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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)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/tc_nm/adobe_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061119/i/r348660853.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=YGkmvYgd4GXawhD1gw36Cg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Bill Gates (R), chairman of Microsoft, listens to Bruce Chizen, president and CEO of Adobe in New York in this October 24, 2001 file photo. 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, Chizen said. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>
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)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/tc_nm/adobe_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061119/i/r348660853.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=YGkmvYgd4GXawhD1gw36Cg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Bill Gates (R), chairman of Microsoft, listens to Bruce Chizen, president and CEO of Adobe in New York in this October 24, 2001 file photo. 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, Chizen said. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>
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"/>
Yahoo, newspaper groups in Web ad deal
(AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. will work with seven newspaper groups to share online advertising in a deal that could help newspapers tap into the lucrative online ad market.
Dan Rather resurrected on new frequency
(Reuters)
Reuters - Yes, Dan Rather lives.
And he's never looked better. Or so we hear. As this show was
viewed on DVD in a converted, standard-definition format rather
than the high-definition of HDNet as intended, we'll simply
have to take the digital network's word for it.
U.S. firms may take stake in Reliance Comm unit, newspaper says
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. private equity groups Blackstone
and Carlyle are in talks with Reliance
Communications Ltd. to invest as much as $1 billion
in a new unit created to house the Indian mobile firm's
telecoms tower business, the Financial Times said on Monday.
Three Minutes With Zimbra's Satish Dharmaraj
(PC World)
PC World - Open-source collaboration software vendor depends on its partners to compete.
Check Point says to buy Protect Data for $586 mln
(Reuters)
Reuters - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
, one of the world's largest Internet security
companies, said on Monday it would buy data security company
Protect Data AB for about $586 million.
KKR in A$4 bln joint venture with Australia's Seven
(Reuters)
Reuters - Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts is setting up a A$4 billion ($3.1 billion) joint
venture with Australia's Seven Network Ltd. in TV, magazines
and online businesses, marking the U.S. group's first foray
into Australia's media sector.
Yahoo, newspaper groups in Web ad deal
(AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. will work with seven newspaper groups to share online advertising in a deal that could help newspapers tap into the lucrative online ad market.
Europe telecoms eye Internet Protocol TV
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061119/ap_on_hi_te/europe_internet_television"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061119/capt.250922c84f754bdcacb99cc5deaa93d1.netherlands_europe_internet_television_nybz275.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=reVeSU7HmHvRwOBZCEeHuw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Dutch technology enthusiast Wart Fransen poses for a photographer while watching his internet TV at his home in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006. Fransen is one of millions of Europeans who will begin watching television via their fixed telephone lines this year, using the technology known as Internet Protocol TV, or IPTV. That is, if telecommunications giants like Deutsche Telekom AG, France Telecom SA and BT Group PLC can pull it off as planned. Fransen says of the service that came bundled with his 40 (US$50) per-month high-speed Internet connection. (AP Photo/Fred Ernst))" border="0" /></a>AP - Dutchman Wart Fransen points a remote control at a little box atop his television and firmly presses down on the button to change the station.</p><br clear="all"/>
Egypt detains blogger in random security check
(Reuters)
Reuters - Egyptian police detained an opposition
blogger in a chance security check on Sunday, a human rights
group said.
New Web site dedicated to regifting
(AP)
AP - More people say they're regifting — giving a gift they received from someone to another person. Is that financially savvy, or is it tacky?
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.
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