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Crowds gather to buy Nintendo's Wii
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061119/tc_nm/media_nintendo_wii_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061119/2006_11_18t150455_450x296_us_media_nintendo_wii.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=XMXEsnWdnW4DDT4gnVb2dA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A model holds up a remote controller for the Nintendo Wii next to its game console during a launch event in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, September 14, 2006. The final salvo in the new video game console war comes first thing on Sunday, November 19, 2006 as Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s unconventional underdog, the Wii, takes on Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 for top billing in the $30 billion global game market. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nintendo's new Wii video game console
debuted on Sunday as thousands of die-hard fans, some of whom
camped out for several days, welcomed the final entrant in the
three-way scramble for dominance in the $30 billion global game
market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Adobe could still sue Microsoft: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - Software maker Adobe may sue
Microsoft if it is not satisfied with the European
Union's steps to ensure Microsoft's new operating system does
not shut out rivals, Adobe's chief executive said.
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.
Microsoft Gives Free Vista To Some Testers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Two weeks before the official November 30 launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has posted the final code for MSDN and TechNet subscriber download.
Turkey Attacks Eyed For Windows
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Exploits against the vulnerability in Microsoft's XML Core Services will probably jump next week, one security analyst says.
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.
Red Hat Rolls Enterprise Linux Beta
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Ballmer said Microsoft was ready to cut a deal with Red Hat similar to the one it struck with Linux seller Novell last week. But Red Hat isn't interested.
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.
Crowds gather to buy Nintendo's Wii
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061119/tc_nm/media_nintendo_wii_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061119/2006_11_18t150455_450x296_us_media_nintendo_wii.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=XMXEsnWdnW4DDT4gnVb2dA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A model holds up a remote controller for the Nintendo Wii next to its game console during a launch event in Makuhari, east of Tokyo, September 14, 2006. The final salvo in the new video game console war comes first thing on Sunday, November 19, 2006 as Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s unconventional underdog, the Wii, takes on Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 for top billing in the $30 billion global game market. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nintendo's new Wii video game console
debuted on Sunday as thousands of die-hard fans, some of whom
camped out for several days, welcomed the final entrant in the
three-way scramble for dominance in the $30 billion global game
market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo internal memo urges major shake-up, job cuts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/tc_nm/yahoo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061119/2006_11_18t211414_450x300_us_yahoo.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=kXLL17uh0L1u.y514hkQMg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A computer user is seen browsing the Yahoo! web site. According to an internal memo written last month by Senior Vice President Brad Garlinghouse, Yahoo needs a dramatic organisational shake-up and cuts in its work force of up to 20 percent. (Peter Jones/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. needs
a dramatic organizational shake-up and cuts in its work force
of up to 20 percent, according to an internal memo written last
month by Senior Vice President Brad Garlinghouse.</p><br clear="all"/>
Adobe could still sue Microsoft: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - Software maker Adobe may sue
Microsoft if it is not satisfied with the European
Union's steps to ensure Microsoft's new operating system does
not shut out rivals, Adobe's chief executive said.
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/nm/20061118/2006_11_17t161021_450x378_us_media_universal_myspace.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=Cpn30fhQthwtQ1awBDM78A--" 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. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" 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/20061118/2006_11_17t090116_450x319_us_sony_playstation.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=I6cAAOVF9Fky44UzFiJSlQ--" 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"/>
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"/>
Nintendo launches Wii, challenging Sony
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061119/ap_on_hi_te/nintendo_wii"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061119/capt.7ba66d90719a40f2b68d18b85c1cdc2a.nintendo_wii_nydb105.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=RhUtVhfCN6oClNqn58WETA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Nintendo, Toys 'R' Us employee Isaurio Acevedo stocks the first Nintendo Wii video game systems to go on sale, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, at Toys 'R' Us Times Square in New York. The innovative system went on sale at midnight ushering in a new way to play video games. (AP Photo/Nintendo, Diane Bondareff)" border="0" /></a>AP - More than a thousand fans lined up in Times Square for the Sunday launch of Nintendo's entry into the holiday season's field of competing video game consoles, the cheap but innovative Wii.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wi-Fi Patent Ruling Puts Tech Industry on Notice
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Texas court ruling in favor of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, part of the Australian government, could mean big liability for the industries biggest companies.
Three Minutes With Zimbra's Satish Dharmaraj
(PC World)
PC World - Open-source collaboration software vendor depends on its partners to compete.
CA Sues Ex-CEO For Repayment Of $14.9 Million
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Business software maker
CA Inc. is suing convicted former Chief Executive Sanjay
Kumar, seeking repayment of $14.9 million it says it fronted
for his legal defense, according to court documents.
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)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_on_hi_te/online_movies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061117/2006_11_17t100952_450x313_us_retail_target.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=qiS72Gd58LMrwmgd7op.HA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A woman heads for the checkout stand at a Target store in Chicago, in this November 25, 2005 file photo. Target Corp. said on Friday that it has no plans to take cues from other retailers and sell its credit card business because it generates big profits and drives stronger store sales. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>
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.
GE VoIP Phone In The Works
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Equipment maker Thomson plans to offer a General Electric-branded VoIP phone and work with service provider SunRockets, which sells residential Internet phone service for a flat rate of $200 a year.
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/20061118/2006_11_17t140335_450x303_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=6TdhBe8anJ5GfP4MpkDMbA--" 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.
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