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Millionaire cosmonaut takes on Microsoft
(Reuters)
Reuters - South African magnate Mark
Shuttleworth has already conquered space. Now he's set his
sights on cyberspace where he hopes to challenge Microsoft.
Microsoft to sell cheaper Xbox in Japan
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_on_hi_te/japan_microsoft_xbox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060908/capt.sge.lmy21.080906155318.photo00.photo.default-364x512.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=BnkNDXM_XTfKCssfzDwklA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="The first Japanese customer to buy US software giant Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console smiles at shop in Tokyo in December 2005. US software giant Microsoft said it will release a cheaper, basic version of its Xbox 360 in Japan on November 2 to boost sluggish sales of the video game console.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Co. is set to release a cheaper, bare-bones version of the Xbox 360 video game console in Japan to boost flagging sales ahead of the arrival of new machines from rivals later in the year.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube: Waiting For The Payoff
(BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - YouTube Inc. is the Internet company to beat these days. Wowed by its meteoric rise -- the 19-month-old site dishes up 100 million daily videos -- startups and giants alike are crowding into the video-sharing market. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT - News) is developing its own service. And this fall, the founders of the Skype (NASDAQ:EBAY - News) and Kazaa services will unleash the Venice Project, a wannabe YouTube killer built on file-sharing technology.
Microsoft to Launch Cheaper Xbox 360 in Japan
(PC World)
PC World - Slightly stripped game console to appear just ahead of Sony's PlayStation 3.
Microsoft Promises To Patch Word 2000 Bug
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft confirms that a bug in Word 2000 could be used to hijack PCs, and said it was working on a patch.
Microsoft Threatens EU With Vista Delay
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - There they go squabbling again: Microsoft and the European Union just can't same to get along. Now, Microsoft is threatening to delay the release of Windows Vista in the Europe,
Microsoft to release cheaper Xbox 360 in Japan
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060908/tc_afp/japanusitsoftwaremicrosoftxboxcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060908/capt.sge.loe58.080906175950.photo00.photo.default-512x421.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=bXzPk_217lFaT_69K85l6g--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Japanese customers smile after buying Xbox 360's from a Tokyo store in December 2005. Microsoft says it will release a cheaper, basic version of its Xbox 360 in Japan on November 2 to boost sluggish sales of the video game console.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US software giant Microsoft says it will release a cheaper, basic version of its Xbox 360 in Japan on November 2 to boost sluggish sales of the video game console here.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to launch cheaper Xbox in Japan: paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060907/tc_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060908/2006_09_07t202137_450x396_us_microsoft_xbox.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=EZnlX_GuFyrlz15xSosABA--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game console is displayed in Tokyo April 6, 2006. Microsoft Corp. plans to release a cheaper version of its Xbox 360 video game console in Japan this autumn to boost sluggish sales in Japan and better compete with rivals Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd., a newspaper said on Friday. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. plans to release
a cheaper version of its Xbox 360 video game console in Japan
this autumn to boost sluggish sales in Japan and better compete
with rivals Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Nintendo Co. Ltd.
(7974.OS), a newspaper said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
European Union Criticized for Action Against Microsoft
(PC World)
PC World - Some EU Parliament members fear Europe won't get Vista OS on time.
Analysts: Microsoft Changes Meaning Of 'Release Candidate'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft is rushing to meet Vista deadlines, and some say their latest Release Candidate looked and felt more like a Beta 3.
Cell phone makers fight resales
(AP)
AP - People moving state to state, armed with cash and tricks to avoid scrutiny, are buying cheap prepaid mobile phones by the thousands with plans to sell them in Latin America and Hong Kong.
Popular Christian books spawn video game
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_on_en_ot/games_left_behind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060910/capt.68da3748f9b0488db478df89bb0e296d.games_left_behind_coea202.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=sfBDYoyic0vXwstCF6VqJg--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Left Behind Games marketing director Greg Bauman explains how 'Left Behind: Eternal Forces' a video game is played during an interview in Denver on July 12, 2006. The video game is based on the best-selling 'Left Behind' book series about the apocalypse. The setting for the game is the streets of New York City. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0" /></a>AP - The streets of New York have never looked so barren.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web site owner gets 7 years for piracy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_on_hi_te/software_piracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060907/2006_09_05t224931_450x301_us_china_premier_piracy.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Yb5Q_TI5lwdlqYCRQlsYxA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A vendor stacks up DVDs in a shop in Nanjing, China, July 20, 2006. China needs more time to deal with copyright piracy as it is a developing country, something the rest of the world should understand, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday. (Sean Yong/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The owner of one of the nation's largest Internet software piracy Web sites has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.</p><br clear="all"/>
12 arrested for prostitution ads on Web
(AP)
AP - Police in Bucks County have charged 12 women after an investigation into prostitutes who allegedly have been advertising on the Web site Craigslist.
Facebook changes after privacy protests
(AP)
AP - Users of the online hangout Facebook revolted and won as the site agreed Friday to let them turn off a new feature that drew privacy complaints because it lets others easily see changes made to their personal profile pages.
Fantasy site 2nd Life exposes user data
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060911/tc_nm/secondlife_security_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060911/2006_09_11t023756_450x339_uk_secondlife_security.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=SHlhh1VgU33QBkvDOF.JUg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Second Life, a three-dimensional software world on the Web inhabited by animated characters that users design for themselves to interact with other participants. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Second Life, the fast-growing online
site where hundreds of thousands of people play out fantasy
lives online, has suffered a computer security breach that
exposed the real-world personal data of its users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell chairman touts video games
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_on_hi_te/dell_game_conference"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060907/capt.e6ad6a6c43a54a49af07946ead2b6656.dell_game_conference_at109.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=_Xs.Kob05kd3kQnnzZb3PA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Dell Inc. chairman Michael Dell responds to a question during a 'fireside chat' at a video game conference Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, in Austin, Texas. His talk comes a month after the computer giant acknowledged a federal probe and recalled millions of faulty laptop batteries. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)" border="0" /></a>AP - A month after being hit by a massive battery recall, Dell Inc. founder and Chairman Michael Dell emphasized the company's — and his own — forays into video games.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vodafone to enter fixed-line broadband market
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060911/wr_nm/telecoms_vodafone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060911/2006_09_11t022128_450x321_uk_telecoms_vodafone.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=_V93kPPbp5J0KkJ1xMye8w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A Vodafone store in London. The mobile phone giant said on Monday it had reached an agreement with BT Group Plc that will enable it to deliver fixed-line broadband services. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mobile phone operator Vodafone Group Plc
confirmed on Monday its plan to enter the cut-throat fixed-line
broadband Internet market via a deal with the wholesale arm of
telecoms firm BT Group Plc.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM prepares open-source systems management initiative for Eclipse
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Cambridge, Mass. -- IBM and other parties are set to propose an open source systems management initiative for consideration by the Eclipse Foundation, with managing SOA a goal of the plan, an IBM official said at the EclipseWorld 2006 conference on Friday.
Video-Game Analytics Track Players' Behavior
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A video game software maker wants to look over your shoulder while you play, and the company is developing software that will monitor and analyze every move you make.
Fantasy site 2nd Life exposes user data
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060911/tc_nm/secondlife_security_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060911/2006_09_11t023756_450x339_uk_secondlife_security.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=SHlhh1VgU33QBkvDOF.JUg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Second Life, a three-dimensional software world on the Web inhabited by animated characters that users design for themselves to interact with other participants. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Second Life, the fast-growing online
site where hundreds of thousands of people play out fantasy
lives online, has suffered a computer security breach that
exposed the real-world personal data of its users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vodafone to enter fixed-line broadband market
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060911/wr_nm/telecoms_vodafone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060911/2006_09_11t022128_450x321_uk_telecoms_vodafone.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=_V93kPPbp5J0KkJ1xMye8w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A Vodafone store in London. The mobile phone giant said on Monday it had reached an agreement with BT Group Plc that will enable it to deliver fixed-line broadband services. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mobile phone operator Vodafone Group Plc
confirmed on Monday its plan to enter the cut-throat fixed-line
broadband Internet market via a deal with the wholesale arm of
telecoms firm BT Group Plc.</p><br clear="all"/>
AOL to stream NBC shows
(Reuters)
Reuters - Time Warner Inc.'s AOL on Monday plans
to announce that it will offer two new NBC programs on its Web
site a week before their broadcast TVpremiere.
Web site offers Pearl Harbor accounts
(AP)
AP - Ansil L. Saunders speaks carefully into the camera, describing the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when he stood on the deck of a ship at the entry to Pearl Harbor.
Amazon.com launches TV, movie service
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_online_video"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060907/capt.9c14b19747a84198b7b112dd42c97065.amazon_com_online_video_watw102.jpg?x=130&y=58&sig=cfVTgj4Ar9HFx6JfUbhb.A--" align="left" height="58" width="130" alt="The movie 'V for Vendetta' and an episode of the television show 'Prison Break' are shown available for download on the homepage of Amazon.com's new video download website, www.unbox.com, as shown Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006 shortly after the site went live. The Seattle-based internet retailer launched a digital video downloading service Thursday, ending months of speculation that the company would be getting into the online TV and movie business. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /></a>AP - Amazon.com Inc. launched a digital video downloading service Thursday, ending months of speculation that the Internet retailer would be getting into the online TV and movie business.</p><br clear="all"/>
Facebook changes after privacy protests
(AP)
AP - Users of the online hangout Facebook revolted and won as the site agreed Friday to let them turn off a new feature that drew privacy complaints because it lets others easily see changes made to their personal profile pages.
Web site owner gets 7 years for piracy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_on_hi_te/software_piracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060907/2006_09_05t224931_450x301_us_china_premier_piracy.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Yb5Q_TI5lwdlqYCRQlsYxA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A vendor stacks up DVDs in a shop in Nanjing, China, July 20, 2006. China needs more time to deal with copyright piracy as it is a developing country, something the rest of the world should understand, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday. (Sean Yong/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The owner of one of the nation's largest Internet software piracy Web sites has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.</p><br clear="all"/>
Profanity concerns prompt CBS to show "9/11" on web
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060910/wr_nm/sept11_cbs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060910/2006_09_09t125954_450x357_us_sept11_cbs.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=r4M.uuMaCBYy.iA8PxSiWw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="People stand in the windows of the burning north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, in this September 11, 2001 file photo. Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, two-thirds of New Yorkers say they are still 'very concerned' about another attack on the city, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released September 6, 2006. (Jeff Christensen/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - CBS Corp. said on Saturday it would
broadcast the documentary "9/11" on the Internet as well as the
airwaves after several affiliates said they would delay or
forgo the award-winning film because it includes profanity.</p><br clear="all"/>
AT&T, Verizon Hit Streets To Promote DSL Service
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - When you're delivering an outdoor advertising message in San Antonio's triple-digit heat, it helps if you bring ice cream.
Xanga To Pay $1 million For Violating Children's Protection Act
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The civil penalty was the largest ever for a Children's Online Privacy Protection Act violation.
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