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New Security Group Patches Latest IE Flaw
(PC World)
PC World - But Microsoft doesn't recommend users try ZERT's fix for Internet Explorer's VML bug.
New Build of Windows Vista Released
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft released build 5728 to testers, which includes a number of enhancements and changes, including the ability to turn off start up music and general stability and bug fixing.
Microsoft Hints at New Web Software
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - After Microsoft mentioned the possibility of launching Web-based versions of its software in an interview with Reuters, analysts and journalists have set the Internet abuzz.
Microsoft's Security Efforts Noted
(PC World)
PC World - Software giant has clamped down, although experts say there's still room for improvement.
Microsoft mulls free Web-based business software
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060922/tc_nm/microsoft_works_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060922/2006_09_22t100417_450x275_us_microsoft_works.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=xywPci.epOIFF8CiNrPSlw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="An employee works at a Microsoft office in Seoul in this December 7, 2005 file photo. Microsoft said on Thursday it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google Inc. in the business software market. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on
Thursday it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of
its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an
apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google Inc.
in the business software market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo, Microsoft check into Facebook
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Microsoft and Yahoo may be reaching for a piece of the social-network space, following on the heels of News Corp.'s 2005 purchase of MySpace. Facebook has talked separately with Yahoo and Microsoft about selling itself, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed sources. Yahoo and Facebook had no comment.
Microsoft May Offer Free Ad-Supported Office
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google Inc. in the business software market.
Microsoft Outlook 2003 Vulnerable to Critical IE Bug
(PC World)
PC World - Addition of e-mail client makes VML vulnerability more serious.
Microsoft Gives YouTube a Run for Its Money
(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.
Microsoft Readies Critical Internet Explorer Fix
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft confirmed today that it is aware of a security hole in Internet Explorer that allows attackers to hijack a computer through its popular browser, and is now finzlizing a security update.
States offer Web sites to help students
(AP)
AP - With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost. Campus tours, applications, financial aid forms, transcripts, SAT scores, class planning — and that was just the beginning.
Belgium court rejects Google appeal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_on_hi_te/google_news_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060922/i/r931627664.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=vLcPlTK_B3jS0.dBouOijw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are recognized for their efforts at the conclusion of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, September 22, 2006. Former US President Bill Clinton's annual event brings together world leaders from business, government and philanthropy to try to solve world issues. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. lost an appeal Friday of a Belgian court's requirement that the Internet search company publish on its home page the ruling in a recent case it lost.</p><br clear="all"/>
Official sues students over MySpace page
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_on_re_us/myspace_principal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060906/capt.sge.knm45.060906000333.photo00.photo.default-512x367.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=Ido.3a8inVFF3IyVIXfxkA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A woman looks at the MySpace website. MySpace, a website considered the hip place to socialize online, announced it will enable members to sell their music.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AP - A high school assistant principal is suing two students and their parents, alleging the teens set up a Web page on MySpace.com in her name and posted obscene comments and pictures.</p><br clear="all"/>
MTV Networks to acquire Harmonix
(AP)
AP - Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks said Friday it will buy Harmonix Music Systems Inc., a developer of music-themed video games, for $175 million in cash.
Ad assignment goes awry on MySpace.com
(AP)
AP - A university student appears to be responsible for an advertising class assignment that went awry when the teacher's pug was threatened to be killed online, the school said.
Wal-Mart says not trying to fight movie downloads
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060922/wr_nm/media_walmart_studios_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060922/2006_09_22t124536_450x281_us_media_walmart_studios.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=DVPEK2O6SO0sI6pqX4nzvw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Employees move shopping carts as a Wal Mart Supercenter in La Quinta, California, March 3, 2004. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday said it was not trying to dissuade movie studios from working with other forms of distribution, such as Apple Computer Inc.'s download service. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. disputed a
report on Friday saying it was trying to dissuade movie studios
from working with other forms of distribution, such as Apple
Computer Inc.'s iTunes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony investigates notebook fire
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060923/tc_nm/sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060923/2006_09_23t014739_405x450_us_sony.jpg?x=116&y=130&sig=PW1AW37gHdo90975anAeFA--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Visitors walk past a signboard that reads 'Sony Corp's Annual Shareholders' Meeting' at a hotel in Tokyo June 22, 2006. Japanese electronics maker Sony said on Saturday it is investigating a fire incident on a Lenovo laptop PC that reportedly used a Sony-made battery. (Issei Kato/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Japanese electronics maker Sony (6758.T)
said on Saturday it is investigating a fire incident on a
Lenovo (0992.HK) laptop PC that reportedly used a Sony-made
battery.</p><br clear="all"/>
Investors On The Go Find Time For Their Little Phone Screens
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Global mobile trading could be texting a message: The future is now.
Lonelygirl15 Creators Rely On Open Source
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Creators behind the Internet video phenomenon Lonelygirl15 say they rely on open source technology and they are using it to explore bold possibilities in storytelling.
Yahoo campus campout to be creativity festival for hackers
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060922/tc_afp/afplifestyleusit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060922/capt.sge.qct37.220906170258.photo00.photo.default-512x335.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=5Z1TijM0prTaAPRmwDCOBw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A sign is seen in front of the Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Computer software wizards from near and far will camp at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Internet search titan Yahoo next week for an overnight "hack-a-thon" in the spirit of innovation.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Computer software wizards from near and far will camp at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Internet search titan Yahoo next week for an overnight "hack-a-thon" in the spirit of innovation.</p><br clear="all"/>
States offer Web sites to help students
(AP)
AP - With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost. Campus tours, applications, financial aid forms, transcripts, SAT scores, class planning — and that was just the beginning.
Wal-Mart says not trying to fight movie downloads
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060922/wr_nm/media_walmart_studios_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060922/2006_09_22t124536_450x281_us_media_walmart_studios.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=DVPEK2O6SO0sI6pqX4nzvw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Employees move shopping carts as a Wal Mart Supercenter in La Quinta, California, March 3, 2004. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday said it was not trying to dissuade movie studios from working with other forms of distribution, such as Apple Computer Inc.'s download service. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. disputed a
report on Friday saying it was trying to dissuade movie studios
from working with other forms of distribution, such as Apple
Computer Inc.'s iTunes.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Security Group Patches Latest IE Flaw
(PC World)
PC World - But Microsoft doesn't recommend users try ZERT's fix for Internet Explorer's VML bug.
Update: Rise in VML attacks prompt Code Yellow
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The SANS Internet Storm Center on Friday raised its threat level to yellow after observing an increase in the number of Internet-based attempts to exploit a zero-day vulnerability discovered earlier in the week.
New service to mine Internet for financial investing gems
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060922/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060922/capt.sge.qeh29.220906203347.photo00.photo.default-360x216.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=pu3G9QcnCY9Hx6tJXPaK5Q--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Monitor110, an online service set for launch early next year, will perpetually mine the Internet for gems useful to sophisticated financial investors, the company said.(Monitor110)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An online service set for launch early next year will perpetually mine the Internet for gems useful to sophisticated financial investors, the company said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wal-Mart disputes report on movie download deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060922/media_nm/walmart_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060922/capt.sge.qex28.220906232727.photo02.photo.default-395x512.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=7YIFsga.UTPTjrYzNMETpg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Wal-Mart President and CEO H. Lee Scott, Jr. attends a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York. The US retail titan announced an initiative to cut the use of packaging materials by five percent, saying it would have a significant environmental benefit.(AFP/Nicholas Roberts)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday
denied it was not trying to dissuade movie studios from working
with other forms of distribution, such as Apple Computer Inc.'s
iTunes download service.</p><br clear="all"/>
Belgium court rejects Google appeal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_on_hi_te/google_news_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060922/i/r931627664.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=vLcPlTK_B3jS0.dBouOijw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are recognized for their efforts at the conclusion of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, September 22, 2006. Former US President Bill Clinton's annual event brings together world leaders from business, government and philanthropy to try to solve world issues. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. lost an appeal Friday of a Belgian court's requirement that the Internet search company publish on its home page the ruling in a recent case it lost.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo campus campout to be creativity festival for hackers
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060922/tc_afp/afplifestyleusit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060922/capt.sge.qct37.220906170258.photo00.photo.default-512x335.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=5Z1TijM0prTaAPRmwDCOBw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A sign is seen in front of the Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Computer software wizards from near and far will camp at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Internet search titan Yahoo next week for an overnight "hack-a-thon" in the spirit of innovation.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Computer software wizards from near and far will camp at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Internet search titan Yahoo next week for an overnight "hack-a-thon" in the spirit of innovation.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Hints at New Web Software
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - After Microsoft mentioned the possibility of launching Web-based versions of its software in an interview with Reuters, analysts and journalists have set the Internet abuzz.
Microsoft mulls free Web-based business software
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060922/tc_nm/microsoft_works_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060922/2006_09_22t100417_450x275_us_microsoft_works.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=xywPci.epOIFF8CiNrPSlw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="An employee works at a Microsoft office in Seoul in this December 7, 2005 file photo. Microsoft said on Thursday it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google Inc. in the business software market. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on
Thursday it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of
its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an
apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google Inc.
in the business software market.</p><br clear="all"/>
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