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Microsoft rolls out online safety initiative
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/wr_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061012/2006_10_12t013420_450x327_us_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=dI0TKhAfWL9CIZTqSQYSRA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A man plays an XBOX 360 game at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles May 10, 2006. Microsoft Corp. is launching a new educational campaign to help parents take control of the games and other content their children consume using its new Xbox 360 video game console, an executive said on Wednesday. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is launching a new
educational campaign to help parents take control of the games
and other content their children consume using its new Xbox 360
video game console, an executive said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Snubbing Microsoft, Intel to Offer TransMedia's Glide Application Suite on Ultra Mobile PCs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Glide application suite includes client and Internet-based applications that lets users work with documents locally or on the net. The deal suggests a growing rift between Microsoft and Intel.
Microsoft Ices Windows XP SP1
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft pulls the plug on support for Windows XP SP1 and SP1a with security updates.
Microsoft releases 6 patches for flaws
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061006/capt.sge.uib53.061006024149.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=8ev9SjVC3RigSUuYZ5kCNA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Windows Vista demonstration. Microsoft confirmed that its soon-to-be-released Vista operation system was designed to cripple pirated copies.(AFP/Microsoft-HO/File/Erik S. Lesser)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released six patches to fix software flaws that carry its highest threat rating, including three for defects that attackers were already trying to exploit.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft, Pharos Ship Mapping Device
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft and Pharos Science & Applications launches a GPS device and software for displaying maps and travel routes on a notebook.
Microsoft offers Office integration for backend apps
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With the release of Office Business Applications (OBA) Reference Application Pack (RAP) this week, Microsoft in essence is acknowledging that they are on to something big in the enterprise market.
GPS Capability Enhanced in Microsoft Streets & Trips 2007
(PC World)
PC World - New Microsoft mapping software includes a Pharos GPS receiver.
Microsoft enhances GPS capability in Streets and Trips
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With the help of Pharos Science and Applications Inc., Microsoft Corp. has improved the GPS (global positioning system) functionality in a new version of its travel and mapping software.
Firefox Digs Deeper
(The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - It had been a long time since I heard much about the browser wars that have occasionally made headlines over the last couple years, so I noted with interest that Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) Internet Explorer is still losing market share to other browsers, including Mozilla's Firefox.
Microsoft to Lose Another Senior Executive
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Rick Devenuti, the senior vice president of enterprise services and IT, will be retiring after 19 years with Microsoft "to focus his attention on his family and consider his next challenge."
Nintendo bets on Wii's novelty, but software rules
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/tc_nm/leisure_nintendo_wii_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061012/2006_10_12t013057_450x333_us_leisure_nintendo_wii.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=F8A_1.jdrGh1CML0anciUg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="An employee of Nintendo Co. Ltd. displays the company's next-generation game console, the Wii, and it's control unit before their corporate strategy meeting in Tokyo, June 7, 2006. With the year-end shopping season approaching, expectations are running high that Nintendo will repeat the success of its DS handheld machine next month with its new game console, the Wii. (Issei Kato/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With the year-end shopping
season approaching, expectations are running high that Nintendo
Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) will repeat the success of its DS handheld
machine next month with its new game console, the Wii.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft rolls out online safety initiative
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/tc_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061012/2006_10_12t013420_450x327_us_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=dI0TKhAfWL9CIZTqSQYSRA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A man plays an XBOX 360 game at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles May 10, 2006. Microsoft Corp. is launching a new educational campaign to help parents take control of the games and other content their children consume using its new Xbox 360 video game console, an executive said on Wednesday. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is
launching a new educational campaign to help parents take
control of the games and other content their children consume
using its new Xbox 360 video game console, an executive said on
Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Japan's DoCoMo unveils 14 new mobile phones models
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.T) on
Thursday unveiled 14 new mobile phones, following new model
launches by its rivals KDDI Corp. (9433.T). and Softbank Corp.
(9984.T) last month.
Pumpkin power dawns for African cell phone networks
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/tc_nm/wireless_biofuels_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061011/2006_10_11t155352_450x299_us_wireless_biofuels.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=DZG1s1HwPLC.AsSKW7swIQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A child looks out over electricity pylons towering above shacks in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, in this file picture dated November 15, 2005. Palm and pumpkin seed oil could soon be generating electricity to help power cell phone networks across Africa under a plan to replace fossil fuels with sustainable biofuels made from crops grown by local farmers. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Palm and pumpkin seed oil could soon
be generating electricity to help power cell phone networks
across Africa under a plan to replace fossil fuels with
sustainable biofuels made from crops grown by local farmers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nokia expects to sell WiMAX cell phones in 2008
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/tc_nm/nokia_wimax_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061011/2006_10_11t101504_450x300_us_nokia_wimax.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=UsgyMePEmiCXJMRNuBNt5g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A dealer speaks on his mobile phone in the Nordea Bank Finland dealing room in Vallila, Helsinki, July 20, 2006. Nokia expects to start selling cell phones using the new WiMAX Internet technology in 2008, the world's top handset maker said on Wednesday while unveiling network technology for WiMAX. FINLAND OUT NO THIRD PARTY SALES (Lehtikuva/Marja Airio/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nokia expects to start selling cell
phones using the new WiMAX Internet technology in 2008, the
world's top handset maker said on Wednesday while unveiling
network technology for WiMAX.</p><br clear="all"/>
Betcorp says to quit U.S. after online gaming ban
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online gaming company Betcorp said on
Thursday it would pull out of the United States if President
George W. Bush signs into law a bill to ban online gambling
there.
REVIEW: TiVo extras add little luster
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061012/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_tivo_extras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061011/capt.6f1bbfeb92174360babd05720a1529ad.tech_test_tivo_extras_nybz308.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=SZyCh6Disk1p9fG3.0BdGQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this handout photo released by TiVo, a screen grab from Yahoo! Photos is shown. (AP Photo/TiVo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ever get an itch to buy a movie ticket, find your nearest Lexus dealer or listen to the president's weekly radio address on your television?</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony Ericsson sees handset prices declining in Q4
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/bs_nm/sonyericsson_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061012/2006_10_12t042951_450x346_us_sonyericsson.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=wWenA9rH.d0pVtxc9vQ8kQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Sony-Ericsson M 600 is presented during the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 13, 2006. Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth-largest mobile phone maker, said on Thursday that average selling prices (ASPs) of its phones would decline somewhat in the fourth quarter from 147 euros in the third quarter. (Gustau Nacarino/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Ericsson, the world's
fourth-largest mobile phone maker, said on Thursday that
average selling prices (ASPs) of its phones would decline
somewhat in the fourth quarter from 147 euros in the third
quarter.</p><br clear="all"/>
Firefox Digs Deeper
(The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - It had been a long time since I heard much about the browser wars that have occasionally made headlines over the last couple years, so I noted with interest that Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) Internet Explorer is still losing market share to other browsers, including Mozilla's Firefox.
CEOs swept out by stock options scandal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061012/ap_on_bi_ge/stock_options_executives"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061011/capt.sge.bbh25.111006201636.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=i20fxNqNs58t6OKJNHvY9g--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Computer protection firm McAfee Inc. has announced the departure of its two top executives over a stock-options scandal that has embroiled dozens of Silicon Valley companies. The company, which sells a popular range of anti-virus products for home and business users, said its chairman and chief executive officer, George Samenuk, seen here in March 2006, was retiring.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)" border="0" /></a>AP - The resignations of top executives for McAfee Inc. and CNet Networks Inc. could signal the beginning of a wave of corporate housecleaning, as other companies become entangled in stock options investigations.</p><br clear="all"/>
Betcorp says to quit U.S. after online gaming ban
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online gaming company Betcorp said on
Thursday it would pull out of the United States if President
George W. Bush signs into law a bill to ban online gambling
there.
Microsoft rolls out online safety initiative
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/wr_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061012/2006_10_12t013420_450x327_us_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=dI0TKhAfWL9CIZTqSQYSRA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A man plays an XBOX 360 game at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles May 10, 2006. Microsoft Corp. is launching a new educational campaign to help parents take control of the games and other content their children consume using its new Xbox 360 video game console, an executive said on Wednesday. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is launching a new
educational campaign to help parents take control of the games
and other content their children consume using its new Xbox 360
video game console, an executive said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Snubbing Microsoft, Intel to Offer TransMedia's Glide Application Suite on Ultra Mobile PCs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Glide application suite includes client and Internet-based applications that lets users work with documents locally or on the net. The deal suggests a growing rift between Microsoft and Intel.
'Wash Post' Photog's Wal-Mart Trip Violates Paper's Policy
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK A photographer for The Washington Post, who shot photos during a cross-country trip for a pro-Wal-Mart web site, broke the paper's policy about freelancing and has been ordered to remove the photos, Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. said Wednesday.
Google launches online writing and spread sheet service
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061011/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061011/capt.sge.bck71.111006233708.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=eYRf97Ma4IUFJWFGny4f1Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google launched a test version of a service that lets users create documents or spread sheets online instead of needing word processing software on their computers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google launched a test version of a service that lets users create documents or spread sheets online instead of needing word processing software on their computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
McGruff fights cybercrime with new site
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_on_hi_te/techbits_mcgruff"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061012/capt.903793608e38926d9e385ddefcae9112.pjpeg?x=85&y=130&sig=SKp_NkWDzetUbmiNzYNJWA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="**FILE PHOTO** McGruff Crime Dog Officers from across the country gather on the steps of the Capitol Thursday, Sept. 28, 2000. (AP Photo/Bill FitzPatrick, ho)" border="0" /></a>AP - McGruff the Crime Dog is going digital. The 26-year-old mascot is the centerpiece of the National Crime Prevention Council's new campaign to "Take a Bite Out of Cyber Crime." The Web site ByteCrime.org, formally launched Wednesday, offers a free, 36-page online brochure with tips.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sun hosts news conference in Second Life
(AP)
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. spared the stodgy PowerPoint slides when it announced its new gaming strategy. Instead, 60 journalists, analysts and product developers from around the world sent their virtual proxies — known as avatars — to a simulated world on the Internet.
$11.3 million for Internet defamation
(AP)
AP - A children's services referral provider was awarded $11.3 million in damages from a mother who posted critical Internet messages after seeking her advice.
Singapore to offer free wireless service from 2007
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061011/tc_afp/singaporeinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061011/capt.sge.baj72.111006181914.photo00.photo.default-512x332.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=XPIHwQlTxSFwpWpTsdbh8Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A man uses wireless Internet services at a cafe along Orchard Road in Singapore. Tech-savvy Singapore will offer free wireless broadband service in public areas from next year, the government said.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Tech-savvy Singapore will offer free wireless broadband service in public areas from next year, the government said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hurry up and wait for broadband wireless
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Don't hold your breath for "true" broadband wireless services: They'll be based on handheld devices that don't exist yet and networks that have barely been built, according to speakers at the Broadband World Forum in Paris.
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