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Breakthrough Analysis: Enterprise Search: Time To Get Serious
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The rise of Google, Yahoo and specialized search providers has radically altered our perception of information access, yet enterprise search implementations haven't kept up with the transformation in the consumer world. Plenty of vendors are developing breakthroughs, but the missing player has been Microsoft, and many believe progress in enterprise search is being held hostage by long and unwieldy upgrade cycles for systems including Windows, Office and SharePoint. Look beyond quick fixes and bring search into your strategic information management strategy.
Podcasters Plea For Microsoft's Ear
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Podcasters want little more love from Microsoft. More specifically, they want a podcast aggregator in the next Microsoft Vista and they want podcast-friendly features hard-wired into Zune.
IE 7 May Impact E-tailers' Sales
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A Web services firm is predicting online holiday sales trouble if Microsoft goes ahead and pushed Internet Explorer 7 to users with its Auto Updates mechanism.
HP Agrees To Include Yahoo Services In New PCs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Hewlett-Packard has agreed to include Yahoo search and other online services in consumer desktops and notebooks that ship with Microsoft's upcoming Internet Explorer 7 Web browser
Microsoft Steers Firefox Users Wrong On XP SP1
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft incorrectly flags users running Mozilla's Firefox browser that they need to update when they visit the Windows Web site.
Analyst Sees 'Modest Success' for Zune
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_on_hi_te/apple_microsoft_analyst_note"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060928/capt.f73e457ad112474286ca398dae8eff06.microsoft_music_waet109.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=jzVWRadxKL6aNNeOHwdJLg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="A Microsoft portable Zune media player is shown during a demonstration of the device, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft Corp.'s effort to compete against Apple's iPod juggernaut will focus on the idea that people want to be able to easily share music with friends and others. The software maker said Thursday that its portable Zune media player, scheduled to be available around the holiday season in the United States, will include wireless technology to let people share some of their favorite songs, playlists or pictures with other Zune users who are close by. The device comes in black, brown and white. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. will likely lose money on its new music player, Zune, against Apple Computer Inc.'s "industry-leading iPod profitability," an American Technology Research analyst said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Symantec Cries Foul over Windows Vista
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Security software vendor Symantec claimed this week that Microsoft is withholding information about its new Vista operating system in an attempt to create an unfair advantage for its own security software.
Microsoft To Patch Newest IE Flaw
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft has confirmed a new, unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer, and promised to fix the problem with an update on Oct. 10.
Vista Update: Microsoft Releases an RC1 Interim Build
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The company released build 5728 of Windows Vista to certain Vista beta testers.
Study: Microsoft Anti-Phishing Uses Best Bait
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A comparison of eight anti-phishing technologies places Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 ahead of similar tools from companies including eBay and McAfee, which have been marketing anti-malware applications for years.
Latest MP3 players come equipped with songs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/tc_nm/mp3_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061002/2006_10_02t033600_331x450_us_mp3.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=_IMWacFbCHH_pAJn.RsmCg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Microsoft's Zune media player is shown for the first time to the media in Redmond, Washington September 14, 2006. The 30-gigabyte player, which will go on sale this holiday season, features wireless technology, a built-in FM radio and a 3-inch screen that can play both music and videos. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Customers picking up the latest
MP3 players this fall are getting much more than just a device.
Increasingly, they're getting free music as well.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo allows outsiders to innovate on Yahoo e-mail
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060930/tc_nm/yahoo_email_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061001/2006_09_30t024152_428x450_us_yahoo_email.jpg?x=123&y=130&sig=EXlsQ6Cne7A6ljk0hivA.g--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="The Yahoo home page is seen in an undated publicity image. Yahoo Inc. has agreed to a deal with Hewlett-Packard Co. to have Yahoo search and other services appear on HP personal computers sold in the United States and Europe, the company said on Thursday. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. is
set to allow outsiders to create new services using the world's
most popular consumer e-mail program, in the broadest move the
Web has yet seen to enlist independent programmers to build a
company's products for it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Iranian video game offers chance to blow up U.S. tanker
(Reuters)
Reuters - A new Iranian computer game sets players
the task of blowing up a U.S. tanker in the Gulf to block the
sea route for much of the world's oil supplies, a newspaper
reported on Saturday.
Car to driver: Please replace my fuel pump
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060930/tc_nm/autos_telematics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060930/2006_09_29t145353_303x450_us_autos_telematics.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=qAI4jHmp7WpPPAem3fLTMA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Ford Motor Company's Smart Safe Research Vehicle, with a telematics system, is shown in Dearborn, Michigan, in this June 13, 2003 file photo. Imagine your car warning you of an icy road ahead, reading aloud the text messages arriving on your phone and sending you an e-mail that your fuel pump needs replacing soon. This is the vision driving automotive telematics, a technology that has been largely a flop so far but that proponents say needs only a successful business model to be a runaway hit. (John C. Hillery/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Imagine your car warning you of an icy
road ahead, reading aloud the text messages arriving on your
phone and sending you an e-mail that your fuel pump needs
replacing soon.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet freedom reigns in Amsterdam
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060930/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060930/2006_09_29t141406_450x293_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=OY9WXcz1WOIQ8eOUTYF.lw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A tourist boat is shown turning in Amsterdam, in this August 11, 2004 file photo. Amsterdam has the world's busiest Internet exchange, thanks to nuclear physicists and mathematicians who in the 1980s connected their network needs with the academic belief that knowledge needs to be free. (Michael Kooren/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Amsterdam has the world's busiest
Internet exchange, thanks to nuclear physicists and
mathematicians who in the 1980s connected their network needs
with the academic belief that knowledge needs to be free.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online gaming in crisis after U.S. ban is passed
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online gaming firms faced their
biggest-ever crisis on Monday after U.S. Congress unexpectedly
passed legislation to ban online gaming there, threatening jobs
and hitting stocks by as much as 70 percent.
Sony stock hits 2 month low on battery woes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/tc_nm/japan_sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061002/2006_09_29t072240_450x338_us_japan_sony.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=WKtSB3Fl6eQlip.C17Z1Fw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A recalled notebook battery made by Sony Corp. is displayed in an undated file photo. Sony Corp.'s battery problems deepened on Friday after Toshiba Corp. joined the list of PC makers recalling its batteries including Dell Inc., Apple Computer Inc. and Lenovo. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) shares fell to a 2
month low on Monday after Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) and Fujitsu
Ltd. (6702.T) joined the list of PC makers recalling Sony-made
batteries, increasing potential damage to its earnings.</p><br clear="all"/>
Siemens board to forego pay hike, set up fund for BenQ's German employees
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061002/bs_afp/germanytaiwantelecomequipcompanylaboursiemensbenq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061002/capt.sge.sxw68.021006074707.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=eg4sgIcDttrwDjUC1TDa2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Klaus Kleinfeld Chairman of the German electronic giant Siemens. Following the public outcry over the collapse of the German arm of mobile telephone maker BenQ and fierce political pressure, Siemens has said its management would forego planned pay rises of up to 30 percent and set up a fund to help BenQ's German employees instead.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Following the public outcry over the collapse of the German arm of mobile telephone maker BenQ and fierce political pressure, Siemens has said its management would forego planned pay rises of up to 30 percent and set up a fund to help BenQ's German employees instead.</p><br clear="all"/>
The Future of the OS Wars
(PC World)
PC World - Windows? Linux? Mac OS? One day it won't matter.
Netflix offers $1 mln prize for better movie picks
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/wr_nm/retail_netflix_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061002/2006_10_02t040354_450x315_us_retail_netflix.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=etlcGUZzjQgt4Sef_svggw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc., a online DVD-rental service, holds several DVD's as he poses at the Netflix offices in Beverly Hills, California December 8, 2005. Netflix announced that it would pay $1 million to the first person to develop software to improve the accuracy of its movie recommendation system by 10 percent. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online DVD rental company Netflix
Inc on Sunday announced that it would pay $1 million to the
first person to develop software to improve the accuracy of
Netflix's movie recommendation system by 10 percent.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online gaming in crisis after U.S. ban is passed
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online gaming firms faced their
biggest-ever crisis on Monday after U.S. Congress unexpectedly
passed legislation to ban online gaming there, threatening jobs
and hitting stocks by as much as 70 percent.
Netflix offers film recommendation prize
(AP)
AP - Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. wants recommendations on how to improve its movie recommendation system, and is dangling a $1 million reward as an incentive.
888 suspends U.S. gaming business
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online gaming group 888 Plc said on
Monday it would stop doing business with U.S. customers after
legislation was passed there aimed at preventing gambling over
the Internet.
Netflix offers $1 mln prize for better movie picks
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/en_nm/retail_netflix_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061002/2006_10_02t040354_450x315_us_retail_netflix.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=etlcGUZzjQgt4Sef_svggw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc., a online DVD-rental service, holds several DVD's as he poses at the Netflix offices in Beverly Hills, California December 8, 2005. Netflix announced that it would pay $1 million to the first person to develop software to improve the accuracy of its movie recommendation system by 10 percent. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online DVD rental company Netflix
Inc on Sunday announced that it would pay $1 million to the
first person to develop software to improve the accuracy of
Netflix's movie recommendation system by 10 percent.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google buys garage where empire began
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061002/ap_on_hi_te/google_garage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061001/capt.ea894b112c3c47aca84c5c611be197e6.google_garage_fx101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=xPPNChITmEDy0v7BG13eSQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The home where Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin first set up shop is seen in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Internet search leader Google Inc. has added a landmark to its rapidly expanding empire, the Silicon Valley home where co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight years ago as they set out to change the world. The Mountain View-based company bought the 1,900-square-foot home in nearby Menlo Park from one of its one employees, Susan Wojcicki, who agreed to lease her garage for $1,700 per month because she wanted some help paying the mortgage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Internet search leader Google Inc. has added a landmark to its rapidly expanding empire — the Silicon Valley home where co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight years ago as they set out to change the world.</p><br clear="all"/>
South Korea's Gmarket takes on eBay
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061001/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_online_shopping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061001/capt.7e36a0ca60734e15bfc4d26bfbe4f067.south_korea_online_shopping_nybz223.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=EPnZJSFEp7LemOzaMkC0OQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An employee of Gmarket walks past the company's logo at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006. South Korea's Gmarket Inc. has captured the energy of that raw commerce and made a home for it on the Internet, creating a Web site that has quickly become a top online destination in this computer-savvy nation, going head-to-head with the Korean subsidiary of U.S. online commerce giant eBay Inc. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)" border="0" /></a>AP - The thumping pop music and blaring lights at Seoul's Dongdaemun market keep going all night long as shoppers swarm around merchants hawking the latest trendy fashions at rock-bottom prices.</p><br clear="all"/>
The Internet clicks as a business lifeline for Palestinians
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061001/tc_afp/mideastconflict"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061001/capt.sge.swb66.011006213651.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=K92c0tjHVkSBmMSATCFSDA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Palestinian businessman Mohi Sayyed Ahmed shows his internet site promoting articles made in Hebron. Ahmed created a website two years ago, www.hebron-store.com, and today it advertises more than 1,770 photographs of glass, ceramics, confectionery and home furnishings.(AFP/Filr/Hazem Bader)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Famous for their ability to make money, Palestinians in the West Bank town of Hebron have hit upon the Internet as a lifeline to cushion losses from conflict, competition and severe local recession.</p><br clear="all"/>
Creative mayhem at Yahoo's first-ever software hack-a-thon
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061001/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061001/capt.sge.svm03.011006191150.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=lNYu.dP1E7.QuPERHUdziw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="(L to R) Canadian computer hackers Jason Barnes, Robert Ellis and Peter Sawka collaborate intensely while "mashing" together Yahoo programs to make a creative new application of their own during the Internet search giant's 24-hour "Hack Day" in Sunnyvale, CA. Computer coding savants fueled by pizza, beer and rock music turned Yahoo's campus into a zany warren of online creativity at the Internet giant's first-ever all night hack-a-thon.(AFP/Glenn Chapman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Computer coding savants fueled by pizza, beer and rock music turned Yahoo's campus into a zany warren of online creativity at the Internet giant's first-ever all night hack-a-thon.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo! To Be Preloaded on HP Computers
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Yahoo says it has reached a deal with Hewlett-Packard to have its toolbar and search programs pre-installed on millions of HP computers.
Thai crown princess launches royal blog
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061001/ap_on_hi_te/thailand_royal_blog"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061001/capt.1a5048c1d7e24c66bdab7ee5474a78b0.japan_thailand_royal_blog_tok101.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=sugBAW6EFAc7.84PyM99Uw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn makes a keynote presentation titled 'Science, Technology and Development' during the two-day UNESCO-UNU (United Nations University) International Conference on Globalization in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, in this Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006 file photo. In a country where the royal family rarely communicates directly with the public, Thai Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn could be considered a trailblazer. The 51-year-old princess launched on Saturday the country's first royal blog, which she says is aimed at persuading her fellow citizens to embrace English. The blog appears on the British Council's Web site. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a country where the royal family rarely communicates directly with the public, Thai Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn could be considered a trailblazer.</p><br clear="all"/>
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