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McCann, Microsoft Partner On Digital Media Workflow Platform
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - McCann Worldgroup says it is working with Microsoft to create a platform to satisfy the increasing appetite for digital media and need for tighter collaboration worldwide.
Microsoft Upgrades Windows Live Local
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Those who want to send driving directions to friends or colleagues over the Internet have a new tool at their disposal.
Microsoft expands local search into U.K.
(AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. is expanding its local, photo-based search service into the United Kingdom, and adding traffic information for the U.S. service.
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Microsoft to license infoUSA database
(AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to license infoUSA Inc.'s business listings database to beef up the software company's online local search offerings, the companies said Wednesday.
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Microsoft Advises Switching Word to 'Safe Mode'
(PC World)
PC World - The inconvenience is necessary to protect against the latest Trojan horse, company says.
World Bank, Microsoft marketing prepaid computers
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The World Bank's private sector arm
and Microsoft Corp. are borrowing from the prepaid cellular
phone marketing success to see if they can fund sales of
personal computers in developing countries, officials said on
Wednesday.
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Symantec Suit Against Microsoft Symbolizes Security Shift
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Several years of negotiations over Microsoft's right to use Symantec's Volume Manager software boiled over last week when Symantec filed a lawsuit that threatens to keep Microsoft from further developing and distributing Vista and Longhorn.
NEC, Microsoft strengthen strategic alliance
(AFP)
 AFP - Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp and US software giant Microsoft Corp have agreed to broaden their strategic partnership in computer servers and to share patents.
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Now Ballmer Says Vista Could Slip
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's recent messages on Vista's shipping schedule can only be described as mixed.
Alcatel and Microsoft Build New IPTV Alliances
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As online TV struggles to get off the ground, Alcatel and Microsoft are continuing to put the pieces together for an Internet-based television service, inking agreements with I.T. giants IBM and HP that will provide servers and storage capabilities designed for broad-based Internet TV deployments.
Honda says brain waves control robot
(AP)
 AP - In a step toward linking a person's thoughts to machines, Japanese automaker Honda said it has developed a technology that uses brain signals to control a robot's very simple moves.
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2 teens charged with MySpace.com extortion
(AP)
 AP - Two New York teenagers were in police custody Wednesday facing illegal computer access and attempted extortion charges after they allegedly threatened to shake down the popular Web site MySpace.com unless its operators paid them $150,000, prosecutors said.
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Video game raises Venezuela lawmakers' ire
(AP)
 AP - A U.S. company's video game simulating an invasion of Venezuela is supposed to hit the shelves next year, but it's already raising the ire of lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez.
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TiVo to launch Guru Guides for TV shows
(AP)
 AP - The borders of traditional media are continuing to blur as digital video recorder pioneer TiVo Inc. has recruited editors from magazines to make their imprint on television viewing.
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Microsoft expands local search into U.K.
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is expanding its local, photo-based search service into the United Kingdom, and adding traffic information for the U.S. service.
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Web retailer sells downloads for musicians
(AP)
AP - A new Web site is trying a different twist on digital music sales by selling songs that consumers can purchase stripped of musical parts such as drums, keyboards, guitar or bass guitar.
Review: Games make comeback on Nintendo DS
(AP)
 AP - Two defining video games from the 1980s are back for the Nintendo DS handheld. "New Super Mario Bros." and "Tetris DS" are updated versions of classic games aimed at giving 21st century players a fresh dose of retro, old-school goodness.
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Cable & Wireless misses forecast after difficult year
(FT.com)
FT.com - Cable & Wireless, the alternative telecoms group, missed consensus forecasts for its full year results but raised its dividend by 18 per cent saying that there was improved visibility in the medium term outlook.
Linux Leader Red Hat Sees Brazil Heating Up
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Linux seller Red Hat on Wednesday said it's bought two local outposts of its biggest South American distributor to cash in on an emerging market it says is ripe for open-source software.
Nintendo annual profit down
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Nintendo Co. Ltd. posted a 19
percent fall in annual operating profit on Thursday, hit by
slowing demand for its GameCube and Game Boy Advance machines,
but it expects a healthy recovery this year on its upcoming
console, Wii, and hot-selling DS portable players.
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2 teens charged with MySpace.com extortion
(AP)
AP - Two New York teenagers were in police custody Wednesday facing illegal computer access and attempted extortion charges after they allegedly threatened to shake down the popular Web site MySpace.com unless its operators paid them $150,000, prosecutors said.
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Web retailer sells downloads for musicians
(AP)
AP - A new Web site is trying a different twist on digital music sales by selling songs that consumers can purchase stripped of musical parts such as drums, keyboards, guitar or bass guitar.
Nevada lawmaker rips Energy Dept. cartoon
(AP)
AP - Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev. is no fan of Yucca Mountain John. She tried Wednesday to stop the Energy Department from using the cartoon character on a department Web site designed to inform children about nuclear waste.
Microsoft Upgrades Windows Live Local
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Those who want to send driving directions to friends or colleagues over the Internet have a new tool at their disposal.
Microsoft to license infoUSA database
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to license infoUSA Inc.'s business listings database to beef up the software company's online local search offerings, the companies said Wednesday.
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W3C: Redesigning the Internet
(PC World)
PC World - Researchers say semantic Web will determine the future of the Internet.
Search Champ Google Loses To Rivals In Portal Services
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Google is the champion in online search, but the company falls far behind Yahoo and other rivals in popular portal services, such as Web mail, news and finance.
Data Security Could Be Potent November Election Issue
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Fewer than 1 in 5 of the 1,150 U.S. adults surveyed believed that existing laws can protect them from fraud, identity theft, and other crimes on the Internet.
Toys "R" Us to relaunch Web sites
(Reuters)
Reuters - Retailer Toys "R" Us Inc. said on
Wednesday that it intends to relaunch its Toysrus.com and
Babiesrus.com Web sites with new appearances in July.
Review: Kayak best travel search engine
(AP)
 AP - Summer's almost here. It's time for my annual ritual of dreaming of all the places I wish I could go: Seattle, Sydney, Paris. Thanks to the Internet, I can search for a flight to paradise from my windowless office, even if I lack the cash and the time to take the trips.
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