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Microsoft, MetroFi unite for joint venture
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_metrofi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.59ae86451e5d4c15a868dc5a969dd1e0.microsoft_shareholders_wajn101.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=awzQljtZ9mgmZWA1xZBPSA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates listens to CEO Steve Balmer during the company's shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Wash., Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Joe Nicholson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. said it will partner with MetroFi Inc. to build a free wireless Internet service for Oregon's largest city.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU's Kroes sets Microsoft software deadline: paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/bs_nm/microsoft_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061115/2006_11_14t164532_450x300_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=D8fFNdarDDWnRK76.n1l1Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft chairman Bill Gates addresses the crowd at a launch party for the Zune media player in downtown Seattle November 13, 2006. The 30-gigabyte player, went on sale to the public November 14th. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp has until Thursday next
week to provide rival firms with outstanding details of its
software systems or face fresh fines, the EU's antitrust chief
said, according to the Guardian newspaper.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft CEO touts company "bet" on Web services
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/wr_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061115/i/r1572390761.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=XLikmBP1pfbVrleY8VQF.w--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer answers a shareholder's question at the company's annual meeting in Bellevue, Washington November 14, 2006. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is making
a "big bold bet" on Web services, which it sees as the most
important technological development of the next decade, Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Zune music player's slow first day no surprise
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/tc_nm/microsoft_zune_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061115/2006_11_14t164532_450x300_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=D8fFNdarDDWnRK76.n1l1Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft chairman Bill Gates addresses the crowd at a launch party for the Zune media player in downtown Seattle November 13, 2006. The 30-gigabyte player, went on sale to the public November 14th. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Donna Murphy is no fan of the
ubiquitous iPod music player so on Tuesday she became one of
the first to buy Microsoft's new rival Zune device.</p><br clear="all"/>
1 percent of Web deemed pornographic
(AP)
AP - About 1 percent of Web sites indexed by Google and Microsoft are sexually explicit, according to a U.S. government-commissioned study.
Microsoft releases security updates
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061115/2006_11_14t164532_450x300_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=D8fFNdarDDWnRK76.n1l1Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft chairman Bill Gates addresses the crowd at a launch party for the Zune media player in downtown Seattle November 13, 2006. The 30-gigabyte player, went on sale to the public November 14th. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. released six security updates on Tuesday, five of them with the software maker's highest threat rating.</p><br clear="all"/>
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 Patches Critical XML Flaw, 12 Other Bugs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Some of the updates patch vulnerabilities that hackers have been exploiting for weeks.
Gates touts Vista launch
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates told shareholders Tuesday that Windows Vista could be the company's biggest product launch since Windows 95 debuted more than a decade ago.
Microsoft Forms Interoperability Alliance With Other Tech Vendors
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The goal of the Interoperability Vendor Alliance is for software and hardware vendors to work with Microsoft to make their products work better together, based on input by customers.
Zune music player's slow first day no surprise
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/tc_nm/microsoft_zune_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061115/2006_11_14t164532_450x300_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=D8fFNdarDDWnRK76.n1l1Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft chairman Bill Gates addresses the crowd at a launch party for the Zune media player in downtown Seattle November 13, 2006. The 30-gigabyte player, went on sale to the public November 14th. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Donna Murphy is no fan of the
ubiquitous iPod music player so on Tuesday she became one of
the first to buy Microsoft's new rival Zune device.</p><br clear="all"/>
AOL upgrades messenger, integrates social network
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/wr_nm/media_aol_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061110/capt.9912e0fd872145fba79090d5a5570f78.gold_rush_winner_carm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ZE0iUogt.kWP9sO.yT0e5Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by AOL, Michael Kearney, 22, of Nashville, Tenn., right, smiles after winning the $1 million grand prize on Gold Rush, the AOL.com and Mark Burnett online reality game of pop culture, alongside the game's host, Mark Steines, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. Gold Rush is a seven-week interactive on-line game where players can turn their pop culture know-how into $1 million. (AP Photo/AOL/Rene Macura)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - AOL said on Wednesday it will launch
an upgrade to its instant messenger software with new features
that let users track some of the online activities of their
friends.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cingular plans mobile banking service for 2007
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/tc_nm/telecoms_cingular_banking_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061103/2006_11_02t120048_450x316_us_telecom_cingular.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=lwV7R7Ua3vjDprFb.Y9wIQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="The Atlanta, Georgia headquarters for Cingular Wireless is shown in this February 17, 2004 file photo. Cingular has agreed to team up with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., and Web music subscription services Napster Inc., Yahoo Inc. and others, to let its customers play songs on their cell phones, the company said on Thursday. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S.
cellular operator, said on Wednesday it is talking with banks
about letting its customers manage their money by cell phone as
part of a push to expand phone use beyond talking.</p><br clear="all"/>
PayPal founder's photo slideshow site gets funding
(Reuters)
Reuters - Slide Inc., a start-up that
allows Web users to publish online slideshows of photos and
other digital media, said on Tuesday it had received additional
funding from two top Silicon Valley venture firms.
Control Room to air Universal acts' shows on Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - Control Room, which produces live
concerts for digital outlets including Microsoft Corp.'s
MSN Web portal, has signed a deal with Universal Music
Group to stream performances of its artists -- starting with
rapper Snoop Dogg.
Now online: retailers' Black Friday secrets
(Reuters)
Reuters - On the prowl for the best deals from
U.S. retailers this Thanksgiving weekend? A quick check online
can provide the answers that retailers are not yet ready to
reveal.
Zune MP3 players' opening salvo a dud
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061115/tc_afp/afplifestyleusitinternetmusiccompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061115/capt.sge.ltx61.151106065950.photo00.photo.default-512x367.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=AT4NznvEOmXC9Oci7D_Aig--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Microsoft's new Zune music player is shown in brown, black and white at a store in New York. Microsoft's attack on the Apple iPod began with a whimper as Zune players made a lackluster debut in US stores(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft's attack on the Apple iPod began with a whimper as Zune players made a lackluster debut in US stores.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft, MetroFi unite for joint venture
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_metrofi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.59ae86451e5d4c15a868dc5a969dd1e0.microsoft_shareholders_wajn101.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=awzQljtZ9mgmZWA1xZBPSA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates listens to CEO Steve Balmer during the company's shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Wash., Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Joe Nicholson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. said it will partner with MetroFi Inc. to build a free wireless Internet service for Oregon's largest city.</p><br clear="all"/>
Which Is Safer: Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 2.0?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On the Wild Wild Web, where scams, fraud, and identity theft are commonplace, which browser protects you more effectively? Is it Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 or Mozilla's Firefox 2.0?
EU's Kroes sets Microsoft software deadline: paper
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/bs_nm/microsoft_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061115/2006_11_14t164532_450x300_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=D8fFNdarDDWnRK76.n1l1Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft chairman Bill Gates addresses the crowd at a launch party for the Zune media player in downtown Seattle November 13, 2006. The 30-gigabyte player, went on sale to the public November 14th. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp has until Thursday next
week to provide rival firms with outstanding details of its
software systems or face fresh fines, the EU's antitrust chief
said, according to the Guardian newspaper.</p><br clear="all"/>
Now online: retailers' Black Friday secrets
(Reuters)
Reuters - On the prowl for the best deals from
U.S. retailers this Thanksgiving weekend? A quick check online
can provide the answers that retailers are not yet ready to
reveal.
NBC executive is expected to join AOL: NYTimes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Randy Falco, the president of the NBC
Universal Television Group, is in talks to leave his position
as the No. 2 executive at the television group to take a senior
operating role at AOL, Time Warner Inc.'s Internet subsidiary,
the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Microsoft, MetroFi unite for joint venture
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_metrofi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061114/capt.59ae86451e5d4c15a868dc5a969dd1e0.microsoft_shareholders_wajn101.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=awzQljtZ9mgmZWA1xZBPSA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates listens to CEO Steve Balmer during the company's shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Wash., Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Joe Nicholson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. said it will partner with MetroFi Inc. to build a free wireless Internet service for Oregon's largest city.</p><br clear="all"/>
AOL upgrades messenger, integrates social network
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061115/wr_nm/media_aol_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061110/capt.9912e0fd872145fba79090d5a5570f78.gold_rush_winner_carm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ZE0iUogt.kWP9sO.yT0e5Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by AOL, Michael Kearney, 22, of Nashville, Tenn., right, smiles after winning the $1 million grand prize on Gold Rush, the AOL.com and Mark Burnett online reality game of pop culture, alongside the game's host, Mark Steines, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles. Gold Rush is a seven-week interactive on-line game where players can turn their pop culture know-how into $1 million. (AP Photo/AOL/Rene Macura)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - AOL said on Wednesday it will launch
an upgrade to its instant messenger software with new features
that let users track some of the online activities of their
friends.</p><br clear="all"/>
PayPal founder's photo slideshow site gets funding
(Reuters)
Reuters - Slide Inc., a start-up that
allows Web users to publish online slideshows of photos and
other digital media, said on Tuesday it had received additional
funding from two top Silicon Valley venture firms.
Control Room to air Universal acts' shows on Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - Control Room, which produces live
concerts for digital outlets including Microsoft Corp.'s MSN
Web portal, has signed a deal with Universal Music Group to
stream performances of its artists -- starting with rapper
Snoop Dogg.
Internet Content Filters Fail to Block Sexually Explicit Material
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - 1.1% of the Web pages indexed by Google and MSN are sexually explicit, and content filtering software will miss up to 60% of those pages while blocking up to 23.6% of non-explicit pages, according to expert testimony in the federal government's quest to sustain the Child Online Protection Act.
TiVo Beefs Up Video Sharing
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - TiVo users will be able to share home videos with other TiVo-using family and friends. Users will also be able to use TiVo's PC software to convert Internet videos for watching on TV.
Internet Agency Wades Into Web 2.0
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - After establishing itself as a leader in the Internet's first wave, Avenue A/Razorfish is retooling for the Web 2.0 era: It has formed a new unit devoted to emerging technologies. It's the latest agency to set aside resources to figure out the fast-changing digital media landscape.
1 percent of Web deemed pornographic
(AP)
AP - About 1 percent of Web sites indexed by Google and Microsoft are sexually explicit, according to a U.S. government-commissioned study.
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