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Microsoft Meets EU Deadline; More Fines Still Possible
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The documents will be evaluated and the protocols they outline tested; additional fines may yet be levied if the material doesn't meet muster.
Microsoft Loses S. Korea Patent Ruling
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft might be forced to stop selling its top software products in South Korea as a result of a patent-infringement ruling made over the weekend against the company.
Microsoft Loses Korean Patent Suit
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A decision last week by South Korea's Supreme Court may force Microsoft to temporarily suspend sales of its Office productivity suite in the Asian country.
Ballmer To Intro New Microsoft Apps
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The time is near. This week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will unveil the often-delayed and much-discussed upgrades to Windows, Office, and Exchange at an invitation-only event held in New York.
Microsoft says "Gears" sells 1 million copies
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on
Wednesday it had sold 1 million copies of its game "Gears of
War" in two weeks, making it the fastest-selling title for its
Xbox 360 video game console.
Microsoft Announces Xbox Live Movie Download Prices
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - November 22nd marks five years since the release of the original Xbox and to celebrate the anniversary, Microsoft's officially launched their downloadable television and film content on Xbox Live. We knew that was coming -- but now we know how much it actually costs.
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"/>
EU says more than half e-mails are spam
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_on_hi_te/eu_spam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061127/capt.sge.pty79.271106200825.photo00.photo.default-512x344.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=e.Y4DMOIemMBItPhehjEmA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The European Commission urged member states to beef up the fight against unwanted Internet "spam" messages and malicious spyware, citing the Dutch approach to the problem as an effective model.(AFP/Illustration)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unsolicited e-mails continue to plague Europeans and account for between 50 and 80 percent of all messages sent to mail inboxes, the European Commission said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online shopping season begins with deals
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_on_bi_ge/holiday_online_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061127/capt.10ca19ccd79547d9ae2436f0f774f7fc.holiday_online_sales_nyr102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=VK98bO0Txs29RJensMD41A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Gloria Rivera prints out a shipping label as she boxes a book at the Barnes & Noble Distribution Center in Monroe Township, N.J. on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. Half of American consumers plan to shop online this holiday season, up from 36 percent three years ago, according to the National Retail Federation. 'Cyber Monday,' the first Monday after Thanksgiving, is the day that Internet retailers look for orders to surge. The 1-million square foot center handles individual internet orders as well as distribution for Barnes & Noble bookstores. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - After jamming malls on Friday for discounted flat-screen TVs and toys, shoppers clicked onto their computers at work Monday as retailers ushered in the start of the online shopping season with bargains and marketing hype.</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"/>
Maryland court to launch Webcasting plan
(AP)
AP - Maryland's highest court is launching a project for live Webcasting of its sessions, hoping to be ready in time to broadcast arguments set for Dec. 4 in a high-profile case involving gay marriage.
Nintendo Wii sales top 600,000 in U.S.
(AP)
AP - Nintendo Co. said consumers in the Americas snapped up more than 600,000 of its Wii video game systems in eight days, totaling about $190 million in sales, as it competes with Sony Corp.'s new PlayStation 3.
Yahoo China head quits after barely 40 days
(Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo China's president has resigned
after barely 40 days on the job, said its Chinese owner
Alibaba.com, which is revamping the Internet search firm in an
effort to make it profitable.
Nanotechnology Comes Home for the Holidays
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Project on Emerging Nanotechnology updated its online catalog of products incorporating nanotech, ranging from the Apple iPod Nano to Zellens Fullerene C60 Night Cream.
Verizon Wireless to offer YouTube on cell phones
(Reuters)
Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it
would deliver selected video clips from YouTube to cell phones
starting in December in a bid to increase subscriptions to its
mobile media service.
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.
Software Will Let Users Dodge Government Internet Censorship
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Developers from the University of Toronto plan to release software this week that will allow residents in restrictive countries to gain uncensored Internet access through friends' and family members' home computers.
Yahoo China head quits after barely 40 days
(Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo China's president has resigned
after barely 40 days on the job, said its Chinese owner
Alibaba.com, which is revamping the Internet search firm in an
effort to make it profitable.
IAC's Diller sees opportunity in news online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061128/wr_nm/media_summit_iac_online_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061128/2006_11_27t190640_450x292_us_media_summit_iac_online.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=iUr5A0TfimzJGs_icO9hZg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp and Chairman of Expedia Inc. Barry Diller speaks at the Reuters Media Summit in New York November 27, 2006. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - IAC/InterActiveCorp. Chief Executive
Barry Diller said on Monday he saw opportunities as news
increasingly moves to the Internet from newspapers, and his
company was close to announcing a new product.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online Videos Cut into TV Viewing
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The surge of online video content is starting to eat into the number of hours people spend watching television, according to a survey released this week.
Nanotechnology Comes Home for the Holidays
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Project on Emerging Nanotechnology updated its online catalog of products incorporating nanotech, ranging from the Apple iPod Nano to Zellens Fullerene C60 Night Cream.
Job Site Brings Back Viral Monkeys
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - Hot off of the success of its "Monk-e-Mail" Web site, online job placement company Careerbuilder.com is seeking another viral hit with "Poo, peel, pound." This time, college kids are encouraged to have the brand's monkey mascots battle via a prehistoric version of rock, paper, scissors.
Software Will Let Users Dodge Government Internet Censorship
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Developers from the University of Toronto plan to release software this week that will allow residents in restrictive countries to gain uncensored Internet access through friends' and family members' home computers.
Dell Opts To Drop Most Rebates
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Shoppers heading to Dell's Web site this holiday season will see far fewer rebates on computers and consumer electronics, and instead see lower prices.
Brussels urges fight against Internet spam invasion
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061127/tc_afp/euinternetspam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061127/capt.sge.pty79.271106200825.photo00.photo.default-512x344.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=e.Y4DMOIemMBItPhehjEmA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The European Commission urged member states to beef up the fight against unwanted Internet "spam" messages and malicious spyware, citing the Dutch approach to the problem as an effective model.(AFP/Illustration)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Commission urged member states to beef up the fight against unwanted Internet "spam" messages and malicious spyware, citing the Dutch approach to the problem as an effective model.</p><br clear="all"/>
Second Life's Housing Boom Creates Virtual Millionaire
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Anshe Chung, a prominent avatar in the Second Life virtual world, claims to be the first online personality with a net worth of over $1 million in U.S. dollars.
Consumer Security Fears Cost E-Commerce $2 Billion
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - About $913 million was lost because consumers scaled back online buying over security worries, and another $1 billion in lost revenue was "credited" to shoppers who refused to shop online because of security concerns.
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