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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/20061110/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_zune"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061111/2006_11_08t134359_450x324_us_column_finance.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=L4FJ64e.GqIatKwIxL.xKA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is seen behind a handshake in Redmond, Washington, in a 2006 photo. Last year Americans donated some $62.7 billion to the largest U.S. charities -- matching the highest year-over-year percentage gain in gifts since the publication started tracking those numbers 16 years ago. (Andy Clark/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. says it had struck a deal with Universal Music Group aimed at allowing the company to do more with a feature of its Zune portable music player that lets people share songs over a wireless connection.</p><br clear="all"/>
CA To Deliver Software For Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The products will provide for data protection, e-mail archiving, compliance, and electronic data discovery for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
What's The Buzz On Microsoft's Zune
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft is offering a device that has an equal number of weaknesses and strengths. But the company's greatest weapon may the hundreds of millions of dollars it's expected to spend on marketing.
Gates: Vista Survived Rivals' Attacks
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft's new flagship operating system has survived largely intact, despite concerted efforts by the company's rivals to take apart Vista through charges of antitrust violations, according to Bill Gates.
Microsoft Gives Record Label a Cut on Zune Sales
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As Microsoft gears up for the November 14th launch of its Zune music and media player, the company has made a first-of-its-kind agreement with Universal Music Group.
Red Hat Speaks: Microsoft And Oracle Are Following The Linux Leader
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Red Hat executive VP of engineering Paul Cormier talks about Red Hat's response to the newly invigorated competition from Microsoft and Oracle in the Linux market.
Microsoft bets on fast Xbox growth in Brazil
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061110/tc_nm/microsoft_brazil_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061110/2006_11_10t020310_450x396_us_microsoft_brazil_xbox.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=nQyCoowys1OKuXjfhtO3mw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game console is displayed in this April 6, 2006 file photo. Microsoft is going to start selling its Xbox 360 video game console in Brazil next month after years of planning, a company official said on Thursday. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft is going
to start selling its Xbox 360 video game console in Brazil next
month after years of planning, a company official said on
Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Previews Photosynth Picture Viewer Online
(PC World)
PC World - New photo site analyzes and merges pics to create three dimensional images.
Microsoft to share Zune revenues with music labels
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061109/bs_afp/afplifestyleitinternetmusiccompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061109/capt.sge.khe96.091106232053.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Gu1JCdy6DB4yrsDBmtlvSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Photo obtained from the Microsoft Corporation shows the company's MP3 player Zune. Microsoft will give Universal Music Group a share of the revenues from its soon-to-be-released Zune MP3 player under the terms of an unprecedented deal.(AFP/Microsoft-HO/File/Douglas Evans)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft will give Universal Music Group a share of the revenues from its soon-to-be-released Zune MP3 player under the terms of an unprecedented deal.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to Release Six Windows Security Updates
(PC World)
PC World - Monthly update will patch Windows flaws but not Visual Studio bug.
Korean War dead memorialized on the Web
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061112/ap_on_hi_te/letters_to_the_lost"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061110/capt.1d40b763e05c43e59719c02f5e8d8c49.letters_to_the_lost_dn107.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=o1EeuFW0oD.b3vJcGZAPag--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Ted Barker holds letters received during the Letters to the Lost project in Dallas, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006. The message sent out was simple: write a letter to someone lost in the Korean War. Within a day, the responses started coming to the Korean War Project started 11 years ago by the Barker brothers. In the three weeks since the plea went out, the brothers have gotten more than 500 letters and e-mails from daughters who lost their fathers to veterans who lost friends to schoolchildren thanking those who died for their freedom. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>AP - The message was simple: Write a letter to someone lost in the Korean War. Within a day, responses started pouring in for the latest effort by brothers Hal and Ted Barker to remember the war their father didn't like to discuss. In the three weeks since their plea went out, more than 500 letters and e-mails have arrived — from daughters who lost their fathers to veterans who lost friends to schoolchildren thanking those who died for their freedom.</p><br clear="all"/>
PlayStation 3 makes debut in Japan
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061111/ap_on_hi_te/japan_playstation3"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061111/capt.tok10611110050.japan_playstation_3_tok106.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=UuSGqZSzZBZWUPlNJulqAA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Salesclerks, in red, of Bic Camera, an electronics retailer, ask a crowd to stop pushing as buyers queue up in lines to get their hands on Sony's PlayStation 3 video game consoles at the Yurakucho shop in Tokyo Saturday morning, Nov. 11, 2006. Sony's PS3 made its highly anticipated debut in Japan to long lines Saturday, marking the first launch of the video game console that's expected to become a global sellout. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sony's PlayStation 3 made its highly anticipated debut in Japan to long lines on Saturday, with local stores selling out their supplies of the video game console in a pattern that's expected to be repeated around the world.</p><br clear="all"/>
Motorola buys mobile software maker
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061111/ap_on_bi_ge/motorola_good_technology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061110/capt.3015bb0d8ef24b0e81287d463c9b8224.motorola_good_tehnology_caps103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=zERXJbuSZjC5S.u6Zpkerg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An exterior view of Good Technology Inc. headquarters is seen in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. Cell-phone maker Motorola Inc. said Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, it is buying Good Technology, which provides computing software and services for smartphones and other handheld devices. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cell phone maker Motorola Inc. said Friday it is buying Blackberry rival Good Technology Inc., a deal that should boost the prospects for its new Q device as consumer demand for e-mail phones explodes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Customers to shop by image on Web site
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_hi_te/image_shopping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061109/capt.c146839bec5249f99525e436298c4282.sony_playstation_3_ksd114.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=4RXvSMAh0fyW2RvJkdZQBA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Paris Hilton arrives at a party held by Sony Computer Entertainment America to celebrate the new Playstation 3 game console in Beverly Hills, Calif., Wednesday Nov. 8, 2006. The Playstation 3 game console will be released in U.S. on Friday Nov.17. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)" border="0" /></a>AP - So you want those sleek pair of black boots worn by supermodel Tyra Banks or the bling bling sported by Paris Hilton? This holiday season, customers can get their chance with a new Web site called Like.com that bills itself as the first visual search engine, allowing consumers to search for items by appearance instead of just text and then purchase similar versions — at all price points — from 200 merchants' Web sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. settles case against BetOnSports
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_hi_te/online_gambling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061110/capt.679acebe0d357388f0492c82f1d60560.pjpeg?x=130&y=88&sig=VGpZ7m4AuCMhJaTKJaBRdg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** The office of the online gambling company BetOnSports is shown in San Jose, Costa Rica, Aug. 11, 2006. (AP Photo/Kent GIlbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal prosecutor reached a settlement Thursday with online gambling company BetOnSports PLC that permanently bars the London-based company from accepting any bets from the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>
Leading blogger thrives on "obsessive" focus
(Reuters)
Reuters - Arianna Huffington, the
high-profile political commentator, delights in the obsessive
nature of blogging that allows her to write about issues
"again, again and again" on her Web site, The Huffington Post.
Zune MP3 player has a lot of catching up to do
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061112/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061112/capt.sge.kwa33.121106091032.photo00.photo.default-512x379.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=EeUVkOkSDvIRerKj.WUGJA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="An iPod playing a video. Microsoft's sturdy Zune foot soldiers will march out in an improbable mission to topple Apple's world champion iPod MP3 player.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft's sturdy Zune foot soldiers will march out in an improbable mission to topple Apple's world champion iPod MP3 player.</p><br clear="all"/>
High-End Cell Phones A Tough Sell
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - New 3G wireless technology has yet to find a home in emerging markets, where cell phone use has surged.
Sun to Open-Source Java Under GPL
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Sun plans to release the first pieces of source code for Sun's implementation of JSE and a buildable implementation of JME on November 13.
Motorola Buys Mobile App Company
(PC World)
PC World - Software company Good Technology will join Symbol on the list of recent Motorola acquisitions.
Leading blogger thrives on "obsessive" focus
(Reuters)
Reuters - Arianna Huffington, the
high-profile political commentator, delights in the obsessive
nature of blogging that allows her to write about issues
"again, again and again" on her Web site, The Huffington Post.
Google faces legal challenges over video service
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061111/wr_nm/media_google_video_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061111/2006_11_10t225007_450x308_us_media_google_video.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=GZzAQJ6xZQRysIzLF4bIOA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A laptop screen shows the homepage of Google in Beijing June 8, 2006. Google Inc.'s video service faces at least one copyright infringement lawsuit, the company confirmed on Friday, and the Web search leader faces a separate subpoena tied to the service. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc.'s video service faces
at least one copyright infringement lawsuit, the company
confirmed on Friday, and the Web search leader faces a separate
subpoena tied to the service.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blogs becoming force in advertising
(Reuters)
Reuters - Blogs are becoming a force to be
reckoned with as a means of advertising products, according to
a survey.
Digerati Prove Resistant To Lure Of Old Media Deals
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - Last month, United Talent Agency established a Web division, UTA Online, created to rep Internet talent. While it will work with Web stars eager to jump to TV and film, its focus lies elsewhere: digirati interested in staying online.
'Boston Globe' Guild To Vote On New Contract Dec. 13.
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK A reworked Newspaper Guild contract proposal at The Boston Globe, which now includes revenue from the paper's Web site in a controversial formula tying proposed salary hikes to the paper's revenue, will be voted on by the entire membership on Dec. 12, the union said this week.
New Site Pays Bloggers For Reviews Of Advertisers' Products
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - And as part of a limited-time promotional offer, Reviewme.com will pay bloggers to review Reviewme.com itself.
FBI probes YouTube video of LA cop hitting suspect
(Reuters)
Reuters - The FBI is investigating two Los
Angeles policemen over a videotape posted on the popular
YouTube Web site showing one of the officers punching a
suspected gang member in the face as they struggle to handcuff
him.
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/20061110/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"/>
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.
Cell phone companies tout strong gains
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_hi_te/cellular_revenue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061107/capt.380d778454364b85a712459493242958.election_rdp_codz115.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=s.fq45kZqvsL1TbsnxITKA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Elizabeth Moore talks on her cellular telephone while waiting to vote Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006, in Denver. Voters were reporting long wait times to cast their ballots in Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)" border="0" /></a>AP - For the billions they've spent to upgrade their wireless networks, cell phone companies are now trumpeting quarter after quarter of strong gains in revenue from services other than phone calls — from messaging and games to music and video clips, as well as wireless Internet access for laptops.</p><br clear="all"/>
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