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Microsoft and Universal make Zune deal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_zune"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061109/capt.9a2b85b482cc475285fd10a196e013d6.belgium_eu_microsoft_vm103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=e1cXQBmUGjb4n0zf5Y3PNA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder Bill Gates, right, arrives at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday Nov. 9, 2006. Gates is in Brussels to attend an innovation conference and meet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. (AP Photo/Thierry Monasse)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft and Universal Music Group say they have struck a licensing deal for the software company's new Zune portable music player and digital music store that calls for the recording company to get paid a cut of the sales of the device.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's Vista operating system ready for the world
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061109/bs_afp/afplifestyleitinternetsoftwarecompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061109/capt.sge.jyf42.091106063157.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=Bme1iFWSGToxK5Ypohd6DQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="People walk past a billboard for Microsoft's new software Windows Vista. Microsoft declared its long-awaited new Vista operating system finished.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft declared its long-awaited new Vista operating system finished saying the software was now shifting into an "RTM" phase in which computer programmers and manufacturers tailor their wares to the new operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft says open to more Linux-type deals:report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061109/bs_nm/india_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061109/capt.9a2b85b482cc475285fd10a196e013d6.belgium_eu_microsoft_vm103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=e1cXQBmUGjb4n0zf5Y3PNA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder Bill Gates, right, arrives at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday Nov. 9, 2006. Gates is in Brussels to attend an innovation conference and meet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. (AP Photo/Thierry Monasse)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is open to more
deals like one it just agreed with Novell for open-source Linux
software, but believes customers will continue to pay for
software, its chief executive told an Indian newspaper.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to pay Universal for every Zune sold
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061109/tc_nm/media_microsoft_universalmusic_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061109/i/r2131088424.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=X8qvHoS_MnNwouQOXx2wXA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Microsoft's Zune media player is shown for the first time to the media in Redmond, Washington September 14, 2006. Microsoft Corp. has agreed to pay Universal Music Group a fee for each new Zune digital music player it sells when the iPod rival launches next week, the companies said on Thursday. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to
pay Universal Music Group a fee for each new Zune digital music
player it sells when the iPod rival launches next week, the
companies said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft finishes work on Windows Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_windows_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061107/capt.4f720195f2fc441c9ba60f54bcbe96cb.russia_microsoft_gates_mosb136.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=AfLzfGaxMZrAFJ0FA1ELmA--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates speaks at the Microsoft Business Forum in Moscow, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Fyodor Savintsev)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. finished work Wednesday on its long-delayed Windows Vista operating system, and said the software would be broadly available Jan. 30.</p><br clear="all"/>
Windows Vista On Its Way To Manufacturing
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft confirms consumer release will be January 30.
Microsoft to start selling Vista at retail January 30
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061108/tc_nm/microsoft_vista_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061108/2006_11_08t142303_450x340_us_microsoft_vista.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=zdSn7rz2XlF9qtfUPOjFUg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="The Microsoft Windows Vista desktop is seen in an undated handout photo. Microsoft Corp.'s next version of its Windows operating system, called Vista, is 'rock solid and ready to ship', and will be available to retail customers on January 30, Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft's platforms and services division, told reporters on Wednesday. (Microsoft/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista, the
software giant's first major upgrade of its operating system in
five years, is complete and will be available to retail
customers on January 30, a senior executive said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Patent Protections At Heart Of Microsoft-Novell Deal
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft Corp. will pay out ten times more than Novell Inc. over the life of the agreement the two companies signed last week because it's worried about possible patent lawsuits, an analyst said Wednesday.
U.S. stocks end up after Rumsfeld quits; Cisco jumps
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061108/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061109/2006_11_08t091457_450x260_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=75&sig=VBZpbtbckttqiD6I9d7TCg--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="Virginia voters line up to cast ballots at Forest Edge Elementary School gymnasium in Reston, November 7, 2006. (Hyungwon Kang/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as U.S.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigned a day after
Democrats regained control of the U.S. House, fueling hopes for
a change in Iraq policy and less government spending.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vista Prepped For Manufacturing
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft on Wednesday released Windows Vista to manufacturing, in advance of an expected official unveiling on Nov. 30.
More college students taking Web courses
(AP)
AP - Roughly one in six students enrolled in higher education — about 3.2 million people — took at least one online course last fall, a sharp increase defying predictions that online learning growth is leveling off.
Surf 'n' ride: Access the Net in the car
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_hi_te/autos_mobile_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061108/capt.be5aea121ae1461cacba97ecb231b19b.autos_mobile_internet_mass102.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=eV6p5CSLqHaT7M2vVKIUqw--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Stephen Devine sits in his conversion van recreational vehicle in Hanover, Mass., Monday afternoon Nov. 6, 2006 using his TracNet internet system made by KVH in Middletown, R.I. TracNet is a mobile internet system for automotive vehicles which uses amplified cellular telephone technology to connect to the internet. Devine, an architect who owns several construction related businesses, uses his system with his Verizon Wireless account for both work and pleasure. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Stephen Devine drove with his family from their home in Massachusetts to New York City, he spent two frustrating hours trying to find a place to park his 9-foot-high camper van, which won't fit in most garages. In the end, his 17-year-old daughter found a place to park online — and she didn't even have to leave the van to do it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Helio launches buddy tracking service
(AP)
AP - With instant messaging programs, it's easy to tell whether a friend is at the computer, ready to chat. Despite its immense popularity, the concept of the buddy list hasn't made a smooth transition to the mobile world.
Microsoft and Universal make Zune deal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_zune"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061109/capt.9a2b85b482cc475285fd10a196e013d6.belgium_eu_microsoft_vm103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=e1cXQBmUGjb4n0zf5Y3PNA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder Bill Gates, right, arrives at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday Nov. 9, 2006. Gates is in Brussels to attend an innovation conference and meet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. (AP Photo/Thierry Monasse)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft and Universal Music Group say they have struck a licensing deal for the software company's new Zune portable music player and digital music store that calls for the recording company to get paid a cut of the sales of the device.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Checkout waives fees for holidays
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_hi_te/google_checkout"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061106/capt.ba811225d61641df9aeaefb311ca0748.google_ads_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=QghkmLArmgZ1wElsZ97C6g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A mouse and Google mousepad are shown at Google's New York office in this Friday, Oct. 27, 2006 file photo. Google Inc. plans to start selling advertising space in 50 top newspapers, expanding the Internet search engine's efforts to provide services off the Web and making it easier for companies advertising online to also show off their products in print. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Online search leader Google Inc. said Wednesday it is waiving the merchant processing fees for its 4-month-old payment service through Dec. 31, hoping the offer will spur more retailers to check it out.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Spidey 3" trailer to hit Viacom's web
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Spider-Man 3" will
receive a TV and online blitz Thursday night when Columbia
Pictures unveils a 2-1/2-minute trailer at 10 p.m. in a "road
block" across Viacom's online brands and CBS' TV network -- six
months before the film's May 4 premiere.
Microsoft to pay Universal for every Zune sold
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061109/tc_nm/media_microsoft_universalmusic_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061109/i/r2131088424.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=X8qvHoS_MnNwouQOXx2wXA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Microsoft's Zune media player is shown for the first time to the media in Redmond, Washington September 14, 2006. Microsoft Corp. has agreed to pay Universal Music Group a fee for each new Zune digital music player it sells when the iPod rival launches next week, the companies said on Thursday. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to
pay Universal Music Group a fee for each new Zune digital music
player it sells when the iPod rival launches next week, the
companies said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Motorola sees rapid Latam mobile growth for 3 years
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061109/tc_nm/telecoms_latam_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061102/capt.sge.hqv89.021106055458.photo00.photo.default-440x512.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=FOLnQFlbQuNo5zs._ZiCLA--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="A woman takes a picture next to a sculpture featuring a man using a mobile phone in Chengdu. China Mobile, the nation's largest telecom operator, will focus its overseas expansion on emerging markets in Asia and Latin America, the company's chief executive Wang Jianzhou said(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Latin America's mobile phone
market will continue rapid growth for at least three years
until 75 percent of people in the region own a cellphone, U.S.
mobile-maker Motorola said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft says open to more Linux-type deals:report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061109/bs_nm/india_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061109/capt.9a2b85b482cc475285fd10a196e013d6.belgium_eu_microsoft_vm103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=e1cXQBmUGjb4n0zf5Y3PNA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder Bill Gates, right, arrives at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday Nov. 9, 2006. Gates is in Brussels to attend an innovation conference and meet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. (AP Photo/Thierry Monasse)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is open to more
deals like one it just agreed with Novell for open-source Linux
software, but believes customers will continue to pay for
software, its chief executive told an Indian newspaper.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's Vista operating system ready for the world
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061109/bs_afp/afplifestyleitinternetsoftwarecompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061109/capt.sge.jyf42.091106063157.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=Bme1iFWSGToxK5Ypohd6DQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="People walk past a billboard for Microsoft's new software Windows Vista. Microsoft declared its long-awaited new Vista operating system finished.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft declared its long-awaited new Vista operating system finished saying the software was now shifting into an "RTM" phase in which computer programmers and manufacturers tailor their wares to the new operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
More college students taking Web courses
(AP)
AP - Roughly one in six students enrolled in higher education — about 3.2 million people — took at least one online course last fall, a sharp increase defying predictions that online learning growth is leveling off.
"Spidey 3" trailer to hit Viacom's web
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Spider-Man 3" will
receive a TV and online blitz Thursday night when Columbia
Pictures unveils a 2-1/2-minute trailer at 10 p.m. in a "road
block" across Viacom's online brands and CBS' TV network -- six
months before the film's May 4 premiere.
Surf 'n' ride: Access the Net in the car
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_hi_te/autos_mobile_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061108/capt.be5aea121ae1461cacba97ecb231b19b.autos_mobile_internet_mass102.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=eV6p5CSLqHaT7M2vVKIUqw--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Stephen Devine sits in his conversion van recreational vehicle in Hanover, Mass., Monday afternoon Nov. 6, 2006 using his TracNet internet system made by KVH in Middletown, R.I. TracNet is a mobile internet system for automotive vehicles which uses amplified cellular telephone technology to connect to the internet. Devine, an architect who owns several construction related businesses, uses his system with his Verizon Wireless account for both work and pleasure. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Stephen Devine drove with his family from their home in Massachusetts to New York City, he spent two frustrating hours trying to find a place to park his 9-foot-high camper van, which won't fit in most garages. In the end, his 17-year-old daughter found a place to park online — and she didn't even have to leave the van to do it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Helio unveils phone with location services
(Reuters)
Reuters - Helio, a venture of EarthLink Inc. and
SK Telecom, teamed up with Google Inc. and Samsung Electronics
Co. to deliver a new phone with features such as a friend
locator service and driving directions.
Google Checkout waives fees for holidays
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_hi_te/google_checkout"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061106/capt.ba811225d61641df9aeaefb311ca0748.google_ads_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=QghkmLArmgZ1wElsZ97C6g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A mouse and Google mousepad are shown at Google's New York office in this Friday, Oct. 27, 2006 file photo. Google Inc. plans to start selling advertising space in 50 top newspapers, expanding the Internet search engine's efforts to provide services off the Web and making it easier for companies advertising online to also show off their products in print. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Online search leader Google Inc. said Wednesday it is waiving the merchant processing fees for its 4-month-old payment service through Dec. 31, hoping the offer will spur more retailers to check it out.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britons seek U.S. relations online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061109/wr_nm/britain_ancestors_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061109/2006_11_08t224103_450x446_us_britain_ancestors.jpg?x=130&y=128&sig=5E8VWrK9qxy1vyx3F.SDuw--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="A screen grab of Ancestry.co.uk. Britons can check if they are distantly related to Tom Cruise or Halle Berry with the help of a Web site which sheds light on the millions who migrated to the United States in search of a new life. (www.ancestry.co.uk/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Britons can check if they are distantly
related to Tom Cruise or Halle Berry with the help of a Web
site which sheds light on the millions who migrated to the
United States in search of a new life.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace Continues To Rule Social Networking
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Five percent of US Internet visits went to the top 20 social networking Web sites in September, with MySpace getting 82 percent of those visits, according to Hitwise.
Protest Targets 13 Countries For Online Censorship
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - In Paris, the headquarters of Reporters Without Borders, the group projected a protest display onto several public monuments and the French headquarters of Yahoo.
Google's online video service sued
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_hi_te/google_video"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061106/capt.ba811225d61641df9aeaefb311ca0748.google_ads_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=QghkmLArmgZ1wElsZ97C6g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A mouse and Google mousepad are shown at Google's New York office in this Friday, Oct. 27, 2006 file photo. Google Inc. plans to start selling advertising space in 50 top newspapers, expanding the Internet search engine's efforts to provide services off the Web and making it easier for companies advertising online to also show off their products in print. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc.'s online video service has been sued for copyright infringement, providing a possible preview of the legal trouble that may plague the Internet search leader after it takes over YouTube Inc. and its library of pirated clips, the company said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
News Corp. sees possible MySpace China venture
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061109/media_nm/media_newscorp_earns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061109/2006_11_08t163525_450x307_us_media_newscorp_earns.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=NDVIkmw0dhFPtWZv4tCesA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch speaks at a media conference in Adelaide, Australia November 16, 2005. News Corp. reported on Wednesday a quarterly profit mainly due to increased advertising sales at its U.S. television networks and gains from asset sales, offsetting weaker DVD revenue. (Tony Lewis/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - News Corp. said on Wednesday it could
launch a version of its popular MySpace Internet social network
in China during this fiscal year if it found the right joint
venture partner.</p><br clear="all"/>
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