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Microsoft Makes Way to Pay for PC Hourly
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. has developed technology for people to pay by the hour to use a computer in their own homes, similar to the way many people use pre-paid cards for cell phones.
Anti-Spyware Leader Unfazed by Microsoft
(AP)
 AP - For millions of PC users, the privacy-snatching programs known as spyware have been nothing but a headache as they swipe personal information, slow systems to a crawl and crash computers. For Webroot Software Inc., the annoying programs have been the foundation of success.
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Microsoft Buys SSL VPN Vendor
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has signed an agreement to buy Whale Communications, an Israeli vendor of firewalls and other security technologies. The software giant did not specify the terms of the acquisition, nor did it name a closing date.
Windows System Reqs. 1990-2006: More For Less
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - For some added perspective on Windows Vista's minimum hardware specs, here's a look at Microsoft's stated reqs for each major Windows release since 1990's Windows 3.0. For more comparison, we compared average prices for desktop computers and portable PCs for all the releases.
Symantec Seeks Injunction To Block Windows Vista
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Symantec has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing the software giant of misusing its intellectual property. The suit, filed on Thursday in Seattle, also claims that Microsoft violated a 1996 licensing agreement for Symantec's Volume Manager storage technology.
Microsoft Releases Windows Media Player 11
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The upgrade is for Windows XP and is a significant rework of the current media player.
New Trojan Horse Targets Microsoft Word
(PC World)
PC World - Don't click! Malware loads after you open infected Word doc.
What You'll Need To Run Windows Vista
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Does your computer make the grade for running Windows Vista? That is the question Microsoft is trying to help everyone answer with the launch of its new "Get Ready" Web site.
Microsoft To Launch Prepaid, Subscription Windows Service In New Markets
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft will open the kimono on its PowerLine initiative: a prepaid, subscription-based Windows service designed for emerging markets.
E-mail attacks target unpatched Word hole
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Antivirus companies and the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) issued a warning Friday about sophisticated e-mail attacks that are using a previously unknown hole in Microsoft Word to infiltrate corporate networks.
AOL, Startups Emerge to Challenge MySpace
(AP)
 AP - It's only natural for companies large and small to want to capture some of the social-networking magic of MySpace.com, a Web site that has risen out of nowhere to become the Internet's second busiest by successfully figuring out what teens and young adults want.
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Microsoft Makes Way to Pay for PC Hourly
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. has developed technology for people to pay by the hour to use a computer in their own homes, similar to the way many people use pre-paid cards for cell phones.
Company Offers Online Delivery System
(AP)
AP - A startup company plans to launch an online commerce system Monday that would give people more options in how to get and use digital downloads including games, songs and videos.
Politicians Brave the Internet - With Help
(AP)
 AP - LOL:) Look who's podcasting! No, it's not your teenager. It's your senator.
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KDDI, Sony to Develop Walkman Cell Phone
(AP)
AP - A Walkman brand cell phone enabling users to download music onto their handsets will go on sale in the Japanese market next month in a joint project between KDDI and Sony, KDDI Corp. announced Monday.
Deployed GIs Watch Kids' Graduation Online
(AP)
AP - When 17-year-old Reyniza Sherrell was handed her high school diploma, two of her family members watched with admiration — from thousands of miles away. Sherrell's father is deployed in Iraq and her older sister is stationed at an Air Force base in Ramstein, Germany, but both of them were watching live video online of her graduation Friday night in Clarksville.
Sirius in a sporting mood with new receiver
(Reuters)
Reuters - After settling its dispute with the
music industry over the S50 portable receiver, Sirius Satellite
Radio has introduced the Sportster4 -- a plug-and-play radio
that can be used in the car and the house.
KDDI to offer Sony Walkman phones in Japan: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - KDDI Corp., Japan's second-largest
telecoms operator, plans to offer Sony Corp.'s Walkman brand
mobile phones in Japan later this year, the Nihon Keizai
Shimbun reported on Monday.
Sun makes partial Eclipse move
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - San Francisco -- Sun Microsystems, which still maintains it will not join the open source Eclipse Foundation, is nevertheless helping the organization out with one particular project.
Anti-Spyware Leader Unfazed by Microsoft
(AP)
AP - For millions of PC users, the privacy-snatching programs known as spyware have been nothing but a headache as they swipe personal information, slow systems to a crawl and crash computers. For Webroot Software Inc., the annoying programs have been the foundation of success.
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Company Offers Online Delivery System
(AP)
AP - A startup company plans to launch an online commerce system Monday that would give people more options in how to get and use digital downloads including games, songs and videos.
AOL, Startups Emerge to Challenge MySpace
(AP)
AP - It's only natural for companies large and small to want to capture some of the social-networking magic of MySpace.com, a Web site that has risen out of nowhere to become the Internet's second busiest by successfully figuring out what teens and young adults want.
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Deployed GIs Watch Kids' Graduation Online
(AP)
AP - When 17-year-old Reyniza Sherrell was handed her high school diploma, two of her family members watched with admiration — from thousands of miles away. Sherrell's father is deployed in Iraq and her older sister is stationed at an Air Force base in Ramstein, Germany, but both of them were watching live video online of her graduation Friday night in Clarksville.
Civil War-Era Fort Up for Sale on EBay
(AP)
AP - A Civil War-era fort is for sale on eBay. Fort Montgomery, built in 1844, was manned during the war but never saw any action.
MSN Phisher Sentenced to 21 Months
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - In an effort to combat phishing, Microsoft has filed 125 civil lawsuits against phishers to date, and
secured takedowns of more than 2,000 phishing web sites, the company says.
Linksys Launches Wireless VoIP Phones
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The transition from traditional phone services to Internet-based services took another step forward on Thursday with the announcement from Linksys that it has started selling wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phones.
Internet Registry Fights for .XXX Domain
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - It's not just about porn--supporters of .XXX say the decision to reject the domain is an example of the U.S. exerting too much influence over Internet policy.
Virtual Worlds Let Advertisers Mingle
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - Over the weekend, BBC Radio 1 kicked off the U.K. festival season with "The Big Weekend" in Dundee, Scotland, featuring acts like Pink, Snow Patrol and Mylo. But not all fans who caught the show did so in the real world. Instead, the BBC simulcast the concert on an island it created in Second Life, an online virtual world, where fans could listen to the music, mingle, dance, even dive down a mudslide—all with no lines for the bathroom.
Web inventor sees his brainchild ready for big leap
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The World Wide Web is on the cusp of
making its next big leap to become an open environment for
collaboration and its inventor said he has not been so
optimistic in years.
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Time Warner sticking to AOL overhaul: CEO
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Time Warner Inc. is committed to
turning around its AOL Internet business even as the unit loses
customers at a faster than expected pace, the media
conglomerate's chief executive said on Friday.
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