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Microsoft files 20 software lawsuits
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060919/tc_nm/microsoft_lawsuits_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060915/capt.sge.nrp39.150906114722.photo01.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=yWOGBQ9YTF2wjD4e9evhuQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Photo dated March 2006 shows a customer walking past Microsoft Windows XP software at a CompUSA store in San Francisco. 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.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday
announced 20 lawsuits against resellers allegedly engaged in
the distribution of infringing software and software
components.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU's Kroes denies vendetta against Microsoft
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060919/tc_nm/microsoft_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060915/capt.sge.nrp39.150906114722.photo01.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=yWOGBQ9YTF2wjD4e9evhuQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Photo dated March 2006 shows a customer walking past Microsoft Windows XP software at a CompUSA store in San Francisco. 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.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes on
Tuesday rejected an accusation she was pursuing a vendetta
against U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. and
suspected a "coordinated campaign" to discredit her agency.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft launching online video service
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is hoping to tap the explosive popularity of online video sharing by joining startups and major Internet rivals with its own video service.
Microsoft to launch video service to rival YouTube
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. will start testing on
Tuesday an Internet video-sharing service called Soapbox, the
software company's answer to Web sensation YouTube.
Microsoft Tests YouTube Competitor
(PC World)
PC World - Beta of new MSN's video-sharing service called Soapbox available Sept. 19.
Microsoft creates executive role for public sector
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Monday
appointed company executive Ralph Young to the newly created
role of vice president of the software maker's worldwide public
sector business.
Microsoft Lures Another McAfee Security Guru
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Veteran anti-virus researcher Jimmy Kuo is the latest high-profile addition to the software giant's security stable.
More players announce NAC plans
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft and Cisco Systems played the role of proud parents on Sept. 6. But with so many questions about when NAC-NAP, as it’s been called, will be available, and how it will work with non-Windows clients and non-Cisco infrastructure, it’s been hard to figure out what the companies created.
Microsoft's Allchin Tells Developers to Get Ready for Vista
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In an open letter to developers, Jim Allchin tells developers to start preparing now—and to test application compatibility—for Windows Vista.
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"/>
Toshiba to recall Sony laptop batteries
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_hi_te/japan_battery_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20060919/capt.e53a1586f6ca92b31980b249f7687623.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=.0zqzbqmk9SAztLJRHUZLg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Japanese businessmen walk out from the Toshiba center in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Jan. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Toshiba is recalling 340,000 laptop batteries worldwide made by Sony Corp., the latest in a series of problems for the company.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. uploads anti-drug videos to YouTube
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_go_ot/youtube_drug_policy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060919/capt.3a120583740544dcb2bc0b7742fd5d34.youtube_drug_policy_dcev101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HTjMV.KObAbJhHSZCpLY4w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This image from the web site youtube.com, shows an anti-drug public service announcement released by the White House on Monday, Sept. 18, 2006. The Bush administration is taking its fight against illegal drugs to YouTube, the trendy Internet video service. The decision to distribute anti-drug, public service announcements and other videos over YouTube represents the first concerted effort by the U.S. government to influence customers of the popular service, which shows more than 100 million videos per day. (AP Photo/youtube.com)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Bush administration is taking its fight against illegal drugs to YouTube, the trendy Internet video service that already features clips of wacky, drug-induced behavior and step-by-step instructions for growing marijuana plants.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft launching online video service
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is hoping to tap the explosive popularity of online video sharing by joining startups and major Internet rivals with its own video service.
Yodlee introduces bill payment service
(AP)
AP - Yodlee Inc., a company known for its online bill payment and account aggregation tools, on Tuesday was announcing a new service aimed at making it easier for consumers to change from one bill paying provider to another.
Warner announces deal with YouTube
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_warner_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060914/i/r2369804783.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=SZMj1WIifeMjHrHxryeO3g--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="An undated screenshot of YouTube.com. Universal Music Group, the world's biggest record company, is stepping up pressure against popular online sites YouTube and MySpace, accusing them of infringing the copyrights of its artists' music videos. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>AP - A revenue-sharing deal between video startup YouTube Inc. and Warner Music Group Corp. is likely to be the first of a spate of content distribution partnerships between Web sites and music companies, industry officials say.</p><br clear="all"/>
Royal Mail lets customers print stamps at home
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060919/tc_afp/britainpostinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060919/capt.sge.osa66.190906053248.photo00.photo.default-512x331.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=WOxkIdFeBmbc6_1vWGKO3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Picture shows a set of Royal Mail stamps featuring the Beatles. Customers of Britain's postal service will be able to pay for their postage online and print out unique bar codes directly onto envelopes from Tuesday, The Times reported(AFP/Royal Mail/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Customers of Britain's postal service will be able to pay for their postage online and print out unique bar codes directly onto envelopes from Tuesday, The Times reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony battery trouble spreads to Toshiba laptop computers
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060919/tc_afp/japanusitcompanybatteryrecallsonytoshiba"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060919/capt.sge.osr95.190906072815.photo00.photo.default-512x450.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=nF0ePwFU261L21XLHmLoFg--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="A Toshiba notebooA Toshiba notebook. Japanese electronics giant Toshiba is to recall 340,000 laptop computers worldwide due to defective batteries made by rival Sony, which is already facing woes over its batteries(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese electronics giant Toshiba is to recall 340,000 laptop computers worldwide due to defective batteries made by rival Sony, which is already facing woes over its batteries.</p><br clear="all"/>
Airwaves sale grosses $13.9 billion
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/tc_nm/telecoms_wireless_auction_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060919/2006_09_18t163042_300x450_us_telecoms_wireless_auction.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=OatnOtOic.Ra4HZbqxQ.5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A technician looks at a cellular tower in an undated publicity photo. The U.S. sale of airwaves for advanced wireless services grossed a record $13.9 billion when it ended on Monday, and spectrum-hungry U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile USA topped the bidding by offering almost $4.2 billion for 120 licenses. (PRNewsFoto/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. sale of airwaves for
advanced wireless services grossed a record $13.9 billion when
it ended on Monday, and spectrum-hungry wireless carrier
T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless and a group of cable companies
were the highest bidders.</p><br clear="all"/>
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.
Microsoft files 20 software lawsuits
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060919/bs_nm/microsoft_lawsuits_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060915/capt.sge.nrp39.150906114722.photo01.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=yWOGBQ9YTF2wjD4e9evhuQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Photo dated March 2006 shows a customer walking past Microsoft Windows XP software at a CompUSA store in San Francisco. 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.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday
announced 20 lawsuits against resellers allegedly engaged in
the distribution of infringing software and software
components.</p><br clear="all"/>
Royal Mail lets customers print stamps at home
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060919/tc_afp/britainpostinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060919/capt.sge.osa66.190906053248.photo00.photo.default-512x331.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=WOxkIdFeBmbc6_1vWGKO3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Picture shows a set of Royal Mail stamps featuring the Beatles. Customers of Britain's postal service will be able to pay for their postage online and print out unique bar codes directly onto envelopes from Tuesday, The Times reported(AFP/Royal Mail/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Customers of Britain's postal service will be able to pay for their postage online and print out unique bar codes directly onto envelopes from Tuesday, The Times reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft launching online video service
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is hoping to tap the explosive popularity of online video sharing by joining startups and major Internet rivals with its own video service.
Yodlee introduces bill payment service
(AP)
AP - Yodlee Inc., a company known for its online bill payment and account aggregation tools, on Tuesday was announcing a new service aimed at making it easier for consumers to change from one bill paying provider to another.
U.S. uploads anti-drug videos to YouTube
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_go_ot/youtube_drug_policy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060919/capt.3a120583740544dcb2bc0b7742fd5d34.youtube_drug_policy_dcev101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HTjMV.KObAbJhHSZCpLY4w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This image from the web site youtube.com, shows an anti-drug public service announcement released by the White House on Monday, Sept. 18, 2006. The Bush administration is taking its fight against illegal drugs to YouTube, the trendy Internet video service. The decision to distribute anti-drug, public service announcements and other videos over YouTube represents the first concerted effort by the U.S. government to influence customers of the popular service, which shows more than 100 million videos per day. (AP Photo/youtube.com)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Bush administration is taking its fight against illegal drugs to YouTube, the trendy Internet video service that already features clips of wacky, drug-induced behavior and step-by-step instructions for growing marijuana plants.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to launch video service to rival YouTube
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. will start testing on
Tuesday an Internet video-sharing service called Soapbox, the
software company's answer to Web sensation YouTube.
Warner announces deal with YouTube
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_warner_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060914/i/r2369804783.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=SZMj1WIifeMjHrHxryeO3g--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="An undated screenshot of YouTube.com. Universal Music Group, the world's biggest record company, is stepping up pressure against popular online sites YouTube and MySpace, accusing them of infringing the copyrights of its artists' music videos. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>AP - A revenue-sharing deal between video startup YouTube Inc. and Warner Music Group Corp. is likely to be the first of a spate of content distribution partnerships between Web sites and music companies, industry officials say.</p><br clear="all"/>
Napster to explore sale, cites interest
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060919/wr_nm/napster_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060919/2006_09_18t173443_450x343_us_napster.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=5a6uXgPxMufdz_pBNWpK8Q--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="The Napster 'Cat' logo is shown on the floor at a launch event for the Napster online music service October 9, 2003 in New York City. Online music service Napster Inc. said on Monday that, in response to recent third-party interest in strategic partnerships or potentially acquiring the company, it has hired UBS Investment Bank to assist in evaluating strategic alternatives. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Napster Inc. said on Monday it
was considering selling the company or other possible ventures
with outsiders looking to hook up with the once-notorious
online music service.</p><br clear="all"/>
Time Warner to sell AOL Germany business
(AP)
AP - Time Warner Inc. is giving up its foothold in one of the fastest-growing markets for broadband Internet access with a deal to sell AOL Germany's Internet access business to Telecom Italia SpA for about $870 million.
Now Playing on Newspaper Web Sites: Campaign '06 TV Spots
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK With newspapers expanding political coverage on their Web sites this year more than ever before, including wide use of blogs, among the most effective - and entertaining -- uses of their Internet editions have been links to political ads.
Adobe Updates Acrobat Software
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Adobe is providing some new collaboration tools with the release of its Acrobat 8 upgrade. The PDF pioneer also released Acrobat Connect today, a new product line that enables users to conduct Web conferences through online meeting rooms using Flash Player software. Acrobat Connect provides users with a Web address for an online personal meeting room, which can include up to 15 participants, for a fee.
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