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Technology battle on to channel films to homes and hands
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061108/tc_afp/afplifestyleusfilminternetittrend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061108/capt.sge.jnb98.081106061244.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=GVEO3iMH1UHw2KQCStdweg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A man plays a demo version of the Xbox 360 in San Francisco. Technology titans Microsoft, Apple and Google are among those scrambling to feed people's ravenous desire to download films and videos from the Internet and watch them wherever they like(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Technology titans Microsoft, Apple and Google are among those scrambling to feed people's ravenous desire to download films and videos from the Internet and watch them wherever they like.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft To Boost Code Protection In Visual Studio
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Dotfuscator software will be built in to Visual Studio to protect code from theft and from hackers looking for security vulnerabilities.
Microsoft to pay Novell $240 million
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061108/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_novell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061108/2006_11_07t175459_450x294_us_microsoft_novell.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=WgKrxxN7k3Zqr47bg9_0mA--" 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. Software maker Novell Corp. on Tuesday said Microsoft Corp. will make a $240 million upfront payment to the company as part of an agreement to allow Novell's open-source Linux software to work with Windows. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. will pay Novell Inc. $240 million upfront for subscription certificates for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server product, Novell said in a statement late Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to pay Novell $348 million under Linux pact
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061108/bs_nm/microsoft_novell_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061108/2006_11_07t175459_450x294_us_microsoft_novell.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=WgKrxxN7k3Zqr47bg9_0mA--" 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. Software maker Novell Corp. on Tuesday said Microsoft Corp. will make a $240 million upfront payment to the company as part of an agreement to allow Novell's open-source Linux software to work with Windows. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Software maker Novell Corp.
said on Tuesday Microsoft Corp. will make two separate
up-front payments totaling $348 million to the company under an
agreement to allow Novell's open-source Linux software to work
with Windows.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft embraces AJAX, IronPython
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Las Vegas -- Microsoft on Tuesday further embraced dynamic scripting, revealing AJAX-friendly (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) enhancements planned for the upcoming Visual Studio "Orcas" tools platforms and a marriage of IronPython and ASP.Net.
Microsoft sees gamers online as key to growth
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061107/wr_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061108/2006_11_07t182320_450x302_us_microsoft_xbox.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=OzOk.Z1MO7rMLroGTyIIKQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Visitors play with Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game consoles during the opening day of Madrid's International Data Processing, Multimedia and Communications SIMO Fair November 7, 2006. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s ability to convert
occasional players of online video games into regular gamers is
key to growth for the next-generation Xbox 360 console, a
company executive said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft targets Google with new online '3-D' city maps
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061107/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061107/capt.sge.jkw63.071106210809.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=1nBUziN4LGrIcQpkriqGGA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Microsoft's offices in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft unveiled an online three-dimensional mapping function that provides detailed views of major US cities in a challenge to Internet maps offered by rival Google.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft unveiled an online three-dimensional mapping function that provides detailed views of major US cities in a challenge to Internet maps offered by rival Google.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Makes Xbox A Family Machine
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft is hoping for a larger role in the digital living room by making movies and TV shows available for viewing through the Xbox video game console.
Microsoft in limelight at Spanish technology fair
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061107/tc_afp/afplifestylespainasia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061107/capt.sge.jkj40.071106195800.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=VmWV23Sv93GyN.yjulx88A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman works on a computer at the international technology fair (SIMO) in Madrid in 2005. US software giant Microsoft took the limelight at the opening of the 46th edition of Madrid's International Exhibition of Information Technology and Communications, popularly known as SIMO, in showcasing its new operating system Vista.(AFP/File/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US software giant Microsoft took the limelight at the opening of the 46th edition of Madrid's International Exhibition of Information Technology and Communications, popularly known as SIMO, in showcasing its new operating system Vista.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hackers Target Unpatched Windows Bug
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Security experts are warning about a newly discovered, and unpatched, vulnerability in an XML module on most versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system.
13 nations denounced for Web censorship
(AP)
AP - The Internet enemies list numbers 13: Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
Samsung unveils 3-way WiMax gadget
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061107/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_samsung_wimax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061107/capt.sel10911070946.south_korea_samsung_wimax_sel109.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=6A5Xy2AVy8XLFgmXVVxmmA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A South Korean model poses with a SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs (Mobile Intelligent Terminal), the world's first WiMax device by Samsung during a press conference for Mobile WiMAX technology in Seoul, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday showed off the new three-way foldable combination of phone, personal computer and music player tailored for an emerging wireless broadband technology the company is pushing as a global standard. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)" border="0" /></a>AP - Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday showed off a three-way gadget that's a phone, personal computer and music player tailored for an emerging wireless broadband technology.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Couchsurfing' travel takes off on Web
(AP)
AP - Jim Stone, a 29-year-old from west Texas, has been traveling nonstop since March of 2004.
IBM develops program for call centers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061107/ap_on_hi_te/outsourcing_accents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061107/capt.5f9e860947d94590b2dee00fda692188.india_outsourcing_accents_del101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=pwqxr3v2EYwV.iMyMUHGeA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="IBM senior researcher Ashish Verma, left, explains his new speech software to Director IBM-India Research Lab, Daniel Dias, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. IBM's India Research Lab has developed a Web-based technology for call centers that evaluates grammar, pronunciation, comprehension and other spoken-language skills, and provides detailed scores for each category. It uses especially adapted speech recognition software to score the pronunciation of passages and the stressing of syllables for individual words. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)" border="0" /></a>AP - Even as Indian call centers have thrived in the past decade, helping U.S. companies cut costs and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs here, they have faced a seemingly insurmountable problem: Most Indian employees speak heavily accented English.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace to go to Asia in joint venture
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061107/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_softbank_myspace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061107/capt.xjk10411071256.japan_softbank_myspace_xjk104.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=_OMwlBrfaT7HZX_8_UYESQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Chairman and CEO of News Corp. Rupert Murdoch, right, listens as SoftBank's CEO Masayoshi Son announces the pairs new internet business at a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. MySpace and Japan's Softbank Corp. announced plans Tuesday for a 50-50 joint venture to bring the popular Internet social networking site to Japan. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)" border="0" /></a>AP - News Corp. and Japan's Softbank Corp. announced plans Tuesday to bring MySpace, the popular Internet social networking site, to Asia.</p><br clear="all"/>
Technology battle on to channel films to homes and hands
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061108/tc_afp/afplifestyleusfilminternetittrend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061108/capt.sge.jnb98.081106061244.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=GVEO3iMH1UHw2KQCStdweg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A man plays a demo version of the Xbox 360 in San Francisco. Technology titans Microsoft, Apple and Google are among those scrambling to feed people's ravenous desire to download films and videos from the Internet and watch them wherever they like(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Technology titans Microsoft, Apple and Google are among those scrambling to feed people's ravenous desire to download films and videos from the Internet and watch them wherever they like.</p><br clear="all"/>
Killers lose "spirit" in new Christian video game
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Christian video game based on
prophecies from the Bible's Book of Revelation takes a new
twist on video game violence -- draining the "spirit" of
characters who slay enemies rather than making them stronger.
Mexico's Slim merges holding co with America Movil
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mexican holding company America
Telecom, controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, said on Tuesday
it will merge with cellphone giant America Movil, its only
asset.
Microsoft to pay Novell $240 million
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061108/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_novell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061108/2006_11_07t175459_450x294_us_microsoft_novell.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=WgKrxxN7k3Zqr47bg9_0mA--" 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. Software maker Novell Corp. on Tuesday said Microsoft Corp. will make a $240 million upfront payment to the company as part of an agreement to allow Novell's open-source Linux software to work with Windows. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. will pay Novell Inc. $240 million upfront for subscription certificates for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server product, Novell said in a statement late Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft To Boost Code Protection In Visual Studio
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Dotfuscator software will be built in to Visual Studio to protect code from theft and from hackers looking for security vulnerabilities.
13 nations denounced for Web censorship
(AP)
AP - The Internet enemies list numbers 13: Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
Technology battle on to channel films to homes and hands
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061108/tc_afp/afplifestyleusfilminternetittrend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061108/capt.sge.jnb98.081106061244.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=GVEO3iMH1UHw2KQCStdweg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A man plays a demo version of the Xbox 360 in San Francisco. Technology titans Microsoft, Apple and Google are among those scrambling to feed people's ravenous desire to download films and videos from the Internet and watch them wherever they like(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Technology titans Microsoft, Apple and Google are among those scrambling to feed people's ravenous desire to download films and videos from the Internet and watch them wherever they like.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft sees gamers online as key to growth
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061107/wr_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061108/2006_11_07t182320_450x302_us_microsoft_xbox.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=OzOk.Z1MO7rMLroGTyIIKQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Visitors play with Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game consoles during the opening day of Madrid's International Data Processing, Multimedia and Communications SIMO Fair November 7, 2006. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s ability to convert
occasional players of online video games into regular gamers is
key to growth for the next-generation Xbox 360 console, a
company executive said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel backs Web 2.0 software drive for business
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061107/wr_nm/intel_web_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061108/2006_11_07t165609_450x304_us_intel_web.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=kcp1Gc0X3pbGvfEB0fUwvQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A South Korean stands next to an advertisement board of a personal computer maker using Intel's microprocessors at a showroom in Seoul Feburary 10, 2006. Intel Corp. has formed a partnership with top Internet software makers to create a set of Web tools for office workers to share information with colleagues, the companies said on Tuesday. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Intel Corp. has formed a
partnership with top Internet software makers to create a
standard set of Web tools for office workers to share
information with colleagues, the companies said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hotlines: Nielsen Weds TV, Web Data In New National Service
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - NEW YORK Nielsen Media Research and Nielsen NetRatings have launched National TV/Internet Fusion database, which merges information from TV and Web viewer/user panels into a single data set.
Papers Cover Voting Problems in Early Web Stories
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK With memories still fresh of alleged voting glitches, fraud and long lines just two years ago in many locations, numerous newspapers are making coverage of problems with today's vote a top issue on Web sites today.
Google positioning for move into U.S. radio
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061107/wr_nm/media_google_radio_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061107/2006_11_07t151102_450x321_us_media_google_radio.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=YJ5It7Pw1hizCu7qNqJVJA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A Google employee rides the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, in a file photo. The search leader is hiring scores of radio sales people and is spending heavily in a bid to expand its position in the $20 billion radio industry. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. is
hiring scores of radio sales people and is spending heavily in
a bid to expand its position in the $20 billion radio industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Los Angeles Times says its editor to quit
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061107/media_nm/media_tribune_latimes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061108/2006_11_07t180326_450x300_us_media_tribune_latimes.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=.WOMP5IQiHxopDNITf_RMg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The exterior of the Los Angeles Times is shown October 5, 2006. Los Angeles Times editor Dean Baquet, who has resisted parent company Tribune Co.'s plan to lay off staff to cut costs, will leave the newspaper, the Times reported on its Web site on Tuesday. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Los Angeles Times editor Dean Baquet,
who has resisted parent company Tribune Co.'s plan to lay off
staff to cut costs, will leave the newspaper, the Times
reported on its Web site on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel Puts Muscle Behind Web 2.0 Application Suite
(PC World)
PC World - SuiteTwo to include blogging, wiki, and content syndication software.
Samsung unveils 3-way WiMax gadget
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061107/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_samsung_wimax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061107/capt.sel10911070946.south_korea_samsung_wimax_sel109.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=6A5Xy2AVy8XLFgmXVVxmmA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A South Korean model poses with a SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs (Mobile Intelligent Terminal), the world's first WiMax device by Samsung during a press conference for Mobile WiMAX technology in Seoul, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday showed off the new three-way foldable combination of phone, personal computer and music player tailored for an emerging wireless broadband technology the company is pushing as a global standard. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)" border="0" /></a>AP - Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday showed off a three-way gadget that's a phone, personal computer and music player tailored for an emerging wireless broadband technology.</p><br clear="all"/>
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