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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.
A shoppers' guide to hot digital entertainment
(Reuters)
Reuters - As attention turns to the holiday
season, consumer electronics and digital entertainment products
again rise to the top of must-have items on any savvy gift
list.
Lycos seeks rebirth as "virtual living room"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lycos Inc., a U.S. Internet portal
that survived the bursting of the late 1990s dot-com bubble,
plans to resurrect itself as a teen broadband video channel
with a built-in text chat room.
MP3.com returns to music sharing with new features
(Reuters)
Reuters - MP3.com, the once massive music
download site that settled copyright infringement suits with
major record labels, said on Monday it is allowing the sharing
of music and videos but this time with the authorization of
independent artists.
Singaporean is world's fastest text messager
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061112/tc_nm/singapore_sms_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061112/i/r3022454683.jpg?x=108&y=130&sig=Jji3m0HbCIwpYdltxfQYJw--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="A competitor types a text message into a mobile phone during a competition in Singapore November 12, 2006. Ang Chuang Yang, a Singaporean student, broke the Guinness World Record for the shortest time needed to type a 160-character SMS message on Sunday after whizzing through the task in less than 42 seconds in the competition. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Singaporean student broke the
Guinness World Record for the shortest time needed to type a
160-character SMS message on Sunday after whizzing through the
task in less than 42 seconds in a competition.</p><br clear="all"/>
Japanese brave the elements for Sony's PS3
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061111/tc_nm/sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061111/2006_11_10t211031_450x293_us_sony.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=x8WWnuTWJPjZD0girR6zxQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A customer (L) receives his Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) while others wait to pay at an electronic retail shop in Tokyo November 11, 2006. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thousands of game fans queued for hours,
braving Tokyo's early morning chill and occasional showers, as
Sony's much-heralded and delayed PlayStation 3 game console
went on sale on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web companies renting vacation homes
(AP)
AP - When Elizabeth and Robin Wood decided to rent out their new vacation home in Florida, they hired a local real estate agent to hunt for renters, but they also paid $300 to list the house on specialized Web sites.
PlayStation 3 buying frenzy moves into cyberspace
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061113/tc_afp/afpentertainmentjapanelectronicsgamesony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061113/capt.sge.lao74.131106051911.photo00.photo.default-512x421.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=fNN_6LDl7dVIK1zgt0kQgA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Japan's video game giant Sony Computer Entertainment executive Shigeo Maruyama hands a new video game coonsole PlayStation3 to the first customer Akihiro Okawa at an electronic shop in Tokyo on 11 November 2006. After its sell-out launch, the PlayStation 3 buying frenzy has jetted into cyberspace with some owners asking up to four times the retail price on Japanese Internet auction sites.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - After its sell-out launch, the PlayStation 3 buying frenzy has jetted into cyberspace with some owners asking up to four times the retail price on Japanese Internet auction sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fashion crossover at Spanish technology fair
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061112/tc_afp/afplifestylespain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061112/capt.sge.kzq50.121106212216.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=4QlB3KTFQQM951CHep7luQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman works on a computer at the international technology fair (SIMO) in Madrid in 2005. They're not quite offering "wearable" computers yet, but mobile hi-tech gear and fashion are well on the way to merging if the the 46th edition of Madrid's International Exhibition of Information Technology and Communications, popularly known as SIMO, is any guide.(AFP/File/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)" border="0" /></a>AFP - They're not quite offering "wearable" computers yet, but mobile hi-tech gear and fashion are well on the way to merging if the the 46th edition of Madrid's International Exhibition of Information Technology and Communications, popularly known as SIMO, is any guide.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sun makes Java tech. open-source project
(AP)
AP - Computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said Monday that it had begun to make its Java technology an open-source software project available for free on the Internet.
Samsung says DRAM demand for Q1 2007 "very strong"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061113/bs_nm/samsung_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061113/2006_11_12t201950_450x336_us_samsung.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=Yq6kXiFxoFVg1ZtHYmVxRw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A 4GB DRAM memory chip developed by South Korea's Samsung Electronics is seen in this picture released February 8, 2001. (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
(005930.KS) forecast "very strong" demand for computer memory
chips for the first quarter of 2007, thanks to the much-awaited
launch of Microsoft's new operating system, Vista, in January.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lycos seeks rebirth as "virtual living room"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lycos Inc., a U.S. Internet portal
that survived the bursting of the late 1990s dot-com bubble,
plans to resurrect itself as a teen broadband video channel
with a built-in text chat room.
Web companies renting vacation homes
(AP)
AP - When Elizabeth and Robin Wood decided to rent out their new vacation home in Florida, they hired a local real estate agent to hunt for renters, but they also paid $300 to list the house on specialized Web sites.
Sun makes Java tech. open-source project
(AP)
AP - Computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said Monday that it had begun to make its Java technology an open-source software project available for free on the Internet.
PlayStation 3 buying frenzy moves into cyberspace
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061113/tc_afp/afpentertainmentjapanelectronicsgamesony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061113/capt.sge.lao74.131106051911.photo00.photo.default-512x421.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=fNN_6LDl7dVIK1zgt0kQgA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Japan's video game giant Sony Computer Entertainment executive Shigeo Maruyama hands a new video game coonsole PlayStation3 to the first customer Akihiro Okawa at an electronic shop in Tokyo on 11 November 2006. After its sell-out launch, the PlayStation 3 buying frenzy has jetted into cyberspace with some owners asking up to four times the retail price on Japanese Internet auction sites.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - After its sell-out launch, the PlayStation 3 buying frenzy has jetted into cyberspace with some owners asking up to four times the retail price on Japanese Internet auction sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ex-MTV execs create hip Internet shows
(AP)
AP - Shortly before dinner at a trendy new restaurant in the theater district, a production crew started setting up. They arranged lights, checked the cameras and put a microphone on the sushi chef Masatoshi "Gari" Sugio. Soon they would be filming at the Sushi of Gari 46 and interviewing the famed chef.
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.
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