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Microsoft to offer training in Colombia
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to donate more than $300,000 to open computer centers where former paramilitary fighters will receive free training for civilian jobs, the government said Thursday.
Microsoft says no date on Vista security change
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/wr_nm/microsoft_security_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t174016_450x340_us_microsoft_security.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=q.MfEQ6a1QTwyRw1_rwesQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="A view of the forthcoming Vista operating system courtesy of Microsoft. The company said on Thursday it could not change Vista to deal with concerns of some security software makers until an update comes out, but it did not give a timetable. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft said on Thursday it could
only change its forthcoming Vista operating system to deal with
concerns of some security software makers when an update comes
out, but it did not give a timetable.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft IE7 Released, First Vulnerability Reported
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has released the latest revamp of its browser, Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP, more than five years after the previous version was made available. New features include an anti-fraud system to stop phishing attacks, tabbed browsing, improved printing capability, and RSS feed functions.
Microsoft releases new IE Web browser
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_s_web_browser"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_18t144721_450x298_us_microsoft_investment.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=yarNGrZz0MVpnk_oknDzKw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a news conference in Beijing May 22, 2006. Microsoft Corp will spend around $7.5 billion on research and development in fiscal year 2007, $900 million more than it committed the year before, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. is giving its Web browser software its first major upgrade in years, amid signs that Internet Explorer's market share is eroding.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft releases long-awaited Internet Explorer 7
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/wr_nm/microsoft_explorer_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061019/2006_10_19t052619_450x325_us_microsoft_explorer.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=BWF_MJe0H_P2txD5B5NH0A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="An undated screenshot of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, showing the program's tabbed browsing function. Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 7 on Wednesday, the first major upgrade to its Web browser since 2001 with new features aimed at preventing online fraud and improving ease of use. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. released Internet
Explorer 7 on Wednesday, the first major upgrade to its Web
browser since 2001 with new features aimed at preventing online
fraud and improving ease of use.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's Live Meeting for security firms dies
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/wr_nm/microsoft_snafu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t160735_450x333_us_microsoft_snafu.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=8dXE7613QVq5lvpNPFhmjw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Microsoft's Live Meeting software courtesy of the company. Microsoft says Live Meeting allows collaboration online in real time among colleagues, customers and partners -- but it better not try telling that to the nation's security software makers. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. says its Live Meeting
software allows collaboration online in real time among
colleagues, customers and partners -- but it better not try
telling that to the nation's security software makers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Hooks Up with Orange on Mobile Messaging
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft and France Telecom subsidiary Orange will launch an MSN instant-messaging system on mobile phones in Europe come this December.
Microsoft To Meet Security Vendors on Vista Changes
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft plans to meet with security vendors to discuss potential changes to its forthcoming operating system for the European Union, which has ordered the software giant to open its code to competitors or face more antitrust penalties.
Microsoft Meeting with Security ISVs over Vista Kernel
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The software maker is providing its security partners with more information about the programming interfaces it will use to allow greater kernel interaction with the 64-bit version of Vista.
Updated Web browsers heighten competition
(USATODAY.com)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20061019/tc_usatoday/updatedwebbrowsersheightencompetition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061019/2006_10_19t052713_450x325_us_microsoft_explorer.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=0JGl3tSCvWAfltHGjv48AA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="An undated screenshot of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 7 on Wednesday, the first major upgrade to its Web browser since 2001 with new features aimed at preventing online fraud and improving ease of use. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>USATODAY.com - Wednesday, Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 7, its biggest browser upgrade since 2001. Microsoft finally provides tabbed browsing, along with other features found in rivals Firefox, Opera and Apple's Safari. Moreover, Microsoft says the latest browser will be a lot more secure (though not bulletproof), notably against phishing attacks in which bogus sites mimic legitimate ones to trick users into surrendering private data.</p><br clear="all"/>
China jails 9 in anti-piracy crackdown
(AP)
AP - Nine people convicted of selling illegally copied DVDs and other goods have been jailed for up to 13 years in China's biggest anti-piracy crackdown to date, a news report said Friday.
Sony shows off PlayStation 3, new games
(AP)
AP - As the countdown to its Nov. 17 U.S. launch neared, Sony Corp. showed off its PlayStation 3 game console Thursday and named 22 titles that will be available at the same time.
Michigan hospitals to have robot on call
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_he_me/robot_on_call"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.4851d57c27f7463580185cc1103cde75.robot_on_call_dt102.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=VwQCYzdNS7SFcD6LJlGiyg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Neurosurgeon Richard Fesler is shown on the monitor of the RP-7 remote presence robotic system at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Mich., Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. A new program, dubbed the Michigan Stroke Network scheduled to be unveiled Thursday, Oct. 19, will make the Pontiac hospital's specialists available around the clock to any hospital in the state that joins. The on-call specialist will use a laptop and the Internet to connect to a robot in the participating hospital to join the attending physician at the patient's bedside. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /></a>AP - When a patient arrives at an emergency room with symptoms of a stroke, doctors must act fast. But the crucial decisions that can prevent death or severe disability are harder to make without a neurologist, and not every hospital has one on call.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to offer training in Colombia
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to donate more than $300,000 to open computer centers where former paramilitary fighters will receive free training for civilian jobs, the government said Thursday.
ICANN approves domain for Asia-Pacific
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_hi_te/asia_domain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060929/i/r2482129260.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=j_IgLNtH9dPt9bq5kB2QMA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province March 14, 2006. The government said it signed a new three-year agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which controls addresses such as '.com' and country domain names such as '.cn' for China. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>AP - The Internet will soon have a domain to unify businesses and other users in the Asia-Pacific region. A key oversight agency has approved a ".asia" domain for Internet addresses, supplementing suffixes available for individual countries, such as ".cn" for China and ".jp" for Japan. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers earlier approved ".eu" for the European Union.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony gives PlayStation 3 online service details
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/wr_nm/media_videogames_sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t223814_450x282_us_media_videogames_sony.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=6hOjq5yQ.xGYTQiAiyBU_A--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Journalists test out the new Sony Computer Entertainment America video game called 'EA Sports Fight Night Round 3' in San Francisco, October 19, 2006. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Video game console leader Sony
Corp. on Thursday demonstrated the online service for its
upcoming PlayStation 3, which will let players compete and chat
online and download games, music and movies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Swede who crashed Ferrari admits drunken driving
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/tc_nm/crime_ferrari_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061019/2006_10_19t090241_450x322_us_crime_ferrari.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=JhJWDQwG..kKrpWfdBBlsg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Swedish businessman Bo Stefan Eriksson appears for his arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court, California May 30, 2006. Eriksson, who triggered an international criminal probe after destroying a $1 million Ferrari in Malibu, went on trial on Thursday on charges of car theft, embezzlement and drunken driving. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Swedish former video games
executive, who triggered an international criminal probe after
destroying a $1 million Ferrari in Malibu, pleaded no contest
on Thursday to drunken driving, and will go on trial on charges
of car theft and embezzlement.</p><br clear="all"/>
Broadcom sales rise 30 percent on the year
(Reuters)
Reuters - Broadcom Corp. said on
Thursday quarterly revenue rose 30 percent from a year earlier
as the maker of wireless and networking chips won new business
for products such as digital television and next- generation
cellular phones.
Compiere User Community Splits; Code Forks
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A longstanding disagreement between Compiere and some of its users has resulted in the creation of a new, spin-off open-source project known as Adempiere, which was set up on SourceForge.
Microsoft says no date on Vista security change
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/wr_nm/microsoft_security_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t174016_450x340_us_microsoft_security.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=q.MfEQ6a1QTwyRw1_rwesQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="A view of the forthcoming Vista operating system courtesy of Microsoft. The company said on Thursday it could not change Vista to deal with concerns of some security software makers until an update comes out, but it did not give a timetable. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft said on Thursday it could
only change its forthcoming Vista operating system to deal with
concerns of some security software makers when an update comes
out, but it did not give a timetable.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony gives PlayStation 3 online service details
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/wr_nm/media_videogames_sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t223814_450x282_us_media_videogames_sony.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=6hOjq5yQ.xGYTQiAiyBU_A--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Journalists test out the new Sony Computer Entertainment America video game called 'EA Sports Fight Night Round 3' in San Francisco, October 19, 2006. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Video game console leader Sony
Corp. on Thursday demonstrated the online service for its
upcoming PlayStation 3, which will let players compete and chat
online and download games, music and movies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft IE7 Released, First Vulnerability Reported
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has released the latest revamp of its browser, Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP, more than five years after the previous version was made available. New features include an anti-fraud system to stop phishing attacks, tabbed browsing, improved printing capability, and RSS feed functions.
Media watchdog criticises Cuba for controlling Web
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/wr_nm/rights_cuba_internet_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t171908_450x338_us_rights_cuba_internet.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=LyqZgfdGcDAvj_mHo9wgyg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="People wait in line in at a Havana post office to access the Internet in a 2004 photo. Direct access to the World Wide Web is generally only available to government-approved individuals, though passwords can be purchased on the black market. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A press freedom watchdog accused Cuba on
Thursday of trying to prevent people from reading independent
media, saying less than 2 percent of Cubans connect to the Web
at closely monitored Internet access points.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft releases new IE Web browser
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_s_web_browser"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061018/2006_10_18t144721_450x298_us_microsoft_investment.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=yarNGrZz0MVpnk_oknDzKw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a news conference in Beijing May 22, 2006. Microsoft Corp will spend around $7.5 billion on research and development in fiscal year 2007, $900 million more than it committed the year before, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. is giving its Web browser software its first major upgrade in years, amid signs that Internet Explorer's market share is eroding.</p><br clear="all"/>
China eases restrictions on Wikipedia: researcher
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061019/tc_afp/usitcensorchina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061019/capt.sge.drq35.191006201131.photo00.photo.default-288x187.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=_bBzmTer0TpqS.gJ0Q.LVg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="China has eased restrictions on access to the US-based online encyclopedia Wikipedia after blocking the site for nearly a year, a researcher says.(Wikipedia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China has eased restrictions on access to the US-based online encyclopedia Wikipedia after blocking the site for nearly a year, a researcher says.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online holiday season looks bright for retailers
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/wr_nm/retail_online_holiday_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061019/2006_10_19t152000_450x334_us_retail_online_holiday.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=iq5M9zNRepExkB9WvIW.WA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A women's suede bomber jacket, solid poplin shirt, cotton ¾ sleeve sweater, gaucho twill pant and aviator large leather tote from the Forth and Towne 2006 collection. So-called preshopping, where shoppers research an item and compare prices online before buying, has had a tremendous impact on average spending, says Pat Conroy of Deloitte's Consumer Business practice. (Gap Inc./Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Retailers are gearing up for sharply
higher online holiday sales this year, rushing out promotions
earlier and luring new customers with free shipping offers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft releases long-awaited Internet Explorer 7
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/wr_nm/microsoft_explorer_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061019/2006_10_19t052619_450x325_us_microsoft_explorer.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=BWF_MJe0H_P2txD5B5NH0A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="An undated screenshot of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, showing the program's tabbed browsing function. Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 7 on Wednesday, the first major upgrade to its Web browser since 2001 with new features aimed at preventing online fraud and improving ease of use. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. released Internet
Explorer 7 on Wednesday, the first major upgrade to its Web
browser since 2001 with new features aimed at preventing online
fraud and improving ease of use.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's Live Meeting for security firms dies
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/wr_nm/microsoft_snafu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061020/2006_10_19t160735_450x333_us_microsoft_snafu.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=8dXE7613QVq5lvpNPFhmjw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Microsoft's Live Meeting software courtesy of the company. Microsoft says Live Meeting allows collaboration online in real time among colleagues, customers and partners -- but it better not try telling that to the nation's security software makers. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. says its Live Meeting
software allows collaboration online in real time among
colleagues, customers and partners -- but it better not try
telling that to the nation's security software makers.</p><br clear="all"/>
German states agree PC, phone Internet license fee
(Reuters)
Reuters - Germany's 16 states agreed
on Thursday to introduce from January 1 a license fee of 5.52
euros ($6.94) a month on computers and mobile phones that can
access television and radio programs via the Internet.
ICANN approves domain for Asia-Pacific
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_hi_te/asia_domain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060929/i/r2482129260.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=j_IgLNtH9dPt9bq5kB2QMA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province March 14, 2006. The government said it signed a new three-year agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which controls addresses such as '.com' and country domain names such as '.cn' for China. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>AP - The Internet will soon have a domain to unify businesses and other users in the Asia-Pacific region. A key oversight agency has approved a ".asia" domain for Internet addresses, supplementing suffixes available for individual countries, such as ".cn" for China and ".jp" for Japan. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers earlier approved ".eu" for the European Union.</p><br clear="all"/>
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