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Google battles rivals in race to digitize the world's libraries
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061029/tc_afp/afplifestyleusit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061029/capt.sge.gpb05.291006211246.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=SVX.GwNtAaYGM6h1K48SGw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Logo of web search engine Google seen behing a computer keyboard. A race is on to digitize the world's books, pitting Internet juggernaut Google against a vast anti-Google coalition backed by rivals Yahoo and Microsoft.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A race is on to digitize the world's books, pitting Internet juggernaut Google against a vast anti-Google coalition backed by rivals Yahoo and Microsoft.</p><br clear="all"/>
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"/>
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.
Army monitors soldiers' blogs, Web sites
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_hi_te/military_blogging"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061029/capt.nyol70810291706.military_blogging_nyol708.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=X16bblfvkuv7Fb3QefWnkg--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Author Matthew Currier Burden stands at the Pritzker Military Library with a copy of his book containing a collection of entries from bloggers who served in the war called , 'The Blog Of War,' in Chicago, Ill., in this Oct. 26, 2006 file photo. From the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan to here at home, soldiers blogging about military life are under the watchful eye of some of their own. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - From the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan to here at home, soldiers blogging about military life are under the watchful eye of some of their own.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM still profits from giant mainframes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_hi_te/reviving_mainframes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061018/i/r1026126433.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=lYTnnmGL0Ty.s.CBanSt8w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A view of the IBM facility outside Boulder, Colorado October 18, 2006. Shares of IBM rose to a 19-month high on Wednesday after it posted a 47 percent gain in quarterly profit fueled by improved software, hardware and services revenue. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cheap little servers handle so much of the Internet's dirty work that giant computers known as mainframes, which debuted 50 years ago and often cost more than $1 million, are supposed to be passe.</p><br clear="all"/>
Students produce movies with cell phones
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_hi_te/making_mobilettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061020/capt.980cdd947e4245868a373bd4e26e7cb6.mobile_movies_nyet399.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=_cP0OVGSIG9SHhsHaS9VSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Frenchman Leonard Bougois-Beaulieu poses with the mobile phone he used to film his short movie 'Busy', in front of the computer onto which he edited it, Friday Oct. 13, 2006 at his Paris home. Cheap, easy and accessible, mobiles-as-movie cameras are shaking up the celluloid world, literally putting a touch of Hollywood into amateur filmmakers' hands. 'First and foremost, it's a matter of cost,' said Leonard Bourgois-Beaulieu, whose short, 'Busy,' won Pocket Films' audience choice award for best film at Paris' second film festival devoted exclusively to movies shot with cells. An image of Bourgois-Beaulieu himself, who stars in his own movie, is seen on the computer's screen behind. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" border="0" /></a>AP - The cameras capture the young man walking down the stairs, reciting a monologue about the three things people should know about him: His favorite movie is "Gone with the Wind," he loves roller coasters and he hates when people don't take him seriously.</p><br clear="all"/>
Candidates, parties target Web audience
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_hi_te/web_politics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061029/capt.5db6f454bd0bc0b0322ded0fd82c4868.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=8I8gEz30kfBLv2KV69TrQw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Mark Nickolas, who operates a Web site where he offers political commentary, stands outside the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Thursday, July 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Roger Alford)" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of people who go online for political news is rising, with more than one-third saying they check the Internet for such information.</p><br clear="all"/>
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"/>
Comcast scares up horror broadband site
(Reuters)
Reuters - The horror genre is hot,
as indicated by current box office champ "Saw III," and Comcast
Corp. plans to capitalize on that popularity with Tuesday's
appropriately timed launch of its broadband and video-on-demand
channel FEARnet.com.
Man arrested for email threat to kill Indian PM, president
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061029/tc_afp/indiacrimeinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061029/capt.sge.glb55.291006093518.photo00.photo.default-512x398.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=6OHgT1a57XPXO8ukyQxu.Q--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Indian President, Abdul Kalam (L) and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talk during the welcome cermony of Romanian President Traian Basescu at the Presidential palace in New Delhi on October 23. Police have arrested a man in southern India for sending an email threatening to kill Singh and Kalam.(AFP/File/Raveendran )" border="0" /></a>AFP - Police have arrested a man in southern India for sending an email threatening to kill Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Abdul Kalam.</p><br clear="all"/>
Softbank Mobile victim of own popularity
(AP)
AP - Japanese mobile phone carrier Softbank Mobile Corp., which slashed its prices last week to undercut rivals, said it had to stop taking new applications Sunday because it was flooded by new customers wanting to switch to its service.
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.
Comcast scares up horror broadband site
(Reuters)
Reuters - The horror genre is hot,
as indicated by current box office champ "Saw III," and Comcast
Corp. plans to capitalize on that popularity with Tuesday's
appropriately timed launch of its broadband and video-on-demand
channel FEARnet.com.
Web distributor Brightcove seeks to make video pay
(Reuters)
Reuters - A pioneer of the fast-growing online
video distribution market aims to help professional video
makers create syndicated video channels, supported by
advertising, that can play across a range of Web sites.
Google battles rivals in race to digitize the world's libraries
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061029/tc_afp/afplifestyleusit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061029/capt.sge.gpb05.291006211246.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=SVX.GwNtAaYGM6h1K48SGw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Logo of web search engine Google seen behing a computer keyboard. A race is on to digitize the world's books, pitting Internet juggernaut Google against a vast anti-Google coalition backed by rivals Yahoo and Microsoft.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A race is on to digitize the world's books, pitting Internet juggernaut Google against a vast anti-Google coalition backed by rivals Yahoo and Microsoft.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web health info seekers tend not to check sources
(Reuters)
Reuters - Only one-fourth of Americans who
search the Internet for health advice regularly check the
source and date of the information they find to assess its
quality, according to a survey released on Sunday by the Pew
Internet Project.
IBM still profits from giant mainframes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_hi_te/reviving_mainframes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061018/i/r1026126433.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=lYTnnmGL0Ty.s.CBanSt8w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A view of the IBM facility outside Boulder, Colorado October 18, 2006. Shares of IBM rose to a 19-month high on Wednesday after it posted a 47 percent gain in quarterly profit fueled by improved software, hardware and services revenue. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cheap little servers handle so much of the Internet's dirty work that giant computers known as mainframes, which debuted 50 years ago and often cost more than $1 million, are supposed to be passe.</p><br clear="all"/>
Army monitors soldiers' blogs, Web sites
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_hi_te/military_blogging"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061029/capt.nyol70810291706.military_blogging_nyol708.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=X16bblfvkuv7Fb3QefWnkg--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Author Matthew Currier Burden stands at the Pritzker Military Library with a copy of his book containing a collection of entries from bloggers who served in the war called , 'The Blog Of War,' in Chicago, Ill., in this Oct. 26, 2006 file photo. From the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan to here at home, soldiers blogging about military life are under the watchful eye of some of their own. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - From the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan to here at home, soldiers blogging about military life are under the watchful eye of some of their own.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web Politics Poll Glance
(AP)
AP - Some demographics and details from the AP-AOL News poll on people looking for political news and information on the Web. The poll was conducted by Ipsos, an international polling firm.
Candidates, parties target Web audience
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_hi_te/web_politics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061029/capt.5db6f454bd0bc0b0322ded0fd82c4868.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=8I8gEz30kfBLv2KV69TrQw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Mark Nickolas, who operates a Web site where he offers political commentary, stands outside the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Thursday, July 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Roger Alford)" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of people who go online for political news is rising, with more than one-third saying they check the Internet for such information.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. seen balking at challenge by Islamist Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Bush administration is failing
to counter Islamist online propaganda that could propel
militancy into the next generation, experts say.
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.
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