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Microsoft sees fast growth in Windows phones: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft aims to double the
number of mobile phones running its Windows software this year
from 6 million at the end of 2005 and to keep up this rate of
growth in coming years, a Microsoft executive said.
Microsoft Vouchers Offered In Wisconsin Overcharging Case
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Some Microsoft customers in Wisconsin may be eligible for vouchers after an out-of-court settlement in a class action case.
McAfee, Microsoft Trade Insults Over Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The exchanges between Microsoft and third-party security software makers -- most notably the two biggest, Symantec and McAfee " are growing increasingly testy.
Microsoft v. McAfee: Rhetoric Heats Up
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft and McAfee have raised the rhetoric in their public dispute over access to Vista's kernel.
Microsoft Readies Audio Visual Conferencing Platform
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft has developed an audio and video teleconference system known as RoundTable that will begin shipping next year.
Microsoft Inks Digital Book Deal
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft continued its migration into Google's domain this week when it inked a deal with a digital-scanning company to produce a vast library of online-accessible digitized books.
Microsoft Spars With Security Analysts Over IE 7 Bug
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft argues that bug purportedly in IE 7 is actually an old, unpatched Outlook Express flaw. Security vendors say it doesn't matter. It still needs to be fixed.
Microsoft Re-releases Patch For Windows 2000
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft re-releases one of the 10 security updates it issued last week after discovering that the patch didn't work on Windows 2000 systems.
Microsoft partners fuming over Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061020/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security_flap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.3b984a55e83e4e1290638f54fcb6295b.microsoft_security_flap_nybz161.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=dyNZZXN3jXBnHiAi2KsjNA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Don Lionetti of Redmond, Wash., trys out Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista in Atlanta, Ga., in this July 22, 2005, file photo. Microsoft Corp. is no stranger to antitrust skirmishes and complaints from competitors about unfair business practices. But the latest fight over its Vista operating system pits Microsoft against an unlikely adversary: the security software vendors who are some of its most intimate partners in protecting its notoriously vulnerable systems from attacks. (AP Photo/Microsoft, Erik S. Lesser, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. is no stranger to antitrust skirmishes and complaints from competitors about unfair business practices.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Blasts Internet Explorer 7 Vulnerability Reports
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Less than a day after releasing its latest browser update, Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft was hit with reports that the new software had a vulnerability that was present in the last version, Internet Explorer 6, and had gone unpatched.
Cisco launching virtual meetings tool
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_hi_te/cisco_telepresence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061023/2006_10_22t210113_450x311_us_cisco_videoconferencing.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=ldd.m3FSKsiu9KrqV0ZEUQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Chief Executive of Cisco Systems John Chambers speaks during a news conference in the southern Indian city of Bangalore in this file photo from October 21, 2005. On October 22, 2006, Cisco unveiled a high-definition, video conferencing system. (Jagadeesh Nv/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Video conferencing has long been plagued by the detached feel of talking to a television set, often with awkward audio delays and jerky video.</p><br clear="all"/>
Flat panels drive old TVs from market
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061022/ap_on_hi_te/crt_hanging_on"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061022/capt.d098b611c47448c4be6e531ed1eb4f7b.crt_hanging_on_caps115.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=00hi0AYdyKDB6.1Ere62Ww--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Television consumer Steve Micheli looks at various televisions at Anderson's TV in Redwood City, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. The lone cathode ray tube television, set in foreground, at Anderson's TV store here sat by the side wall like a cast-off among flat-panel and big-screen models that glistened with vivid color images. The obvious neglect reflected the wallflower syndrome CRT TVs face today, but it also portended the mature technology's doomed future: The old-fashioned boob tube that catered to generations of Americans will soon shrivel to near extinction. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - The lone conventional television set at Anderson's TV store sat along a side wall like a castoff. Its screen was dark as dozens of other gleaming flat-panel and big-screen models flashed nearby with vivid color images.</p><br clear="all"/>
Goldman, Hearst lead Jingle investors
(AP)
AP - Jingle Networks, a provider of free directory assistance supported by ads, has raised $30 million in new funding from a group of investors led by Goldman Sachs & Co. and Hearst Corp., the company planned to announced Monday.
Be loyal, kind and don't steal Movies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_re_us/scouts_piracy_patch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.ab8ead627ff249e09c02fa52fd23ca7f.scouts_piracy_patch_la102.jpg?x=130&y=123&sig=LAJlEHLtnw9pwo8.KN7tTw--" align="left" height="123" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo provided by the Motion Picture Association of America shows the new merit piracy patch Los Angeles-area Boys Scouts can earn for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music. The movie industry developed the curriculum. (AP Photo/Motion Picture Association of America)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Boy Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, etc., etc. He is also respectful of copyrights. Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn an activity patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wanna direct? Get out your cell phone
(AP)
AP - "Silence on the set," ordered movie director Xavier Mussel as he grabbed his cell phone — not to make a call but to film another scene for his short film.
AOL to offer downloads for movie, TV shows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_hi_te/aol_video_downloads"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061011/capt.sge.axl77.111006140136.photo02.photo.default-512x311.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=Th2D2Z47YBqSnf.CtGustA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Time Warner -- the world's largest media and entertainment group -- has agreed to sell its AOL UK Internet access arm to Carphone Warehouse in a final restructuring of its European operations.(AFP/Paul Ellis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Movies and television shows from Paramount Pictures will be available for sale through AOL's new video portal under a deal announced Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Text messaging still king in mobile phone world
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061022/tc_afp/asiatelecommobiletext"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061022/capt.sge.ekd73.221006205151.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=dKoYCWTbgvCnZXgbq8_oJA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This file photo shows two young women checking their mobile phones for messages in a Beijing street. Text messaging remains the most dominant mode of mobile data communication, as high costs and cumbersome procedures keep customers from fully embracing fancier applications, industry players say.(AFP/file/CHAI HIN GOH )" border="0" /></a>AFP - Text messaging remains the most dominant mode of mobile data communication, as high costs and cumbersome procedures keep customers from fully embracing fancier applications, industry players say.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft sees fast growth in Windows phones: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft aims to double the
number of mobile phones running its Windows software this year
from 6 million at the end of 2005 and to keep up this rate of
growth in coming years, a Microsoft executive said.
Final Version of Mozilla Firefox 2 Will Be Released Oct. 24
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is in final version; now its largest competitor will be also.
McAfee, Microsoft Trade Insults Over Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The exchanges between Microsoft and third-party security software makers -- most notably the two biggest, Symantec and McAfee " are growing increasingly testy.
AOL CEO says sales may shrink for two years -paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - Internet service provider AOL's sales
may shrink for the next two years as it gives away services to
win more users and attract advertising, its chief executive
said in an interview published on Saturday.
Judge Denies Demand To Shut Down Spamhaus
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A federal judge has rejected an e-mail marketing company's request that the Internet domain assigned to Spamhaus be suspended, giving the anti-spam group's blacklist a reprieve .
Final Version of Mozilla Firefox 2 Will Be Released Oct. 24
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is in final version; now its largest competitor will be also.
Google gets edge on rival Yahoo! in Internet ads battle
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061020/tc_afp/usitadvertisecompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061020/capt.sge.eba76.201006211512.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=a_xgF84IjYmXrCnEffLIuA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Internet giant Google has increased its lead over its rival Yahoo! in the battle for the booming Internet advertising sector, driving its stocks up in trading with its results.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet giant Google has increased its lead over its rival Yahoo! in the battle for the booming Internet advertising sector, driving its stocks up in trading with its results.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blockbuster ends lowest-priced online video plan
(Reuters)
Reuters - Blockbuster Inc the No. 1 video
rental store chain, has withdrawn its lowest online
subscription price and is testing a program to allow
Blockbuster Online subscribers to exchange DVDs at company
stores as well as by mail.
Sony Debuts PS3 Games, Online Strategy
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Sony rolls out a list of video game titles and unveiled an online strategy for the PlayStation 3 game console, expected to ship in November.
YouTube Pulls Nearly 30,000 Videos
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - YouTube has removed from its Web site nearly 30,000 videos that Japan's entertainment industry said contained copyrighted material.
Microsoft Inks Digital Book Deal
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft continued its migration into Google's domain this week when it inked a deal with a digital-scanning company to produce a vast library of online-accessible digitized books.
Darwin's Works Made Available Online
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The complete works of Charles Darwin followed perhaps its own natural evolutionary process this week when researchers began publishing the material online -- some of it for the first time.
Microsoft Blasts Internet Explorer 7 Vulnerability Reports
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Less than a day after releasing its latest browser update, Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft was hit with reports that the new software had a vulnerability that was present in the last version, Internet Explorer 6, and had gone unpatched.
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