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Can Firefox 2.0 Take Out Internet Explorer 7?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Tuesday, the Mozilla Foundation is expected to release the final version of Firefox 2.0, the latest iteration of the open-source browser that has been nipping steadily at the heels of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The new Firefox version comes less than a week after Microsoft released the long-awaited version 7 of Internet Explorer.
Vista Security Still an Issue for McAfee and Symantec
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Two big software companies are still grumbling this week about Microsoft's handling of the security features for its newest operating system, Windows Vista.
Microsoft Opens Access to Its Sender ID Spec
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The specification will now be available to anybody wanting to use it under Microsoft's Open Specification Promise.
Microsoft moves on AJAX
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has released a beta version of its AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) programming technology, formerly code-named Atlas and now called Microsoft ASP.Net AJAX v1.0.
The Return of the Web Browser Wars
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Last week, Microsoft released the much-awaited version 7 its Internet Explorer Web browser. Tomorrow, the Mozilla Foundation will release the final version of Firefox 2.0, the latest iteration of the open-source browser that has been nipping steadily at Microsoft's heels.
Firefox Developers Not Scared of IE7
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - With the release of Internet Explorer 7 imminent, Firefox developers have a surprising response: They consider Microsoft to be doing them a favor.
Microsoft gives ground on multiple fronts
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft’s used many slogans in its 30 years of existence. Remember “Where do you want to go today?”
Microsoft: Know your network to stop fraud
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The past six months, anti-virus companies Symantec and McAfee have engaged in a full-on proxy war with Microsoft, appealing to the media and the European Commission about the threats to competition and innovation as the world’s largest software maker steps into the security software space.
Microsoft sees fast growth in Windows phones: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061022/tc_nm/telecoms_microsoft_blackberry_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061023/2006_10_23t092941_450x365_us_telecoms_microsoft_blackberry.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=m3QabMAVVx03eg34LD3HXg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Bill Gates makes a point at the 2005 Microsoft Mobile and Embedded DevCon Electronics conference, in Las Vegas, May 10, 2005. 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, Peter Knook, head of Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices division, told Germany's Euro am Sonntag in an interview published on Sunday. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>
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.
Google unveils tools for search engines
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061024/ap_on_hi_te/customizing_google"><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>AP - Hoping to leave an even bigger imprint on the Internet, Google Inc. is opening up its vast online index so other Web sites can build their own specialty search engines.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Net neutrality' would be Democrats' pet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_go_co/internet_equality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.c1936785b4ac4ed0b6d2078d32a6f313.earns_google__nyr106.jpg?x=130&y=74&sig=av87DdzSCrryfY1nadVZow--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="Google receptionist Lee Stimmel works at the front desk in the company's new office space in this Oct. 2, 2006, file photo in New York. The Internet company reports earnings Thursday, Oct. 19. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Democratic takeover on Capitol Hill would be good news to those who say the government should prohibit telecommunications giants from playing favorites with Internet content.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM sues Amazon for patent infringement
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_amazon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061023/2006_10_23t100202_450x277_us_ibm_amazon.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=McuHzERLLt1p4EaDS4DLzQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A view of IBM headquarters at la Defense in Paris, May 6, 2005. International Business Machines Corp. on Monday said it had filed two patent infringement lawsuits against online retailer Amazon.com Inc. pertaining to key technologies for the Internet service. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - IBM Corp. alleged in two lawsuits Monday that important components of Amazon.com Inc.'s massive retailing Web site were developed and patented many years earlier at IBM.</p><br clear="all"/>
Government defends 1998 anti-porn law
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_hi_te/internet_blocking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061013/capt.sge.bsx50.131006160803.photo00.photo.default-387x248.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=idz0mlpthcSJWYBrOl2chw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The Department of Justice seal.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Eight years after Congress passed a law aimed at protecting children from online pornography, free speech advocates and Web site publishers argued in federal court Monday that the never-enforced measure is fatally flawed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cell phone carriers target Hispanics
(AP)
AP - Speaking mostly Spanish and knowing little to no English — let alone any Greek — didn't keep six of the 10 employees at Stoupsy's of Athens from finding work in the Washington restaurant. It also hasn't kept them from getting cell phones like all their fellow workers.
Google muscle to power custom search engines
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061024/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternetcompanysearchgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061024/capt.sge.eub97.241006070239.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=egVvNAbyaWFtkw4t4XSVjw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Google announced that bloggers and website operators were free to customize its powerful search engine and put it on their Internet pages complete with money-making ads(AFP/File/John MacDougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google announced that bloggers and website operators were free to customize its powerful search engine and put it on their Internet pages complete with money-making ads.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony says to recall 250,000 batteries for own PCs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061024/tc_nm/sony_battery_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061024/2006_10_24t012133_450x189_us_sony_battery.jpg?x=130&y=54&sig=OaCJhZ2O5II4FRYHKvmf9w--" align="left" height="54" width="130" alt="A recalled notebook battery is seen in an undated file photo. Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it would recall about 250,000 batteries for its own notebook computers worldwide. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on Tuesday it
would recall about 250,000 batteries for its own notebook
computers worldwide.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tokyo stocks edge up on earnings news
(FT.com)
FT.com - Japanese stocks rose in morning trade Tuesday thanks to strong earnings from Yahoo Japan and others even as a price war in the mobile market timed to the arrival of number portability weighed on leading telecoms.
Can Firefox 2.0 Take Out Internet Explorer 7?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Tuesday, the Mozilla Foundation is expected to release the final version of Firefox 2.0, the latest iteration of the open-source browser that has been nipping steadily at the heels of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The new Firefox version comes less than a week after Microsoft released the long-awaited version 7 of Internet Explorer.
DST Systems posts lower Q3 net profit
(Reuters)
Reuters - DST Systems Inc , a provider of
data and software services, on Monday reported lower
third-quarter net income as lower expenses were more than
offset by smaller license fee revenues and other items.
Google muscle to power custom search engines
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061024/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternetcompanysearchgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061024/capt.sge.eub97.241006070239.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=egVvNAbyaWFtkw4t4XSVjw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Google announced that bloggers and website operators were free to customize its powerful search engine and put it on their Internet pages complete with money-making ads(AFP/File/John MacDougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google announced that bloggers and website operators were free to customize its powerful search engine and put it on their Internet pages complete with money-making ads.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google unveils tools for search engines
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061024/ap_on_hi_te/customizing_google"><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>AP - Hoping to leave an even bigger imprint on the Internet, Google Inc. is opening up its vast online index so other Web sites can build their own specialty search engines.</p><br clear="all"/>
Can Firefox 2.0 Take Out Internet Explorer 7?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Tuesday, the Mozilla Foundation is expected to release the final version of Firefox 2.0, the latest iteration of the open-source browser that has been nipping steadily at the heels of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The new Firefox version comes less than a week after Microsoft released the long-awaited version 7 of Internet Explorer.
Google lets Web sites tailor search to user tastes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. is ready to let Web
publishers and bloggers create custom searches on their sites,
in a move that could make searches more relevant to consumers
and allow the company to charge more for advertising, Google
said late on Monday.
Government defends 1998 anti-porn law
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_hi_te/internet_blocking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061013/capt.sge.bsx50.131006160803.photo00.photo.default-387x248.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=idz0mlpthcSJWYBrOl2chw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The Department of Justice seal.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Eight years after Congress passed a law aimed at protecting children from online pornography, free speech advocates and Web site publishers argued in federal court Monday that the never-enforced measure is fatally flawed.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM sues Amazon for patent infringement
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_amazon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061023/2006_10_23t100202_450x277_us_ibm_amazon.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=McuHzERLLt1p4EaDS4DLzQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A view of IBM headquarters at la Defense in Paris, May 6, 2005. International Business Machines Corp. on Monday said it had filed two patent infringement lawsuits against online retailer Amazon.com Inc. pertaining to key technologies for the Internet service. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - IBM Corp. alleged in two lawsuits Monday that important components of Amazon.com Inc.'s massive retailing Web site were developed and patented many years earlier at IBM.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Net neutrality' would be Democrats' pet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_go_co/internet_equality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061019/capt.c1936785b4ac4ed0b6d2078d32a6f313.earns_google__nyr106.jpg?x=130&y=74&sig=av87DdzSCrryfY1nadVZow--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="Google receptionist Lee Stimmel works at the front desk in the company's new office space in this Oct. 2, 2006, file photo in New York. The Internet company reports earnings Thursday, Oct. 19. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Democratic takeover on Capitol Hill would be good news to those who say the government should prohibit telecommunications giants from playing favorites with Internet content.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stanford Study Says Many Are Addicted to the Net
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - New research from Stanford University indicates that more than one in eight adults in the U.S. have a hard time staying away from the Internet for more than a few days at a time. And, one in 11 tries to hide his or her online habit.
Brewer Anheuser-Busch to check ages for Web sites
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061023/wr_nm/food_anheuser_internet_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061024/2006_10_23t190946_450x311_us_food_anheuser_internet.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=TgwS8AYqtZmERQr6K61kxA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="An age-verification check on the home page of www.budweiser.com on October 23, 2006. Anheuser-Busch said on Monday it will be implementing an independent age-verification check for all its branded Web sites in 2007. (Budweiser.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc.
said on Monday it will be implementing an independent
age-verification check for all its branded Web sites, such as
http://www.budweiser.com, in 2007.</p><br clear="all"/>
Softbank cuts prices to keep customers
(AP)
AP - Japanese Internet services company Softbank announced an aggressive rollback in fees as well as free calls and messages in a last-ditch effort to win and keep customers ahead of new regulations that will make it easier for people to defect to other carriers.
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