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Consultancy to Microsoft lines up EU trust-buster
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060906/bs_nm/microsoft_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060906/2006_09_05t160724_450x273_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=7oNC0_jupWsA_Td07ca72A--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="An iPod is displayed at the Apple Store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, November 25, 2005. Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it sees plenty of room for growth in the digital music player market as the company tries to dislodge the dominant iPod with a device of its own. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A European Commission official chosen
to lead Microsoft's antitrust case has asked to work instead
for a consultancy that has the software firm as a client, the
company and Commission confirmed on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cisco, Microsoft to announce NAC progress
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Cisco Systems and Microsoft will announce progress on a 2-year-old effort to link their separate technologies for network client health screening, commonly known as "network access control," according to sources familiar with the companies' plans. 
Ex-Microsoft Security Strategist Joins Mozilla
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Former Microsoft security strategist Window Snyder is joining the Mozilla Corporation to lead the company's effort to protect its suite of desktop applications.
Microsoft, Nokia have work cut out to rival iPod
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060906/tc_nm/fair_music_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060906/2006_09_05t160724_450x273_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=7oNC0_jupWsA_Td07ca72A--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="An iPod is displayed at the Apple Store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, November 25, 2005. Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it sees plenty of room for growth in the digital music player market as the company tries to dislodge the dominant iPod with a device of its own. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Almost any iPod owner will tell the same
story: they wouldn't swap the iconic device for any
alternative. But the battle is wide open for the hearts -- and
pockets -- of the vast majority who still have no MP3 player.</p><br clear="all"/>
Testers: Vista RC1 Appears Stable
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft seems to be on track to release the next version of Windows on schedule.
Microsoft Sets Vista Pricing, Expands Tester Base
(PC World)
PC World - Tiered pricing for different versions of Vista.
Microsoft: Vista will cost same as XP
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060905/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista_pricing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060905/i/r1679322589.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=Bju00QHLYk8aiugtrSlmZA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="A screenshot of the Windows Vista 'Flip 3D' function. Microsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday U.S. prices for Windows Vista, the long-awaited new version of the operating system that sits on more than 90 percent of the world's personal computers. REUTERS/Microsoft/Handout" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp.'s long-delayed upgrade of its flagship Windows operating system will cost the same as comparable versions of the previous version, Windows XP, the company said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google, Microsoft Blogging Services Driving Web Growth
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The popularity of blogging services, particularly those of Google and Microsoft, just keeps pushing up the number of Web site visitors.
Trojans Fire Zero-day Attack At Microsoft Word
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Attackers are exploiting a new unpatched bug in Microsoft Word 2000, and security experts' warning levels are on the rise.
Microsoft sees room to challenge Apple's iPod
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060905/tc_nm/microsoft_zune_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060906/2006_09_05t160724_450x273_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=7oNC0_jupWsA_Td07ca72A--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="An iPod is displayed at the Apple Store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, November 25, 2005. Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it sees plenty of room for growth in the digital music player market as the company tries to dislodge the dominant iPod with a device of its own. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday
it sees plenty of room for growth in the digital music player
market as the company tries to dislodge Apple Computer Inc.'s
dominant iPod with a device of its own.</p><br clear="all"/>
TiVo offering fantasy football service
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060907/ap_on_en_tv/tivo_fantasy_football"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060906/capt.9950b7665e8c4103a8e87f57448f20c9.colts_giants_football_ny163.jpg?x=129&y=130&sig=joR7.a2WeGLFCrfAqDfCZg--" align="left" height="130" width="129" alt="In this handout photo from Yahoo! Sports, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, left, and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning talk as they host a Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football training camp in this July 18, 2005 photo at the South Street Seaport in New York City. The two brothers open their 2006 NFL season when they play against each other on Sunday night, Sept. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, Yahoo! Sports)" border="0" /></a>AP - A new TiVo Inc. service set to debut Thursday will let some fantasy football fans stay glued to their televisions even while making changes to their team rosters.</p><br clear="all"/>
REVIEW: Frames give new life to photos
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060907/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_digital_frames"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060906/capt.82b9218ddba74e35a92e6d4ccde0c1a5.tech_test_digital_frames_sddl101.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=CG1RgKpfjjnmd2mVkcBTEg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="From left, the Parrot Photo Viewer, the Ceiva Digital Photo Receiver and the 7-inch Digial Photo Display from Philips are shown in this photo taken Friday, Sept. 1, 2006, in Sioux Falls, S.D. The devices allow digital photographers to display their images away from their computers. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)" border="0" /></a>AP - Photographers looking to spruce up their desks, mantels and coffee tables with their favorite digital snapshots have a more high-tech, albeit pricey, option to printing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple updates iMacs with new Intel chip
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_hi_te/apple_imacs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060906/i/r967605591.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=7XERXkE8_6CqQj.sZnJEnQ--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Apple Computer Inc.'s Intel-powered desktop computer, the iMac, is shown in this January 10, 2006 handout. The company on Wednesday said its entire line of iMac computers would feature Intel Core 2 Duo processors, speeding up the performance of the personal computers. REUTERS/Apple/Handout" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday updated its iMac line with Intel Corp.'s latest microprocessors.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wired News lets users write wiki article
(AP)
AP - Wired News readers are getting a chance to shape the news: For an article about wiki collaboration software, anyone may contribute using, what else?, a wiki.
PlayStation 3's European release delayed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_sony_playstation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060906/capt.tok12009061355.japan_sony_playstation_tok120.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=wc39mJ4gZdcyiSmL9t3YjA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A reporter uses his mobile phone to take photos of mock-up models of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s next-generation video-game machine PlayStation 3 shown at a the company's strategy event in Tokyo, in this July 21, 2005 file photo. Sony's upgrade video-game console PlayStation 3 will be delayed until March in Europe, but will go on sale in November as planned in the United States and Japan, the executive in charge of the project said Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006. (AP Photo/ Katsumi Kasahara, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The release of Sony's PlayStation 3 will be delayed in Europe until March because of problems with producing a key component, the executive in charge of the project said Wednesday. The much-awaited update to the popular game console will go on sale in November in the United States and Japan as planned, but fewer units will be available for the launch dates.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple, Amazon silent about reports of online movie services
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060907/tc_afp/afpentertainmentus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060907/capt.sge.kxm79.070906042114.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=oG25rB9.BHzdPh4HmU_b2g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Logo of US Apple computer group. IPod-maker Apple and Internet retailer Amazon remained mum regarding reports that each was poised to launch online movie services.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)" border="0" /></a>AFP - IPod-maker Apple and Internet retailer Amazon remained mum regarding reports that each was poised to launch online movie services.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gore's "Truth" DVD boasts earth-friendly package
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mother Nature won't be
harmed when former Vice President Al Gore's hit global-warming
documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" comes out on DVD November
21.
Ericsson sees growth in GSM: CEO
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ericsson (ERICb.ST), the top global
mobile telecoms equipment maker, said on Thursday it expects
growth of about 5 percent for the world's biggest mobile
standard, GSM, and its successor, WCDMA, in 2006.
IBM extending tech support to raw Eclipse platform
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - IBM Rational on Thursday is announcing plans to provide technical support for the Eclipse open source tools platform, thus giving customers a single point of contact for both open source and IBM's commercial technologies for software development.
Consultancy to Microsoft lines up EU trust-buster
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060906/bs_nm/microsoft_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060906/2006_09_05t160724_450x273_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=7oNC0_jupWsA_Td07ca72A--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="An iPod is displayed at the Apple Store on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, November 25, 2005. Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it sees plenty of room for growth in the digital music player market as the company tries to dislodge the dominant iPod with a device of its own. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A European Commission official chosen
to lead Microsoft's antitrust case has asked to work instead
for a consultancy that has the software firm as a client, the
company and Commission confirmed on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple, Amazon silent about reports of online movie services
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060907/tc_afp/afpentertainmentus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060907/capt.sge.kxm79.070906042114.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=oG25rB9.BHzdPh4HmU_b2g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Logo of US Apple computer group. IPod-maker Apple and Internet retailer Amazon remained mum regarding reports that each was poised to launch online movie services.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)" border="0" /></a>AFP - IPod-maker Apple and Internet retailer Amazon remained mum regarding reports that each was poised to launch online movie services.</p><br clear="all"/>
Met announces plan to simulcast opera
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060907/ap_en_mu/opera_simulcasts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060906/capt.1d11f38aa60b46b99bbfcc11076dffde.music_classical_fall_preview_nyet354.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=4L1X7ri0FAWhw5_6RGXx7w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb discusses the future of the Met from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, in this Feb. 13, 2006, file photo. Gelb took over at the Met on Aug. 1 from Joseph Volpe, who retired after 16 seasons, and the former record company executive is promising innovation on stage and off. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams/FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Metropolitan Opera is vastly expanding its broadcast presence, transmitting six live performances to movie theaters in North America and Europe this season and broadcasting more than 100 live over the Internet or on digital radio.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cell co. to woman: Bring a young person
(AP)
AP - Some people just don't understand the Internet. At least that was the explanation given by Carphone Warehouse, Europe's largest mobile phone retailer, after representatives told an elderly woman to return to the store with another family member before signing her contract for Talk Talk, the company's broadband Internet service.
Bertelsmann settles Napster case with Vivendi
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060906/tc_nm/media_bmg_napster_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060906/2006_09_06t105738_450x343_us_media_bmg_napster.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=0nzLtBdsBXuzbMeQdft0iA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="The Napster 'Cat' logo is shown on the floor at a launch event for Napster online music service October 9, 2003 in New York City. German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG said on Wednesday it had settled litigation related to file-sharing service Napster. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG
said on Wednesday it had settled litigation related
to file-sharing service Napster.</p><br clear="all"/>
EMI signs download deal with SpiralFrog
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_hi_te/britain_emi_spiralfrog"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060906/2006_09_06t054131_450x299_us_spiralfrog.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=NzwvHRC145jd0B9rZni6Tg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Singer Nelly Furtado performs with Timbaland in Toronto, June 18, 2006. SpiralFrog said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with EMI to authorize SpiralFrog's use of EMI's music catalog for legal downloading. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - British recording company EMI Group PLC said Wednesday it signed an agreement with SpiralFrog, an ad-supported music downloading Web site, to provide U.S. Internet users with free access to the world's largest music catalog.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google launches news archive going back centuries
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060906/tc_afp/usitinternetcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060906/capt.sge.kvt09.060906202351.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=_uQGY5KHOMM0J5mg4xT1og--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="The Google sign outside its headquarters in Mountain View, California in June 2005. Internet giant Google Inc., is expected to announce that it will offer a free archive service enabling Internet users to search for printed articles back to the 1700s.(AFP/File/Nichlas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet giant Google Inc. launched a free news archive service enabling Internet users to search for printed articles back to the 1700s.</p><br clear="all"/>
SpiralFrog in deal with EMI Music
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060906/wr_nm/spiralfrog_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060906/2006_09_06t054131_450x299_us_spiralfrog.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=NzwvHRC145jd0B9rZni6Tg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Singer Nelly Furtado performs with Timbaland in Toronto, June 18, 2006. SpiralFrog said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with EMI to authorize SpiralFrog's use of EMI's music catalog for legal downloading. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - SpiralFrog, a new online music
service, said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement to offer
free downloads of EMI's music catalog in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>
Arctic Monkeys win Mercury music prize
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_en_mu/music_mercury_prize"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060906/capt.4654ad5904644271bfbdb5e44a5e74fe.britain_mercury_prize_lon803.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=9B6mH1iSfYWjrisRkBKK4g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Matt Helders, right , the drummer of the Arctic Monkeys, holds the award after the band were named winners of the Nationwide Mercury Prize 2006, at Grosvenor House, central London, Tuesday Sept. 5, 2006. Jamie Cook, guitarist, is at left, and Alex Turner, lead singer and guitarist, is in the middle. Infectious rockers the Arctic Monkeys released Britain's fastest selling debut album after building a cult internet following. (AP Photo / Joel Ryan, pa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Infectious rockers the Arctic Monkeys — who released Britain's fastest-selling debut album after building a cult Internet following — have won the prestigious Mercury music prize, beating a diverse field of musicians.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Offers Access to News Archives
(PC World)
PC World - New service lets surfers search through 200 years worth of printed news reports.
Apple Rumored to Launch Movie Download Service
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Now that Apple has conquered the online music arena with iTunes and its iPod, is it ready to do the same for movies?
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