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Microsoft releases near-final Vista test
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_08_31t184353_450x337_us_microsoft_compensation.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=DTCqQmwhyifce9qSykBR7Q--" 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. No. 1 software maker Microsoft Corp. on Thursday awarded restricted stock worth $951 million, based on its current share price, as performance bonuses to some 900 executives and managers. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. has released a near-final version of its new Windows Vista operating system to a select group of technical experts who are testing the software.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Downplays Malware Warnings
(PC World)
PC World - Despite Window Server vulnerability recently reported, company says there's no cause for alarm.
First Windows Vista Release Candidate Available
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft enters the home stretch for completion of its next-generation OS.
Microsoft Ships Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The latest version of Media Player streams content to Xbox 360, sends content to wired and wireless media receivers and integrates with MTV's Urge online music store.
Microsoft Awards $951 Million In Bonuses
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft has given out 37 million shares to 900 executives; business group leader takes home 22.5 million from the company's first stock giveaway since 2003.
Microsoft Hits Vista RC1
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On Sept. 1, Microsoft began making available for download to the first of an estimated 6 million testers the last public build of its next-generation Windows client. Now it's a race to the finish line.
Microsoft Releases Second Beta of WMP 11
(PC World)
PC World - Media player offers access to more online stores and lets users share content across various devices.
Microsoft Updates Virtual Server 2005
(PC World)
PC World - Beta 2 adds support for AMD's virtualization technology, plus integration with Active Directory.
Microsoft awards executives millions
(AP)
AP - Several high-ranking Microsoft Corp. executives Thursday received millions of dollars in stock awards as part of a compensation program that the company rejiggered several years ago.
Microsoft gives 37 million shares in stock bonuses
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060831/bs_nm/microsoft_compensation_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_08_31t184353_450x337_us_microsoft_compensation.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=DTCqQmwhyifce9qSykBR7Q--" 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. No. 1 software maker Microsoft Corp. on Thursday awarded restricted stock worth $951 million, based on its current share price, as performance bonuses to some 900 executives and managers. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - No. 1 software maker Microsoft Corp.
on Thursday awarded restricted stock worth $951
million, based on its current share price, as performance
bonuses to some 900 executives and managers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sandisk launches 2GB MP3 player
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060903/tc_nm/fair_sandisk_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060903/2006_09_02t234439_450x351_us_fair_sandisk.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=KdU4esKvbp4wC6ydBdBNbA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="The Sandisk Sansa c200 is shown. SanDisk Corp. will bring a $100 MP3 music player onto the market in October with a capacity of 2 gigabytes, enough to hold about 1,000 songs, the company said on Saturday. (SanDisk/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - SanDisk Corp. will bring a $100
MP3 music player onto the market in October with a capacity of
2 gigabytes, enough to hold about 1,000 songs, the company said
on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Voice recognition goes wireless
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060901/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060902/2006_09_01t190354_361x450_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=WMCaaZ2X8WOg7PU0norzCw--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="A BlackBerry 8700g. With a new service launched by network provider Sprint Nextel Corp. on Friday, users can press a button and say the recipient's name and dictate a message of up to 20 words into a Blackberry's receiver. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Zee Tawasha is an unabashed Blackberry
addict, constantly sending urgent e-mails to employees at 30
mobile phone stores he owns across California, Arizona and
Nevada.</p><br clear="all"/>
Baidu.com considers China listing
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060903/tc_nm/china_baidu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060903/2006_09_02t231608_450x300_us_china_baidu.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=PoMnJlw5_sPgIivwDJJanw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chinese construction workers are shown resting near an advertisement for China's largest Internet search provider, Baidu.com in Shanghai in this June 27, 2006 file photo. Baidu.com is considering a domestic listing, a step toward advancing its long-term aim to acquire search engine-related companies, a senior executive said on Saturday. (Nir Elias/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China's Internet search leader
Baidu.com Inc. is considering a domestic listing, a step toward
advancing its long-term aim to acquire search engine-related
companies, a senior executive said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace to sell music from nearly 3 million bands
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060902/tc_nm/media_myspace_songs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060902/2006_09_01t214846_424x450_us_media_myspace_songs.jpg?x=122&y=130&sig=_ubUvAwvXG.nEGspqPEnDw--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="A screenshot of MySpace's music page, taken on September 1, 2006. MySpace, the wildly popular online teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3 million unsigned bands. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MySpace, the wildly popular online
teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into
the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3
million unsigned bands.</p><br clear="all"/>
Carmakers asked to hurry up on plug-in hybrids
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is
asking its 5.1 million customers to petition automakers to
speed up development of plug-in electric-gasoline hybrid
vehicles, California's largest utility said on Friday.
Livedoor exec ready to rebuff charges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_hi_te/japan_internet_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060901/capt.tok10209010703.japan_internet_trial_tok102.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=2Eh5X1tinQFRLQd82OL5OQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Takafumi Horie, center, founder and former president of scandal-tainted Internet startup Livedoor Co., speaks briefly to journalists after stepping out of a Tokyo detention center in this April 27, 2006 file photo. When the trial of Japan's most famous dot-com entrepreneur opens Monday, Sept. 4, 2006, a much wider issue will also be before the court: this nation's troubled shift to a more freewheeling market economy. Horie, 33, who faces charges of securities laws violations in falsifying earnings data to inflate stock prices has repeatedly said he is innocent. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former Japanese Internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie and his defense team are confident he will be cleared of securities laws violation charges, one lawyer said Sunday, a day before the trial is due to begin at a Tokyo court.</p><br clear="all"/>
Like, OMG! MySpace Plans to Sell Music!
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - MySpace, the wildly popular online teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3 million unsigned bands.
Airwaves auction passes $13.75B total
(AP)
AP - T-Mobile USA, a subsidiary of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG, remained the only bidder to exceed $4 billion in the federal airwaves auction that added about $250 million Friday for a total of more than $13.75 billion.
Mozilla Updates Firefox 2.0 Beta
(PC World)
PC World - Second beta version of the upcoming browser features an improved interface, phishing protection.
Microsoft releases near-final Vista test
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060901/2006_08_31t184353_450x337_us_microsoft_compensation.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=DTCqQmwhyifce9qSykBR7Q--" 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. No. 1 software maker Microsoft Corp. on Thursday awarded restricted stock worth $951 million, based on its current share price, as performance bonuses to some 900 executives and managers. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. has released a near-final version of its new Windows Vista operating system to a select group of technical experts who are testing the software.</p><br clear="all"/>
Livedoor exec ready to rebuff charges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_hi_te/japan_internet_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060901/capt.tok10209010703.japan_internet_trial_tok102.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=2Eh5X1tinQFRLQd82OL5OQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Takafumi Horie, center, founder and former president of scandal-tainted Internet startup Livedoor Co., speaks briefly to journalists after stepping out of a Tokyo detention center in this April 27, 2006 file photo. When the trial of Japan's most famous dot-com entrepreneur opens Monday, Sept. 4, 2006, a much wider issue will also be before the court: this nation's troubled shift to a more freewheeling market economy. Horie, 33, who faces charges of securities laws violations in falsifying earnings data to inflate stock prices has repeatedly said he is innocent. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former Japanese Internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie and his defense team are confident he will be cleared of securities laws violation charges, one lawyer said Sunday, a day before the trial is due to begin at a Tokyo court.</p><br clear="all"/>
Baidu.com considers China listing
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060903/wr_nm/china_baidu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060903/2006_09_02t231608_450x300_us_china_baidu.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=PoMnJlw5_sPgIivwDJJanw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chinese construction workers are shown resting near an advertisement for China's largest Internet search provider, Baidu.com in Shanghai in this June 27, 2006 file photo. Baidu.com is considering a domestic listing, a step toward advancing its long-term aim to acquire search engine-related companies, a senior executive said on Saturday. (Nir Elias/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China's Internet search leader
Baidu.com Inc. is considering a domestic listing, a step toward
advancing its long-term aim to acquire search engine-related
companies, a senior executive said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Japan's former Internet icon Horie goes on trial
(Reuters)
Reuters - He once cruised the nightspots of Tokyo
in a Ferrari and enjoyed trips by private jet -- now he prefers
reading or meditating on a quiet mountainside while awaiting
trial.
Like, OMG! MySpace Plans to Sell Music!
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - MySpace, the wildly popular online teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3 million unsigned bands.
Call centre worker in India held over fraud
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060902/tc_afp/indiausoutsourcingtechnologycrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060902/capt.sge.jqx54.020906163025.photo00.photo.default-512x324.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=C65w1yFc5zcbAAUJGjuGIw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Bangalore commuters pass a poster recruiting for call-centre jobs in November 2004. A call centre employee has been arrested in eastern India for allegedly using the credit cards details of US customers to make online purchases.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A call centre employee has been arrested in eastern India for allegedly using the credit cards details of US customers to make online purchases.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace to enable members to sell music
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060902/ap_en_mu/myspace_online_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060902/i/r413854275.jpg?x=122&y=130&sig=2uHTV_nXGECpRMfuSSWKPg--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="A screenshot of MySpace's music page, taken on September 1, 2006. MySpace, the wildly popular online teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3 million unsigned bands. REUTERS/www.myspace.com" border="0" /></a>AP - MySpace.com will soon enable members of the popular online social networking hub to sell downloads of their original music directly through MySpace Web pages, company executives said.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace moves into digital music business
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060902/wr_nm/myspace_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060902/2006_09_01t214846_424x450_us_media_myspace_songs.jpg?x=122&y=130&sig=_ubUvAwvXG.nEGspqPEnDw--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="A screenshot of MySpace's music page, taken on September 1, 2006. MySpace, the wildly popular online teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3 million unsigned bands. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MySpace, the wildly popular online
teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into
the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3
million unsigned bands.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace to sell music from nearly 3 million bands
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060902/wr_nm/media_myspace_songs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060902/2006_09_01t214846_424x450_us_media_myspace_songs.jpg?x=122&y=130&sig=_ubUvAwvXG.nEGspqPEnDw--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="A screenshot of MySpace's music page, taken on September 1, 2006. MySpace, the wildly popular online teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3 million unsigned bands. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MySpace, the wildly popular online
teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into
the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3
million unsigned bands.</p><br clear="all"/>
Samsung to launch online music service
(AP)
AP - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to introduce its own online music service to compete against Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iTunes-iPod franchise and Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Zune music products.
Internet pranksters leave British government red-faced
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060901/tc_afp/britainpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060901/capt.sge.jnj03.010906204421.photo00.photo.default-370x512.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=vKgmHNNEm1AaB_IOcPg0Qw--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Weblogging, techno-savvy Environment Secretary David Miliband, seen here in May 2006, may have thought he was keeping up with modern trends when he put a draft policy on the Internet, but was soon left red-faced when hundreds of pranksters defaced it.(AFP/File/John Thys)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A British government minister may have thought he was keeping up with modern trends when he put a draft policy on the Internet, but was soon left red-faced when hundreds of pranksters defaced it.</p><br clear="all"/>
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