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Microsoft confirms plans for iPod rival
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060719/capt.dd5a2b693b28437194af2888c9cc4404.earns_apple_caps110.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=KkBSKBDkiAUzu.Yk7Ir3XQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Nessia Frazier listens on a Apple Computer iPod nano at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. Apple Computer Inc. releases third-quarter earnings after bell. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. confirmed Friday it's working on music and entertainment products that are expected to compete with Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular iPod and iTunes music service.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft music player to take on Apple's iPod
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/bs_nm/microsoft_music_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060722/2006_07_21t202024_450x337_us_microsoft_music.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=GBDAvWwN31bM0DPPdNZcdw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks at the Seoul Digital Forum 2006 in Seoul May 25, 2006. Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the 'Zune' brand this year, in a belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod player. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Friday
it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and
accompanying software under the "Zune" brand this year, in a
belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer
Inc.'s iPod player.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Microsoft MP3 player targets Apple's iPod
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060721/tc_afp/afplifestyleusitmusic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060721/capt.sge.svr90.210706223306.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=CSnocxm0KcVAF4M4N1f2.A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft confirmed rumors it planned to launch an "iPod killer," saying its challenge to Apple Computer's dominant MP3 player would hit the market this year.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft confirmed rumors it planned to launch an "iPod killer," saying its challenge to Apple Computer's dominant MP3 player would hit the market this year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Analysts seek Microsoft spending details
(AP)
AP - The demand at Microsoft Corp.'s annual meeting of financial analysts next week won't be so much to "show me the money" as to "show me what you're doing with the money."
Microsoft ready to do the robot
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_robots_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t154913_450x300_us_column_pluggedin_robots.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bNxh5cawa6n2OXvgIwebCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Tandy Trower, general manager of the Microsoft Robotics Group, shows off one of the robots his team works on in Redmond, Washington, July 14, 2006. Picture taken July 14, 2006. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Maybe it's the robotic dog resting in
the corner or the R2-D2 "Star Wars" droid on the floor, but
Tandy Trower's office is not a typical workstation found on the
Microsoft Corp. campus.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Strives to Make Exchange More Like an Appliance
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft is looking at how to make its e-mail, calendaring and messaging product more like those appliances that make migration and operation far more automatic.
Stocks drop as Dell weighs on tech shares
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060722/2006_07_21t105952_450x318_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=h053b0fMJQs.L15ibN.mtA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Dell CEO Kevin Rollins during a news conference in New Delhi, January 30, 2006. Dell on Friday warned that second-quarter profit would fall well below forecasts and revenue would also disappoint, blaming 'aggressive pricing' in a slowing commercial market. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Friday, led by a
drop in technology shares, after a profit warning from personal
computer maker Dell Inc. .</p><br clear="all"/>
Dow closes down 60, Nasdaq closes down 19
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060721/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060719/capt.e006074a1e5b4fddba5960f4b03c21ce.wall_street_nysw101.jpg?x=77&y=130&sig=8ZvyO4aKUcnZnc3agh8GYQ--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, July 19, 2006, in New York. Stocks rallied Wednesday on remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that economic moderation 'now seems to be under way' and that inflation remains contained. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Wall Street wrapped up a volatile week with a down session Friday as conflicting news from the technology sector exacerbated investors' uncertainty about earnings and sent the Nasdaq composite index to its lowest close in 14 months. The major indexes finished the week mixed after swerving sharply session to session.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Predicts Strong Xbox Sales
(PC World)
PC World - Early launch of the Xbox 360 should help the company compete with Sony and Nintendo.
Could Microsoft Beat Google to the Health-Service Punch?
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft is thought to be readying a Windows Live Healthcare service, as well as other new health-focused portal and content wares. Will the Redmond software maker beat Google Health out of the gate?
Microsoft ready to do the robot
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_robots_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t154913_450x300_us_column_pluggedin_robots.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bNxh5cawa6n2OXvgIwebCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Tandy Trower, general manager of the Microsoft Robotics Group, shows off one of the robots his team works on in Redmond, Washington, July 14, 2006. Picture taken July 14, 2006. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Maybe it's the robotic dog resting in
the corner or the R2-D2 "Star Wars" droid on the floor, but
Tandy Trower's office is not a typical workstation found on the
Microsoft Corp. campus.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gadget gear is buzzing; but who's buying?
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/tc_nm/bizfeature_technology_apparel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t121438_320x450_us_bizfeature_technology_apparel.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=kn4oHDk.6C56gwMlO7wm7A--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera demonstrates the 'Nike + iPod Sports Kit' at Niketown in New York, July 13, 2006. (Nike/Ray Stubblebine/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Shoe and clothing makers are in a race
to offer gadget-ready gear, from jackets with iPod controls to
basketball sneakers that pump out digital music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Share of doctors using digital records up a bit
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nearly a quarter of U.S. physicians
used some form of electronic patient record in 2005, a report
said on Friday, as officials try to meet a presidential goal of
having digital health data for every American by 2014.
Toshiba to mass-produce microSD memory cards: paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/tc_nm/japan_toshiba_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t124216_450x323_us_japan_toshiba.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=D0XSpuQvZ317OnSWaOL1Hg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="MicroSD memory cards from Toshiba. The company will begin mass-production of the memory cards, the world's smallest, in September, aiming to take market share amid strong demand for smaller cards, the Nihon Keizai business daily said on Friday. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) will begin
mass-production of microSD memory cards, the world's smallest,
in September, aiming to take market share amid strong demand
for smaller cards, the Nihon Keizai business daily said on
Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Law & Order" video game targets wider audience
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/tc_nm/media_law_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t042403_450x300_us_media_law.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=s6boEP2ULVuRwDuL3DPypA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Actor and TV series star of 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent' Vincent D'Onofrio is shown in New York, in this January 11, 2006 file photo. Legacy Interactive is trying something unusual with its latest game based on 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent.' Consumers are being offered the option to buy it in separate installments from NBC.com as well as from more common sources like Yahoo! Games. (Erin Siegal/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Legacy Interactive is
trying something unusual with its latest game based on "Law &
Order: Criminal Intent."</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft confirms plans for iPod rival
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060719/capt.dd5a2b693b28437194af2888c9cc4404.earns_apple_caps110.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=KkBSKBDkiAUzu.Yk7Ir3XQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Nessia Frazier listens on a Apple Computer iPod nano at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. Apple Computer Inc. releases third-quarter earnings after bell. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. confirmed Friday it's working on music and entertainment products that are expected to compete with Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular iPod and iTunes music service.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Microsoft MP3 player targets Apple's iPod
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060721/tc_afp/afplifestyleusitmusic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060721/capt.sge.svr90.210706223306.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=CSnocxm0KcVAF4M4N1f2.A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft confirmed rumors it planned to launch an "iPod killer," saying its challenge to Apple Computer's dominant MP3 player would hit the market this year.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft confirmed rumors it planned to launch an "iPod killer," saying its challenge to Apple Computer's dominant MP3 player would hit the market this year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vodafone board set for static at AGM
(FT.com)
FT.com - Morley Fund Management, one of the UK's biggest fund managers, will vote against the re-election of most of Vodafone's longstanding directors, including Arun Sarin, its chief executive, at the mobile phone company's annual meeting on Tuesday.
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 music player to take on Apple's iPod
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/bs_nm/microsoft_music_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060722/2006_07_21t202024_450x337_us_microsoft_music.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=GBDAvWwN31bM0DPPdNZcdw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks at the Seoul Digital Forum 2006 in Seoul May 25, 2006. Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the 'Zune' brand this year, in a belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod player. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Friday
it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and
accompanying software under the "Zune" brand this year, in a
belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer
Inc.'s iPod player.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft confirms plans for iPod rival
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060719/capt.dd5a2b693b28437194af2888c9cc4404.earns_apple_caps110.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=KkBSKBDkiAUzu.Yk7Ir3XQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Nessia Frazier listens on a Apple Computer iPod nano at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. Apple Computer Inc. releases third-quarter earnings after bell. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. confirmed Friday it's working on music and entertainment products that are expected to compete with Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular iPod and iTunes music service.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google tool bar seekers tricked into downloading computer virus: security firm
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060721/tc_afp/afplifestyleusit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060721/capt.sge.svu12.210706232750.photo00.photo.default-512x344.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=2PRZuDyE3SlBFthi_F1mBg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Computer hackers built a fake Google Tool Bar website to trick people into downloading a malicious program that could turn machines into "zombies," a US Internet security firm said.(AFP/File/Frederick Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Computer hackers built a fake Google Tool Bar website to trick people into downloading a malicious program that could turn machines into "zombies," a US Internet security firm said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Expert report backs Google efforts to combat fraud
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/wr_nm/google_fraud_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060721/2006_07_21t144134_450x289_us_google_shares.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=WBdIdXVjfUTnwSUke4885g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California, August 18, 2004. Google Inc. put up another quarter of eye-popping growth in revenues, profits and market share gains, but the stock traded sideways on Friday as the results contained few surprises to drive shares higher. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An independent report filed on
Friday in an Arkansas court sided with Google over disgruntled
advertisers who had sued the search engine giant accusing it of
trying to drive up fees through so-called click fraud.</p><br clear="all"/>
Report: Google tries to fight click fraud
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060721/ap_on_hi_te/google_click_fraud"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060720/capt.8acb6d1e39b44661b8c72faade1410bd.earns_google_nybz117.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=QECHYUK4.8O6ssccwEOWZA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="An exterior view of the Google headquarters is seen in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. Google Inc. releases second-quarter earnings after markets close. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. appears to be doing reasonably well protecting advertisers from scam artists preying upon the Internet's largest marketing network, but it remains unclear how much the system is being bilked under a ruse known as click fraud, according to an independent report filed in court Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Carruthers remains in custody on charges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060721/ap_on_hi_te/online_gambling_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060711/capt.sge.pow24.110706220104.photo00.photo.default-512x327.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=Q4s7HOF2cuRqx.Uj_pLlmQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Roulette wheel. The House of Representatives passed legislation aimed at curbing Internet gambling by blocking the use of credit cards and bank transfers for online wagering.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AP - The chief executive of BetOnSports PLC, a major online sports-betting operation, remained in custody Friday on racketeering and conspiracy charges after his lawyer asked that a bail hearing be postponed.</p><br clear="all"/>
BETonSPORTS CEO waives detention hearing
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/pl_nm/leisure_betonsports_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060719/2006_07_18t053639_450x325_us_leisure_betonsports_detention.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=V4WYRx6DvtLJvRAzWNV0bA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="BETonSports Chief Executive David Carruthers in an undated file photo. Carruthers was detained by U.S. authorities while changing planes in Dallas, the company said on Monday. (Vismedia/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online gaming group
BETonSPORTS Chief Executive David Carruthers waived his right
to a detention hearing in federal court on Friday and will
remain in custody.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo Tests Sales of DRM-free Music
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Internet portal Yahoo is experimenting with sales of MP3 music files that have no copyright protection, and in the process issuing a challenge to record labels, in the hopes of drawing more music fans to the company's online record store.
World's Dumbest Internet Criminals, Part II
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Time and time again, criminals with more bad character than brains get caught because they brag about their exploits.
U.S. Struggles to Fight Online Child Porn
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The U.S. has the dubious honor of hosting more online child porn sites than anywhere is the world, according to an international agency that tracks such sites.
MySpace Banner Ad Infects Million Users
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A banner advertisement posted on the MySpace Web site may have infected more than one million users with adware, according to security firm iDefense. The advertisement was included in user profiles on MySpace and could have been operating for about one week.
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