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Microsoft testing video sharing website
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060919/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060920/capt.sge.pba82.200906005045.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=dhi7ATUZcFIjiBD1YKzx5Q--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. US computer software colossus Microsoft was testing a video-sharing service that would go head-to-head with the hip and popular YouTube website.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US computer software colossus Microsoft was testing a video-sharing service that would go head-to-head with the hip and popular YouTube website.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hands On: Microsoft's Soapbox Video-Sharing Service
(PC World)
PC World - The beta release of this YouTube competitor is easy to use, but lags in content.
Microsoft Unveils YouTube-Like Video Service
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As part of its MSN Video offering, Microsoft has launched the beta release of Soapbox, a video service similar to the popular YouTube.com site that lets users upload their own videos. Soapbox will be available through MSN's existing video site, and will also be integrated with the company's other online services, including Windows Live Spaces and Windows Live Messenger.
EU antitrust czar denies Microsoft feud
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060919/2006_09_19t033804_450x295_us_microsoft_lawsuits.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=GZLO_94Xga5He7_AdF3Cfg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Chinese visitors walk past the Microsoft booth at the China International Software Expo 2005 in Beijing, June 15, 2005. Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced 20 lawsuits against resellers allegedly engaged in the distribution of infringing software and software components. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The European Union's antitrust chief said Tuesday she had no personal feud with Microsoft Corp. despite an ongoing legal fight between her office and the software company.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spyware, Bots, Rootkits Flooding Through Unpatched IE Hole
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The latest zero-day flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is being used to dump a massive collection of bots, Trojan downloaders, spyware and rootkits on infected Windows machines.
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/nm/20060919/2006_09_19t080820_450x312_us_microsoft_eu.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=sqACNuWRrwOAdc1KtTHlvw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes addresses a news conference in Brussels, July 12, 2006. Kroes on Tuesday rejected an accusation she was pursuing a vendetta against U.S. software giant Microsoft and said she suspected a 'coordinated campaign' to discredit her agency. (Thierry Roge/Reuters)" 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 and said she
suspected a "coordinated campaign" to discredit her agency.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Files 20 Lawsuits to Counter Piracy
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The suits, which were filed in nine states, target resellers that the company claims sold illegal versions of Windows and Office.
Microsoft Files Suits Versus 20 Resellers
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced 20 lawsuits against resellers allegedly engaged in the distribution of infringing software and software components.
Microsoft Soapbox Takes on YouTube
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft's newest limited beta service is the new Soapbox, which lets users upload, search, and view user-generated video content.
Microsoft files 20 software lawsuits
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060919/bs_nm/microsoft_lawsuits_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060919/2006_09_19t090613_450x383_us_microsoft_lawsuits.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=ODO_yaomcU1T7RuTJAVx_A--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Microsoft software products at a shop in Seoul in a file photo. The company on Tuesday announced 20 lawsuits against resellers allegedly engaged in the distribution of infringing software and software components. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" 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"/>
Toshiba recalls Sony laptop batteries
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060920/ap_on_hi_te/japan_toshiba_battery_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060919/capt.sge.ous57.190906111201.photo00.photo.default-512x450.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=LyYhcnwA9gvai5._5iEG2w--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="A model holds up a 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>AP - Toshiba is recalling 340,000 laptop batteries made by Sony Corp. because of problems with recharging them, the latest in a string of embarrassing defects and production glitches for Sony.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gonzales wants Internet records saved
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/internet_records_gonzales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060919/capt.3ed4caeb401e4f01938fff3870b8ee65.congress_terrorism_gonzales_dcmc107.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=h54ezc9_kK48CBOL1XN72w--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Attorney General Alberto Gonzales speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, in Washington. Gonzales said Tuesday that the Bush administration was continuing to work with Congress to reach some compromise 'to protect America, but in a way to show we are not retreating from the Geneva Conventions.' (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet providers to preserve customer records, asserting that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography.</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_hi_te/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 White House is distributing government-produced, anti-drug videos on YouTube, the trendy Internet service that features clips of wacky, drug-induced behavior and step-by-step instructions for growing marijuana plants.</p><br clear="all"/>
Search service proposed for `.travel'
(AP)
AP - Operators of the ".travel" domain name are proposing a new search service to help guide people who mistype Web addresses or seek nonexistent ones, reviving a debate over how much control such organizations should have in directing Internet traffic.
Disney sells films through iTunes store
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_hi_te/disney_online_movies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060913/i/r3039351338.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=ooN4Iusc3f.id2K1C4Llrg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Apple Corporation CEO Steve Jobs introduces full-length, high resolution Walt Disney company movie downloads from the iTunes Web site to the crowd at an Apple media event at Yerba Buena Center of the Arts theater in San Francisco, California, September 12, 2006. REUTERS/Dino Vournas" border="0" /></a>AP - The Walt Disney Co. has sold 125,000 digital copies of films through Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes store in less than a week, generating $1 million, Disney chief executive Robert Iger said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hackers building 'botnet' with AOL instant messaging worm
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060920/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060920/capt.sge.pbb06.200906005259.photo00.photo.default-360x252.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=j4RmI9BUU.ffWxpaa1yNBQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Hackers using computer worms sneakily implanted via America Online (AOL) instant messages were building a potentially evil "botnet," a Silicon Valley Internet security firm said.(FaceTime)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hackers using computer worms sneakily implanted via America Online (AOL) instant messages were building a potentially evil "botnet," a Silicon Valley Internet security firm said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Disney media player for kids to sell for holidays
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Walt Disney Co. said on
Tuesday its holiday products would include a personal digital
media player for kids called the Mix Max as a follow up to its
successful MP3 player.
Column: Schools crack down on cellphones
(AP)
AP - Alabama was lifting the cell phone ban for its public schools just as New York City was implementing a crackdown.
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.
Oracle profit tops Wall Street forecasts, shares up
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060920/bs_nm/oracle_earns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060920/2006_09_19t162553_450x330_us_oracle_earns.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=JH6YmoTtv2vHioMOyw1gNg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison is seen in an undated handout photo. Business software maker Oracle Corp. posted an increased quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by sales of new licenses for applications that drove revenue higher. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oracle Corp. posted a
quarterly profit on Tuesday that topped Wall Street estimates
as new business software license revenue rose, sending its
shares up 13 percent to their highest in four years.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gonzales wants Internet records saved
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060920/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/internet_records_gonzales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060919/capt.3ed4caeb401e4f01938fff3870b8ee65.congress_terrorism_gonzales_dcmc107.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=h54ezc9_kK48CBOL1XN72w--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Attorney General Alberto Gonzales speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, in Washington. Gonzales said Tuesday that the Bush administration was continuing to work with Congress to reach some compromise 'to protect America, but in a way to show we are not retreating from the Geneva Conventions.' (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet providers to preserve customer records, asserting that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hackers building 'botnet' with AOL instant messaging worm
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060920/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060920/capt.sge.pbb06.200906005259.photo00.photo.default-360x252.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=j4RmI9BUU.ffWxpaa1yNBQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Hackers using computer worms sneakily implanted via America Online (AOL) instant messages were building a potentially evil "botnet," a Silicon Valley Internet security firm said.(FaceTime)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hackers using computer worms sneakily implanted via America Online (AOL) instant messages were building a potentially evil "botnet," a Silicon Valley Internet security firm said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Punctuation author collects examples on Web site
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060920/wr_nm/truss_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060920/2006_09_19t220543_450x443_us_truss.jpg?x=130&y=128&sig=pQlwaekBi3DLqiXZ_vAhyg--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="A screen grab of www.lynnetruss.com. 'Goats Cheese Salad ... tomatoes, onions, goats, cheese.' A misplaced comma in the list of ingredients gives diners a totally different dish -- and gives writer Lynne Truss new ammunition in her campaign for the proper use of punctuation. (www.lynnetruss.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Goats Cheese Salad ...
tomatoes, onions, goats, cheese."</p><br clear="all"/>
Big media touts Internet plans even as Yahoo slips
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060920/media_nm/media_internet_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060920/2006_09_19t201642_450x329_us_media_internet.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=77tP8iwH8WYExeNOtVcXMQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Conference attendees use wireless computers during a trade show in Atlanta, Georgia March 24, 2004. Investors could be forgiven for wondering if they had stepped into the wrong conference on Tuesday -- old media executives talked up digital strategies even as Internet media leader Yahoo warned of an unforeseen advertising shortfall. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Investors could be forgiven for
wondering if they had stepped into the wrong conference on
Tuesday -- old media executives talked up digital strategies
even as Internet media leader Yahoo warned of an unforeseen
advertising shortfall.</p><br clear="all"/>
Search service proposed for `.travel'
(AP)
AP - Operators of the ".travel" domain name are proposing a new search service to help guide people who mistype Web addresses or seek nonexistent ones, reviving a debate over how much control such organizations should have in directing Internet traffic.
Google enhances document search service for businesses
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060919/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060919/capt.sge.pag43.190906203407.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=iJQF3J4Hky5vfrmwskXhBA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Headquarters of the internet search engine company Google in Mountain View, California. Google released enhanced search tools that let companies sift through as many as 30 million documents kept on networks or websites.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google released enhanced search tools that let companies sift through as many as 30 million documents kept on networks or websites.</p><br clear="all"/>
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_hi_te/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 White House is distributing government-produced, anti-drug videos on YouTube, the trendy Internet service that features clips of wacky, drug-induced behavior and step-by-step instructions for growing marijuana plants.</p><br clear="all"/>
Disney CEO touts new iTunes movie downloads
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060919/wr_nm/media_disney_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060920/2006_09_19t173642_450x319_us_media_disney.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=1_n_nDaaxUbPCyVjt3xtbw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Robert Iger, president of The Walt Disney Company, is seen in Anaheim, California June 24, 2006. Iger on Tuesday said the company sold 125,000 movie downloads worth $1 million in revenue through Apple Computer Inc's iTunes online music store in the first week Disney movies were offered. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Walt Disney Chief Executive Robert
Iger on Tuesday said the company sold 125,000 movie downloads
worth $1 million in revenue through Apple Computer Inc's iTunes
online music store in the first week Disney movies were
offered.</p><br clear="all"/>
Disney sells films through iTunes store
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_en_bu/disney_online_movies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060913/i/r3039351338.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=ooN4Iusc3f.id2K1C4Llrg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Apple Corporation CEO Steve Jobs introduces full-length, high resolution Walt Disney company movie downloads from the iTunes Web site to the crowd at an Apple media event at Yerba Buena Center of the Arts theater in San Francisco, California, September 12, 2006. REUTERS/Dino Vournas" border="0" /></a>AP - The Walt Disney Co. has sold 125,000 digital copies of films through Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes store in less than a week, generating $1 million, Disney chief executive Robert Iger said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
AOL gains more new customers after going free
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060919/wr_nm/media_timewarner_aol_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060919/2006_09_19t144154_450x336_us_media_timewarner_aol.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=_tHxQO3Qg_N7agCqjhwDRQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="An undated screenshot of AOL's Phoneline Alert. Time Warner Inc. on Tuesday said a strategy to offer most of online unit AOL's services for free was making faster-than-expected progress in attracting new Internet users and cutting costs. (AOL/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Time Warner Inc. on Tuesday said a
strategy to offer most of online unit AOL's services for free
was making faster-than-expected progress in attracting new
Internet users and cutting costs.</p><br clear="all"/>
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