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Your Online Office
(PC World)
PC World - Internet productivity suites innovate with online sharing and storage, but don't yet challenge Microsoft for document-creation features.
Microsoft to face challenge over Linux licenses
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061121/tc_nm/microsoft_linux_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061121/2006_11_21t005703_450x296_us_microsoft_linux.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=jDtLYEF2EROCJ.jOGv3BwA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer in Tokyo, November 6, 2006. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Supporters of PC operating system
Linux are preparing to counter a recent deal penned by
Microsoft Corp which establishes for the first time
the principle of paying the software giant for the operating
system, whose license requires it to be free.</p><br clear="all"/>
Novell Reassures Linux Users On Microsoft Patents
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Even though Novell recently signed an agreement protecting its SuSE users from Microsoft intellectual property lawsuits, Novell says Linux doesn't violate any Microsoft patents. Microsoft responds that the two companies "agreed to disagree" on that.
Microsoft Denies 'Kill Switch' In Office 2007
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - As with previous versions of the productivity bundle, Office 2007 does include an activation scheme that requires users to authenticate the product key either online or by telephone, a company executive says.
Ballmer: Linux Infringes on Microsoft Intellectual Property
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, speaking at a conference in Seattle last week, said Microsoft signed the recent deal with Novell because Linux uses Microsoft's intellectual property and Microsoft wants to get the "appropriate economic return" for its innovation.
Stocks flat as energy shares offset deals
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061120/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061120/2006_11_20t102544_450x299_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=lAdSsT0jyMqUoFdCU3._Bw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell November 20, 2006. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Stocks were little changed on Monday
after a brokerage upgrade of Microsoft Corp. and a
flurry of corporate deals sparked some optimism about U.S.
companies, but a drop in oil prices hit energy shares.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Still Working On Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Windows co-president Jim Allchin says Microsoft will keep crafting new device drivers and release them to customers through an automatic update service.
Microsoft's Zune Garners Mixed Reviews
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Now that Microsoft's Zune digital media player has had a week of life on the market, reviews have kept the Internet buzzing with widely varying opinions about the device's functionality, and whether the Zune can trump Apple's iPod.
Sprint and Microsoft Bring Convenience to Mobile Search
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - It's the day after Thanksgiving -- the biggest shopping day of the year -- and you need a sandwich after a morning spent fighting the crowds. If Sprint and Microsoft have their way, you won't use the phone book to find it. You'll use your phone.
Microsoft Steps Up Software Services
(PC World)
PC World - Partners get tools, encouragement to put applications online.
Microsoft to face challenge over Linux licenses
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061121/tc_nm/microsoft_linux_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061121/2006_11_21t005703_450x296_us_microsoft_linux.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=jDtLYEF2EROCJ.jOGv3BwA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer in Tokyo, November 6, 2006. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Supporters of PC operating system
Linux are preparing to counter a recent deal penned by
Microsoft Corp which establishes for the first time
the principle of paying the software giant for the operating
system, whose license requires it to be free.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mac fans buzzing about expected Apple "iPhone"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061120/tc_nm/apple_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061120/2006_11_20t141203_450x285_us_apple.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=BBDiV1uqf4utm.P1EvvFew--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduces new iPod Nanos to the crowd at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts theater in San Francisco, September 12, 2006. The long-rumored arrival of a hybrid mobile phone and iPod music player from Apple Computer Inc. has morphed from a question of 'If' to 'When' among fans and analysts. (Dino Vournas/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The long-rumored arrival of a
hybrid mobile phone and iPod music player from Apple Computer
Inc. has morphed from a question of "If" to "When"
among fans and analysts.</p><br clear="all"/>
New machines make slots a multiplayer game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Slot machine makers, keen to find a
new selling point for a traditional game, are trying to
increase the social aspect of slots by linking up machines so
players can share payouts and the thrill of winning.
Calm, satisfied customers welcome Wii system
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Another video game system arrived to long lines at stores, but more customers went home satisfied Sunday clutching a new Nintendo Wii. The $250 Wii joins more expensive competitors, the Sony PlayStation 3 ($500-$600), which quickly sold out when launched Friday, and the year-old Microsoft Xbox 360 ($300-$400), in a battle of the next generation game systems.
Yahoo in ad partnership with newspapers
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061120/tc_nm/media_yahoo_newspapers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061120/2006_11_20t074826_450x299_us_media_yahoo_newspapers.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=NUVtb.1GEZSJtNjIgdiEkw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Yahoo corporate building is seen in an undated file photo. Yahoo Inc. said on Monday it has agreed to have at least seven newspaper groups use its technology to sell advertising on their Internet sites. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. said on Monday
that it struck a deal with the publishers of 176 U.S.
newspapers to let them use its technology to sell help-wanted
advertising and offer a variety of local information services.</p><br clear="all"/>
Net Watchdog: Tips for Safer Online Shopping
(PC World)
PC World - 'Tis the season for online scams, spam, and malware attacks. Here's what you need to know.
Companies pursue game console supremacy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_hi_te/games_console_war"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061119/capt.1c967145798a4029955eda5a02405f36.nintendo_wii__cabr103.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=ZLT9x.dA7o3.ZsvGsl5bhg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Nintendo, GameStop managers Danny Lemos, left, and Tim Toney prepare for the first sales of Nintendo's new Wii console, in Los Angeles, Nov. 18, 2006. (AP photo/Nintendo, Bob Riha, Jr.)" border="0" /></a>AP - The game-console war is officially under way with the sold-out launches of Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii, but there are still a lot of battles to fight — and dragons to slay.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rapper Chingy personalizes ringtones for fans
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061120/music_nm/media_capitol_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061121/2006_11_20t153434_450x301_us_media_capitol.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Th3bo80ma7tgij7.YRnu5Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chingy performs during the taping of the Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, California October 15, 2006. Young music fans who personalize their cellphones with a choice of ringtones can go the extra step and have multi-platinum selling rapper Chingy announcing each of their friends when they call. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Young music fans who
personalize their cellphones with a choice of ringtones can go
the extra step and have multi-platinum selling rapper Chingy
announcing each of their friends when they call.</p><br clear="all"/>
JasperSoft Launches Report Designer For Eclipse IDE
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The iReport Plug-In for Eclipse is a graphical designer used to add reporting functions to applications. The new tool, along with JasperSoft's reporting libraries, are available at no charge under open-source licenses.
Lawyers argue validity of '98 online law
(AP)
AP - Justice Department attorneys, defending a law aimed at keeping online pornography from minors, argued that software filters often block valid sites — on gay rights or sexual health, for example — that teens might seek out.
Net Watchdog: Tips for Safer Online Shopping
(PC World)
PC World - 'Tis the season for online scams, spam, and malware attacks. Here's what you need to know.
New Law Won't Stop Internet Gambling
(PC World)
PC World - Federal legislation bans credit-card payments, but sites have alternatives.
Your Online Office
(PC World)
PC World - Internet productivity suites innovate with online sharing and storage, but don't yet challenge Microsoft for document-creation features.
Comcast close to content deal with Disney: WSJ
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061121/media_nm/media_comcast_disney_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061026/2006_10_26t073644_450x369_us_media_comcast_earns.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=uuBLOhKy_Dyk8vb2w0V.yw--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Brian Roberts, president and CEO of Comcast Corporation, speaks in this March 12, 2004 file photo. Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable operator, on Thursday reported a jump in quarterly profit on strong subscriber growth and tax gains from its purchase of cable systems from Adelphia and system swaps with Time Warner. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Cable operator Comcast Corp. is about
to land a video on-demand deal with Walt Disney Co. for shows
as "Desperate Housewives" and "World News with Charles Gibson,"
the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site, citing people
familiar with the matter.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet groups hail 'victory for free speech' after US court ruling
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061121/tc_afp/usitinternetjustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061121/capt.sge.nrb35.211106063101.photo00.photo.default-374x512.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=waU44xJcInTsNB.GJeTc7A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Visitors go online at the Campus Party meeting in Valencia in July. Internet campaigners welcomed a California court ruling that protects service providers and online publishers against defamation lawsuits for posting content written by someone else(AFP/File/Jose Jordan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet campaigners welcomed a California court ruling that protects service providers and online publishers against defamation lawsuits for posting content written by someone else.</p><br clear="all"/>
California court expands immunity for bloggers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Individuals who use the Internet
to distribute information from another source may not be held
to account if the material is considered defamatory, the
California Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a reversal of a
lower court decision.
Mao's home province puts sex on the Internet
(Reuters)
Reuters - A school in Mao Zedong's home province,
slower than most to adopt reforms that have now swept the
country, has launched its first sex education Web site to stop
children feeling embarrassed by the subject.
Web sites not liable for posts by others
(AP)
AP - Web sites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Internet ranks No. 2 for science news
(AP)
AP - The Internet ranks behind only television as the leading source for science news and information, but most users won't trust what they read online blindly, a new study finds.
Arkansas fugitive seeking love online gets nabbed
(Reuters)
Reuters - A fugitive wanted for a
double homicide in Arkansas was arrested on the weekend in
Wisconsin after he posted his name, picture and address on an
online dating Web site, police said on Monday.
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