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Court to weigh Microsoft, AT&T dispute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061028/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061027/capt.sge.fwb59.271006004001.photo00.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=TFIlLew.PXpo.L8r6YbU8g--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Microsoft co-founder shadow falls on the company logo during a press conference. Microsoft said first-quarter net profit, operating income and revenue climbed 11 percent from a year ago, boosted partly by surging demand for its Xbox 360 game device.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Supreme Court said Friday it would intervene in a patent dispute between giants Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Corp. over Windows programs distributed overseas. An appeals court ruled that Microsoft had infringed on an AT&T patent for a type of speech-coding technology.</p><br clear="all"/>
Supreme Court To Review Microsoft Patent Case
(PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an overseas patent lawsuit case pitting AT&T against Microsoft.
U.S. Supreme Court to review Microsoft patent case
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday
agreed to consider whether Microsoft Corp. should have
to pay damages overseas for infringing a speech recognition
software patent owned by AT&T Inc.
Microsoft: Q1 earnings up 11 percent
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061027/capt.sge.gcz50.271006171049.photo00.photo.default-512x379.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=OLBpHmUpKRy6BGPk.ZY1xg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates(L), his wife Melinda Gates, seen here in June 2006. A network of European charities, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was launched to lobby governments and the private sector for more action to improve healthcare in developing nations.(AFP/File/Nicholas Roberts)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp., which is gearing up to release new versions of its two most important products, says it started its fiscal year on the right foot with quarterly results that exceeded expectations.</p><br clear="all"/>
Brief: U.S. Supreme Court To Review Microsoft Patent Case
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The company is appealing an appeals court ruling that says AT&T can seek royalties from Microsoft products found to have infringed upon an AT&T patent.
Microsoft Mandates Office Piracy Check
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft turns up an anti-piracy feature in Microsoft Office XP and 2003.
Stocks fall on weak GDP data, Intel drops
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061027/2006_10_27t152400_450x328_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=1jHQW6wjxiByX3v42sL1MQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A trading specialist watches a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 20, 2006. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. stocks sold off on Friday after
data showed third-quarter U.S. economic growth was the weakest
in more than three years and a Goldman Sachs report prompted
investors to unload some shares of Intel Corp. and
other semiconductor companies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Xbox, Software, Server Raise Microsoft Sales
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A quick look at how strong quarter sales from entertainment and server software boosted Microsoft Corp. revenue in the just-reported quarter.
Vista With 2 Gigs 'Great' Says Dell CEO
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Windows Vista may need double the RAM that Microsoft Corp. recommends, a Dell exec opines.
Vista Delays: Much Ado About Nothing?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Do the much-hyped, widely reported delays in Microsoft's release of Windows Vista really matter? Experts say no.
Cell phone takes security to new heights
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061028/ap_on_hi_te/japan_security_phone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061027/capt.ec0bf7544a7c4deb99bf4c5478e59115.japan_security_phones_nybz121.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=.C5tngnlvM3iKvi65PCDnQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="NTT DoCoMo's PR staff member Tomoko Tsuda displays the Japanese mobile carrier giant's new mobile phone P903i with a security key card in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. If owners keep the card in their bag or pocket, the phone recognizes when the card moves too far away and locks automatically to prevent use, if it's lost or stolen. The phone also comes with Global Positioning System satellite navigation to look for your missing cell phone. NTT DoCoMo plans to sell the new mobile in the next few months. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - A new mobile phone in Japan takes security pretty seriously: It can recognize its owner, automatically locks when the person gets too far away from it and can be found via satellite navigation if it goes missing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Court to weigh Microsoft, AT&T dispute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061028/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061027/capt.sge.fwb59.271006004001.photo00.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=TFIlLew.PXpo.L8r6YbU8g--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Microsoft co-founder shadow falls on the company logo during a press conference. Microsoft said first-quarter net profit, operating income and revenue climbed 11 percent from a year ago, boosted partly by surging demand for its Xbox 360 game device.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Supreme Court said Friday it would intervene in a patent dispute between giants Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Corp. over Windows programs distributed overseas. An appeals court ruled that Microsoft had infringed on an AT&T patent for a type of speech-coding technology.</p><br clear="all"/>
China looking to stop Internet addiction
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061028/ap_on_hi_te/china_internet_children"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061009/i/r879532232.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=97bfVPcPDRb1FdBbvwXyeQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A girl surfs a blog website at an internet cafe in Changzhi, northern China's Shanxi province October 9, 2006. The number of bloggers in China had reached 17.5 million by the end of August, almost 30 times the 2002 figure, China Daily reported Monday. CHINA OUT REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's government wants to develop technology to stop children from becoming addicted to the Internet, a news report said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Peer-to-peer charges net prison term
(AP)
AP - A network administrator for a peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing system has been sentenced to five months in prison for copyright infringement.
Records of freed slaves to go online
(AP)
AP - Records the Freedmen's Bureau used to reconnect families — from battered work contracts to bank forms — will be placed online in part of a new project linking modern-day blacks with their ancestors.
Phishing Domain Resale Market Booms
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Internet addresses that appeal to identity thieves eager to rip off consumers are being posted by major domain resellers.
Acer Readies Small PCs And A Smart Phone
(PC World)
PC World - Slimmed down desktops at cut-rate prices planned along with new PDA-like phone.
Japan's NTT DoCoMo profits slide on intense competition
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061027/tc_afp/japantelecommobile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061027/capt.sge.gcy01.271006170418.photo00.photo.default-365x512.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=y8TMTltFzx_l3CcX4cRkOg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="A pedestrian uses his mobile phone near a shop of Japanese communication giant NTT DoCoMo's in Tokyo. NTT DoCoMo has warned that increasingly cut-throat competition in Japan's cellphone market would leave a big dent in its profits this year as its first-half earnings slumped almost 20 percent.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - NTT DoCoMo has warned that increasingly cut-throat competition in Japan's cellphone market would leave a big dent in its profits this year as its first-half earnings slumped almost 20 percent.</p><br clear="all"/>
Red Hat CEO Says Won't Cut Prices Because Of Oracle
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - CEO Matthew Szulik is hanging tough in the face of a competitive threat by Oracle.
U.S. Supreme Court to review Microsoft patent case
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday
agreed to consider whether Microsoft Corp. should have
to pay damages overseas for infringing a speech recognition
software patent owned by AT&T Inc.
Phishing Domain Resale Market Booms
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Internet addresses that appeal to identity thieves eager to rip off consumers are being posted by major domain resellers.
AP/AOL News Poll: 35 Percent of Americans Get Election Info Online
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The poll suggests that some 35 percent of Americans, or 43 percent of likely voters, go online for election information.
China looking to stop Internet addiction
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061028/ap_on_hi_te/china_internet_children"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061009/i/r879532232.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=97bfVPcPDRb1FdBbvwXyeQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A girl surfs a blog website at an internet cafe in Changzhi, northern China's Shanxi province October 9, 2006. The number of bloggers in China had reached 17.5 million by the end of August, almost 30 times the 2002 figure, China Daily reported Monday. CHINA OUT REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's government wants to develop technology to stop children from becoming addicted to the Internet, a news report said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Judge mulls if site demoted by Google was defamed
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061028/tc_nm/google_lawsuit_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061028/2006_10_27t221453_450x294_us_google_lawsuit.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=XSoJlzSTd_56Afq4AeYMNw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, in a file photo. A federal judge on Friday questioned whether Google defamed a small company by cutting it from its Web search ranking system or whether Google is free to choose which sites it features. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A federal judge on Friday
questioned whether Google Inc. defamed a small company
by cutting it from its Web search ranking system or whether
Google is free to choose which sites it features.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online Buzz Tracker Rates TV Shows
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - One tracker of online buzz for broadcast prime-time programming has proven to be a fairly accurate predictor of which new shows would succeed or fail thus far this season.
Google Blogger Service Outages Spark User Firestorm
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - What happens when bloggers get angry over outages and slow response times? They blog about it, of course, and they aren't happy bloggers.
Christie's online bidding a $2.8 mln success
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/wr_nm/arts_christies_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061028/2006_10_27t201359_450x300_us_arts_christies.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=.HScpeKxiJM1YWrCXxJOTw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Replicas of 'Star Trek' star ships during a preview of the auction '40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection' at Christie's in New York, September 29, 2006. Christie's new real-time online bidding service has taken in $2.8 million in sales since its July launch, including more than $1 million from its recent sale of 'Star Trek' memorabilia, the auction house said on Friday. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Christie's new real-time online
bidding service has taken in $2.8 million in sales since its
July launch, including more than $1 million from its recent
blockbuster sale of "Star Trek" memorabilia, the auction house
said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Peer-to-peer charges net prison term
(AP)
AP - A network administrator for a peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing system has been sentenced to five months in prison for copyright infringement.
Game Exporter Says Sony Put It Out Of Business
(PC World)
PC World - Lik-sang.com, an online game and console marketplace, says Sony lawsuits shut it down.
San Francisco Gets Free FONs for Wi-Fi
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Fon is looking to beat Google and EarthLink to the punch and wire (or unwire) the city of San Francisco with Wi-Fi by giving away free routers.
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