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Microsoft Warns Against Outside Fixes
(AP)
AP - When Microsoft Corp. researchers learned recently that a software flaw had been made public and could prompt Internet attacks, the company ordered a team to devote all its time to fixing the flaw and making the repair work with other products.
Microsoft Makes Progress in Antitrust Case
(AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. said Friday it had made a breakthrough in its antitrust case with the European Union after an independent monitor outlined what it could do to stave off daily fines of $2.4 million.
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Latest Web Scam Uses BBC News as Bait
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Bogus e-mails containing real BBC News stories are tricking PC users into visiting a fake Web site that installs password-stealing software onto their computers. The e-mails are exploiting a newly discovered flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, according to Websense Security Labs, a San Diego-based company that uncovered the problem on Thursday.
Keeping Up With The Googles
(BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - The delay of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system until next year makes the software giant look like a dinosaur stuck in the tar, but that's not the whole picture. Its efforts to match the Googles of the world with fast online innovations seem to be paying off. In the five months since Microsoft announced its Windows Live strategy, it has released no fewer than 20 new services that are attracting millions of consumers. "They now gain some of that agility that Google has enjoyed," says analyst Van Baker of researcher Gartner Inc. ...
Vista Poses Danger To Security Product Vendors: Analyst
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Could it be that Microsoft's vision for security in Vista will aggravate security product vendors? One longtime Windows watcher thinks Microsoft, hoping to fly under antitrust radar, will sprinkle security throughout the OS.
Microsoft lawyer sees breakthrough in EU hearing
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft's top lawyer said on Friday
he believed there had been a breakthrough in the software
company's dispute with the European Commission at a hearing
into the antitrust fines ordered by Brussels.
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Microsoft claims EU breakthrough, rivals sceptical
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. software giant Microsoft said on
Friday there had been a breakthrough in its dispute with the
European Commission at a hearing on antitrust fines levied by
Brussels, but rivals and critics were sceptical.
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Microsoft claims EU breakthrough, rivals skeptical
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. software giant Microsoft said on
Friday there had been a breakthrough in its dispute with the
European Commission at a hearing on antitrust fines levied by
Brussels, but rivals and critics were skeptical.
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Vista, Office Delays Into '07 Could Impact Software Assurance Customers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft Software Assurance customers whose maintenance ends Dec. 30 have no assurance they will get Windows Vista or Office 2007 if those business versions are delayed beyond 2006.
IBM Offers $20,000 Bounty for Microsoft Exchange Customers
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Representing the latest move in the heated competition over corporate e-mail, IBM has offered business partners up to $20,000 if they switch from Microsoft Exchange to the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino platform.
Lost an iPod or Wallet? Look for It Online
(AP)
AP - Maureen Silliman felt her empty pocket and gulped: Her new $300 iPod must have bounced out as she ran to catch a train. While she sobbed, her boyfriend suggested a message on the lost-and-found section of Craigslist, an online bazaar of classified ads.
Japan Launches Digital TV for Cell Phones
(AP)
 AP - Digital TV broadcasts for mobile phones equipped with special receivers began in Japan's major urban areas Saturday, following several months of test broadcasts.
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Aerial-Imaging System Becoming Vital
(AP)
AP - A year and a half before the sea rushed in, cameras protruding from low-lying Cessna aircraft captured eagle-eye images of every square foot of New Orleans from every direction.
Apple Corps Tightly Guards Beatles' Legacy
(AP)
 AP - Apple Corps Ltd., is like a doting parent when it comes to The Beatles, looking after their interests and promoting their recordings, but it also makes sure no one tries to mess with the band's legacy.
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Microsoft Warns Against Outside Fixes
(AP)
AP - When Microsoft Corp. researchers learned recently that a software flaw had been made public and could prompt Internet attacks, the company ordered a team to devote all its time to fixing the flaw and making the repair work with other products.
Hungary Internet site keeps tab of election promises
(AFP)
 AFP - An Internet news website, Index.hu, has added up all of the promises made by Hungarian political parties in the runup to general elections on April 9 and 23.
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Japan launches digital TV on cellphones
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan has begun to watch digital television broadcasts on mobile telephones, in a highly anticipated service that could lead to a new genre of TV programs.
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Mobile Providers Target U.S. Hispanic Customers
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Cisneros Group, the largest shareholder in Spanish-language media firm Univision Communications, has its eye on Hispanic mobile phone users.
BEA seeks to modularize app server
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Burlingame, Calif. -- BEA Systems is working to modularize services from its WebLogic Server application server, enabling them to run independently with open source frameworks, a company official said on Thursday.
Latest Web Scam Uses BBC News as Bait
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Bogus e-mails containing real BBC News stories are tricking PC users into visiting a fake Web site that installs password-stealing software onto their computers. The e-mails are exploiting a newly discovered flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, according to Websense Security Labs, a San Diego-based company that uncovered the problem on Thursday.
Hungary Internet site keeps tab of election promises
(AFP)
AFP - An Internet news website, Index.hu, has added up all of the promises made by Hungarian political parties in the runup to general elections on April 9 and 23.
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Lost an iPod or Wallet? Look for It Online
(AP)
AP - Maureen Silliman felt her empty pocket and gulped: Her new $300 iPod must have bounced out as she ran to catch a train. While she sobbed, her boyfriend suggested a message on the lost-and-found section of Craigslist, an online bazaar of classified ads.
Microsoft Warns Against Outside Fixes
(AP)
AP - When Microsoft Corp. researchers learned recently that a software flaw had been made public and could prompt Internet attacks, the company ordered a team to devote all its time to fixing the flaw and making the repair work with other products.
NASA Manager's Office Searched for Porn
(AP)
AP - The headquarters office of a senior NASA manager was searched and computer equipment was seized in a child pornography investigation, according to court documents and an online report.
Google CEO, co-founders stick to $1 salary in 2006
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Google Inc. co-founders and its chief
executive will continue to receive $1 each in annual salary and
forego bonuses in 2006, while holding shares potentially worth
billions of dollars in the Web search leader, according to
regulatory filings on Friday.
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US search giant Google flies balloon ads on local map service
(AFP)
 AFP - Google announced that it has added advertising balloons to its local mapping service, a move that provides the US online search giant another way to make money.
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Online March Madness Most Watched (Where Else?) At Work
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Work was the most popular place to watch online video during the first two days of March Madness college baseketball, a Web research firm says.
Latest Web Scam Uses BBC News as Bait
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Bogus e-mails containing real BBC News stories are tricking PC users into visiting a fake Web site that installs password-stealing software onto their computers. The e-mails are exploiting a newly discovered flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, according to Websense Security Labs, a San Diego-based company that uncovered the problem on Thursday.
Optimized IE Exploit Speeds Up Infection
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A security company warns of a new twist on the existing exploit of Internet Explorer's zero-day vulnerability. In this case, the exploit is optimized to take much less time to execute than the original.
Hunting For Pictures Drives Big Boost In Web Searches
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - People looking for photos on social-networking sites helped spark a big boast in the overal number of Web searches. More broadband also played a role.
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