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Security co. accuses Microsoft of abuse
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_hi_te/eu_symantec_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060927/capt.sge.rrt79.270906220546.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=JjtoZJEhQ56B4lM6UxR_3Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Windows Vista demonstration. Leading computer security firm Symantec warned that users of Microsoft's new 'Vista' operating system could find their options for running anti-virus style software seriously reduced.(AFP/Microsoft-HO/File/Erik S. Lesser)" border="0" /></a>AP - Security vendor Symantec Corp. accused Microsoft on Wednesday of abusing its monopoly in deciding which security products can run on its upcoming operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's Vista 'will reduce security choices': Symantec
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060927/tc_afp/euitinternetcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060927/capt.sge.rrt79.270906220546.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=JjtoZJEhQ56B4lM6UxR_3Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Windows Vista demonstration. Leading computer security firm Symantec warned that users of Microsoft's new 'Vista' operating system could find their options for running anti-virus style software seriously reduced.(AFP/Microsoft-HO/File/Erik S. Lesser)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Leading computer security firm Symantec warned that users of Microsoft's new 'Vista' operating system could find their options for running anti-virus style software seriously reduced.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft sues unknown hacker over digital content
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/wr_nm/microsoft_hacker_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t202622_450x377_us_microsoft_hacker.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=PDRIajI0KTETmQwv7.dSbA--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="A man reads a book near a Microsoft Windows sign at a subway station in Seoul March 27, 2006. Microsoft Corp. has sued an anonymous computer hacker whose free program allows users to copy digital movies and songs by bypassing a software protection built into the company's Media player. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. has sued an
anonymous computer hacker whose free program</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft, Jackson join on Xbox products
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xbox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060927/capt.ffcd07b548b7447ab744360e8bd6e16e.japan_games_console_wars_tok112.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=E4kVo1E4ztD6i3RHfZM1fQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Visitors play Microsoft's Xbox 360 show space during the Tokyo Game Show 2006 in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 22, 2006. Price might be the key weapon in the three-way war of next-generation video-game consoles that's heating up among Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to woo year-end shoppers. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday that it is teaming with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson to create content for its Xbox 360, in part to get more mainstream users interested in the company's video game console.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Accused of Not Sharing PowerPoint Exploit Info
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A security researcher says Microsoft may have withheld information on a new unpatched vulnerability in PowerPoint. It's not the first time Microsoft and security rivals have clashed.
Microsoft unveils Xbox HD-DVD price, games partner
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/tc_nm/media_microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_27t161354_450x295_us_media_microsoft_xbox.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=mD9F.48Na3686ZPUPtFneQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A model holds Microsoft Corp.'s HD DVD player for the Xbox 360 game console during Tokyo Game Show 2006 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 22, 2006. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on
Wednesday announced U.S. and European pricing and availability
for its Xbox 360 HD-DVD player and a new video game partnership
with the Academy Award-winning husband-and-wife creative team
behind "The Lord of the Rings."</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Re-patches Third Aug. Patch
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The same day that Microsoft goes out-of-cycle to issue a fix for a critical flaw in Internet Explorer, it also re-releases a security update that had corrupted data on some users' PCs.
Microsoft Patches IE Browser Flaw
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Although Microsoft usually releases its bug patches once a month, the company has done an out-of-cycle fix for a critical Internet Explorer flaw. Microsoft has noted that it released the patch early because it was concerned of the risk to users.
Microsoft Sues DRM Hackers
(PC World)
PC World - So-called FairUse program breaks copy protection on Windows Media Player.
Microsoft Pledge Is Right
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Opinion: Microsoft's open-source pledge is a good step.
Microsoft unveils Xbox HD-DVD price, games partner
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/tc_nm/media_microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_27t161354_450x295_us_media_microsoft_xbox.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=mD9F.48Na3686ZPUPtFneQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A model holds Microsoft Corp.'s HD DVD player for the Xbox 360 game console during Tokyo Game Show 2006 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 22, 2006. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on
Wednesday announced U.S. and European pricing and availability
for its Xbox 360 HD-DVD player and a new video game partnership
with the Academy Award-winning husband-and-wife creative team
behind "The Lord of the Rings."</p><br clear="all"/>
Softbank unveils 13 new cell phones for year-end
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's Softbank Corp. (9984.T) unveiled
13 new cell phone models for the year-end shopping season on
Thursday, including three made by Sharp Corp. (6753.T) and two
by South Korea's Samsung Electronics (005930.KS).
Nokia says to provide HSDPA modules for Intel
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/tc_nm/nokia_intel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060911/i/r2248823381.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=mrQ9ahaQu68jmUt3lfL3dA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="The Nokia logo in Barcelona in a 2006 photo. The world's top mobile phone maker said on Monday it will cooperate with Motorola on mobile television interoperability and expects more than 50 million DVB-H devices to be sold globally by 2010. REUTERS/Albert Gea" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mobile technology firm Nokia
(NOK1V.HE) said on Thursday it had developed an HSDPA (High
Speed Downlink Packet Access) module for notebook computers
which Intel Corp. will provide to manufacturers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel's Barrett very comfortable with chip lineup
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/tc_nm/intel_barrett_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060927/2006_09_27t161736_450x304_us_intel_barrett.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=IhxO5vricW63qO0ArFq60A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A South Korean stands next to an advertisement board of a personal computer maker using Intel's microprocessors at a showroom in Seoul Feburary 10, 2006. Intel Corp. Chairman Craig Barrett said on Wednesday he felt 'very comfortable' with the company's new generation of chips, aimed at providing a competitive edge as it faces greater rivalry from Advanced Micro Devices. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Intel Corp. Chairman
Craig Barrett said on Wednesday he felt "very comfortable" with
the company's new generation of chips, aimed at providing a
competitive edge as it faces greater rivalry from Advanced
Micro Devices .</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo acquires video-editing site Jumpcut
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/tc_nm/media_jumpcut_yahoo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t225112_450x293_us_media_jumpcut_yahoo.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=wrTNVGy1vlrPCtIrnMWrpg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Yahoo headquarters are seen in an undated publicity photo. Internet media giant Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday it had acquired Jumpcut, a site that provides simple-to-use online video-editing tools, its latest bid to enhance its Web video services offerings. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Internet media giant Yahoo Inc.
said on Wednesday it had acquired Jumpcut, a site that
provides simple-to-use online video-editing tools, its latest
bid to enhance its Web video services offerings.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace may be worth $15 billion
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/wr_nm/media_myspace_valuation_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t202216_450x405_us_media_myspace_valuation.jpg?x=130&y=117&sig=oseUzBm9AJ70vr5zZkWsZA--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. MySpace, the social networking Web site, could be worth around $15 billion (8 billion pounds) within three years, measured in terms of the value created for shareholders of parent company News Corp., a Wall Street media analyst forecast on Wednesday. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MySpace, the social networking
Web site, could be worth around $15 billion within three years,
measured in terms of the value created for shareholders of
parent company News Corp., a Wall Street media analyst forecast
on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
First Look: HP Introduces Media-Centric TV, Network-Attached Storage Drive
(PC World)
PC World - HP's MediaSmart LCD TV and NAS combo delivers media to your living room.
Visto secures $51M in new financing
(AP)
AP - Visto Corp., a major provider of mobile e-mail services but better known for its patent infringement suits against BlackBerry and other rivals, said Wednesday it has raised $51 million in new funding and added AOL's former top executive to the company's board of directors.
Tech Trends Threaten Trade Shows
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - At first, nothing seemed amiss at last month's LinuxWorld trade show in San Francisco.
Take-2 stock defies bad press over games
(AP)
AP - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. is rather battered with regulatory and legal woes, skeptics on Wall Street and critics of its violent video games. But the stock isn't fazed one bit.
Yahoo acquires video-editing site Jumpcut
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/wr_nm/media_jumpcut_yahoo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t225112_450x293_us_media_jumpcut_yahoo.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=wrTNVGy1vlrPCtIrnMWrpg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Yahoo headquarters are seen in an undated publicity photo. Internet media giant Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday it had acquired Jumpcut, a site that provides simple-to-use online video-editing tools, its latest bid to enhance its Web video services offerings. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Internet media giant Yahoo Inc.
said on Wednesday it had acquired Jumpcut, a site that provides
simple-to-use online video-editing tools, its latest bid to
enhance its Web video services offerings.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace may be worth $15 billion
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060928/wr_nm/media_myspace_valuation_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t202216_450x405_us_media_myspace_valuation.jpg?x=130&y=117&sig=oseUzBm9AJ70vr5zZkWsZA--" align="left" height="117" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. MySpace, the social networking Web site, could be worth around $15 billion (8 billion pounds) within three years, measured in terms of the value created for shareholders of parent company News Corp., a Wall Street media analyst forecast on Wednesday. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MySpace, the social networking
Web site, could be worth around $15 billion within three years,
measured in terms of the value created for shareholders of
parent company News Corp., a Wall Street media analyst forecast
on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Study: 107M viewed online video in July
(AP)
AP - More than 100 million Americans, or three out of every five Internet users, viewed video online in July, a new study finds.
China says blogs up 30-fold in 4 years
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_hi_te/techbits_chinese_blogs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060926/i/r507166107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=FC9DAmW5qqHp2FXdm1JgEQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People use computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province September 25, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of Web journals in China has topped 34 million, an increase of more than 30 times from four years ago, Chinese news reports said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Facebook offers more privacy controls
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_hi_te/techbits_facebook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060926/2006_09_26t090257_401x450_us_facebook.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=cV8aGqc0dwidvaB5JVeZYA--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="A sample Facebook home page is seen in an undated handout image. Social-networking Web site Facebook said on Tuesday it has expanded to enable anyone with a valid email address to join the service. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Online hangout Facebook, seeking to avoid a second revolt over privacy, is offering members more controls over their personal profile pages as it relaxes eligibility requirements to join.</p><br clear="all"/>
Libraries face Net access challenges
(AP)
AP - The nation's public libraries have significantly expanded wireless and high-speed Internet access but face budget and space constraints in continuing to meet demand, a new study finds.
Judge says StreamCast liable in lawsuit
(AP)
AP - A federal judge ruled Wednesday against the distributor of the Morpheus online file-sharing software, finding the firm encouraged computer users to share music, movies and other copyright works without permission.
Smith's son dies from lethal drug dose: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060927/en_nm/smith_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060928/2006_09_27t004408_450x302_us_smith.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=7fmJ9GjwGTw4lW3pFom8fg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's attorney, is seen in this handout television grab during an announcement on CNN's Larry King Live that he is the father of Smith's baby daughter September 26, 2006. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Actress and model Anna Nicole
Smith's son, Daniel Smith, died of a lethal combination of
drugs that caused an irregular heart beat, People Magazine
reported on its Web site on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Price Inflation Hits Net Video Advertising
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - Search may have been Web advertising's belle of the ball, but online video is now the new darling. But despite media companies, including the big four networks, moving content online and YouTube feeding a healthy appetite for user-generated clips, advertisers are facing a shortage of usable inventory. The result: Prices for net video ads are being pushed above those seen for TV spots.
Europeans more confident about e-shopping: survey
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060927/tc_afp/euinternetsales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060927/capt.sge.rqo86.270906191323.photo00.photo.default-333x222.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=.7Dnx4U0yq7pNv0CtyI8FQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Recent survey results reveal that European consumers are becoming increasingly confident about shopping online, with half of those with computers at home indulging in a little e-commerce.(AFP/Illustration)" border="0" /></a>AFP - European consumers are becoming increasingly confident about shopping online, with half of those with computers at home indulging in a little e-commerce, according to survey results published.</p><br clear="all"/>
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