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Microsoft to unveil changes to Vista
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s effort to get big businesses to buy the new version of its Windows operating system isn't just about selling security improvements, better search tools and improved graphics.
Microsoft Tightens Vista Transfer Rights Under New License
(PC World)
PC World - You'll be able to transfer Vista legally to only one PC other than the one you buy Vista for.
Microsoft to release privacy guidelines
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is preparing to release privacy guidelines based on its own internal practices in hopes of getting companies to adopt more cohesive standards for safeguarding people's personal information.
Microsoft's Vista Changes Could Backfire On Disgruntled Rivals
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Be careful what you wish for. That's essentially the lesson some companies may learn now that Microsoft is making certain changes in Windows Vista.
Microsoft: Working with security vendors
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061016/2006_10_13t061615_450x361_us_microsoft_eu.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=P1UeuFLrvvxQv6QUHaAWTQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="An undated handout image shows Windows Vista's Flip 3D function. Software giant Microsoft told the European Commission it will not delay shipping its new Windows operating system, Vista, to Europe, after fears that it might do so because of its regulatory disputes there. (Microsoft/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. said Monday it had given security vendors Symantec Corp. and McAfee Inc. some of the information they want to make their products work with Microsoft's new operating system, Vista.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Advises Users To Run Update Again
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Windows users may have to update their PCs more than once to completely patch one of the vulnerabilities Microsoft fixed last week
Microsoft To Link Rival Security Software In Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft changes tune and says it will post links to rival security software makers in the welcoming screen for Windows Vista.
Italy adopts Microsoft anti-child-porn technology
(Reuters)
Reuters - Italy became the first European country to
adopt a Microsoft system for combating child pornography on the
Internet, something the government and the computer firm
believe the whole continent is set to take up.
Siemens Tops Microsoft In IPTV Market, Analyst Firm Says
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - ABI Research conducts an analysis of global IPTV network middleware vendors.
Microsoft Alters Windows Vista for Antitrust Regulators
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has agreed to make changes to the Windows Vista operating system to comply with requests from antitrust regulators in the European Union and in South Korea. The software giant also indicated it will make more information available to competing software firms to help their products work smoothly with Vista.
Sony to recall own batteries
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/tc_nm/japan_sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_16t222624_450x337_us_japan_sony.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=ljKfERx4gHiRGfAdlG0AfA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A recalled notebook battery made by Sony is displayed in an undated photo. Sony is expected to revise down its annual earnings forecast due to costs for a widening recall of PC batteries and losses in its game division, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Tuesday. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on Tuesday it
may change its full-year earnings forecast because of costly
recalls of its batteries and a price cut for its PlayStation 3
video game console.</p><br clear="all"/>
Reuters opens virtual news bureau in Second Life
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061016/tc_nm/media_secondlife_reuters_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061016/2006_10_16t023700_450x338_us_media_secondlife_reuters.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=SG83iUmDJ4g6.zKad3S1Mg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="An undated handout image of Reuters' Second Life bureau. Reuters Group Plc is opening a news bureau in the simulation game Second Life this week, joining a race by corporate name brands to take part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Reuters Group Plc
is opening a news bureau in the simulation game Second
Life this week, joining a race by corporate name brands to take
part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web could be terror training camp: Chertoff
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/tc_nm/security_chertoff_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_16t170634_450x317_us_security_chertoff.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=EfV6uWYRb.qhKGqOU90G.Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at the Joint Regional Intelligence Center in Norwalk, California, August 18, 2006. Disaffected people living in the U.S. may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent skills over the Internet and that could present the next major security threat, Chertoff said on Monday. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Disaffected people living in the United
States may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent
skills over the Internet and that could present the next major
U.S. security threat, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael
Chertoff said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft gives Vista data to security firms
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061016/tc_nm/microsoft_ballmer_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061016/2006_10_16t072221_450x429_us_microsoft_ballmer.jpg?x=130&y=123&sig=99LW0bK743mqwLiaEEhFEg--" align="left" height="123" width="130" alt="CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer makes a point as he answers questions from the audience at the Gartner Symposium in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, October 10, 2006. (Charles W Luzier/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft said on Monday it had
provided some essential data to dozens of security software
firms on Monday so their products can work smoothly with the
new Vista operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google plans largest U.S. solar-powered office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/tc_nm/energy_google_solar_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_16t224423_450x321_us_energy_google_solar.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=MhRPOXofUF4mG00RHNtLvw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A Google employee rides toward the entrance of the company headquarters in a file photo. Google plans a solar-powered electricity system at its Silicon Valley headquarters that will rank as the largest U.S. solar-powered corporate office complex, the company said on Wednesday. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. plans a
solar-powered electricity system at its Silicon Valley
headquarters that will rank as the largest U.S. solar-powered
corporate office complex, the company said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google seeks solar power
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061017/tc_afp/afplifestyleusitinternetenergycompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061017/capt.sge.cqa06.171006074148.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=gSCX.5r8pxpBcRrmnW5v2Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Internet powerhouse Google said that it planned to install solar panels at its Silicon Valley campus to harness energy from the sun(AFP/Getty Images/David Paul)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet powerhouse Google said that it planned to install solar panels at its Silicon Valley campus to harness energy from the sun.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony to recall 60,000 laptop batteries, may cut profit forecast
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061017/tc_afp/japanitelectronicscompanyearningsrecallsony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061017/capt.sge.cpx23.171006072533.photo00.photo.default-337x512.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=TVw7boBDlaD3og.8Rpv4PA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="A Tokyo cyclist passes a Vaio advert. Japan's Sony Corp. has announced a recall of about 60,000 batteries for its own laptop computers and warned of a possible cut to its earnings targets over the widening defect problems(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's Sony Corp. has announced a recall of about 60,000 batteries for its own laptop computers and warned of a possible cut to its earnings targets over the widening defect problems.</p><br clear="all"/>
Japanese Cities To Get High-Speed Wireless Mesh Broadband
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - More than 100 Japanese cities with a combined population of 50 million will get mesh broadband service.
JBoss awakens Hibernate with persistence API
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In the tedious world of middleware, the complexities of technologies can be difficult to grasp for the layman. But open source middleware vendor JBoss has put forth a straightforward description of what its new Hibernate 3.2 object/relational mapping software does: It makes its easier for developers take Java objects stored in memory, such as a customer object, and maintain them in a database.
Sun Microsystems unveils data center
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/ap_on_hi_te/sun_data_center"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061017/capt.2004f7426a25432c91babfd5b1fcf6fe.sun_data_center_fx103.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=l6Ms7VhBIrjg.N8yzuCNIA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Shown in this photo released by Sun Microsystems, is a concept project dubbed, Project Blackbox, a 'data center in a box' at Sun's campus in Menlo Park, Calif., Monday Oct. 16, 2006. Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has a novel twist on the data center: a portable version of the hulking outposts that house nothing but computers and equipment needed to store and process raw data. Project Blackbox is a 'data center in a box' with all the necessary servers, storage and networking equipment packed into a cushioned and cooled 20-foot-long cargo shipping container. Sun was unveiling the system Tuesday.(AP Photo/Sun Microsystems Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has a novel twist on the data center: a portable version of the hulking outposts that house nothing but computers and equipment needed to store and process raw data.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google seeks solar power
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061017/tc_afp/afplifestyleusitinternetenergycompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061017/capt.sge.cqa06.171006074148.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=gSCX.5r8pxpBcRrmnW5v2Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Internet powerhouse Google said that it planned to install solar panels at its Silicon Valley campus to harness energy from the sun(AFP/Getty Images/David Paul)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet powerhouse Google said that it planned to install solar panels at its Silicon Valley campus to harness energy from the sun.</p><br clear="all"/>
Quizilla in MTV's Web network
(Reuters)
Reuters - MTV Networks has
acquired Quizilla.com, adding the online community for
teen-targeted, user-generated content to its roster of recently
attained Web properties.
Gap aims to make mark in online shoes
(AP)
AP - Gap Inc., the leader in online sales among apparel specialty chains, plans to move beyond its brands to make its mark on one of the fastest-growing segments in e-commerce: shoes.
Web could be terror training camp: Chertoff
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/wr_nm/security_chertoff_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061017/2006_10_16t170634_450x317_us_security_chertoff.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=EfV6uWYRb.qhKGqOU90G.Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at the Joint Regional Intelligence Center in Norwalk, California, August 18, 2006. Disaffected people living in the U.S. may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent skills over the Internet and that could present the next major security threat, Chertoff said on Monday. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Disaffected people living in the United
States may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent
skills over the Internet and that could present the next major
U.S. security threat, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael
Chertoff said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google-Like Ad Search Supports Niche Electronics Market
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Ad-supported search makes a debut in the niche electronic components market.
Domain Name Site Sets Up Auction
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The eBay-like model aims to satisfy requests by businesses, as well as professional investors who purchase high-value domain names each year.
Apple Mecca Posting Provokes Reaction
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A report that an Islamist Web site called Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York City "blasphemous" and an "insult to Islam" touched a nerve among Mac fans and Muslims and set off widespread discussions about perceptions of Muslims.
PHD Becomes Third Shop To Create New Buying Post Enlist Uber Buying
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - As media shops scramble to prove they are media neutral, at least one maneuver seems to be gaining favor: appointing a single executive to oversee buying across all platforms. Starting today, Omnicom's PHD becomes the latest agency to do so, hiring John Swift as managing director to oversee everything from broadcast and print to online and emerging media buying.
Japanese Cities To Get High-Speed Wireless Mesh Broadband
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - More than 100 Japanese cities with a combined population of 50 million will get mesh broadband service.
Google Urged To Cleanup YouTube's Copyright Troubles
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Gartner says Google won't realize the advertising potential of recently-acquired YouTube unless the search engine giant cleans up the copyright violations on the online video site.
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