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Microsoft Readies Windows Live Marketplace
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - 'Agora,' the soon-to-be-unveiled one-stop shop for Windows Live services, is expected to take its cues from Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace. Expect some kind of 'points' system, plus third-party and/or user-developed services to be part of the new site.
Toshiba to build Microsoft challenge to iPod MP3 players
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060826/tc_afp/afplifestyleusjapanit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060826/capt.sge.hqt17.260806160345.photo00.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=K.5og5tz.H7miDTPaGFX0g--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Microsoft co-founder shadow falls on the company logo during a press conference. Microsoft's challenge to Apple's reigning iPod MP3 players will be built by Toshiba and allow people to "DJ" by wirelessly sharing music, US regulatory agency filings showed.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft's challenge to Apple's reigning iPod MP3 players will be built by Toshiba and allow people to "DJ" by wirelessly sharing music, US regulatory agency filings showed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft unveils Incan version of Windows
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft launched a
version of its software in the Incan language of Quechua on
Friday, boosting Bolivian President Evo Morales' quest to
promote Bolivia's native tongues.
Microsoft 'Clarifies' 32-bit Vista HD Playback Issue
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft tries to clear up a report in an Australian magazine that the 32-bit version of Windows Vista would not have high-definition playback.
Microsoft Says Toshiba To Make Zune Media Player
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The device will come with a 3-inch liquid crystal display screen, a 30 Gbyte hard disk drive, and wireless connectivity, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission.
Toshiba to make Zune media player: Microsoft
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060825/tc_nm/microsoft_toshiba_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060826/2006_08_25t173722_450x320_us_microsoft_toshiba.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=XpZuIudWDyK1FEMa8wcEPg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Toshiba Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Atsutoshi Nishida speaks at a news conference in Tokyo May 11, 2006. Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that Toshiba Corp. will manufacture its upcoming 'Zune' portable media player, the software giant's answer to Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod. (Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Friday
that Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) will
manufacture its upcoming "Zune" portable media player, the
software giant's answer to Apple Computer Inc.'s
market-leading iPod.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft unveils Inca Windows patch
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_hi_te/bolivia_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060825/i/r3066047275.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=q3WyRXHsRJ32P4t2vJDC.A--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A Bolivian indigenous woman walks past a poster for the first edition of Microsoft Windows released in Quechua, the language of the Incas and their descendants, in Sucre August 25, 2006. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Just click "Qallariy" to begin. The word — pronounced "KAH-lyah-ree" — replaces "Start" on Microsoft Windows' familiar taskbar in a new Quechua translation of the program, which got its Bolivian debut Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Toshiba to create Microsoft music gadget
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060826/2006_08_25t173722_450x320_us_microsoft_toshiba.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=XpZuIudWDyK1FEMa8wcEPg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Toshiba Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Atsutoshi Nishida speaks at a news conference in Tokyo May 11, 2006. Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that Toshiba Corp. will manufacture its upcoming 'Zune' portable media player, the software giant's answer to Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod. (Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp.'s answer to Apple's iPod will be built by Toshiba Corp., the software company confirmed Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Unhappy With Release Of 'Office' Training Video
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft is apparently not seeing the humor in a training video that was made to look like an episode of the popular British comedy "The Office."
Microsoft Delivers Vista 'Pre-RC1' To Testers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft starts distributing the newest build of Windows Vista to a select circle of testers.
Google, eBay form advertising alliance
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_on_hi_te/google_ebay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060823/i/r662926298.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=LsgWmbYQn.xisTJgGaTFfQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A laptop screen shows the homepage of Google.cn. June 8, 2006. Google Inc., the world's biggest Internet search engine, said on Wednesday it is opening the Japanese-language version of its email service to anyone who wants to sign up. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0" /></a>AP - In a deal between two of the Internet's most prominent properties, Google Inc. will begin selling advertising on Web auction leader eBay and help buyers quickly ring an online merchant to do business.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google releasing package for the office
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060827/ap_on_hi_te/google_business_applications"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060828/2006_08_27t195416_357x450_us_google_apps.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=tnzvBj1lgIGmr65xOTQYjA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="The Google booth at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 4, 2006. Google Inc. is making its most concerted move beyond search and advertising into the business software market, starting with a set of Web programs for e-mail, scheduling and communications, the company said on Sunday. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gmail is headed for the office — officially.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web site chronicles N.Y. conversations
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060827/ap_on_hi_te/overheard_in_new_york"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060824/i/r1833946836.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=mDySM67x4P38Nvee7Wj9IQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Empire State Building glows orange amidst the skyline of New York as it is seen at sunset across the Hudson River from Union City, New Jersey, August 23, 2006. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a city of 8 million people, someone's always saying something strange. And, odds are, someone is around to hear it. Like the guy on the D train who said: "Yeah, it ain't safe for kids to go missing these days." Or the woman on her cell phone in Bryant Park who noted: "Quite frankly, I'd rather be pole dancing." And that's the clean stuff.</p><br clear="all"/>
EMC on expansion tear
(AP)
AP - Dennis Hoffman has his suit jacket off and a blue marker in hand, ready to sketch his view of the massive transformation at EMC Corp. He begins by writing "CIO."
Patent fight rattles academic computing
(AP)
AP - Every day, millions of students taking online college courses act in much the same way as their bricks-and-mortar counterparts. After logging on, they move from course to course and do things like submit work in virtual drop boxes and view posted grades — all from a program running on a PC.
Google expands into business software market
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/wr_nm/google_apps_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060828/2006_08_28t010955_450x321_us_google_apps.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=qQ7rt1IDbwfLDtT7SWt3hA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="An employee rides toward the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, August 18, 2004. Google is making a concerted move beyond search and advertising into the business software market, starting with a set of Web programs for e-mail, scheduling and communications, it said on Sunday. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. is making a concerted
move beyond search and advertising into the business software
market, starting with a set of Web programs for e-mail,
scheduling and communications, it said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Readies Windows Live Marketplace
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - 'Agora,' the soon-to-be-unveiled one-stop shop for Windows Live services, is expected to take its cues from Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace. Expect some kind of 'points' system, plus third-party and/or user-developed services to be part of the new site.
Finn takes gold at mobile phone throwing contest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Anyone wanting to throw
away their mobile phone can do it in style and may even win a
medal -- at the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship,
Finland's latest contribution to offbeat athleticism.
Ubuntu Users Stranded After Bungled Update
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - An update to the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution this week left some users without a way to launch the usual graphical interface and stranded them with just a command line to run their computer.
Microsoft unveils Incan version of Windows
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft launched a
version of its software in the Incan language of Quechua on
Friday, boosting Bolivian President Evo Morales' quest to
promote Bolivia's native tongues.
Google wins eBay's non-U.S. ads and e-commerce tie
(Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc will supply eBay Inc
with Web search advertising outside the United States, and the
two will join forces on "click-to-call" ads that link online
shoppers to customer service operators, the companies said on
Monday.
Google, eBay form advertising alliance
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_on_hi_te/google_ebay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060823/i/r662926298.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=LsgWmbYQn.xisTJgGaTFfQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A laptop screen shows the homepage of Google.cn. June 8, 2006. Google Inc., the world's biggest Internet search engine, said on Wednesday it is opening the Japanese-language version of its email service to anyone who wants to sign up. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0" /></a>AP - In a deal between two of the Internet's most prominent properties, Google Inc. will begin selling advertising on Web auction leader eBay and help buyers quickly ring an online merchant to do business.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google expands into business software market
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/wr_nm/google_apps_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060828/2006_08_28t010955_450x321_us_google_apps.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=qQ7rt1IDbwfLDtT7SWt3hA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="An employee rides toward the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, August 18, 2004. Google is making a concerted move beyond search and advertising into the business software market, starting with a set of Web programs for e-mail, scheduling and communications, it said on Sunday. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. is making a concerted
move beyond search and advertising into the business software
market, starting with a set of Web programs for e-mail,
scheduling and communications, it said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gore wants TV to welcome more users Internet-style
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/pl_nm/media_gore_tv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060828/2006_08_28t022038_450x319_us_media_gore_tv.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=3RmG4o7xuvKTqfvd1mje7Q--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Former Vice President Al Gore at the Jeddah Economic Forum, February 12, 2006. Although the Internet is a democratizing force, television is still the most influential form of media and citizens ought to have more control over its programming, Gore said on Sunday. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Although the Internet is a
democratizing force, television is still the most influential
form of media and citizens ought to have more control over its
programming, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web site chronicles N.Y. conversations
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060827/ap_on_hi_te/overheard_in_new_york"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060824/i/r1833946836.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=mDySM67x4P38Nvee7Wj9IQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Empire State Building glows orange amidst the skyline of New York as it is seen at sunset across the Hudson River from Union City, New Jersey, August 23, 2006. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a city of 8 million people, someone's always saying something strange. And, odds are, someone is around to hear it. Like the guy on the D train who said: "Yeah, it ain't safe for kids to go missing these days." Or the woman on her cell phone in Bryant Park who noted: "Quite frankly, I'd rather be pole dancing." And that's the clean stuff.</p><br clear="all"/>
Patent fight rattles academic computing
(AP)
AP - Every day, millions of students taking online college courses act in much the same way as their bricks-and-mortar counterparts. After logging on, they move from course to course and do things like submit work in virtual drop boxes and view posted grades — all from a program running on a PC.
Canadian regulators probe online broker scams
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian regulators are looking into an
apparent financial scam in which hackers cleaned out online
brokerage accounts and used the money to buy over-the-counter
penny stocks.
BellSouth to eliminate DSL service fee
(AP)
AP - Under pressure from the Federal Communications Commission, BellSouth Corp. said Friday that it will stop collecting a $2.97 per month regulatory fee from its high-speed Internet customers.
Travel Industry Casts Wider Net
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The travel industry continues its shift toward Internet-based and broadband networks.
CNN.com to replay 9/11 attacks coverage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_hi_te/attacks_cnn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060823/capt.3d8c15f4422d429a8b25de1864ffdaf3.flight_93__paks101.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=5kXotJVr4xQWmJDimmrgmw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A visitor to the temporary memorial near the crash site of United Flight 93 looks over one of the tributes in Shanksville, Pa. as the fifth anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 approaches on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)" border="0" /></a>AP - CNN will mark the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by replaying on the Internet the cable network's coverage of that day's events.</p><br clear="all"/>
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