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Microsoft buys virtual voice firm Colloquis
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061013/bs_afp/usitgamescompanytakeovermicrosoftcolloquis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061013/capt.sge.bno87.131006070725.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=BVyBYo6ZmBAFuoSd00k.TQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Microsoft announced a deal to buy Colloquis, a privately held firm specializing in virtual service agents programmed to answers questions online(AFP/Microsoft/File/Robert Sorbo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced a deal to buy Colloquis, a privately held firm specializing in virtual service agents programmed to answers questions online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft sets $250 price for Zune, songs for 99 cts
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its
new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple
Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose
money this holiday season.
Microsoft eyes another chance to be a TV player
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/tc_nm/microsoft_iptv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061012/2006_10_12t164629_450x268_us_microsoft_iptv.jpg?x=130&y=77&sig=hNVRBtMZxxAoGItmt.IAzQ--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Michael Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows Client Marketing, unveils details about the holiday availability of PCs, software, hardware and games that will work with Windows Vista at DigitalLife 2006 in New York, October 12, 2006. (Shiho Fukada/Microsoft/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s decade-long
push into television is notable for false starts, bold promises
and failed investments, but the company hopes to finally move
into the living room this year with a service delivered over
high-speed Internet networks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to PC Buyers: Don't Wait for Vista
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - At the DigitalLife conference, Microsoft says PC buyers can safely buy PCs now that will support the Windows Vista operating system.
Microsoft To Roll Games Safety Campaign at DigitalLife
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - 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.
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.
Sony fights iPod with new Walkman models
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061013/ap_on_hi_te/japan_sony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061012/capt.tok10910120936.japan_sony_walkman_tok109.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=4SPpRnnMWOF86jg1mTlLWw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Model displays Sony's new digital Walkman NW-S700F in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006. The 88.1x27.4x17.0 milimeter, 47 gram Walkman features Sony's clear audio technology with a built-in noise cancelling device. With a high speed recharging function, a 3 minutes recharging can last 3 hours of replay. By connecting to Sony's another new product HDD component 'NetJuke,' the Walkman can store music without a PC. Sony plans to put the new Walkman in the Japanese market from Oct. 21. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sony Corp. unveiled its lastest Walkman digital music players Thursday, vowing to battle Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod juggernaut with superior sound quality.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anti-piracy system could hurt YouTube
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061013/ap_on_hi_te/video_sharing_piracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061011/capt.sge.bce50.111006222054.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=MIISHl04sAVzhAB9z5NWqA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="YouTube web page displayed on a computer. Hot young video-sharing website YouTube was cooked up at a dinner party last year by founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. The website, inspired by a desire for a way to use the Internet to share digital videos shot during the soiree, rocketed the pair to online fame and a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal this week to be bought by Internet titan Google.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AP - A technology designed to detect copyright material could give YouTube a needed dose of legal legitimacy and calm any concerns Google Inc. has about spending $1.65 billion on the Internet video site. But that same technology could hurt YouTube's edgy appeal.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google starts Japanese news service for cellphones
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061013/tc_nm/internet_japan_google_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061013/2006_10_12t222936_450x294_us_internet_japan_google.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=L3cjobMxh9.dMi3l0WZ2Zw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google has started a free Japanese-language news site for mobile phones, to expand in a market where more people access the Web via handsets than PCs. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. , the world's No.1
Web search engine, has started a free Japanese-language news
site for mobile phones, to expand in a market where more people
access the Web via handsets than PCs.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. FCC allows limited use of vacant TV airwaves
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Communications
Commission on Thursday voted to permit certain wireless devices
to use vacant airwaves between active television channels as
long as they do not cause interference.
Microsoft eyes another chance to be a TV player
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/tc_nm/microsoft_iptv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061012/2006_10_12t164629_450x268_us_microsoft_iptv.jpg?x=130&y=77&sig=hNVRBtMZxxAoGItmt.IAzQ--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Michael Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows Client Marketing, unveils details about the holiday availability of PCs, software, hardware and games that will work with Windows Vista at DigitalLife 2006 in New York, October 12, 2006. (Shiho Fukada/Microsoft/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s decade-long
push into television is notable for false starts, bold promises
and failed investments, but the company hopes to finally move
into the living room this year with a service delivered over
high-speed Internet networks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft buys virtual voice firm Colloquis
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061013/tc_afp/usitgamescompanytakeovermicrosoftcolloquis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061013/capt.sge.bno87.131006070725.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=BVyBYo6ZmBAFuoSd00k.TQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Microsoft announced a deal to buy Colloquis, a privately held firm specializing in virtual service agents programmed to answers questions online(AFP/Microsoft/File/Robert Sorbo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced a deal to buy Colloquis, a privately held firm specializing in virtual service agents programmed to answers questions online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox uses Treo to break N.Y. plane crash news
(Reuters)
Reuters - When a single-engine plane
crashed into an Upper East Side apartment building on
Wednesday, Fox News Channel delivered early live video to its
viewers from the crash site using a hand-held mobile phone
souped up with streaming video.
Nokia, Trimble in navigation license deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - The world's biggest mobile phone
handset maker Nokia unveiled a patent-licensing deal with
technology firm Trimble Navigation on Monday, aimed at tapping
into the fast-growing mobile navigation market.
Qualcomm Plans To Set Eudora Free
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Qualcomm said this week that it will release future versions of the Eudora e-mail program using the Mozilla Foundation's open-source Thunderbird software as the platform, with the first version of the free software scheduled to debut in 2007.
Vista's DRM features could bedevil AV
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A security researcher is raising concerns about a digital rights management feature in Microsoft's new Vista operating system that he claims may make it easy for malicious code authors to block anti-virus programs from removing their wares.
Microsoft buys virtual voice firm Colloquis
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061013/tc_afp/usitgamescompanytakeovermicrosoftcolloquis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061013/capt.sge.bno87.131006070725.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=BVyBYo6ZmBAFuoSd00k.TQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Microsoft announced a deal to buy Colloquis, a privately held firm specializing in virtual service agents programmed to answers questions online(AFP/Microsoft/File/Robert Sorbo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced a deal to buy Colloquis, a privately held firm specializing in virtual service agents programmed to answers questions online.</p><br clear="all"/>
UK's Sportingbet sells U.S. unit for $1
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061013/wr_nm/leisure_sportingbet_sale_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061013/2006_10_13t024214_450x299_us_leisure_sportingbet_sale.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=xA8LyzyK9gbncXrpxwzISg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Online gambling company Sportingbet Plc has sold the U.S. operations of its Sportsbook.com online casino to existing managers and a group of private investors, Sportsbook.com said on Thursday. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - British online gambling company
Sportingbet Plc has sold its U.S. operations to private
investors for $1, it said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Disney says "non" to orgy at Paris park
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday
said it took "appropriate action" against employees at its
Paris theme park who were caught simulating sex while dressed
as Disney characters in a digital video that has received wide
attention on the Internet.
Utube web site swamped with YouTube fans
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061013/wr_nm/media_youtube_utube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061013/2006_10_12t223449_450x320_us_media_youtube_utube.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=rNawaMtbCNJ79usCdDjbBw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="The homepage of the Perrysburg, Ohio-based Universal Tube and Rollform Equipment Corporation. Utube.com, a Web site owned by this supplier of used tubes and pipes, has been swamped with visitors confusing it with online video service YouTube and has been barely operational since Google said on Monday it would buy YouTube for $1.65 billion. (Utube.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Utube.com, a Web site owned by a
supplier of used tubes and pipes, has been swamped with
visitors confusing it with online video service YouTube Inc.
and has been barely operational since Google Inc. said on
Monday it would buy YouTube for $1.65 billion.</p><br clear="all"/>
Airline terror suspects used eBay for operation's funding
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061013/tc_afp/britainusattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061013/capt.sge.bmn76.131006020211.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=YcXSf3G0cnj.JC1KQAo0zQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Entrance of eBay headquarters in San Jose, California. Suspects in an alleged plot to blow up flights from Britain to the United States helped finance their operation by buying and selling items on Internet auction site eBay, US television reported.(AFP/File/Hector Mata)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Suspects in an alleged plot to blow up flights from Britain to the United States helped finance their operation by buying and selling items on Internet auction site eBay, US television reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.K.'s Sportingbet sells U.S. unit
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061013/wr_nm/leisure_sportingbet_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060929/2006_09_29t114637_450x299_us_leisure_sportingbet.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=wrZRnlzE9PaeMAzRjaQVvg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A pair of dice in an undated photo. A New York judge on Friday dismissed the arrest warrant for the former chairman of online gambling firm Sportingbet, allowing him to return to Britain. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - British online gambling company
Sportingbet Plc has sold the U.S. operations of its
Sportsbook.com online casino to existing managers and a group
of private investors, Sportsbook.com said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anti-piracy system could hurt YouTube
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061013/ap_on_hi_te/video_sharing_piracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061011/capt.sge.bce50.111006222054.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=MIISHl04sAVzhAB9z5NWqA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="YouTube web page displayed on a computer. Hot young video-sharing website YouTube was cooked up at a dinner party last year by founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. The website, inspired by a desire for a way to use the Internet to share digital videos shot during the soiree, rocketed the pair to online fame and a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal this week to be bought by Internet titan Google.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AP - A technology designed to detect copyright material could give YouTube a needed dose of legal legitimacy and calm any concerns Google Inc. has about spending $1.65 billion on the Internet video site. But that same technology could hurt YouTube's edgy appeal.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google starts Japanese news service for cellphones
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061013/tc_nm/internet_japan_google_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061013/2006_10_12t222936_450x294_us_internet_japan_google.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=L3cjobMxh9.dMi3l0WZ2Zw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google has started a free Japanese-language news site for mobile phones, to expand in a market where more people access the Web via handsets than PCs. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. , the world's No.1
Web search engine, has started a free Japanese-language news
site for mobile phones, to expand in a market where more people
access the Web via handsets than PCs.</p><br clear="all"/>
FTC pacts opens listings to discounters
(AP)
AP - Realtors in five states agreed to allow discount brokers full access to their online multiple listing services as part of a landmark settlement with federal regulators announced Thursday.
Major League Gaming buys GameBattles.com
(Reuters)
Reuters - Major League Gaming, billed as the
first professional video-game league, said on Tuesday it bought
online console tournament site GameBattles.com in a move that
more than doubles its registered users.
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