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Microsoft Tests Wi-Fi Management Service
(PC World)
PC World - Windows Live WiFi Center feature tested by Office 2007 beta users this week.
Microsoft to sell stripped-down Windows in S.Korea
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060823/tc_nm/korea_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060823/i/r1149186211.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=9fMAuoxFIHhCY4.jb.kY2Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a news conference in Beijing May 22, 2006. Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it has filed two lawsuits against so-called 'cybersquatters' or 'typosquatters' who use the company's product names to profit illegally from online advertising. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. will release new
versions of its Windows operating system in South Korea on
Thursday to comply with an anti-trust ruling, a company source
said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft and Facebook in ad deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060823/wr_nm/microsoft_facebook_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_23t202451_450x300_us_microsoft_facebook.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=qV58TL_6soll2WPvWS3gMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Visitors to the Microsoft booth watch a demonstration of the Windows Vista operating system at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006. Facebook and Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said the world's largest software maker will become the exclusive provider of banner advertising and sponsored links on the social networking Web site as part of a strategic alliance. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Facebook and Microsoft Corp on
Wednesday said the world's largest software maker will become
the exclusive provider of banner advertising and sponsored
links on the social networking Web site as part of a strategic
alliance.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to launch software in Bolivia
(AP)
AP - Bolivia's president has a new ally in his quest to promote Indian languages — Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft Sues Cybersquatters
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft filed two civil lawsuits against four named defendants who are illegally using the software giant's name to set up sites for personal profit. An additional suit was filed against Dan Brown, of Long Beach, Calif., who registered 85 domain names that aimed at misusing Microsoft's trademarks.
Why Did Microsoft Delay IE Patch?
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Sources say a problem with the way Microsoft's proprietary patch management tools handle compressed files caused the delay in the re-release of a critical browser patch; MS and a security researcher exchange sharp words over the issue of responsible disclosure.
Retailers -- Not Microsoft -- Discounting Xbox 360 In Europe
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - There has been speculation that Microsoft is heavily considering dropping the price of Xbox 360 this Christmas in order to build a larger gap between its next-generation offering and Sony's PlayStation 3. Well, it's already happening.
Critical Flaw Found in IE Patch
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft will re-issue the patch via Windows Update to make sure all users get the fix.
Microsoft Targets Cybersquatters With Suits
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it has filed two lawsuits against so-called "cybersquatters" or "typosquatters" who use the company's product names to profit illegally from online advertising.
S. Korea to get new versions of Windows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060821/capt.xmq10108211119.india_airtel_microsoft_xmq101.jpg?x=130&y=74&sig=lxgiTrqsbcgvrCGwCmlf5w--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="From left, Director Marketing and Communications, Bharti Airtel Ltd., Hemant Sachdev, Chairman Microsoft India, Ravi Venkatesan, President of Bharti Airtel Ltd., Manoj Kohli, amd Regional Director, Mobile and Embedded, Microsoft Asia-Pacific, Japan, Jason Lim hold signs at a press conference to announce a strategic tie-up between Airtel and Microsoft, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 21, 2006. Airtel and Microsoft launched Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 platform that provides an opportunity to all Airtel customers to access corporate e-mail via direct push technology. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it would release new versions of Windows in South Korea this week to comply with an antitrust ruling against the U.S. software company.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple to pay $100 mln to Creative in settlement
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/tc_nm/apple_creative_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_23t174958_450x344_us_apple_creative.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=eCZBkjRwfZZeFiW5gZdL8g--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Chunyiu Fu tries an iPod at the Apple Store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, November 25, 2005. Apple Computer Inc. said it will pay $100 million for a license to use Creative Technology Ltd.'s patented digital music player technology, settling legal disputes between the two companies. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. said on
Wednesday it will pay $100 million to Creative Technology Ltd.
to settle all patent litigation over Apple's popular iPod music
player.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell stops selling Ditty music players
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_hi_te/dell_music_player"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060819/i/r134381139.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=Tr_MxmP9avgZnYn_Klfp.w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Michael Dell, founder and chairman of Dell Inc., holds a news conference in Hong Kong August 18, 2006. REUTERS/Bobby Yip" border="0" /></a>AP - Dell Inc. has quietly pulled the plug on its DJ Ditty music players, less than a year after the world's largest computer maker launched the device to compete with Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod Shuffle.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet addicts halfway house opens in Shanghai
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/tc_nm/china_addicts_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_23t221821_450x305_us_china_addicts.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=Z8XKAC1RqPG1fpqNPZ41DQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Computer screens are seen at an internet cafe in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, April 26, 2006. Mainland China has opened its first halfway house for Internet addicts, offering shell-shocked teenagers counselling, books -- and the use of computers. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mainland China has opened its first
halfway house for Internet addicts, offering shell-shocked
teenagers counselling, books -- and the use of computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Canon to start making its own photo printers
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/tc_nm/canon_printer_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_23t213829_450x317_us_canon_printer.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=jvU82u2vpaUZgIUbZ7l8HQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A salesclerk adjusts a Canon PowerShot digital camera at an appliance store in Tokyo July 27, 2006. Canon Inc., the world's third-biggest printer maker, said on Thursday it would start making its own photo printers, in addition to the models it buys from an outside supplier, to meet rising demand. (Issei Kato/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Canon Inc. (7751.T), the world's
third-biggest printer maker, said on Thursday it would start
making its own photo printers, in addition to the models it
buys from an outside supplier, to meet rising demand.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony shares slide on rating cut
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/tc_nm/sony_ps3_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_24t011024_450x300_us_sony_ps3.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=l8Y1V33Hc4DeVb3wRrvE7w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Sony Playstation 3 video game console is put on display at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles May 11, 2006. Shares in Sony Corp. fell more than 3 percent by early afternoon on Thursday after a Japanese brokerage cut its rating on the electronics maker and its shipment target for the upcoming PlayStation 3 game console. (Sam Mircovich/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Shares in Sony Corp. (6758.T) fell more
than 3 percent by early afternoon on Thursday after a Japanese
brokerage cut its rating on the electronics maker and its
shipment target for the upcoming PlayStation 3 game console.</p><br clear="all"/>
Qwest says not calling for data retention laws
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/pl_nm/telecoms_qwest_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_23t165315_450x311_us_telecoms_qwest.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=hLdaygx2c6AiWizyEuJs0A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Facade of Qwest headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado on May 3, 2005. Qwest Communications International Inc. said on Wednesday that it is not calling for mandatory federal data retention laws. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Telephone and broadband Web provider
Qwest Communications International Inc. on Wednesday denied
that it is calling for federal data retention laws in a
statement responding to a story on news.com Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Investors cheer iPod decision but Creative's woes far from over
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060824/tc_afp/singaporeitcompanypatentstockscreativeapple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060824/capt.sge.gyg90.240806043555.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=H9zRV3T9TRVXgPSqGCzd8g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Logo of US Apple computer group. Investors have cheered Creative Technology's 100 million US dollar settlement from rival Apple Computer but analysts warned the Singapore company's troubles are from over(AFP/File/Joel Saget)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Investors have cheered Creative Technology's 100 million US dollar settlement from rival Apple Computer but analysts warned the Singapore company's troubles are from over.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Tests Wi-Fi Management Service
(PC World)
PC World - Windows Live WiFi Center feature tested by Office 2007 beta users this week.
Microsoft backs Firefox on MSDN Wiki
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In a concession to the open source software paradigm, Microsoft has added support for the Mozilla Firefox browser to its MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) Wiki, company officials are reporting this week.
Microsoft to sell stripped-down Windows in S.Korea
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060823/tc_nm/korea_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060823/i/r1149186211.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=9fMAuoxFIHhCY4.jb.kY2Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a news conference in Beijing May 22, 2006. Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it has filed two lawsuits against so-called 'cybersquatters' or 'typosquatters' who use the company's product names to profit illegally from online advertising. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. will release new
versions of its Windows operating system in South Korea on
Thursday to comply with an anti-trust ruling, a company source
said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Qwest says not calling for data retention laws
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/pl_nm/telecoms_qwest_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_23t165315_450x311_us_telecoms_qwest.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=hLdaygx2c6AiWizyEuJs0A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Facade of Qwest headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado on May 3, 2005. Qwest Communications International Inc. said on Wednesday that it is not calling for mandatory federal data retention laws. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Telephone and broadband Web provider
Qwest Communications International Inc. on Wednesday denied
that it is calling for federal data retention laws in a
statement responding to a story on news.com Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet addicts halfway house opens in Shanghai
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/wr_nm/china_addicts_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_23t221821_450x305_us_china_addicts.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=Z8XKAC1RqPG1fpqNPZ41DQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Computer screens are seen at an internet cafe in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, April 26, 2006. Mainland China has opened its first halfway house for Internet addicts, offering shell-shocked teenagers counselling, books -- and the use of computers. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mainland China has opened its first
halfway house for Internet addicts, offering shell-shocked
teenagers counselling, books -- and the use of computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ed. Dept. offers free credit monitoring
(AP)
AP - The Education Department said Wednesday it would arrange for free credit monitoring for as many as 21,000 student loan borrowers after their personal data appeared on its Web site.
Microsoft and Facebook in ad deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060823/wr_nm/microsoft_facebook_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_23t202451_450x300_us_microsoft_facebook.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=qV58TL_6soll2WPvWS3gMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Visitors to the Microsoft booth watch a demonstration of the Windows Vista operating system at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006. Facebook and Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said the world's largest software maker will become the exclusive provider of banner advertising and sponsored links on the social networking Web site as part of a strategic alliance. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Facebook and Microsoft Corp on
Wednesday said the world's largest software maker will become
the exclusive provider of banner advertising and sponsored
links on the social networking Web site as part of a strategic
alliance.</p><br clear="all"/>
Broadband Abroad: Internet Connectivity Outside of the United States
(PC World)
PC World - PC World editors from around the globe report on how people in their countries connect to the Internet.
Scribe's "Bounty" blurs movie-Web-game lines
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060823/wr_nm/media_games_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060824/2006_08_23t175444_450x302_us_media_games.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=TrwOUTs03xV4L3EqmOasQQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A screen grab of Underground Bounty Hunter's web site. Screenwriter and producer Darryl Quarles didn't fully comprehend how much work would be involved when he came up with 'Underground Bounty Hunter,' an online project that combines movies with video game interactivity. (www.undergroundbountyhunter.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Screenwriter and
producer Darryl Quarles didn't fully comprehend how much work
would be involved when he came up with "Underground Bounty
Hunter," an online project that combines movies with video game
interactivity.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM to acquire Internet Security Systems
(AP)
AP - With revenue growth sluggish at IBM Corp., Big Blue is buying its way to getting bigger. The company's recent acquisition roll continued Wednesday with a deal to spend $1.3 billion in cash for Internet Security Systems Inc., which performs network monitoring and analysis services for companies.
Accidental BBC star inspiration for film
(AP)
AP - The Guy who became an Internet sensation after being thrust into a live BBC interview has struck a deal with a Hollywood film producer.
Gervais unveils 3rd season of audio show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_hi_te/gervais_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060822/capt.60789d00fb7f44c3985e1fedee9246d9.gervais_nyol202.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=02E9q.Pt9aYJIzBHxhpTCg--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="British comedy actor Ricky Gervais arrives at the world premier of the animated film 'Valiant' at a central London cinema, Sunday March 20, 2005. The entertainer and author who created and starred in the original British version of the sitcom 'The Office' on Tuesday launched the third season of his audio comedy program, 'The Ricky Gervais Show.' It's availble on Audible.com(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ricky Gervais — the entertainer and author who created and starred in the original, British version of the sitcom "The Office" — has launched the third season of his audio comedy, "The Ricky Gervais Show."</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM to buy Internet Security for $1.3 billion
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060823/tc_nm/internetsecurity_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060823/2006_08_23t080237_450x289_us_internetsecurity.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=HLgDJWjMVeW9swE.DcDbDQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The IBM headquarters at la Defense in Paris, May 6, 2005. IBM, the world's largest information-technology company, on Wednesday said it agreed to buy Internet Security Systems Inc. for $1.3 billion, continuing an acquisition drive to fuel growth. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - IBM said on Wednesday it agreed
to buy Internet Security Systems Inc. for $1.3 billion
to beef up its product line in the rapidly growing business of
Internet security.</p><br clear="all"/>
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