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Microsoft's MSN to air live webcasts of concerts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/wr_nm/media_microsoft_controlroom_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_26t211035_450x302_us_media_microsoft_controlroom.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=WJ84i86poQ2rwEsLaZURZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese rock group Rize perform at the start of Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe convention centre in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, July 2, 2005. MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal, said Tuesday it will push to stream live concerts to users after an exclusive partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of Live 8 event. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal,
said on Tuesday it will make a big push to stream live concerts
to its users after signing an exclusive global partnership with
Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of last
year's Live 8 event.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft, Yahoo link their instant messaging systems
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060927/tc_afp/usitinternetmessaging"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060927/capt.sge.rhq98.270906004057.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=awpdBy3ImTYWhNsa7Xrj9g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This handout photo shows Yahoo! corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo and Microsoft announced that they would tear down the wall between their formerly exclusive instant messaging services and allow members to mingle beginning Wednesday.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Yahoo and Microsoft announced that they would tear down the wall between their formerly exclusive instant messaging services and allow members to mingle beginning Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft offers Explorer patch ahead of schedule
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/wr_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_26t211035_450x302_us_media_microsoft_controlroom.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=WJ84i86poQ2rwEsLaZURZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese rock group Rize perform at the start of Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe convention centre in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, July 2, 2005. MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal, said Tuesday it will push to stream live concerts to users after an exclusive partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of Live 8 event. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released
a security patch to fix a "critical" hole in its Internet
Explorer Web browser that the world's biggest software maker
said could allow an attacker to take control of a user's
computer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft puts out fix for Explorer flaw
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_26t211035_450x302_us_media_microsoft_controlroom.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=WJ84i86poQ2rwEsLaZURZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese rock group Rize perform at the start of Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe convention centre in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, July 2, 2005. MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal, said Tuesday it will push to stream live concerts to users after an exclusive partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of Live 8 event. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. rushed out a fix Tuesday for a security flaw in its Internet Explorer Web browser after attackers had begun exploiting the vulnerability to take control of computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft: Vista won't support older Visual Studio versions
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Windows Vista will not support older versions of Visual Studio, a move that will require many developers writing applications for the forthcoming operating system to upgrade to Visual Studio 2005, a Microsoft executive said Tuesday.
Microsoft Offers Early Fix for Critical IE Bug
(PC World)
PC World - Mounting attacks force software giant to release VML patch ahead of its monthly security update.
Microsoft's Out-of-Band IE Patch: A Little Too Late?
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Updated: The company ships an out-of-cycle fix to help thwart a rash of zero-day malware attacks, but some security experts say the bulk of the damage has already been done.
Microsoft spin-off to take on MySpace, Facebook
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/wr_nm/microsoft_wallop_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060926/2006_09_26t103204_450x306_us_microsoft_wallop.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=CucOqJxEwh_L6WGjyllf3w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Wallop.com, taken on September 26, 2006. The Microsoft Corp. spin-off on Tuesday said it will take on Internet social networks MySpace.com and Facebook.com, touting tools users can buy to craft better-looking Web pages. (www.wallop.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Microsoft Corp. spin-off on Tuesday
said it will take on Internet social networks MySpace.com and
Facebook.com, touting tools users can buy to craft
better-looking Web pages.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pressure Mounts on Microsoft to Patch IE Flaw
(PC World)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060926/tc_pcworld/127261"><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>PC World - Recently discovered vulnerability allows hackers to use Web graphics to launch attacks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft plans quick VML security patch
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SEATTLE - Microsoft on Monday said it plans to take the unusual step of issuing a security patch as quickly as possible to stem a newly discovered flaw in its Internet Explorer Web browser that cybercrooks have already begun exploiting to take control of victims' computers.
Microsoft offers Explorer patch ahead of schedule
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/tc_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_26t211035_450x302_us_media_microsoft_controlroom.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=WJ84i86poQ2rwEsLaZURZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese rock group Rize perform at the start of Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe convention centre in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, July 2, 2005. MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal, said Tuesday it will push to stream live concerts to users after an exclusive partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of Live 8 event. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday
released a security patch to fix a "critical" hole in its
Internet Explorer Web browser that the world's biggest software
maker said could allow an attacker to take control of a user's
computer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel plans quad-core chip in late 2006
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_hi_te/intel_developers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060926/capt.ccd608512706419da2ce0e0a8d34cd50.intel_developers_caps112.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=dCGn3uK_G3Al5wkR.wjGVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini talks about Intel's new and future chips at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006. Ontellini emphasized the energy efficiency of his company's latest microprocessors at the chip maker's developer conference. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Intel Corp. plans to begin shipping microprocessors that have four computing engines on a single chip — products that analysts say will help it win back market share from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nokia unveils new media phones, music service
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/tc_nm/nokia_multimedia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_26t102249_450x239_us_nokia_multimedia.jpg?x=130&y=68&sig=kcAxLWTBt44MTheKgHxeFw--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="Nokia's N95 is displayed in an undated file photo. The world's largest cell phone maker, Nokia, unveiled a new all-in-one multimedia phone and a new slimmer model targeting U.S. consumers, at an event to showcase its multimedia devices on Tuesday. (Nokia/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Finland's Nokia (NOK1V.HE),
the world's top cell phone maker, on Tuesday unveiled a pair of
media phones and a music service in a bid to increase revenue
and win back popularity lost to rivals.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's MSN to air live webcasts of concerts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/tc_nm/media_microsoft_controlroom_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060927/i/r1323211700.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=Wm1beZlZhZmZod9Bk.xaZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese rock group Rize perform at the start of Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe convention centre in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, July 2, 2005. MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal, said Tuesday it will push to stream live concerts to users after an exclusive partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of Live 8 event. REUTERS/Toru Hanai" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web
portal, said on Tuesday it will make a big push to stream live
concerts to its users after signing an exclusive global
partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web
broadcast of last year's Live 8 event.</p><br clear="all"/>
Companies tap cell phones for podcasts
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_hi_te/demo_cell_phones_unleashed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060927/capt.008cf19b440a415a87664d2328de8a47.cell_phones_unleashed_cacl107.jpg?x=122&y=130&sig=w5jncZtFejtDpdGgQNEAbw--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="Chris Dury, vice president of Marketing for scanR, explains how their service can enable camera phones to act as a scanner, or fax machine, during a presentation at DEMOfall 2006 Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Chris Park)" border="0" /></a>AP - Many people are just getting used to snapping pictures, listening to music, watching videos, sending text messages and getting e-mails over their cell phones. It turns out the phones can handle much more.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace launches voter-registration drive
(AP)
AP - The youth-heavy online hangout MySpace.com is launching a voter-registration drive to engage its members in civics.
REVIEW: Sony's Reader a step foward
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_sony_reader"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060926/capt.6338fe20cd9f4af79980dd26727bdc52.tech_test_sony_reader_nyol995.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=aFOhnNEGvPLxhIeoYiH3Ig--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="A Sony Reader is shown in New York, Wednesday Tuesday Sept. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>AP - Books have been a bit of the orphan in the digital world. Music has the iPod. Video has YouTube. Books have, well, Amazon.com, where you can buy them printed on paper.</p><br clear="all"/>
RIM observers seek word of Pearl sales in earnings
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/wr_nm/rim_preview_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060926/2006_09_26t145749_289x450_us_rim_preview.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=hg9DhdJ1rrVvCOsOFX2U_g--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Reserach in Motion Ltd.'s Blackberry 'Pearl' is shown in this undated handout photo. RIM reports second-quarter earnings on Thursday and investors and analysts will be keenly watching for word of sales of the new BlackBerry Pearl, the wireless e-mail device the company is hoping will capture a slice of the broader consumer market. (Research in Motion Ltd./Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Research In Motion Ltd. reports
second-quarter earnings on Thursday and investors and analysts
will be keenly watching for word of sales of the new BlackBerry
Pearl, the wireless e-mail device the company is hoping will
capture a slice of the broader consumer market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Red Hat has lower Q2 net, cuts year cash flow estimate
(Reuters)
Reuters - Red Hat Inc. , a provider of
Linux open-source software, on Tuesday reported lower
second-quarter net income and cut its full-year cash flow
forecast, citing the high costs of integrating acquisitions.
Microsoft: Vista won't support older Visual Studio versions
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Windows Vista will not support older versions of Visual Studio, a move that will require many developers writing applications for the forthcoming operating system to upgrade to Visual Studio 2005, a Microsoft executive said Tuesday.
Google Video to feature university lectures
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online video is no longer just
fun and games: You might actually learn something.
Microsoft's MSN to air live webcasts of concerts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/en_nm/media_microsoft_controlroom_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_26t211035_450x302_us_media_microsoft_controlroom.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=WJ84i86poQ2rwEsLaZURZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese rock group Rize perform at the start of Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe convention centre in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, July 2, 2005. MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal, said Tuesday it will push to stream live concerts to users after an exclusive partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of Live 8 event. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal,
said on Tuesday it will make a big push to stream live concerts
to its users after signing an exclusive global partnership with
Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of last
year's Live 8 event.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online 3D map tracks genes at work in mouse brain
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060927/tc_afp/ushealthgeneticsbrain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060927/capt.sge.rhq96.270906004014.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=LMQHVKKy2hYRMAuGo8kJCg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Lab mice. A 3D map tracking genes at work in the mouse brain has been completed and posted online, a boon for researchers studying neurological disorders, the institute founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A 3D map tracking genes at work in the mouse brain has been completed and posted online, a boon for researchers studying neurological disorders, the institute founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced.</p><br clear="all"/>
Warner won't let GOP add causes to bill
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_go_co/congress_immigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060926/capt.cd65e11deb77430b8495837ce5778985.congress_terrorism_dclb104.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=ajubsApHtrPrEMhotfEj4g--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, left, talks with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John Warner, R-Va. after a meeting with Republican senators regarding terrorist detainee legislation, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican leaders in the House and Senate were blocked Tuesday by a senior GOP senator in their efforts to add immigration, handgun and Internet gambling measures to a defense bill.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony to launch Web bookstore, e-book device
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will launch
an electronic book store on the Internet and start selling a
device that displays e-books purchased from the store October
1, after missing an earlier unveiling in the Spring due to
technical reasons.
Microsoft offers Explorer patch ahead of schedule
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060926/wr_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_26t211035_450x302_us_media_microsoft_controlroom.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=WJ84i86poQ2rwEsLaZURZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese rock group Rize perform at the start of Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe convention centre in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, July 2, 2005. MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal, said Tuesday it will push to stream live concerts to users after an exclusive partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of Live 8 event. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released
a security patch to fix a "critical" hole in its Internet
Explorer Web browser that the world's biggest software maker
said could allow an attacker to take control of a user's
computer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online gambling bill hits snags in Congress
(Reuters)
Reuters - Efforts to win U.S. congressional
passage of a bill to ban most forms of Internet gambling by
tacking it onto a must-pass bill hit a roadblock on Tuesday,
but aides said Republican backers were exploring other ways to
make it law.
Microsoft puts out fix for Explorer flaw
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_26t211035_450x302_us_media_microsoft_controlroom.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=WJ84i86poQ2rwEsLaZURZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese rock group Rize perform at the start of Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe convention centre in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, July 2, 2005. MSN, Microsoft Corp.'s Web portal, said Tuesday it will push to stream live concerts to users after an exclusive partnership with Control Room, the company behind the web broadcast of Live 8 event. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. rushed out a fix Tuesday for a security flaw in its Internet Explorer Web browser after attackers had begun exploiting the vulnerability to take control of computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google says ISP resolved access problems
(AP)
AP - Google services were slow or inaccessible to some users of a single Internet service provider Tuesday, the company said.
Spain's Complutense University joins Google free book program
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060926/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060926/capt.sge.rga35.260906184143.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=dnUyUvd9reT6fRWZuQDkrw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Headquarters of the internet search engine company Google in Mountain View, California. Internet juggernaut Google announced that its virtual collection of out-of-copyright books available online would grow to include literary works kept in Spain's largest university library.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet juggernaut Google announced that its virtual collection of out-of-copyright books available online would grow to include literary works kept in Spain's largest university library.</p><br clear="all"/>
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