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EMC, Microsoft sing Duet
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Can three people sing a duet? According to Microsoft, the answer is a resounding "yes."
Microsoft locks down Vista, Longhorn
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft’s long, strange trip to protect its software from piracy took another twist last week after the company introduced Microsoft Software Protection Platform for its upcoming Vista and Longhorn server operating systems.
Web video search site Blinkx signs Microsoft pact
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061009/bs_nm/media_blinkx_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061009/2006_10_09t023236_450x287_us_media_blinkx.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=M8OhyAlvT6T4vIU4FpIYPQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Blinkx.tv, taken on October 9, 2006. For searching video on the Web, Blinkx.tv (http://www.blinkx.tv) is emerging as the way consumers on a range of Web sites and media properties find what is available. (www.blinkx.tv/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - YouTube is a load of laughs.
Finding something specific you want to watch is another matter.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gates discusses AIDS with Nigeria leader
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates met President Olusegun Obasanjo this weekend for talks on fighting poverty and disease on the world's poorest continent, a senior official said Sunday.
Interview: Microsoft, Apple eyed for AJAX alliance
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In February, a group of technology vendors, including BEA Systems, Google, IBM, and Oracle, formed the OpenAjax Alliance, with the goal of promoting the popular AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web development technique.
Microsoft releases final test version of Vista
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061006/tc_nm/microsoft_vista_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061007/2006_10_06t220601_450x361_us_microsoft_vista.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=wPYkcwiMZqkf0InPmrhO8w--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="A Windows Vista screen shot is seen in an undated image. Microsoft Corp. released on Friday the final test version of its upcoming Windows operating system and said the launch for the highly-anticipated upgrade is running on schedule. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. released on
Friday the final test version of its upcoming Windows operating
system and said the launch for the highly-anticipated upgrade
is running on schedule.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Delivers Vista's Final Test Version
(PC World)
PC World - Software giant says Release Candidate 2 should be last before OS release.
Microsoft Unveils Vista RC2; Next Step, Shipping
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Says Microsoft's Jim Allchin: "We are just around the corner from RTM &#91;Release To Manufacturing&#93; and shipping this great product."
Kaspersky Defends Microsoft Over Windows Vista Security
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Security vendor Kaspersky Lab says Microsoft is continuing to cooperate with security vendors. Earlier this week, McAfee claimed Microsoft was making it hard for security vendors to work with Vista.
Microsoft is not trying to block access says Kaspersky
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061006/wr_nm/microsoft_kaspersky_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061006/2006_10_06t133044_450x323_us_microsoft_kaspersky.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=DWt5PBIWFKxprdPTr4sKrw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="An undated screenshot of Microsoft Windows Vista's Meeting Space. Microsoft's new operating system Vista will not make it more difficult for anti-virus systems to work, Russian computer security group and potential IPO candidate Kaspersky Lab said on Friday, contradicting rivals. (Microsoft/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft's new operating system Vista
will not make it more difficult for anti-virus systems to work,
Russian computer security group and potential IPO candidate
Kaspersky Lab said on Friday, contradicting rivals.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Second Life' 3-D digital world grows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061009/ap_on_hi_te/games_second_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061009/capt.9ef556c905a6416d8b65d9a7a6dc2114.second_life__ams104.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=fRX66kk_3jawhXvegLkyOg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Philip Rosedale, Philip Rosedale, CEO of Second Life, gestures during a speech at a cross media festival PICNIC '06 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Second Life is a free, hugely-popular persistent 3D virtual world that emphasizes social interaction and enterpeneurship. PICNIC '06 is Amsterdam's first-ever, annual event focused on creativity in cross media content and technology, specifically in the fields of entertainment and communication. (AP Photo/ Evert Elzinga)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the beginning, Philip Rosedale created a virtual heaven and a digital earth, and then he said "let there be 'Second Life.'"</p><br clear="all"/>
Indie bookstores fight chains, Internet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061008/ap_on_bi_ge/independent_bookstores"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061008/capt.6edb8adb98ff4e5aa4947ed45aae5628.independent_bookstores_cx302.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=A8hfvolv8CuY4AysAuWY_g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Pedestrians walk past Brent's Books & Cards, an independent bookstore in downtown Chicago Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Owner Adam Brent is closing the store and will re-open as a discount book store. His experience is shared by scores of independent bookstores around the nation that have been knocked out of business by huge chains like Borders and Barnes & Noble, massive retailers like Wal-Mart and most recently Internet sites like Amazon.com. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - Adam Brent knew his 11-year-run selling best sellers and new releases was over when mail carriers started walking into his building to deliver books from Amazon.com to the tenants upstairs.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace to host concerts for Sudan aid
(AP)
AP - The online hangout MySpace.com will organize 20 concerts featuring bands promoted on its site as part of a campaign to raise awareness and money for humanitarian relief in Sudan.
Scientists build better navigation aids
(AP)
AP - Satellite-based navigation gadgets can guide motorists from high above, saving bumbling drivers countless hours and extra trips to the gas station. But directing people on a much smaller scale — such as inside an office — is a much greater challenge.
Ex-HP CEO Fiorina returns with memoir
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061008/ap_on_bi_ge/carly_s_comeback"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061007/capt.aaedb09bcc8745d1865840059e38d986.carly_s_comebac_nyol330.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=vwp4YV3XVTxGGUjxNaFesg--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="In this Sept. 15, 2006, file photo, former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman and CEO Carly Fiorina gestures during an address the Center of Women's Leadership at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Fiorina's new memoir is titled 'Tough Choices.' (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Carly Fiorina's career has followed an uncannily cinematic arc.</p><br clear="all"/>
Investors like idea of Google-YouTube
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Internet search leader Google is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube for about $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Mountain View-based Google and San Mateo-based YouTube are still at a sensitive stage in the discussion, the newspaper reported on its website.
"Click" here for first 50GB Blu-ray Disc
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061009/tc_nm/media_dvd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061009/2006_10_09t052715_450x375_us_media_dvd.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=sfs.RJCPoUnSztcEVZHxFQ--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Adam Sandler, star of the new comedy film 'Click,' poses at the film's premiere in Los Angeles June 14, 2006. Consumers will be able to buy the first 50GB Blu-ray Disc -- which boasts twice the capacity of a regular disc -- when Sony Pictures releases 'Click' on Tuesday. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Consumers will be able
to buy the first 50GB Blu-ray Disc -- which boasts twice the
capacity of a regular disc -- when Sony Pictures releases the
Adam Sandler comedy "Click" on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web-calling Jajah close to signing 1 million customers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jajah, an ambitious European
start-up that slashes the cost of long-distance mobile
telephone calls, is set to sign up 1 million customers this
year, one of the company's co-founders said on Sunday.
Mozilla Strategizes With Microsoft On Security
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Mozilla may be leveraging insight from Microsoft. They are considering implementing a security feature in the upcoming OS to better protect future versions of Firefox from attack.
Microsoft locks down Vista, Longhorn
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft’s long, strange trip to protect its software from piracy took another twist last week after the company introduced Microsoft Software Protection Platform for its upcoming Vista and Longhorn server operating systems.
Investors like idea of Google-YouTube
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Internet search leader Google is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube for about $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Mountain View-based Google and San Mateo-based YouTube are still at a sensitive stage in the discussion, the newspaper reported on its website.
US firm brings Internet to rural Bangladesh
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061009/tc_afp/bangladeshusinternetcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061009/capt.sge.acl54.091006094756.photo00.photo.default-512x379.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=ZdBdpRQ_jAj.F00kd1OfeA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="One of Bangladesh's most successful business women Geeteara Saffiya Choudhury works on a computer in her office in Dhaka. AlwaysOn Network, Inc. of the United States will invest 60 million dollars to provide Internet services to most of Bangladesh within 10 years.(AFP/File/Shafiq Alam)" border="0" /></a>AFP - AlwaysOn Network, Inc. of the United States will invest 60 million dollars to provide Internet services to most of Bangladesh within 10 years.</p><br clear="all"/>
Salesforce Inc set to boost its Web software market
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061009/wr_nm/salesforce_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061009/2006_10_09t040128_450x327_us_salesforce.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=WB49S3daPXHcYEUw4_qllQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Salesforce.com, taken on October 9, 2006. Salesforce.com Inc. on Sunday unveiled new tools to help developers write more powerful business applications for the company's online market for Web-delivered software. (www.salesforce.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Salesforce.com Inc. on Sunday
unveiled new tools to help developers write more powerful
business applications for the company's online market for
Web-delivered software.</p><br clear="all"/>
GOP lawmakers seek to defend Hastert
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061009/ap_on_go_co/congress_pages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061006/capt.6d9edc645c454a5a8ab6e159fd3450dd.hastert_escape_wx107.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=GJNHMp6tvFpwarE_YJ5Eqg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Ill. meets with reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Feb. 3, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republicans rallied behind House Speaker Dennis Hastert this weekend as they tried to present a united front to deal with the congressional page sex scandal that's rocked the GOP a month before midterm elections.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace to host concerts for Sudan aid
(AP)
AP - The online hangout MySpace.com will organize 20 concerts featuring bands promoted on its site as part of a campaign to raise awareness and money for humanitarian relief in Sudan.
Web sites offer U.S. students new way to cheat
(Reuters)
Reuters - Even the most efficient student would
have agonized over the assignment -- a 30-page term paper on
the social value of literary criticism.
Genre bookstores hold off big chains
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061009/ap_en_bu/genre_bookstores"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061008/capt.587d9d4809ab4a41bf06e20f513292dc.genre_bookstores_fx106.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=qLyotzakIBJ8dNSYXGl1Tw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Alan Beatts, owner of Borderlands Books, is photographed at his store in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006. Beatts decided to carve out a niche by specializing in science fiction and horror books. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former bodyguard Alan Beatts took a big gamble by opening a bookstore at a time when chains like Borders and Barnes & Noble and Internet merchants like Amazon.com were claiming an ever-bigger share of the market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indie bookstores fight chains, Internet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061008/ap_en_bu/independent_bookstores"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061008/capt.6edb8adb98ff4e5aa4947ed45aae5628.independent_bookstores_cx302.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=A8hfvolv8CuY4AysAuWY_g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Pedestrians walk past Brent's Books & Cards, an independent bookstore in downtown Chicago Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Owner Adam Brent is closing the store and will re-open as a discount book store. His experience is shared by scores of independent bookstores around the nation that have been knocked out of business by huge chains like Borders and Barnes & Noble, massive retailers like Wal-Mart and most recently Internet sites like Amazon.com. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - Adam Brent knew his 11-year-run selling best sellers and new releases was over when mail carriers started walking into his building to deliver books from Amazon.com to the tenants upstairs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britain may loosen Internet gambling law: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - Britain may bring in legislation
allowing London-listed Internet gambling companies to move
their headquarters to Britain, the Sunday Times newspaper
reported.
Community Scoop: 25 Worst Web Sites, Internet Security
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PC World - The latest news from our PC World community forums.
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