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AOL, Microsoft court indie-rock crowd
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061104/wr_nm/aol_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061104/2006_11_03t223856_450x294_us_aol.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=BP.89fOeatqJuzz0Ft4W.g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Visitors examine Microsoft Corp's new 'Windows Vista' operating system on laptops at a booth during the World PC Expo in Tokyo October 20, 2006. AOL and Microsoft are wooing indie-rock fans to help solidify their digital music strategies. Corporations seeking indie cred are nothing new. But both bids come at critical times for the technology giants. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - AOL and Microsoft are wooing
indie-rock fans to help solidify their digital music
strategies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Replacing MSN Music With Zune Store
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Consumers attempting to buy from MSN Music will instead be directed to the Zune store or Real Rhapsody service after Zune goes live Nov. 14.
Windows, Windows And... Linux?
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT - News) deal Thursday with Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL - News) is not a sign that Microsoft has fundamentally changed its opinion of free, open-source software. But the deal is an admission by Microsoft that Linux, the best-known open-source software, is here for the long haul.
Microsoft Unlikely To Sue Over Linux Patents Despite Bluster: Experts
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - "What software company on the planet is going to sue someone who might buy their software?" says one analyst.
Microsoft Eschews Auto Push For Japanese IE7
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft launched the Japanese edition of Internet Explorer 7 on Thursday, but said it will delay pushing the new browser to users via Automatic Updates until next year because businesses have asked for more time to configure their Web sites and applications.
OpenOffice Blesses Microsoft-Novell Pact
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Linux-Windows cooperation deal between Microsoft and Novell is being welcomed by the group behind the free OpenOffice.org applications suite.
Microsoft Keeps The Patent Hammer Handy In Novell Linux Pact
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft and Novell will work more closely with each other under the new deal.
Judge: Microsoft's Gates must testify
(AP)
AP - A district court judge in Iowa has ordered Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in person at a trial in Iowa later this month.
Microsoft Amends Windows Vista License Amid Complaints
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In response to a raft of complaints, Microsoft has changed Vista's End User License Agreement, barely a week after releasing it.
Vista: How Soon Until Deployment?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The average Joe will have to wait until 2007 to get a copy of Windows Vista, but companies will have it as early as November 30, along with new versions of Office and Exchange, according to Microsoft. That's less than a month away, yet it could take years for companies to start -- much less finish -- deployments.
Eco groups use online maps in mine fight
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_on_re_us/google_mountaintop_mining"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061104/capt.11f67850837748d78e3d76e341e60363.google_mountaintop_mining_kysj601.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=O6UGeLevlqGfJ2ewhPx8Kg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Benny Campbell, foreground, holds up a photo of damages caused by mountaintop mining, while McKinley Sumner, background, explains the problems the process has caused in their community near Vicco, Ky., Oct. 30, 2006. An Internet campaign, dubbed 'I Love Mountains,' is using Google Earth to illustrate the extent of the mountaintop removal in Appalachian communities. (AP Photo/Samira Jafari)" border="0" /></a>AP - Benny Campbell experiences mountaintop mining day and night. His bed is rattled by the blasting. Gray dust blankets his porch and car if a few days go by without rain. His electricity goes out repeatedly when the coal miners accidentally knock down power lines.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dems seek answers on Iraq documents site
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_on_go_co/iraq_documents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061103/capt.2751eaf29b644b25bc838e093b14f1b1.clinton_nevada_nvlr109.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=yfOjIDVVSLacQl.xYXhhbQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, arrive at a Democratic rally for gubernatorial candidate Dina Titus, left, at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four Democratic senators demanded on Saturday that the Bush administration explain its decision to post documents from Saddam Hussein's covert nuclear program on a now-shuttered federal Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Starbucks loses laptops with worker data
(AP)
AP - Starbucks Corp. said Friday it had lost track of four laptop computers, two of which had private information on about 60,000 current and former U.S. employees and fewer than 80 Canadian workers and contractors.
Pa. man accused of raping online dates
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061104/ap_on_re_us/online_dating_rapes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061103/capt.72e4fde7de2b46c88d9c5ee8077bac0a.online_dating_rapes_px101.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=ifAE.fqQZmZEZdjO0ob24w--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="This undated photo from the Philadelphia Police Department, shows Jeffrey J. Marsalis, 33, of Philadelphia. Marsalis faces trial on nine rape counts involving eight women, while a 10th charge is pending in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - He was an online dater's dream: Tall, clean-cut, with a fashionable address and a taste for upscale bars and restaurants. He said he was a doctor, an astronaut, a spy — though he was really an on-and-off nursing student. With woman after woman, he would slip something in their drinks and then rape them, police say.</p><br clear="all"/>
Canadian nabbed in live Web sex assault
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061103/ap_on_re_ca/canada_internet_assault"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061102/capt.sge.hxy47.021106193027.photo00.photo.default-512x322.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=CcE7WmNvo629SHNLvtw8tQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="View of the Toronto skyline, June 2006. A 34-year-old Canadian man was arrested hours after he sent live web images of himself sexually abusing a pre-school girl this week to a shocked undercover officer, police said.(AFP/File/Geoff Robins)" border="0" /></a>AP - A man who was sexually abusing a young girl in his home was arrested after he transmitted images of the assault via the Internet to an undercover detective, police said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet adware firm in $3 million settlement
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061105/wr_nm/zango_ftc_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061105/2006_11_03t154920_450x361_us_zango_ftc.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=h.3pPHSPw.tGBAh2qXUKfg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="A screen grab of Zango.com. An Internet advertising firm called Zango Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million to the U.S. government to settle allegations that its pop-up ad software was secretly installed on millions of personal computers, federal regulators said on Friday. (www.zango.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An Internet advertising firm called
Zango Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million to the U.S. government
to settle allegations that its pop-up ad software was secretly
installed on millions of personal computers, federal regulators
said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Samsung Elec sees possible LCD shortage in 2007
(Reuters)
Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS)
said the global LCD market would be difficult in the first half
of 2007 due to seasonal factors, but predicted strong growth in
demand and even a possible shortage in the second half.
Wireless ventures aim to boost music subscriptions
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061104/wr_nm/cingular_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061104/2006_11_03t220851_450x366_us_cingular.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=DDSAgVJdYqoqLtCunEttlg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Cingular Wireless sales consultant Marcell Lane shows how a phone works to a customer at a Cingular Wireless store in Atlanta, February 17, 2004. On Monday (November 6), Cingular Wireless will become the first U.S. operator to provide mobile access to online digital music services such as Napster, eMusic and Yahoo Music. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - On Monday (November 6),
Cingular Wireless will become the first U.S. operator to
provide mobile access to online digital music services such as
Napster, eMusic and Yahoo Music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Windows, Windows And... Linux?
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT - News) deal Thursday with Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL - News) is not a sign that Microsoft has fundamentally changed its opinion of free, open-source software. But the deal is an admission by Microsoft that Linux, the best-known open-source software, is here for the long haul.
Stopping Today's PC Spies at the Gate
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Although spyware has been called the plague of the Internet, many people still regard the invasive software as a kind of digital Avian flu. "Yes, it's bad and potentially very threatening, but it's the kind of thing that only happens to other people,not me."
Internet adware firm in $3 million settlement
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061105/wr_nm/zango_ftc_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061105/2006_11_03t154920_450x361_us_zango_ftc.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=h.3pPHSPw.tGBAh2qXUKfg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="A screen grab of Zango.com. An Internet advertising firm called Zango Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million to the U.S. government to settle allegations that its pop-up ad software was secretly installed on millions of personal computers, federal regulators said on Friday. (www.zango.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An Internet advertising firm called
Zango Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million to the U.S. government
to settle allegations that its pop-up ad software was secretly
installed on millions of personal computers, federal regulators
said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stopping Today's PC Spies at the Gate
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Although spyware has been called the plague of the Internet, many people still regard the invasive software as a kind of digital Avian flu. "Yes, it's bad and potentially very threatening, but it's the kind of thing that only happens to other people,not me."
Britons to log on to Christmas Internet shopping boom
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061104/tc_afp/afplifestylebritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061104/capt.sge.iki10.041106143757.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=zuR8atC4gYCc3CcF_4CkWg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A young couple carry shopping bags as they walk along New Bond Street in London in December 2004. A survey has predicted Britons will spend a record seven billion pounds (10.4 billion euros, 13.3 billion dollars) on online purchases in the run-up to Christmas, a 40 percent rise on last year.(AFP/File/Carl De Souza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Britons will spend a record seven billion pounds (10.4 billion euros, 13.3 billion dollars) on online purchases in the run-up to Christmas, a 40 percent rise on last year, a survey has predicted.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wireless ventures aim to boost music subscriptions
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061104/wr_nm/cingular_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061104/2006_11_03t220851_450x366_us_cingular.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=DDSAgVJdYqoqLtCunEttlg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Cingular Wireless sales consultant Marcell Lane shows how a phone works to a customer at a Cingular Wireless store in Atlanta, February 17, 2004. On Monday (November 6), Cingular Wireless will become the first U.S. operator to provide mobile access to online digital music services such as Napster, eMusic and Yahoo Music. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - On Monday (November 6),
Cingular Wireless will become the first U.S. operator to
provide mobile access to online digital music services such as
Napster, eMusic and Yahoo Music.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tariff a Catch "22" for Canadian college stations
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian college radio could be under
threat, with a number of stations saying they will be forced to
pull their online feeds if a tariff proposed by Canada's
performing rights society comes into force next year.
Philips sponsors free New York Times Web access
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061104/media_nm/media_newyorktimes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061104/2006_11_03t220006_450x362_us_media_newyorktimes.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=.xBa.sC2Zi8ov1.I30qzYA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="A screen grab of NYTimes.com. The New York Times Co. said on Friday it will offer free access to its Times Select online opinion section through a sponsorship deal with Royal Philips Electronics as it aims to get more people to subscribe to the $49.95-per-year service. (www.nytimes.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The New York Times Co. said on Friday
it will offer free access to its Times Select online opinion
section through a sponsorship deal with Royal Philips
Electronics as it aims to get more people to subscribe to the
$49.95-per-year service.</p><br clear="all"/>
Texas begins online test of Mexico border cameras
(Reuters)
Reuters - Texas began testing a Web site on
Friday that enables anyone with Internet access to keep watch
on the state's border with Mexico.
Cable Companies Winning Against Telcos In Bundled Services
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Fully 90% of homes that have the so-called "triple play" of TV, voice, and broadband services are cable TV subscribers.
FTC fines adware firm $3M
(AP)
AP - An online media and advertising company accused of unfairly and deceptively downloading its software onto consumers' computers has agreed to pay a $3 million fine to the Federal Trade Commission.
Microsoft Eschews Auto Push For Japanese IE7
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft launched the Japanese edition of Internet Explorer 7 on Thursday, but said it will delay pushing the new browser to users via Automatic Updates until next year because businesses have asked for more time to configure their Web sites and applications.
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