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Security products sold despite freeware
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060917/ap_on_hi_te/free_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20060917/capt.b62a1cce355a4b4f4eea13a6c68a1e97.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=IbyA2WVNShuQGJY0AHcxYA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** August Woerner, an 80-year-old World War II veteran spend lots of time on the Internet, checking his credit report and guarding his personal information June 14, 2006 in Westerly, R.I. For people who fear losing their personal information to online snoopers, perhaps their biggest worry is the computer whiz hacker stealing information about their bank accounts, Social Security numbers or health records. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft gives away a security firewall with its latest operating system. Many high-speed Internet service providers offer free anti-virus protection for subscribers. And several Web sites distribute free toolbars to warn of Web scams.</p><br clear="all"/>
Construction Software Vendor Sues To Block Microsoft's Use Of 'Forefront' Name
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Dexter & Chaney says it's been using that name since 1988, and that Microsoft's recent decision to use the "Forefront" brand for its security software risks confusing Dexter's customers.
Microsoft Readies Keyboards, Mice For Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft plans to release three keyboard and mouse packages designed for Windows Vista.
EU Scrutinizes Microsoft's Office 2007
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The European Union's antitrust agency continues to investigate complaints about Microsoft Office 2007.
For Research On IPTV, Microsoft Turns To Bill Gates
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft turns to its chief for insight into what people will want to watch with developing IPTV technology.
Adobe Snoozes Toward Excellence
(The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - I find Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE - News) extremely boring these days. Sure, the Macromedia acquisition was exciting, and there are still potential threats from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - News), as Mr. Softy pushes its own platforms to rival Adobe's Flash and PDF formats in its new Vista operating system. However, given Vista's delays and the substantial ecosystem that Adobe/Macromedia has built around its digital formats, the House of Gates faces an uphill struggle to gain competitive traction. ...
EU rules out 'friendly settlement' in Microsoft standoff
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060915/bs_afp/euussoftwarecompanycompetitionmicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060915/capt.sge.nrp39.150906114722.photo00.photo.default-435x512.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=jcVehhQ_TYuXn.Rn1wliRg--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, seen here in July 2006, has ruled out a "friendly settlement" with Microsoft in the EU regulator's long-standing fight to force the US company to respect a 2004 antitrust ruling.(AFP/File/Gerard Cerles)" border="0" /></a>AFP - EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has ruled out a "friendly settlement" with Microsoft in the EU regulator's long-standing fight to force the US company to respect a 2004 antitrust ruling.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft works to update Windows Media
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060915/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_windows_media"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060914/capt.sge.nkz50.140906165152.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=RaNC5zQTKlE7C41evy3JkA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Software giant Microsoft unveiled a "Zune" MP3 player and online store to challenge Apple Computer's internationally popular iPod-iTunes personal entertainment duo.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. is scrambling to update its Windows Media software after a hacker released a program that circumvents a safeguard designed to prevent people from freely copying digital movies and songs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Releases Office 2007 Refresh
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Anticipated for weeks by testers, Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh is here.
Microsoft touts wireless connection as iPod killer
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060914/wr_nm/microsoft_zune_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060915/2006_09_14t144617_450x335_us_microsoft_allard.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=qSiw2_lpHrpp6.iOi2MKUA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Microsoft Zune media players are seen in an undated publicity photo. Microsoft Corp. sees expanding the digital music market -- and not necessarily video -- as the priority for its new 'Zune' portable media player, a company executive said on Thursday. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. unveiled on
Thursday its new "Zune" portable media player, hoping its
ability to share music wirelessly can win over consumers
despite its late entry five years after Apple's
market-dominating iPod.</p><br clear="all"/>
RealNetworks, SanDisk to take on iPod
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_hi_te/realnetworks_music_player"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060903/i/r3942284500.jpg?x=130&y=130&sig=46h5LgM5YDganGgD_Ua6Ag--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="A SanDisk Sansa e200-series digital music player. SanDisk Corp. will bring a $100 Sansa c200 player onto the market in October with a capacity of 2 gigabytes, enough to hold about 1,000 songs, the company said on Saturday. REUTERS/SanDisk/Handout" border="0" /></a>AP - RealNetworks Inc. is teaming up with SanDisk Corp. to release a portable music player that more closely links with RealNetworks' Rhapsody online music service, in the latest attempt to take on Apple's iPod and iTunes stronghold.</p><br clear="all"/>
Warner to send videos through YouTube
(AP)
AP - Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to distribute and license its copyrighted songs and other material through online video trendsetter YouTube Inc., marking another significant step in the entertainment industry's migration to the Internet.
Yahoo Inc. defending its Internet turf
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_advertising"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060915/capt.sge.nny84.150906013034.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=N4.WSqYH.hdgkhUkg6Xjxw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Yahoo corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo has intensified the online battle for search engine devotees by releasing a prototype web-based e-mail service with slick online computer applications.(AFP/HO/File/Brian McGuiness)" border="0" /></a>AP - As its rivals create a bigger buzz on the Internet, Yahoo Inc. is hitting television and radio airwaves to remind people that its Web site remains on the cutting edge of technology and culture.</p><br clear="all"/>
Security products sold despite freeware
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060917/ap_on_hi_te/free_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20060917/capt.b62a1cce355a4b4f4eea13a6c68a1e97.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=IbyA2WVNShuQGJY0AHcxYA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** August Woerner, an 80-year-old World War II veteran spend lots of time on the Internet, checking his credit report and guarding his personal information June 14, 2006 in Westerly, R.I. For people who fear losing their personal information to online snoopers, perhaps their biggest worry is the computer whiz hacker stealing information about their bank accounts, Social Security numbers or health records. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft gives away a security firewall with its latest operating system. Many high-speed Internet service providers offer free anti-virus protection for subscribers. And several Web sites distribute free toolbars to warn of Web scams.</p><br clear="all"/>
Which new fall show will fall first?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060917/ap_on_en_tv/tv_first_to_go"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060917/capt.e135bdcc4bf5442489fa1e2a3b37279c.tv_first_to_go_ny111.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=UtR5rLR4bTLFFRfrCfJqjQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This undated photo provided by Fox TV shows cast members from the new Fox series 'Happy Hour,' from left, Lex Medlin , Brooke D'Orsay, Beth Lacke, John Sloan, Nat Faxon and Jamie Denbo. The show debuted Thursday, Sept. 7 . (AP Photo/Fox TV, Kwaku Alston)" border="0" /></a>AP - With a new television season starting Monday, this is the time of year network executives go to sleep with visions of big hits in their heads — and get a reality check when they wake before dawn to check the ratings on their Blackberrys.</p><br clear="all"/>
BEA looks to tap Web 2.0 for Enterprise
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Long a player in the geeky world of enterprise middleware, BEA will soon be diving into a frothy Web 2.0 space as it tries to tap into the genius of Web sites such as del.icio.us, Wikipedia, and YouTube, according to Mark Carges, executive vice president of business interaction at BEA.
Rivals seek to imitate iPod-iTunes success: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/wr_nm/apple_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060918/2006_09_18t040054_450x299_us_apple.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=xuLhJN8kI134ODzNioo9UQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Apple store is seen in this August 25, 2006 file photo. Several rivals of Apple Computer Inc.plan digital music devices to work closely with their own online music services, just as Apple's iPods and iTunes do, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. (Kiyoshi Ota/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Several rivals of Apple Computer Inc.
plan digital music devices to work closely with their own
online music services, just as Apple's iPods and iTunes do, The
Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Symbol Technologies seeks to sell itself: WSJ
(Reuters)
Reuters - Symbol Technologies Inc. , a
maker of bar code and inventory scanning technology, is
auctioning itself, and mobile phone company Motorola Inc.
is the most likely buyer, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Saturday.
Mozilla Patches Firefox, Thunderbird
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Mozilla updates its Firefox browser to fix 7 flaws, including 4 pegged by the open-source developer as critical.
Cognos software goes mobile with BlackBerry launch
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cognos Inc. is preparing to unplug its
business analysis software from the desktop PC and make it
mobile, with plans for its first launch on BlackBerry devices
in early 2007.
BEA looks to tap Web 2.0 for Enterprise
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Long a player in the geeky world of enterprise middleware, BEA will soon be diving into a frothy Web 2.0 space as it tries to tap into the genius of Web sites such as del.icio.us, Wikipedia, and YouTube, according to Mark Carges, executive vice president of business interaction at BEA.
Belgian newspapers win court action against Google
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/wr_nm/media_google_belgium_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060918/2006_09_18t054656_450x300_us_media_google_belgium.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=qvJO9yWJ_yU8._Ps3Da7zw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Google logo is seen in this Sept. 14, 2006 photo. A Belgian court has ordered Google Inc. to stop reproducing articles from French-speaking newspapers in the news section of one of its Belgian websites, a local press organization said. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Belgian court has ordered Google
Inc. to stop reproducing articles from French-speaking
newspapers in the news section of one of its Belgian websites,
a local press organization said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo to begin new advertising campaign
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/wr_nm/media_yahoo_advertising_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060915/capt.f822df6932984df4bb8d7376f801f05d.saints_reggie_bush_investigation_ny162.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=4SgLp.6sfafYiJqnljtagQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Southern California tailback Reggie Bush picks up the Heisman Trophy after being announced as the winner of the award in this Dec. 10, 2005 file photo in New York. New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush and his family appear to have accepted gifts, money and other benefits worth more than $100,000 from two marketing agents while the Heisman Trophy winner was still playing at Southern California, according to a report posted Thursday on Yahoo.com. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. plans a new integrated
marketing campaign in U.S. and overseas markets that includes
television, radio, cinema and online advertising, the Internet
media company said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hong Kong broadcaster wins piracy case in China
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060918/tc_afp/hongkongchinapiracymediainternetjustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060918/capt.sge.ojn83.180906065231.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=D2G5CM976TcVEwulEK2GAg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A woman surfs the web in an Internet cafe in Beijing. A Hong Kong broadcaster has said it won damages from a Chinese web portal for illegally distributing its programmes on the Internet, in what is believed to be the first such piracy case victory in China by an outside claimant.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Hong Kong broadcaster has said it won damages from a Chinese web portal for illegally distributing its programmes on the Internet, in what is believed to be the first such piracy case victory in China by an outside claimant.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rivals seek to imitate iPod-iTunes success: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/wr_nm/apple_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060918/2006_09_18t040054_450x299_us_apple.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=xuLhJN8kI134ODzNioo9UQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Apple store is seen in this August 25, 2006 file photo. Several rivals of Apple Computer Inc.plan digital music devices to work closely with their own online music services, just as Apple's iPods and iTunes do, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. (Kiyoshi Ota/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Several rivals of Apple Computer Inc.
plan digital music devices to work closely with their own
online music services, just as Apple's iPods and iTunes do, The
Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
RealNetworks, SanDisk to take on iPod
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_hi_te/realnetworks_music_player"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060903/i/r3942284500.jpg?x=130&y=130&sig=46h5LgM5YDganGgD_Ua6Ag--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="A SanDisk Sansa e200-series digital music player. SanDisk Corp. will bring a $100 Sansa c200 player onto the market in October with a capacity of 2 gigabytes, enough to hold about 1,000 songs, the company said on Saturday. REUTERS/SanDisk/Handout" border="0" /></a>AP - RealNetworks Inc. is teaming up with SanDisk Corp. to release a portable music player that more closely links with RealNetworks' Rhapsody online music service, in the latest attempt to take on Apple's iPod and iTunes stronghold.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube signs partnership with Warner Music
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/media_nm/youtube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060918/2006_09_18t051220_450x317_us_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=4zq84M3c4Fi10Adl5w1PyQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Madonna performs at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, September 12, 2006. Music videos from artists like Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sean Paul will be legally available for the first time on YouTube, a popular online video sharing site, after signing its first commercial partnership with Warner Music Group. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Music videos from artists like
Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sean Paul will be legally
available for the first time on YouTube, a popular online video
sharing site, after signing its first commercial partnership
with Warner Music Group.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo Inc. defending its Internet turf
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_advertising"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060915/capt.sge.nny84.150906013034.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=N4.WSqYH.hdgkhUkg6Xjxw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Yahoo corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo has intensified the online battle for search engine devotees by releasing a prototype web-based e-mail service with slick online computer applications.(AFP/HO/File/Brian McGuiness)" border="0" /></a>AP - As its rivals create a bigger buzz on the Internet, Yahoo Inc. is hitting television and radio airwaves to remind people that its Web site remains on the cutting edge of technology and culture.</p><br clear="all"/>
Warner to send videos through YouTube
(AP)
AP - Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to distribute and license its copyrighted songs and other material through online video trendsetter YouTube Inc., marking another significant step in the entertainment industry's migration to the Internet.
Batanga, Elatinmusic join forces for Latin site
(Reuters)
Reuters - Latin music Web site Batanga.com and
digital music store Elatinmusic.com have joined forces in an
Internet operation that merges Batanga's considerable traffic
with Elatinmusic's solid digital-sales operation.
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