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Microsoft 4Q profit falls but tops views
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060721/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060720/capt.fb93765c3783477eb85c34a157108ba8.earns_microsoft_watw104.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=wYC7bKAsEgjy99RdY5pOIg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Pat Baudisch, a reseacher with Microsoft Research, tosses 'Soap' a prototype hand-held computer pointing device that doesn't require a flat surface, in the air Tuesday, July 18, 2006 during a demonstration of possible future Microsoft Corp. products in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft is scheduled to report earnings on Thursday. Microsoft Corp. is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings after markets close. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /></a>AP - For Microsoft Corp., it was likely a relief to end its fiscal year on a more positive note. After startling investors in the fiscal third quarter when it disclosed plans to seriously boost spending, the company on Thursday topped Wall Street estimates for its fiscal fourth quarter and announced plans to repurchase at least $20 billion worth of shares.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft sets share buyback, lifts 2007 outlook
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/bs_nm/microsoft_earns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_20t163150_450x300_us_microsoft_earns.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=JACAafbtZgGD9GumgxjBdw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in Beijing, May 22, 2006. Microsoft posted a decline in quarterly net profit on Thursday, hurt by production costs for its Xbox 360 game console and a combination of slow growth and increased investment for its Internet business. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday
lifted its full-year earnings outlook on strong demand for its
new Windows operating system and announced plans to buy back as
much as $40 billion of its stock, boosting its share price by 5
percent.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Beats Views; Sales Rise 16%
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Software leader Microsoft late Thursday posted better-than-expected financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and announced two stock buyback programs, sending its stock higher after hours.
Microsoft's 4Q Revenues Jump, But Legal Costs Squeeze Profits
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - SQL Server, Visual Studio, and Dynamics applications drive sales growth. CFO Liddell outlines the company's fiscal 2007 spending plans.
Microsoft 'Principles' Raise Windows Live Fairness Issues
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Experts are looking into how Microsoft plans to compete with Windows Live under the company's recent pledge to compete fairly.
US stocks drop on Intel and data, Microsoft up late
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060720/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060720/2006_07_20t103030_450x295_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=bMkWUlloCUBfxUGMWkJy0w--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Traders crowd a station on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange near the end of the trading session in New York July 19, 2006. U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday as caution before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's second round of congressional testimony offset stronger-than-expected profits from companies such as Apple Computer Inc. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. tech stocks fell on Thursday,
with the Nasdaq dropping nearly 2 percent, as a disappointing
forecast by Intel Corp. , and a weaker-than-expected
business activity report weighed on the market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft profits drop as Internet income flags
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060720/bs_afp/uscompanycomputer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060720/capt.sge.snf44.200706221446.photo00.photo.default-512x392.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=J17cZdWaD4Cc.f3Tb.wjaA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="The troubled Ford Motor Co. is open to alliance talks with other automakers, its chief executive Bill Ford, seen here in January 2006, said.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US computer software titan Microsoft Corp. reported that its fiscal fourth-quarter profits fell 24 percent, partly as income flagged in its Internet and home and entertainment operations.</p><br clear="all"/>
Amnesty Blasts Google, Microsoft, Yahoo
(PC World)
PC World - Calls on all three companies to take positive action on freedom of expression.
Microsoft says 1.8 mln Xbox 360 shipped in Q4
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060720/tc_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_20t163150_450x300_us_microsoft_earns.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=JACAafbtZgGD9GumgxjBdw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in Beijing, May 22, 2006. Microsoft posted a decline in quarterly net profit on Thursday, hurt by production costs for its Xbox 360 game console and a combination of slow growth and increased investment for its Internet business. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday
said it shipped 1.8 million Xbox 360 video game console units
in the fourth quarter, according to a slide presentation on its
Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft warns about a PowerPoint virus
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060720/tc_nm/microsoft_virus_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060720/2006_07_20t150208_450x308_us_microsoft_virus.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=qRFLMgz_8RxEXeWp8SqY8Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Microsoft warned about a new computer virus that exploits a vulnerability in its PowerPoint presentation software to allow hackers to infiltrate computer systems. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. warned about a
new computer virus that exploits a vulnerability in its
PowerPoint presentation software to allow hackers to infiltrate
computer systems.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bush's back rub magnified in cyberspace
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060721/ap_on_en_ot/bush_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060720/capt.a9be9a1c8b0d4316aad826fe9b46a973.bush_youtube_nyet160.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=2JV9ofTHIRdofFv4SDGbAg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="This screenshot downloaded from YouTube shows President Bush giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel an impromptu back rub, on a short, 5-second video and a series of photographs recently posted on YouTube, the video-sharubg Website and various blogs. The images show Bush surprising Merkel at last weekend's G-8 Summit in Moscow, but thanks in part to YouTube that moment of awkwardness has massaged the funnybone of thousands, if not millions. (AP Photo/YouTube)" border="0" /></a>AP - An impromptu back rub that President Bush gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel is now massaging millions of funny bones.</p><br clear="all"/>
Verizon blocks cell phone telemarketer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060720/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_wireless_telemarketers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060717/2006_07_17t160536_450x340_us_telecoms_verizon.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=fffbMZsKodQISbmcPRt8ig--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="The Verizon Communications headquarters in New York, February 14, 2005. Private equity firms are weighing a bid to acquire Verizon's directories business that Verizon plans to separate later this year, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Verizon Wireless has obtained a permanent injunction blocking a Miami telemarketer from making automated calls to its customers, the cellular phone company said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blogger in France sues after being fired
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060720/ap_on_re_eu/france_fired_for_blogging"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060720/capt.sge.sjv51.200706152342.photo01.photo.default-512x360.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=Oder_toGKYyc7DO6K3q5lw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A person looks at a computer screen displaying a blog. Once hailed as the pioneers of citizen journalism, Internet bloggers are, according to a new survey, mostly self-indulgent diarists interested in one topic above all others: themselves.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)" border="0" /></a>AP - The 33-year-old British expat in Paris writes under the pseudonym "La Petite Anglaise" and tells of love affairs, single motherhood and office bloopers with self-deprecating, "Bridget Jones"-style humor.</p><br clear="all"/>
Amnesty: Web companies violating rights
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060720/ap_on_hi_te/china_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060720/capt.bej10407200829.china_internet_bej104.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=EoYXJIPHANLzdnxdjZjhyA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A shop owner uses the Internet at the entrance to his shop in Beijing Thursday July 20, 2006. The man offers Internet access, online chatting and downloads of movies and music for customers at his one-computer Internet bar. Amnesty International accused Yahoo, Microsoft and Google on Thursday of violating human rights principles by cooperating with China's efforts to censor the Web and called on them to lobby for the release of jailed cyber-dissidents. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)" border="0" /></a>AP - Amnesty International accused Yahoo, Microsoft and Google on Thursday of violating human rights principles by cooperating with China's efforts to censor the Web and called on them to lobby for the release of jailed cyber-dissidents.</p><br clear="all"/>
eBay to raise fees for its online stores
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060720/ap_on_hi_te/earns_ebay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060719/capt.c816133f19964866ad29d966e056ecb6.earns_ebay_caps114.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=NOJw9CuD.njDMsVfxXGEmg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="An ebay worker walks by sign at ebay headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. ebay Inc. releases second-quarter earnings after bell. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - It has been clear to investors for some time that eBay Inc. has been losing the luster that turned the online auctioneer into an e-commerce bellwether. Now, CEO Meg Whitman is finally acknowledging things have been off kilter and is hoping to set things right by raising fees on the online stores that had been diverting traffic from eBay's auctions.</p><br clear="all"/>
PartyGaming unconcerned by BETonSPORTS indictment
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/wr_nm/leisure_partygaming_betonsports_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t035749_450x392_us_leisure_partygaming_betonsports.jpg?x=130&y=113&sig=c6h36ZCFMlnkjGeG7CaosA--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="PartyGaming branded poker chips are seen in an undated file photo. Online gaming group PartyGaming said on Friday it was not concerned by the U.S. indictment of rival BETonSPORTS, and might take advantage of the falling share prices that followed. (www.newscast.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online gaming group PartyGaming said on
Friday it was not concerned by the U.S. indictment of rival
BETonSPORTS, and might take advantage of the falling share
prices that followed.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Law & Order" video game targets wider audience
(Reuters)
Reuters - Legacy Interactive is
trying something unusual with its latest game based on "Law &
Order: Criminal Intent."
Cingular Triples Its Second-Quarter Profit And Adds 1.5 Million To Subscriber Base
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Cingular Wireless tripled its second-quarter profit to $540 million as customer disconnects fell to an all-time low.
Linux-Powered Robots From France? Oui!
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A French start-up created to build autonomous, easily programmable, affordable humanoid robots has emerged from stealth mode.
Microsoft sets share buyback, lifts 2007 outlook
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/bs_nm/microsoft_earns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_20t163150_450x300_us_microsoft_earns.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=JACAafbtZgGD9GumgxjBdw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in Beijing, May 22, 2006. Microsoft posted a decline in quarterly net profit on Thursday, hurt by production costs for its Xbox 360 game console and a combination of slow growth and increased investment for its Internet business. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday
lifted its full-year earnings outlook on strong demand for its
new Windows operating system and announced plans to buy back as
much as $40 billion of its stock, boosting its share price by 5
percent.</p><br clear="all"/>
PartyGaming unconcerned by BETonSPORTS indictment
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/wr_nm/leisure_partygaming_betonsports_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t035749_450x392_us_leisure_partygaming_betonsports.jpg?x=130&y=113&sig=c6h36ZCFMlnkjGeG7CaosA--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="PartyGaming branded poker chips are seen in an undated file photo. Online gaming group PartyGaming said on Friday it was not concerned by the U.S. indictment of rival BETonSPORTS, and might take advantage of the falling share prices that followed. (www.newscast.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online gaming group PartyGaming said on
Friday it was not concerned by the U.S. indictment of rival
BETonSPORTS, and might take advantage of the falling share
prices that followed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Frist seeks swift action on Web gambling
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/tc_nm/leisure_gambling_senate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_20t134127_450x298_us_leisure_gambling_senate.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=fUMAZN_WLoU5gUWjzA7yrw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A pair of dice in an undated photo. A bill to ban Internet gambling is facing some opposition in the U.S. Senate and will not come up for a vote before the chamber takes its August recess, an aide to the U.S. Senate majority leader said on Thursday. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A bill to ban Internet gambling
faces opposition in the U.S. Senate, but backers still hope to
win passage of it within a few weeks, a top aide to U.S. Senate
Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Senate backs child molesters database
(AP)
AP - Convicted child molesters would be listed on a national Internet database and would face a felony charge for failing to update their whereabouts under a bill the Senate approved Thursday.
Google profits, revenues rocket
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060721/tc_afp/usitinternetcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060721/capt.sge.snt03.210706021104.photo00.photo.default-348x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=Agc2GVXMsGDhechCwVsPRA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, seen here in April 2006. Internet giant Google reported its second-quarter earnings more than doubled as online advertising revenues rocketed.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet giant Google reported its second-quarter earnings more than doubled as online advertising revenues rocketed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Televisa, Univision grow apart as legal battle climbs
(Reuters)
Reuters - A new suit by Mexican broadcaster
Televisa against its U.S. partner Univision over Internet
rights has pushed the two media giants further apart as their
struggle for supremacy in the Hispanic market heats up.
AOL, Google Offer Aid To The Handicap
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - AOL and Google are testing online services for the handicap.
Bloggers Worldwide Blast India's Ban
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Bloggers in requesting that India's prime minister lift a ban on Web sites and blogs.
High pump prices drive motorists online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060720/wr_nm/energy_gasoline_internet_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060716/capt.sge.rbi50.160706173348.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=Iq7vhq47SNGbbG.toZiVxw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A customer at a Union 76 station prepares to pump gas into his car in San Francisco, California. Soaring fuel costs have so far failed to dampen US enthusiasm for hitting the road in summer.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Internet-savvy Americans planning
their summer road trips are easing the sting of near-record
pump prices by seeking the best fuel deals online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft says 1.8 mln Xbox 360 shipped in Q4
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060720/tc_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_20t163150_450x300_us_microsoft_earns.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=JACAafbtZgGD9GumgxjBdw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in Beijing, May 22, 2006. Microsoft posted a decline in quarterly net profit on Thursday, hurt by production costs for its Xbox 360 game console and a combination of slow growth and increased investment for its Internet business. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday
said it shipped 1.8 million Xbox 360 video game console units
in the fourth quarter, according to a slide presentation on its
Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google 2Q earnings more than double
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060720/ap_on_hi_te/earns_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060721/capt.sge.snt03.210706021104.photo01.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=Z_ETHsUwKj7r36nZecZFeA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Logo of web search engine Google seen behing a computer keyboard. Internet giant Google reported its second-quarter earnings more than doubled as online advertising revenues rocketed.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google's second-quarter profit more than doubled, maintaining the Internet search leader's penchant for topping analysts' high expectations and further underscoring the advantage the company has built over its chief rivals.</p><br clear="all"/>
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