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Microsoft aims to battle Apple with Zune
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_zune_s_debut"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061113/capt.112007c18d254e88b7dde8f75345d2de.microsoft_zune_s_debut_wajf107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ADAa8a2dzg.FFuK5bwUfvg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates holds up a Zune music player on stage with band Secret Machines during a launch party for the device at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle, Monday, Nov. 13, 2006. Few have accused Microsoft of being first to the market. But plenty have learned the hard way that the company can be very good at sneaking up from behind. That's the tack Microsoft Corp. is hoping to take with entertainment. The software maker has invested years of effort and billions of dollars in entertainment endeavors ranging from TV technology to video game consoles. Its latest, the Zune portable music player and service, debuts Tuesday and marks an attempt to take on Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod and iTunes. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Few have accused Microsoft of being first to the market. But plenty have learned the hard way that the company can be very good at sneaking up from behind.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's Zune No iPod Killer - Yet
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft's new Zune digital music player will be a tough sell to consumers and is unlikely to have much impact on market leader Apple Computer, at least initially, several analysts say.
Gates: U.S. education system needs work
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061113/ap_on_bi_ge/gates_education"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061113/capt.aa6e9a0c034e4af7b3ce4729703a0da5.gates_foundation_wakc101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=mfyxdwRxepHd5kA_AQkppA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Bill Gates is interviewed at Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle Monday Nov. 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Monday that the U.S. higher education system is the envy of the world but primary and secondary schools are failing to adequately prepare students for college.</p><br clear="all"/>
CompUSA to offer early sales of Vista
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. will sell licenses for its new Windows Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite through CompUSA stores Nov. 30, two months before the products go on sale at other retailers.
New BlackJack Smartphone Debuts
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The phone is powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, comes with "direct push" e-mail technology, and can browse the Internet.
Jim Allchin Clarifies Windows Antivirus Remarks
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Outgoing Microsoft copresident Jim Allchin caused an uproar in the blogosphere last week when he told reporters that Windows security is so bulletproof that his son's PC does not have antivirus software installed.
Internet Explorer Auto-Updates Begin
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft is already updating millions of browsers in slow IE7 rollout.
VMware Formalizes Virtual Appliance Marketplace
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft mimics with virtual versions of Windows, SQL Server--but only for 30 days
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/20061114/2006_11_13t183903_308x450_us_sony_ps3.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=vVZR88P7ARJ4.j9oopcT6A--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A man holds up his Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) at an electronics retail shop in Tokyo November 11, 2006. Sony will roll out the latest version of its blockbuster games machine in Japan on Saturday in a three way showdown with Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co.'s upcoming Wii in the nearly $30 billion video-game market. The Playstation 3 console has problems when playing about 200 software games from previous versions of the machine, the Sankei daily reported on Tuesday. (Kiyoshi Ota/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.
Sony PS3 Japan launch hits software glitches
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061114/tc_nm/sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061114/2006_11_13t094516_450x346_us_sony.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=a1uCStxaa4NTA_daKyhbRg--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Shop assistants stand guard as people line up to buy Sony's new PlayStation 3 (PS3) in Tokyo, November 11, 2006. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp. said on Tuesday
its new video game console, the PlayStation 3, does not run
about 200 PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software titles
properly, the latest problem the electronics maker has run into
in its cash-cow game business.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google closes YouTube deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061114/tc_nm/google_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061114/2006_11_14t014406_450x289_us_google.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=GUKVlZufAGZ2IBc5iVTsLg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California August 18, 2004. Web search leader Google Inc. on Tuesday said it has closed its $1.65 billion acquisition of online video provider YouTube. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc.
said on Tuesday that it closed its $1.65 billion
acquisition of top online video-sharing site YouTube, setting a
new record in the valuation for user-generated media sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
Reuters takes stake in Pluck, to syndicate blogs
(Reuters)
Reuters - News and information company
Reuters Group Plc has taken a stake in Web media syndication
site Pluck Corp. and agreed to distribute blogs worldwide as
part of its new media strategy.
"Scarface" tops U.S. video game chart in October
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061113/tc_nm/media_videogames_npd_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061114/2006_11_13t175919_450x299_us_media_videogames_npd.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=XgeUcH4G4wfHNZ7nU8.LzA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Guests attend the 'Scarface: The World is Yours' video game party held at the Vanguard in Los Angeles, California May 10, 2006. Vivendi's 'Scarface: The World is Yours,' inspired by the 1983 violent crime thriller starring Al Pacino as a Miami drug lord, debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. video game chart for October, market research firm NPD said on Monday. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vivendi's "Scarface: The
World is Yours," inspired by the 1983 violent crime thriller
starring Al Pacino as a Miami drug lord, debuted at No. 1 on
the U.S. video game chart for October, market research firm NPD
said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google introduces customized home pages for groups
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061114/tc_nm/google_apps_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061114/2006_11_13t214305_450x290_us_google_apps.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=q.IV.6fhqeOX42I7gxDn9w--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An Internet surfer views the Google home page at a cafe in London, August 13, 2004. Google Inc. introduced on Monday the first upgrade to its business software line, offering organizations a way to give individual employees or group members a personalized home page. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc.
introduced on Monday the first upgrade to its business software
line, offering organizations a way to give individual employees
or group members a personalized home page.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Earth maps history
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061114/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternethistorymapsgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061114/capt.sge.lkl29.141106074100.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=b0UrgzswJSUtMCmIaNPaeQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Woman works on a computer next to a Google logo at a book fair. Google added historic map overlays to its free interactive online globe of the world to provide views of how places have changed with time(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google added historic map overlays to its free interactive online globe of the world to provide views of how places have changed with time.</p><br clear="all"/>
PlayStation 3 not playing some older games
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_on_hi_te/japan_playstation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061113/capt.ab8a6ac5abfa4f008d2699e29aec46c9.video_game_consoles_nybz227.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=at.IRIInmUZ3UUrGJL7LHQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The Sony Playstation 3 console and its new controller is shown in this picture after the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 2006 E3 media event at Sony Studios in Culver City, Calif., in this May 8, 2006, file photo. After years of hype and speculation, the latest round of video game console wars is finally about to begin. Unlike past battles waged since the 1970s, consumers this time around will have some truly distinct options among three contenders, as each device is tuned to different tastes and budgets. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sony's PlayStation 3 game console, which went on sale in Japan over the weekend leading off a global launch, can't play some of the older games for the original PlayStation and the upgrade PlayStation 2, a company official said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vodafone pleases as H1 earnings top forecasts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061114/bs_nm/telecoms_vodafone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061114/2006_11_14t025202_450x307_us_telecoms_vodafone.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=RQTeZzl1LapTzWrRtl2kNw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Passers-by walk past a Vodafone store in central London, May 30, 2006. Mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc topped forecasts for half-year core earnings on Tuesday and reaffirmed its year forecasts, though it unveiled a new 8.1-billion-pound ($15.49 billion) impairment to goodwill. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vodafone Group Plc topped
forecasts for half-year earnings and tweaked up some of its
full-year expectations on Tuesday despite continuing tough
European mobile markets, sending its shares to a 12-month peak.</p><br clear="all"/>
Livermore Labs Turns To Linux-Based Supercomputing Cluster
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will get 100 teraflops combined processing power out of the supercomputer when it has all four of their new clusters up and running.
Sony's PS3 has problems running PS, PS2 games
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061114/tc_nm/sony_ps3_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061114/2006_11_13t183912_450x293_us_sony_ps3.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=.f4mB8E25pm7aaeWvZYtqA--" 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. Sony will roll out the latest version of its blockbuster games machine in Japan on Saturday in a three way showdown with Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co.'s upcoming Wii in the nearly $30 billion video-game market. The Playstation 3 console has problems when playing about 200 software games from previous versions of the machine, the Sankei daily reported on Tuesday. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp.'s (6758.T) new PlayStation 3
game console has problems when playing about 200 software games
from previous versions of the machine, the Sankei daily
reported on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google closes YouTube deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061114/wr_nm/google_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061114/2006_11_14t014406_450x289_us_google.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=GUKVlZufAGZ2IBc5iVTsLg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California August 18, 2004. Web search leader Google Inc. on Tuesday said it has closed its $1.65 billion acquisition of online video provider YouTube. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc.
said on Tuesday that it closed its $1.65 billion acquisition of
top online video-sharing site YouTube, setting a new record in
the valuation for user-generated media sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Earth maps history
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061114/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternethistorymapsgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061114/capt.sge.lkl29.141106074100.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=b0UrgzswJSUtMCmIaNPaeQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Woman works on a computer next to a Google logo at a book fair. Google added historic map overlays to its free interactive online globe of the world to provide views of how places have changed with time(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google added historic map overlays to its free interactive online globe of the world to provide views of how places have changed with time.</p><br clear="all"/>
Reuters takes stake in Pluck, to syndicate blogs
(Reuters)
Reuters - News and information company
Reuters Group Plc has taken a stake in Web media syndication
site Pluck Corp. and agreed to distribute blogs worldwide as
part of its new media strategy.
TiVo to expand Internet-based content
(AP)
AP - In its ongoing bid to be a central conduit of media, TiVo Inc. plans to broaden its digital video recording service later this year so users of its set-top boxes can download videos from the Internet and watch them from their television sets.
This just in -- NBC podcasts news shows
(Reuters)
Reuters - NBC News said Monday it
will offer "NBC Nightly News" and "Meet the Press" via video
podcast free on iTunes.
Singer Buffett sues alleged trademark infringer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Singer Jimmy Buffett filed suit on
Monday asking a U.S. federal judge to stop a Web site operator
from infringing on the entertainer's trademarks.
Widgets Keep Advertisers On Users' Desks And Minds
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - Ad executives often say that good creative cannot be churned out like so many "widgets," a handy catchall term signifying any commodity. But now advertisers are using the term to describe a specific new application, one they hope will break through Internet clutter to connect with consumers.
VH1 To Launch Syndicated Video Player, Broadband Series
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The video player can be embedded in other Web sites to receive broadband shows, including an eight-episode series that the network describes as an "edgy, irreverent satire of home shopping channels."
Online Spending On Travel To Reach $128 Billion
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Online travel revenue is expected to reach $85 billion this year, increasing by about 50% in five years, JupiterResearch said. By 2011, 38% of travel revenue will come from the Web.
Sites Give Sneak Peek At Black Friday Deals
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Web sites report on what will be on sale the day after Thanksgiving at retailers such as Circuit City, KB Toys, Sears, Kohl's, Costco, Wal-Mart, CVS Pharmacy, and Target.
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