
at Sprint Nextel Corp. said on Wednesday.
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Windows Vista Release May, Oddly, Help Linux
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The looming release of the next major upgrade to Microsoft's flagship Windows operating system, Windows Vista, is encouraging an unlikely group of users -- fans of rival software Linux.
Apple offers volume-capping software for iPod
(AFP)
 AFP - Faced with litigation charging that its market-dominating iPod music player deafens users, US-based Apple Computer released volume-capping software.
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eBay China unit forms alliance with major retailer
(Reuters)
Reuters - The China unit of online auctioneer
eBay Inc. has formed an alliance with one of the nation's
biggest retailers in a bid to gain more traction with
mainstream Chinese shoppers, it said on Thursday.
Yahoo Japan to take stake in SMFG online bank
(Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Japan Corp. said on Thursday it
would ally with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Japan's
third-biggest bank, to take a stake in the lender's online
subsidiary Japan Net Bank.
Justices question eBay patent arguments
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. Supreme Court justices showed
little inclination on Wednesday to scale back the rights of
patent holders, sharply questioning arguments made by a lawyer
representing online auctioneer eBay Inc.
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Patchy Internet access a worry for Irish business
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A huddle of fishing boats
buffeted by the Atlantic wind, with the rolling peaks of the
Irish mainland beyond, are all you can see from Diarmuid Ring's
kitchen window.
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Citigroup launches Internet banking
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Citigroup Inc. has set up an Internet
bank that offers higher interest rates, as part of its plan to
attract more online customers and reverse a decline in consumer
banking profit.
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YouTube, E! in broadband "mash-up"
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Fast-growing viral-video
Web site http://www.YouTube.com is teaming with E! Networks in
support of a new broadband offering from the cable programmer.
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TV downloads break new barrier with "Scrubs" deal
(Reuters)
 Reuters - In another first for the fledgling
world of "on-demand" television, NBC and the sister studio of
rival network ABC have teamed up to make a prime-time show of
shared interest, "Scrubs," available for Internet downloads.
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Study: S. Korea Not 'Most-Wired' Country
(AP)
AP - Because of its high prevalence of broadband access, South Korea is often considered the world's "most-wired" nation. But a new study of international Internet usage offered evidence that people in other countries are even more connected.
Verizon rivals challenge broadband decision
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A group representing telephone and
Internet companies on Wednesday challenged action by U.S.
regulators that freed Verizon Communications from rules on its
broadband data services for businesses.
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Google finalizes deal for AOL stake
(AFP)
 AFP - Google has finalized its purchase of a five percent stake in America Online, part of a strategic move for the Internet search titan as well as AOL parent Time Warner.
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