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Microsoft loses patents lawsuit in SKorea
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061127/tc_afp/skoreausitmicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061127/capt.sge.pmt00.271106072912.photo00.photo.default-360x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=0eDrO7t44PdYrv85zr1l3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="A billboard promotes new Windows' operating systems, including the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Microsoft has lost a legal battle with a South Korean firm over its flagship Office software, officials have said. The Supreme Court in a ruling last week rejected a request from Microsoft to nullify patents obtained by Hankuk Aviation University professor Lee Keung-Hae in 1997.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US software giant Microsoft has lost a legal battle with a South Korean firm over its flagship Office software, officials have said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft hoping for business upgrades
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061125/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_new_vistas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061114/capt.sge.lrc22.141106182340.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=uKw3LwkXkZZPn9IkOF4rOg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="A billboard advertising Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system. US software giant Microsoft launched an industry-wide alliance with more than 20 other major firms -- partners and rivals alike -- aimed at improving software compatibility.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bill Hartnett got accustomed to the screaming. As Microsoft Corp.'s manager of software sales to financial services companies, Hartnett used to get pelted with complaints about the security and reliability of Microsoft's products.</p><br clear="all"/>
The Soul Of A New Microsoft
(BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - At 3:32 p.m. on Oct. 19 an e-mail flashed across the screens of the 230 Microsoft employees working slavishly to bring the Zune music player to market. The sender was their brash team leader, J Allard, 37. The message included a link to an old video of Steve Jobs on YouTube, mocking Microsoft's creativity. "The only problem with Microsoft is that they have no taste," the Apple Computer boss says. "They have absolutely no taste."
Microsoft makes deadline on Windows info
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061127/capt.sge.pms97.271106072859.photo00.photo.default-360x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=quauaQiAuUSi4piUcprrGw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="A billboard promotes new Windows' operating systems, including the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Microsoft has lost a legal battle with a South Korean firm over its flagship Office software, officials have said. The Supreme Court in a ruling last week rejected a request from Microsoft to nullify patents obtained by Hankuk Aviation University professor Lee Keung-Hae in 1997.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0" /></a>AP - European Union regulators said Microsoft Corp. handed in on time to meet a Thursday deadline information about its Windows operating software that should help other software companies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Firefox 2 Browser Struck by Password Flaw
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Mozilla's Firefox 2.0 has long been considered a safer Web browser than Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but a new flaw in the Firefox Password Manager, which lets users store usernames and passwords for trusted Web sites, could let hackers steal their login data.
Gates Foundation to provide free access to computers and Internet in Romania
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061123/tc_afp/romaniauscharity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061123/capt.sge.osw20.231106224924.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=o.o16HGEbkyANMyMSjtv3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Foundation of US billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, seen here on 09 November 2006, plans to computerize Romania's public libraries to provide free access to computers and the Internet for all Romanians, the culture ministry said in Bucharest.(AFP/POOL/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Foundation of US billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates plans to computerize Romania's public libraries to provide free access to computers and the Internet for all Romanians, the culture ministry said in Bucharest.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Fights Back Against Phishers
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft, continuing its efforts to slam the door shut on cybercrime, has filed 129 lawsuits against phishers located throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Chilean Mapuches in language row with Microsoft
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061123/tc_nm/chile_mapuches_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061123/2006_11_23t124005_450x322_us_chile_mapuches_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=SKl81e.x2MVmIDkNgnDtIw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="An indigenous Mapuche (in shadow) holds a painted banner depicting a Mapuche's face during a march through downtown Santiago in this October 9, 2006 file photo. Mapuche Indians in Chile are trying to take global software giant Microsoft to court in a legal battle which raises the question of whether anyone can ever 'own' the language they speak. The banner reads, 'Thousand times we will be victorious'. (Victor Ruiz Caballero/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mapuche Indians in Chile are
trying to take global software giant Microsoft to
court in a legal battle which raises the question of whether
anyone can ever "own" the language they speak.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft files new antitrust documents with EU
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061123/tc_nm/microsoft_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061123/2006_11_23t070050_450x327_us_microsoft_eu.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=.LOMR0rvFzHm01ka6GlAig--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith in Luxembourg, April 26, 2006. Microsoft filed revised documents with the European Commission on Thursday aimed at complying with a landmark antitrust decision from 2004, the European Commission said. (Philippe Gisselbrecht/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. filed revised
documents with the European Commission on Thursday aimed at
complying with a landmark antitrust decision from 2004, the
European Commission said.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU says Microsoft meets key deadline in antitrust showdown
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061123/tc_afp/euussoftwarecompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061123/capt.sge.onn22.231106113148.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=NqbEkGS4HOeN8OAdeBwq8w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A customer walks near a display of Microsoft Windows XP software displayed in a San Francisco store in March 2006. The European Commission said that Microsoft has met a key deadline in its antitrust standoff with the US software giant, staving off the threat of further fines.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Commission said that Microsoft has met a key deadline in its antitrust standoff with the US software giant, staving off the threat of further fines.</p><br clear="all"/>
Casual computer games go upscale
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061127/ap_on_hi_te/casual_gaming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061127/capt.825db9aea4574d3a8ab6a5c8fd3e788e.casual_gaming_nybz201.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=MNGcs27P6bABhKzpQzxAKg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Shown in this photo provided by PopCap Games Inc. is a screen grab of one of the company's new upscale games being released later this month. The programmers at PopCap Games Inc. used to think of themselves as the unloved stepchildren of the computer gaming industry. Their humble word puzzles and math teasers were in a different league from 'hardcore' games in which role-playing characters spray bullets, slay dragons and maim rivals in fantastic virtual worlds. Such games can cost $30 million or more to develop, as much as a Hollywood movie.(AP Photo/PopCap Games Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - The programmers at PopCap Games Inc. used to think of themselves as the unloved stepchildren of the computer gaming industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web catalog offers prison-made products
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061125/ap_on_bi_ge/prison_products"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061125/capt.483861b540504293a68f0fe16ce83d4c.prison_products_mdcg201.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=QPsojd27Rdh4CDZccumrAw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="An inmate checks the quality of a piece that he is printing at the Maryland Department of Corrections printing department in Jessup, Md., Sept. 6, 2006. Internet shopping knows no boundaries, not even for products made behind bars. Maryland Correctional Enterprises, the manufacturing division of the state Division of Correction, has put its 182-page catalog online. Now anyone can see, if not buy, hundreds of items the agency offers for sale to government agencies and Maryland nonprofit organizations. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Internet shopping knows no boundaries, not even for products made behind bars. Maryland Correctional Enterprises, the manufacturing division of the state Division of Correction, has put its 182-page catalog online. Now anyone can see, if not buy, hundreds of items the agency offers for sale to government agencies and Maryland nonprofit organizations. The catalog is at http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/mcem.</p><br clear="all"/>
CIA retools Web site in recruitment push
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061126/ap_on_go_ot/cia_recruitment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061119/capt.sge.ncq54.191106041030.photo00.photo.default-512x327.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=NmEOg.8ny7sPdhsB0mCseQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A janitor mops the floor at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia. (AFP/File/Brendan Smialowski)" border="0" /></a>AP - The CIA has scrapped its ho-hum test that steered job applicants toward mysterious careers and devised one that's cloaked in jest.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft banks on business upgrades
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_new_vistas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061114/capt.sge.lrc22.141106182340.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=uKw3LwkXkZZPn9IkOF4rOg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="A billboard advertising Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system. US software giant Microsoft launched an industry-wide alliance with more than 20 other major firms -- partners and rivals alike -- aimed at improving software compatibility.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bill Hartnett got accustomed to the screaming. As Microsoft Corp.'s manager of software sales to financial services companies, Hartnett used to get pelted with complaints about the security and reliability of Microsoft's products.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wal-Mart's site stalls on Black Friday
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_bi_ge/retailers_online_outages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061124/capt.204bf9123c3b49cb9be70da45c4c4066.holiday_shopping_ohdk106.jpg?x=74&y=130&sig=3SmB0OdTcuKVsLAzzaxSNg--" align="left" height="130" width="74" alt="Shopper Mark Nicodemus, left, from Batavia, Ohio, carts his purchased items from a Eastgate Walmart early Friday, Nov. 24, 2006 near Batavia, Ohio. The nation's retailers ushered in the start of the holiday season Friday with expanded hours, generous discounts and free money in the form of gift cards. A growing number of stores and malls threw open their doors at midnight to jump-start the season, and CompUSA Inc. and BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. even opened on Thanksgiving for the first time to grab customer dollars before the competition does. (AP Photo/David Kohl)" border="0" /></a>AP - High traffic disrupted Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Web site for much of Friday, one of the year's busiest shopping days.</p><br clear="all"/>
Carson Daly expands domain with Net projects
(Reuters)
Reuters - Carson Daly made his
mark in television, but he is ready to prove himself all over
again on the Internet.
Sony says only small number of cameras affected by glitch
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061127/tc_afp/japanitelectronicscompanycamerasony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061127/capt.sge.pme07.271106050604.photo00.photo.default-512x331.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=p2EA_hPvHts4yMAi6tN3vg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A customer leaves a Sony shop selling cameras and computers at a computer mall in Shanghai. Sony Corp. expects only a small number of its digital cameras to be affected by the glitch announced last week and will only offer repairs to users experiencing problems, a spokesman has said.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sony Corp. expects only a small number of its digital cameras to be affected by the glitch announced last week and will only offer repairs to users experiencing problems, a spokesman has said.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.N. To Tackle Growing "E-Waste" Menace
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Western donations of old
computers, mobile phones and televisions could be toxic
"hand-me-downs" posing a hazard to the environment of poor
countries, a major U.N. conference will hear this week.
Firefox 2 Browser Struck by Password Flaw
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Mozilla's Firefox 2.0 has long been considered a safer Web browser than Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but a new flaw in the Firefox Password Manager, which lets users store usernames and passwords for trusted Web sites, could let hackers steal their login data.
Common EU tax base could be implemented in five years: Kovacs
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061127/bs_afp/eutaxpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061127/capt.sge.pmu21.271106073651.photo00.photo.default-347x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=EPkUEkv8Cx21SbzUonrxuQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="The European Union could be operating a system with a common tax base across member state borders in five years, EU Tax Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs, pictured, said in an interview with the Financial Times(AFP/Belga/File/Jacques Collet)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Union could be operating a system with a common tax base across member state borders in five years, EU Tax Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs said in an interview with the Financial Times.</p><br clear="all"/>
Carson Daly expands domain with Net projects
(Reuters)
Reuters - Carson Daly made his
mark in television, but he is ready to prove himself all over
again on the Internet.
Jay-Z of all trades presides over "Kingdom"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061127/en_nm/jayz_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061127/2006_11_26t220013_450x327_uk_jayz.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=2raE7dD.Q5TakZuNPAsC2A--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Rapper Jay-Z performs for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' in Hollywood November 22, 2006. (Max Morse/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Anyone eager to hire a globally
known rapper might want to check out the Web site supporting
Jay-Z's Hewlett-Packard commercial. The interactive desktop
provides a glimpse of Jay's intriguing resume.</p><br clear="all"/>
With Bill Gates as pin-up, Vietnamese rush into e-business
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061126/tc_afp/vietnameconomyinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061126/capt.sge.ple40.261106214534.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=zcSlzIUu2Tk5yt6Yfrn2Ow--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Nguyen Hoa Binh works at his company PeaceSoft office in Hanoi. With a father in the military and a teaching mother, Nguyen Hoa Binh seemed destined for a career in the public sector. But this 25-year-old from Ha Tay province, north of Hanoi, chose instead to create his own Internet start-up, PeaceSoft.(AFP/Hoang Dinh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - With a father in the military and a teaching mother, Nguyen Hoa Binh seemed destined for a career in the public sector. But this 25-year-old from Ha Tay province, north of Hanoi, chose instead to create his own Internet start-up, PeaceSoft.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web site hikes pay for fledgling video directors
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061126/wr_nm/webvideo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061127/2006_11_27t032007_450x379_us_webvideo.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=kqVHEjcSOXk0C48zBcm5eA--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="The homepage of break.com, one of the rising number of Web sites offering user-generated videos to rival the likes of YouTube. Break.com said on Sunday it would nearly double the amount of money it pays for video clips to $400. (break.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Break.com, one of the rising number
of Web sites offering user-generated videos to rival the likes
of YouTube, said on Sunday it would nearly double the amount of
money it pays for video clips to $400.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web sales down on Black Friday
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061126/wr_nm/retail_holiday_online_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061127/2006_11_26t180103_450x332_us_retail_holiday_online.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=j475uCoVNSYsnJUcCYS1uQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A worker collects products for shipment to customers at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - EBay was the online winner this
"Black Friday," data published on Saturday showed, but overall
Internet traffic growth was well below last year's even as
bargain hunters tracked down sought-after toys and electronics
on the Web before "Cyber Monday."</p><br clear="all"/>
CIA retools Web site in recruitment push
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061126/ap_on_go_ot/cia_recruitment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061119/capt.sge.ncq54.191106041030.photo00.photo.default-512x327.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=NmEOg.8ny7sPdhsB0mCseQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A janitor mops the floor at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia. (AFP/File/Brendan Smialowski)" border="0" /></a>AP - The CIA has scrapped its ho-hum test that steered job applicants toward mysterious careers and devised one that's cloaked in jest.</p><br clear="all"/>
China's Communist Party gets a taste for the blogging craze
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061125/tc_afp/chinainternetpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061125/capt.sge.pff65.251106192518.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=hQfUrqSQVMXQ03v9MZtByg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="People surf the Internet in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong province. Around 20 officials from a town in eastern China have set up their own blogs after being encouraged by a local Communist Party leader, state media said.(AFP/File/Frederic J Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Around 20 officials from a town in eastern China have set up their own blogs after being encouraged by a local Communist Party leader, state media said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fertility industry booms online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061125/wr_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061125/2006_11_24t133729_450x295_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=ldM0qyBfW6tZPqHYqB.pUw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A doctor at the Alma Res fertility clinic in Rome prepares eggs and sperm for an attempt at artificial insemination June 7, 2005. More and more people have literally found life on the Internet as the estimated $3 billion fertility industry moves increasingly online. (Alessandro Bianchi AB/mk/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More and more people have literally
found life on the Internet as the estimated $3 billion
fertility industry moves increasingly online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Belgian court mulls Google case
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061125/wr_nm/google_media_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061125/2006_11_24t124310_450x300_us_google_media.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=978dr8xBoOjjcsIX8efjBQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer of Google Inc., is interviewed by Reuters in Palo Alto, California November 11, 2006. A Belgian court said on Friday it would wait until after the new year to decide whether to cancel an injunction forbidding Google Inc. from reproducing extracts from Belgian press reports. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Belgian court said on Friday it
would wait until after the new year to decide whether to uphold
an injunction blocking Web search leader Google Inc. from
reproducing snippets of Belgian press reports.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wal-Mart's site stalls on Black Friday
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_hi_te/retailers_online_outages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061124/capt.204bf9123c3b49cb9be70da45c4c4066.holiday_shopping_ohdk106.jpg?x=74&y=130&sig=3SmB0OdTcuKVsLAzzaxSNg--" align="left" height="130" width="74" alt="Shopper Mark Nicodemus, left, from Batavia, Ohio, carts his purchased items from a Eastgate Walmart early Friday, Nov. 24, 2006 near Batavia, Ohio. The nation's retailers ushered in the start of the holiday season Friday with expanded hours, generous discounts and free money in the form of gift cards. A growing number of stores and malls threw open their doors at midnight to jump-start the season, and CompUSA Inc. and BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. even opened on Thanksgiving for the first time to grab customer dollars before the competition does. (AP Photo/David Kohl)" border="0" /></a>AP - High traffic disrupted Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Web site for much of Friday, one of the year's busiest shopping days.</p><br clear="all"/>
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