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McAfee Takes Out Protest Ad Against Microsoft
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft is working to hamstring software companies trying to overcome "inherent weaknesses" in Windows security, rival McAfee Inc. charged in a full-page ad in Monday's Financial Times.
Rivals charge Microsoft wants to "hamstring" them
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/tc_nm/microsoft_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061002/2006_10_02t111352_450x330_us_microsoft_eu.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=3DRxw21Pn9A8iBOcqYcnCQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="George Samenuk, chief executive and chairman of Silicon Valley-based McAfee Inc., is shown speaking during a news conference in Bangalore, India, in this March 29, 2006 file photo. Microsoft is working to hamstring software companies trying to overcome 'inherent weaknesses' in Windows security, rival McAfee Inc. charged in a full-page ad in Monday's Financial Times. (Jagadeesh Nv/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft is working to
hamstring software companies trying to overcome "inherent
weaknesses" in Windows security, rival McAfee Inc.
charged in a full-page ad in Monday's Financial Times.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft battles Internet Explorer exploits
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - It’s been another furious couple of weeks for Microsoft’s security response center, which last week took the unusual step of releasing an emergency security update to patch a hole that appeared to get bigger with each passing day.
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.
Sony to launch blu-ray recorder in Japan in Dec
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061003/tc_nm/sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061003/2006_10_02t213052_450x321_us_sony.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=HGzGuqJ6RLG7BqCH1oeO1A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A model displays a prototype of a Blu-ray disc at the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover March 9, 2005. Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it would launch its Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorder in Japan in December with an expected price tag of around 300,000 yen ($2,550) for a model with a 500-gigabyte hard disk drive. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on
Tuesday it will launch its Blu-ray high-definition optical disc
recorder in Japan in December, with an expected price tag of
around 300,000 yen ($2,550) for a model with a 500-gigabyte
hard disk drive.</p><br clear="all"/>
Canon to start mass-producing ultra-thin TVs in '08
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061003/tc_nm/japan_canon_toshiba_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061003/2006_10_02t215553_450x318_us_japan_canon_toshiba.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=MuN9WXqxn1uPdIG02Lh3GA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Canon Inc CEO Fujio Mitarai (L) and Toshiba Corp Chairman Tadashi Okamura shake hands in front of a prototype of a surface conduction electron emitter display (SED) panel on September 14, 2004 in Tokyo. Canon Inc. said on Tuesday it will start mass production of surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED) TVs in early 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Canon Inc. (7751.T) said on
Tuesday it will start mass production of ultra-thin
energy-conserving TVs in early 2008, defying predictions that
steep price falls in flat-screen TVs would make it tough to
roll out the new technology.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online gaming in crisis over U.S. ban
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/tc_nm/leisure_partygaming_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061003/2006_10_02t061007_450x313_us_leisure_partygaming.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=iznigVMbkmK9CMKdwoHCsA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A screengrab from PartyGaming.com is seen in this undated handout photo. PartyGaming said on Monday it would stop doing business with U.S. customers if legislation passed there aimed at preventing gambling over the Internet was signed into law. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online gambling firms faced their
biggest-ever crisis on Monday after U.S. Congress passed
legislation to end Internet gaming there, threatening jobs and
wiping 3.5 billion pounds ($6.5 billion) off company values.</p><br clear="all"/>
Banks await regulations on US Internet betting ban
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/tc_nm/financial_gambling_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061003/2006_10_02t190405_450x307_us_financial_gambling.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=5qRM2OqG7Yayx6JhN.xBBg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A computer screen displays an online gambling website, October 2, 2006. The costs of policing a new U.S. Internet gambling ban for banks and credit card companies will be determined by regulators in the coming months, industry officials said on Monday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The costs of policing a new U.S.
Internet gambling ban for banks and credit card companies will
be determined by regulators in the coming months, industry
officials said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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_02t092846_450x296_us_mp3.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=mCvGQnf1g2WUPqrfhKAv8g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Microsoft's Zune media player is shown for the first time to the media in Redmond, Washington, September 14, 2006. Zune, expected this fall, will contain up to 30 free tracks donated from major and independent label partners. (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"/>
Napster launches Japanese service
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061003/ap_on_hi_te/japan_napster"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061003/capt.tok80210030436.japan_napster_tok802.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=s9EKSFOKCSN_xOompscPkQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="President of Napster Japan Hiroyuki Fushitani speaks to the media during their launch of Japanese service, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. Internet music download company Napster on Tuesday launched a Japanese service aimed at tapping a growing market for music-to-go, the company said. The service was to go live online at 10 p.m. (1300 GMT) Tuesday and will offer more than 1.5 million Japanese and foreign tunes, said Napster officials. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)" border="0" /></a>AP - Internet music download company Napster on Tuesday launched a Japanese service aimed at tapping a growing market for music-to-go, the company said.</p><br clear="all"/>
New phone will scream if it's stolen
(AP)
AP - Now if your mobile telephone is stolen, you can scream — and your phone can, too. A new service launched Monday is designed to deter mobile phone theft by equipping telephones with an ear-piercing scream.
Mobile ESPN's End Casts Big Shadow Over Other Startups
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Jumping into the wireless phone business turned out to be a bad idea for Walt Disney-backed Mobile ESPN. Now the question is, will other mobile phone service upstarts soon bite the dust?
Mozilla Investigates New Firefox Flaw
(PC World)
PC World - Hackers revealed exploit code for JavaScript vulnerability.
F1's McLaren to pit technology wits in boardrooms
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/tc_nm/f1_analytics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061002/2006_10_02t143545_450x302_us_f1_analytics.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=llgeYzwwTJqs6F0KmC9Vow--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="McLaren Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen drives out of a pit stop during the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, April 2, 2006. It may be a long way from the glamour of Monaco, Monza or Magny-Cours, but Formula One team McLaren is gearing up to sell its race strategy software in company boardrooms. (Torsten Blackwood/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - It may be a long way from the glamour of
Monaco, Monza or Magny-Cours, but Formula One team McLaren is
gearing up to sell its race strategy software in company
boardrooms.</p><br clear="all"/>
Florida GOP names replacement candidate
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061003/ap_on_go_co/congressman_e_mails"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061002/capt.5663321ec9f54702ae7100bbb1af35e2.congressmans_e_mails_flpc101.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=5dTaKscTvLDeUaLZWI4jig--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Joe Negron, R-Stuart, fields questions at a new conference in Orlando, Fla. Monday, Oct. 2, 2006. The Florida Republican Party has picked former state Negron to replace resigned U.S. Rep. Mark Foley as its candidate in the 16th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove)" border="0" /></a>AP - Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley sought treatment for alcoholism and "other behavioral problems" as Republicans on Monday picked a new candidate to salvage the seat Foley abandoned after disclosure of lurid online messages he exchanged with teenage boys.</p><br clear="all"/>
Napster launches Japanese service
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061003/ap_on_hi_te/japan_napster"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061003/capt.tok80210030436.japan_napster_tok802.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=s9EKSFOKCSN_xOompscPkQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="President of Napster Japan Hiroyuki Fushitani speaks to the media during their launch of Japanese service, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. Internet music download company Napster on Tuesday launched a Japanese service aimed at tapping a growing market for music-to-go, the company said. The service was to go live online at 10 p.m. (1300 GMT) Tuesday and will offer more than 1.5 million Japanese and foreign tunes, said Napster officials. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)" border="0" /></a>AP - Internet music download company Napster on Tuesday launched a Japanese service aimed at tapping a growing market for music-to-go, the company said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Million-dollar prize for film-preference predicting program offered
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061002/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061002/capt.sge.tfc73.021006234229.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=EVbJ81zLZUG5lCS9cow0Cw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Netflix offered a million dollars for a computer program that accurately predicts which films people will rent from its online service.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Shugerman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Netflix offered a million dollars for a computer program that accurately predicts which films people will rent from its online service.</p><br clear="all"/>
Banks await regulations on US Internet betting ban
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/wr_nm/financial_gambling_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061003/2006_10_02t190405_450x307_us_financial_gambling.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=5qRM2OqG7Yayx6JhN.xBBg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A computer screen displays an online gambling website, October 2, 2006. The costs of policing a new U.S. Internet gambling ban for banks and credit card companies will be determined by regulators in the coming months, industry officials said on Monday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The costs of policing a new U.S.
Internet gambling ban for banks and credit card companies will
be determined by regulators in the coming months, industry
officials said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Wash Times' Site Translates Most Articles Into Downloadable Audio Clips
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK The Washington Times has launched a new online feature that automatically translates all of the newspaper's staff-written content, as well as some AP content, into streamed audio and MP3 files, allowing users to listen to articles they would normally read in the print version or online.
Party politics goes high-tech in the battle for new, younger votes
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061002/tc_afp/britainpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061002/capt.sge.ter96.021006210521.photo00.photo.default-512x332.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=gh3yY_SWU1MfE7mz7PglrA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Blogger Johnathan Roberts poses at the annual Labour Party conference at the GMEX Centre in Manchester, England, September 2006. Political blogging, podcasting and online video is taking off in Britain as politicians look to widen the net for new -- and importantly younger -- voters. The governing Labour Party is at it, as are the opposition Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The governing Labour Party is at it, as are the opposition Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Political blogging, podcasting and online video is taking off in Britain as politicians look to widen the net for new -- and importantly younger -- voters.</p><br clear="all"/>
Like Prohibition, US drive against Internet gambling seen doomed
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061002/tc_afp/usinternetgambling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061002/capt.sge.tep89.021006205133.photo00.photo.default-512x387.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=gFE1NBcF1g1rnz0eSOVdBA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="A man plays poker on his computer connected to an internet gaming site from his home in Manassas, VA. US lawmakers' high-stakes and morally charged offensive on Internet gamblers has as much chance of success as America's 1920s Prohibition against alcohol, several analysts said.(AFP/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US lawmakers' high-stakes and morally charged offensive on Internet gamblers has as much chance of success as America's 1920s Prohibition against alcohol, several analysts said.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. Bans Offshore Online Gambling
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Internet gambling companies are preparing to cash out all bets in the gambling game after the U.S. passed a bill over the weekend that bars banks and credit-card companies from making payments to online gambling sites.
Amazon.com drops search engine features
(AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc.'s A9 search engine has dropped some of its most widely touted features, including the ability to remember everything a user has ever searched for and a service that showed detailed, street-level images of major cities.
News Corp. buys U.K. jobs Web site
(Reuters)
Reuters - News Corp. on Monday said it has
agreed to buy a U.K. jobs recruitment site for an undisclosed
sum to reach a younger audience.
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