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Microsoft Offers Free Office 2007 Upgrades, Defers $1.5 Billion In Sales
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft has unveiled a discount coupon program for Office 2007, the next version of its productivity suite.
Microsoft Preps XP-to-Vista App Migration Tool
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft will unveil a tool to help Windows XP users migrate not only files and settings, but also applications to Windows Vista when the operating system launches.
Microsoft offers Vista upgrade coupons
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061025/tc_afp/afplifestyleitretailcompanysoftwaremicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061025/capt.sge.fke22.251006182214.photo00.photo.default-413x503.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=FDfZ0R7SpN4Bv_djNQ8aAg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="A visitor checks out Microsoft's new Vista operating system in Tokyo. Microsoft announced a plan to give holiday-season computer buyers discounts on upgrades to its Vista operating system and new-generation Microsoft Office suite due out next year.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced a plan to give holiday-season computer buyers discounts on upgrades to its Vista operating system and new-generation Microsoft Office suite due out next year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Delays Windows Vista to PC Makers
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Internet is abuzz with reports that Microsoft Vista will miss an important deadline, possibly making the operating system slip its launch schedule.
Microsoft, Orange launch Windows Live in France
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft and France Telecom said on
Wednesday they would launch the U.S. software giant's MSN
instant messaging system on mobile phones in France in
December.
Wisair UWB Receives Microsoft WHQL Blessing
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Ultrawideband developer Wisair said Wednesday that it has received WHQL certification from Microsoft for its software drivers, an important step toward making UWB a reality.
Microsoft Decries Vista PatchGuard Hack
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The software giant said Authentium should reconsider its approach, and contends that attempts by other vendors to bypass the controversial Vista kernel security feature could lead to problems for users.
New generation Firefox web browser unleashed
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061025/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternetcompanymozilla"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061025/capt.sge.fdj66.251006072959.photo00.photo.default-300x247.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=wgNUm65ceIWOg0duDvNPgA--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Mozilla released a new version of its Firefox web browser that has gained popularity as a free alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer software.(Mozilla)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Mozilla released a new version of its Firefox web browser that has gained popularity as a free alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer software.</p><br clear="all"/>
Could Firefox 2.0 Overtake 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.
Microsoft Opens Sender ID Spec To Help Fight Spam
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has released its Sender ID Framework to developers who want to create services or products that use this particular authentication technology to help ward off the evils of spam.
Oracle assaults Red Hat with pricing war
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_on_hi_te/oracle_red_hat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061025/capt.52825320109e4a89925bf49e39fd067d.oracle_red_hat_caps108.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=LKqXNhVum8PqCyqao9k1tw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Oracle CEO Larry Ellison gestures in front of a Linux poster at a keynote address at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison is shaking up the software industry again, only this time a takeover bid isn't involved — yet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Headgear shows images in 360-degree view
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061025/ap_on_hi_te/virtual_reality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061023/capt.xkaj10210231117.japan_toshiba_gadget_xkaj102.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=GPM6wUa1HUyBDeMRvF41iQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. employee Aira Hotta wears a full-faced prototype headgear that enables her to get a close to 360-degree view on a dome-shaped screen at Toshiba Corporate Research and Development Center in Kawasaki, west of Tokyo,Monday, Oct. 23, 2006. The omnidirectional image will be projected on the 40 centimeters (15.8 inches) across screen inside the 2.7-kilogram (5.95-pound) helmet in accordance with the wearer's head position upon being detected by infrared sensors. Toshiba, which plans to market the gadget within 2 to 3 years, aiming at attracting people such as virtual reality gamers, said the wearers can get 160 degrees in a horizontal plane and 120 degrees in a vertical plane from any angles their heads turn. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's about as glamorous as wearing an old-style TV set on your head, but the dome-shaped headgear from Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. isn't meant to be fashionable. It's designed to show images in a 360-degree view — synched with the motion of the wearer's head to deliver the illusion of being someplace else: a cityscape at night, for example, or outer space.</p><br clear="all"/>
AT&T launches video monitoring service
(AP)
AP - AT&T Inc. is introducing a home monitoring service that includes live video surveillance on a computer or cell phone, as well as lighting controls and detection sensors for motion, temperature changes and flooding.
Review: Fastap puts twist on cell typing
(AP)
AP - There are only so many ways to lay out the keys on a cell phone for typing words, or so you'd think.
Biometric device used to pay for meals
(AP)
AP - It takes more than a lunch lady to run today's public school cafeterias. It takes a logistics expert.
Net Watchdog: Beware of Auto Loan Scams
(PC World)
PC World - An online auto lender disappears after taking money from unsuspecting car shoppers. How can you avoid a similar scam?
Compromised PC Leads To Big Fraud Losses For E*Trade
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - E*Trade joins other online brokers, including TD Ameritrade, in falling victim to a variety of schemes aimed at stealing client information for fraudulent transactions.
Motorola interested in France's Sagem: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061026/bs_nm/telecoms_sagem_motorola_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061026/2006_10_26t032920_218x450_us_telecoms_sagem_motorola.jpg?x=62&y=130&sig=.khbUhrcqpeYlQvgsvhwKg--" align="left" height="130" width="62" alt="A worker fixes a poster at the booth of French electronics company Sagem during final preparations for the CeBIT in Hanover March 15, 2004. U.S. mobile phone maker Motorola Inc is interested in Sagem, the French mobile phone and fax company that could be sold off by parent group Safran, Le Figaro newspaper said on Thursday. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. mobile phone maker Motorola Inc
is interested in Sagem, the French mobile phone and fax
company that could be sold off by parent group Safran ,
Le Figaro newspaper said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oracle offers half-price support for Red Hat Linux
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061026/tc_nm/oracle_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061025/capt.bb83df01a0104c559a8f77917273aeec.oracle_caps113.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=YtzX6C2mPYEYWaDsVh2CrA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Oracle CEO Larry Ellison smiles during his keynote address at Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oracle Corp. is taking
aim at Red Hat Inc. , the top distributor of Linux
operating system software, with an offer to provide half-price
technical support to Red Hat Linux users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oracle To Support Red Hat Linux, Using Red Hat's Own Product Against It
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Oracle will exploit the open source license by offering its own customers a version of Red Hat's software with the labels stripped off. Oracle will charge for support, competing with Red Hat using Red Hat's own products.
Net Watchdog: Beware of Auto Loan Scams
(PC World)
PC World - An online auto lender disappears after taking money from unsuspecting car shoppers. How can you avoid a similar scam?
Cyberspace playing big part in US elections
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061026/tc_afp/usvoteinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061026/capt.sge.fmb14.261006020213.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=I7PX5.OSLU5W0ikAhNA4jA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="YouTube web page displayed on a computer. Video websites and blogs have grown into a major force in the US election campaign, providing an unbridled and widely read counterpoint to the traditional media.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Video websites and blogs have grown into a major force in the US election campaign, providing an unbridled and widely read counterpoint to the traditional media.</p><br clear="all"/>
Entertainment Execs Envision Internet TV For The Masses
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - With user-generated video content on the Internet booming, so is the market for professional content as more television programming moves online.
China jails Internet dissident for three years
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese court on Wednesday jailed a
dissident for three years for inciting subversion with an
Internet essay praising pro-rights protests in Hong Kong, a
human rights group said.
Compromised PC Leads To Big Fraud Losses For E*Trade
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - E*Trade joins other online brokers, including TD Ameritrade, in falling victim to a variety of schemes aimed at stealing client information for fraudulent transactions.
Ousted CEO Freston still feels good about Viacom
(Reuters)
Reuters - Former Viacom Chief Executive Tom
Freston said on Wednesday he still feels good about the media
company despite his sudden ouster last month over a lagging
stock price and questions over its Internet strategy.
Metadata, Analytics To Push Next Wave in Search
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - With the enormous amount of content coming online, sorting through it all will continue to be a challenge.
Veeker Gets Mobile Video Uploaded To Web
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A one-year-old San Francisco startup launches its flagship service that lets consumers upload pictures to the Internet from their mobile phone.
Merrill Lynch: Could Be Decades Before Online Sustains Newspapers
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK It could take as long as 30 years for online revenue to represent at least 50% of a newspapers bottom line, according to a new report issued by Merrill Lynch on Tuesday.
Yahoo to showcase digital time capsule offerings
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061025/tc_afp/afplifestyleusit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061025/capt.sge.flk77.251006214234.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=Wru_amoo1xGGmKQ5EvLEzw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This handout photo shows Yahoo! corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Videos and photographs from around the world will be projected on canyon walls and beamed into space from an ancient pueblo as leading website company Yahoo showcases its 2006 digital time capsule beginning Wednesday.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Videos and photographs from around the world will be projected on canyon walls and beamed into space from an ancient pueblo as leading website company Yahoo showcases its 2006 digital time capsule beginning Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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