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More Micro, Less Soft
(BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - Steve Ballmer hates it when Microsoft loses. But for the screamingly competitive CEO, there is one single, glaring exception: the 61,100 pounds that have vanished from the bodies of 2,152 Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT - News) employees since 2002.
Microsoft Joins Municipal Wi-Fi Push
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft jumped into the free Wi-Fi business this week, teaming with MetroFi to build a wireless network in Portland, Oregon, that will run at a clip of 1 Mbps.
Search Giants Find Common Ground for Webmasters
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Internet heavyweights Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft are collaborating on an initiative to help webmaster more effectively manage the content they want to promote to search engine spiders.
Attack Code Posted For Latest Microsoft Bugs
(PC World)
PC World - Despite recent security patches, worms to attack Windows could be in the works.
Melitta Peddling Microsoft-Powered Coffeemaker That Tells You The Weather
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Melitta Smart Mill And Brew, which went on sale Thursday, uses Microsoft's MSN Direct wireless service to display current weather conditions, the day's forecast, and sunrise and sunset times.
Internet search rivals unite to make websites easier to find
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061116/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061117/capt.sge.mni81.171106003257.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=uxrtMZF4QjcSQ0R7j93b8w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Internet search rivals Google, Yahoo and Microsoft formed an unusual alliance to support a shared standard regarding how websites are pinpointed for their indexes.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet search rivals Google, Yahoo and Microsoft formed an unusual alliance to support a shared standard regarding how websites are pinpointed for their indexes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Wraps Up SharePoint Services 3.0
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Windows SharePoint Services is largely a plug-and-play and template-based tool for creating simple portals and intranets.
Exploits Surface For Critical Microsoft Bug
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Both proof-of-concept exploit code and a public exploit have popped up for the bug fixed in MS06-070, a security update that patched Windows 2000's and Windows XP's Workstation Service.
Microsoft Keeps Software Update Services Alive Until July
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - SUS was to be dropped on Dec. 6, about a week before next month's regularly scheduled security releases. Now, SUS will be kept on life support until July 10.
Google Adds Mac Support To Ajax Toolkit
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The toolkit compiles Java code into JavaScript, necessary for building Ajax applications. It also helps resolve differences between Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, and Firefox.
Universal Music sues MySpace over music copyrights
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061117/tc_nm/media_universal_myspace_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061117/i/r3008501501.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=nFkXAPJiaEeLoi0dNlIzDw--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, on Friday filed a lawsuit against popular social networking site MySpace for copyright infringement of thousands of its artists' works. REUTERS/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Universal Music Group, the world's
largest music company, said on Friday it filed a lawsuit
against popular social networking site MySpace for infringing
copyrights of thousands of its artists' works.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony PlayStation 3 debuts amid shopper frenzy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/tc_nm/sony_playstation_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061117/2006_11_17t090116_450x319_us_sony_playstation.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=w8jRdiZvCyLVHxbPw44RDg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Patrons hold their Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) gaming consoles after waiting in line for a 12:01 am release at a Best Buy store in Duluth, Georgia November 17, 2006. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As a buying frenzy surrounding the
U.S. launch on Friday of Sony's PlayStation 3 video game
console moved out of mobbed stores and onto the Web, gamers'
attention turned to Sunday's launch of Nintendo's Wii.</p><br clear="all"/>
New software promises to unlock iPod, iTunes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061117/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061117/2006_11_17t140335_450x303_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=Ado8o4RFNj1h7BWcKO9MEw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="An iPod nano in a file photo. A 22-year-old hacker who as a teen cracked the encryption on DVDs and now has developed a system compatible with Apple's 'FairPlay' copyright technology that allows iTunes music to play on other devices and gives iPod users access to other music stores. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Not even the lure of one million
songs could separate Stanford University student Rolf Steier
from his iPod.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nintendo bets on the Wii to expand video game market
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) new
video game system will be released in the United States on
Sunday as the No. 3 console maker continues its quest to expand
the gaming audience beyond kids and young adults.
Man jailed for Britain's first "web-rage" attack
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061117/tc_nm/britain_webrage_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061117/2006_11_17t084551_450x341_uk_britain_webrage.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=vDBsrz250PL_RRz6KHhR3g--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Paul Gibbons is seen in an undated police handout photo. Gibbons, convicted of what has been described as the country's first 'web-rage' attack, was jailed for 2-1/2 years on Friday for assaulting a man he had exchanged insults with over the Internet. (Essex Police/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A British man convicted of what has been
described as the country's first "web-rage" attack, was jailed
for 2-1/2 years on Friday for assaulting a man he had exchanged
insults with over the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Universal Music sues MySpace.com
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_universal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061117/i/r2457437102.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=TGevKdu3daPIv0nygTxUlw--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, on Friday filed a lawsuit against popular social networking site MySpace for copyright infringement of thousands of its artists' works. REUTERS/www.myspace.com" border="0" /></a>AP - Universal Music Group on Friday sued MySpace.com, claiming the online social-networking hub illegally encourages its users to share music and music videos on the site without permission.</p><br clear="all"/>
PS3 launch marred by violence
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_hi_te/playstation3"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061117/capt.92455a140f724ef3bf775c6988cb9594.playstation_3_cptd105.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=4qjsROee825jnyQUN1_WFA--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Dan Jun shows off his new Sony PlayStation 3 on Friday, Nov. 17, 2006 at a Best Buy in Toronto. Much-awaited PlayStation 3 makes North American debut to long lines, short supplies. Some customers were buying PS3 machines for themselves or as gifts, but many were hoping to resell them at a profit. Units were fetching several thousand dollars early Friday at the eBay Inc. auction site. (AP Photo/Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tight supplies of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console led to rowdiness at several stores when it went on sale Friday and tempted new owners to sell their consoles for a profit to those who hadn't braved the throngs of sharp-elbowed shoppers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Joins Municipal Wi-Fi Push
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft jumped into the free Wi-Fi business this week, teaming with MetroFi to build a wireless network in Portland, Oregon, that will run at a clip of 1 Mbps.
Three Minutes With Zimbra's Satish Dharmaraj
(PC World)
PC World - Open-source collaboration software vendor depends on its partners to compete.
New ZoneAlarm Suite Enters Beta Testing
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - CheckPoint Software launched a public beta for version 7 of the popular ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite.
Universal Music sues MySpace.com
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_universal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061117/i/r2457437102.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=TGevKdu3daPIv0nygTxUlw--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, on Friday filed a lawsuit against popular social networking site MySpace for copyright infringement of thousands of its artists' works. REUTERS/www.myspace.com" border="0" /></a>AP - Universal Music Group on Friday sued MySpace.com, claiming the online social-networking hub illegally encourages its users to share music and music videos on the site without permission.</p><br clear="all"/>
Target backs off in online movies feud
(AP)
AP - Discount retailer Target backed off plans to pull in-store promotions of products from Walt Disney after Disney threatened not to ship DVDs of hit movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," a person familiar with the situation said Friday.
Sony's PlayStation 3 makes chaotic US debut
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061117/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061117/capt.sge.mwp43.171106234330.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=_0UDRNQOb4zBiueaHodEpw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A gamer heads for the cash register at a local Best Buy to pay for his Sony Playstation 3 after waiting in line for three days for the 12:01 am release in Los Angeles. Violence marred the chaotic US launch of Sony's PlayStation 3, as hardcore game fans and eBay profiteers mobbed stores to grab scarce stocks of the must-have computer console.(AFP/Robyn Beck )" border="0" /></a>AFP - Violence marred the chaotic US launch of Sony's PlayStation 3, as hardcore game fans and eBay profiteers mobbed stores to grab scarce stocks of the must-have computer console.</p><br clear="all"/>
Spokane Paper's Columnist Says 'Frontline' Went 'Into the Tank' for Disgraced Mayor
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Dozens of comments, pro and con, continue to pour into the forum at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., all reacting to the Tuesday PBS "Frontline" program that criticized the newspaper for some of its tactics in its probe of former Mayor Jim West. He lost a recall vote and was removed from office over charges he had misused his office in promising jobs or internships to young men he had met on gay Internet chat sites, among other charges.
Va. TV weatherman fired over nude photo
(AP)
AP - A TV weatherman was fired after his nude photo was posted on the Internet.
New software promises to unlock iPod, iTunes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061117/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061117/2006_11_17t140335_450x303_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=Ado8o4RFNj1h7BWcKO9MEw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="An iPod nano in a file photo. A 22-year-old hacker who as a teen cracked the encryption on DVDs and now has developed a system compatible with Apple's 'FairPlay' copyright technology that allows iTunes music to play on other devices and gives iPod users access to other music stores. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Not even the lure of one million
songs could separate Stanford University student Rolf Steier
from his iPod.</p><br clear="all"/>
Search Giants Find Common Ground for Webmasters
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Internet heavyweights Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft are collaborating on an initiative to help webmaster more effectively manage the content they want to promote to search engine spiders.
TV interviewer Larry King admits never searching the Internet
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061117/en_afp/afpentertainmentpeople"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061117/capt.sge.mud43.171106170816.photo00.photo.default-339x482.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=97kxG_vX5Wf.Wh1Etpfjfw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="CNN television interviewer Larry King, seen here in October 2006, famous for questioning celebrities and newsmakers, admits he's never asked a question of an Internet search engine.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - CNN television interviewer Larry King, famous for questioning celebrities and newsmakers, admits he's never asked a question of an Internet search engine.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online encyclopedia offline in China
(AP)
AP - China's easing of a ban on the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia appears to have been short-lived.
Is AOL Instant Messaging Good for Business Use?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Wednesday, AOL announced a new version of AIM, an instant-messaging client for hyper-connected netizens.
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