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Microsoft to release pro Vista on Thurs.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_29t111744_293x450_us_microsoft_outlook.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=FYl4tPUbVRlRCPjUbfPEJg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Chris Liddell is seen in an undated publicity photo. Microsoft Corp. Chief Financial Officer Liddell on Wednesday said he felt 'very good' with a revenue growth target of 13 percent to 15 percent for the current fiscal year. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - For the first time in five years, Microsoft Corp. is finally unveiling a new system for operating personal computers. Now the company must persuade PC buyers that the launch really matters to them.</p><br clear="all"/>
Zune has chance to take iPod market share: survey
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/tc_nm/microsoft_zune_ipod_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061130/2006_11_29t164042_450x308_us_microsoft_zune_ipod.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=7C.ncJ.ZaCN1HDeIG97dUQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Microsoft's general manager of Global Marketing for Zune, Chris Stephenson, shows off the Zune media player to the media in Redmond, Washington September 14, 2006. A Reuters survey showed among consumers expressing interest in the Zune, 35 percent of them were upgrading from an existing player. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. may have
a chance to take market share from the iPod as a Reuters survey
showed 35 percent of those interested in its Zune device would
be replacing an existing digital music player.</p><br clear="all"/>
Windows, Office Upgrades Ready For Launch -- Finally
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - More than five years after Microsoft released its last major PC operating system, the company on Thursday is finally rolling out a new version, Windows Vista, for corporate customers.
New Version of Microsoft's Windows XP Antipiracy Tool Coming Soon
(PC World)
PC World - User criticism sparks new tweaks to Windows Genuine Advantage checks.
Microsoft Defends WGA Changes As 'Small Burden'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft says the changes to its anti-piracy software would have little impact on customers using legal copies of Windows XP.
Microsoft Zune Sales Slow Following Strong Launch
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - For the first four days following the Nov. 14 launch, Zune accounted for 9% of unit sales and 13% of revenue in the portable media player market, the NPD Group reported Wednesday.
One Day Until Windows Vista Launch
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - T-minus one day and counting. On Thursday, at an invitation-only event in New York, Microsoft will unveil new versions of Windows, Office, and Exchange -- products that make up the bulk of the company's bottom line.
Stocks jump on gains in energy sector and GDP
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061130/2006_11_28t104517_450x325_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=kyvhZB2V_FsI5xRpMQsSyQ--" align="left" height="93" 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 - U.S. stocks rose sharply on Wednesday
as shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. and other energy-related
companies climbed on rising oil prices, and after the U.S.
government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic
growth.</p><br clear="all"/>
Symantec Intros Vista Security Software
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - This week, Symantec released public betas of Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus for Windows Vista. The betas work on both 32- and 64-bit versions of Vista, itself in beta until Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, formally unveils Vista on Thursday at an invitation-only event in New York.
Microsoft CFO sees 13-15 pct rev growth in FY'07
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/bs_nm/microsoft_outlook_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_29t111744_293x450_us_microsoft_outlook.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=FYl4tPUbVRlRCPjUbfPEJg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Chris Liddell is seen in an undated publicity photo. Microsoft Corp. Chief Financial Officer Liddell on Wednesday said he felt 'very good' with a revenue growth target of 13 percent to 15 percent for the current fiscal year. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chief
Financial Officer Chris Liddell on Wednesday said the world's
largest software company still expected revenue to grow 13
percent to 15 percent for the current fiscal year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google suffers setback in copyright case
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061129/capt.sge.qqc60.291106233243.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=_Ko0DRkHJhDEF4EPfbcnnw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Logo of web search engine Google seen behind a computer keyboard. Google said it was pulling the plug on a fee-based Answers service that failed to catch on after being launched by the US Internet search titan more than four years ago.(AFP/DDP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc. has rebuffed Google Inc.'s attempt to learn more about its efforts to create digital copies of books, dealing the Internet search leader another setback as it prepares to fight against a copyright infringement suit.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to release pro Vista on Thurs.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_29t111744_293x450_us_microsoft_outlook.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=FYl4tPUbVRlRCPjUbfPEJg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Chris Liddell is seen in an undated publicity photo. Microsoft Corp. Chief Financial Officer Liddell on Wednesday said he felt 'very good' with a revenue growth target of 13 percent to 15 percent for the current fiscal year. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - For the first time in five years, Microsoft Corp. is finally unveiling a new system for operating personal computers. Now the company must persuade PC buyers that the launch really matters to them.</p><br clear="all"/>
AMD unveils processors for "power" computer users
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/tc_nm/amd_athlon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061130/capt.379b0bb1ab2b99067ebf31b17d42f9f2.pjpeg?x=89&y=130&sig=Wex0FBulUeObwQbaf03RCg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="**FILE PHOTO** An exterior view of Advanced Micro Devices headquarters is shown in Santa Clara, Calif., Oct. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
unveiled three new high-end computer processors on Wednesday as
the chipmaker battles rival Intel Corp. for the "power
users" that often set industry buying trends.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cingular to sell BlackBerry Pearl starting Friday
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/tc_nm/rim_pearl_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061103/2006_11_02t120048_450x316_us_telecom_cingular.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=lwV7R7Ua3vjDprFb.Y9wIQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="The Atlanta, Georgia headquarters for Cingular Wireless is shown in this February 17, 2004 file photo. Cingular has agreed to team up with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., and Web music subscription services Napster Inc., Yahoo Inc. and others, to let its customers play songs on their cell phones, the company said on Thursday. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the largest
U.S. mobile phone service carrier, said on Wednesday it will
start selling Research in Motion's new
BlackBerry "Pearl" handheld device on Friday as both companies
seek to boost sales during the holiday season.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sling Media hires former MTV digital chiefs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/tc_nm/media_slingmedia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061130/capt.e99f409c9073316e4af4568b11a2cc95.pjpeg?x=130&y=73&sig=t1JaeQ8xwH6yo11MTUXa6g--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** In this undated photo provided by Sling Media Inc, the Slingbox is shown. (AP Photo/Sling Media Inc)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Gadget maker Sling Media Inc. said it
plans to announce on Thursday that it has hired two former MTV
Networks executives to head a new interactive programming
division.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google CEO says Internet is key to campaign win
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/wr_nm/google_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061130/capt.94a6f6758d564f1eba0cff2a51879c21.republican_governors_flad104.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=Upw3CcsK65E5gmYBlt1xTQ--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and chief executive officer, gestures as he talks to participants of the Republican Governors Association 2006 Annual Conference in Miami, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google's chief executive offered some
advice on Wednesday to Republicans looking ahead to the 2008
presidential contest: make better use of the Internet's
electioneering power if you want to win next time.</p><br clear="all"/>
Regal arms theater-goers with cellphone busters
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/tc_nm/media_summit_regal_devices_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061130/2006_11_29t180701_450x308_us_media_summit_regal_devices.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=WFC3eoSq2wbaI4DnxIIzIg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Chairman and CEO of Regal Entertainment Group Michael Campbell answers questions during the Reuters Media Summit in New York, November 29, 2006. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The next time you talk on your
cellphone in a movie theater, beware: Your neighbors are
listening.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo Quietly Launches Mobile Social-Networking Service
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The unannounced service apparently targets teens and young adults, for texting and photo and video sharing.
Opera Intros New Version of Mini Web Browser
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox might vie for dominion in desktop browsing, but Opera, makers of an eponymous browser that comes in desktop, smartphone, and cell phone versions, wants to control the mobile space.
Audible Magic has anti-piracy technology
(AP)
AP - The maker of software to thwart unauthorized online file-sharing has obtained technology that can scan video files and block computer users from making copies.
Google suffers setback in copyright case
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061129/capt.sge.qqc60.291106233243.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=_Ko0DRkHJhDEF4EPfbcnnw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Logo of web search engine Google seen behind a computer keyboard. Google said it was pulling the plug on a fee-based Answers service that failed to catch on after being launched by the US Internet search titan more than four years ago.(AFP/DDP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc. has rebuffed Google Inc.'s attempt to learn more about its efforts to create digital copies of books, dealing the Internet search leader another setback as it prepares to fight against a copyright infringement suit.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google CEO says Internet is key to campaign win
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/wr_nm/google_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061130/capt.94a6f6758d564f1eba0cff2a51879c21.republican_governors_flad104.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=Upw3CcsK65E5gmYBlt1xTQ--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and chief executive officer, gestures as he talks to participants of the Republican Governors Association 2006 Annual Conference in Miami, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google's chief executive offered some
advice on Wednesday to Republicans looking ahead to the 2008
presidential contest: make better use of the Internet's
electioneering power if you want to win next time.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to abandon answer service
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_hi_te/google_answers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061124/capt.sge.paz59.241106211618.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=sYFjLuRPMirTJaAn97FFTA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. The Milan prosecutor is reportedly investigating two legal representatives of Google for being accessories to "aggravated defamation" after the Internet search engine posted a video showing the violent bullying of a disabled teenager.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. doesn't have all the answers — a fact underscored by the Internet search leader's decision to abandon a 4-year-old service that hired researchers to field questions on everything from school homework to sports trivia.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cyber Monday sets hot start to Net shopping season
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/wr_nm/retail_cybermonday_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061115/i/r3129842018.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=T5C8ndIBBC04EFyg_Ds5Fw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man browses Amazon.com in an undated file photo. U.S. shoppers head to the Web on the Monday after Thanksgiving, a day that has become known as 'Cyber Monday,' but retailers say peak online shopping is coming later and later in the season as shipping improves. REUTERS/Peter Jones" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Internet holiday shopping
season got off to a hotter start this year, with "Cyber Monday"
the top day ever for online sales and the long Thanksgiving
weekend a busy time for browsing ahead of buying, both online
and in stores, researchers said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nokia Agrees To Expand Use Of Yahoo Services
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Yahoo Web mail and instant messaging will be available on broader array of Nokia cell phones.
YouTube needs to do more on piracy, Disney exec says
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/media_nm/media_summit_disney_youtube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061130/2006_11_29t182315_450x309_us_media_summit_disney_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=FLtmhZKRUqUwKU8.z3zhZA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Anne Sweeney, Co-Chairman of Disney/ABC Networks, speaks at the Reuters Media Summit in New York November 29, 2006. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A senior Walt Disney Co. executive
said she sees limits to how long her company will tolerate
copyright infringement of its programming by users of Google's
online video sharing site YouTube.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google out of Answers
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061129/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061129/capt.sge.qqc60.291106233243.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=_Ko0DRkHJhDEF4EPfbcnnw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Logo of web search engine Google seen behind a computer keyboard. Google said it was pulling the plug on a fee-based Answers service that failed to catch on after being launched by the US Internet search titan more than four years ago.(AFP/DDP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google said it was pulling the plug on a fee-based Answers service that failed to catch on after being launched by the US Internet search titan more than four years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>
Audible Magic has anti-piracy technology
(AP)
AP - The maker of software to thwart unauthorized online file-sharing has obtained technology that can scan video files and block computer users from making copies.
Police track reckless driver on YouTube
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061129/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_chase"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061123/capt.sge.ora99.231106172724.photo03.photo.default-348x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=WFvoh8DASKWkM2hcYdH1Sw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A woman searches for a video clip on YouTube. Frenzied acquisitions of young Internet firms at sky-high prices, investors ploughing millions into new Internet start-ups: Internet companies are red hot again, but this time it's more solid than the tech bubble of 2000, according to industry analysts.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police took up pursuit in cyberspace after a young Norwegian posted on the Internet video of his wild car driving. Following an electronic trail that he left online, police caught him and slapped him with real-life fine $1,300.</p><br clear="all"/>
NFL, Verizon plan Web game broadcasts
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/wr_nm/media_summit_nfl_verizon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_29t151011_450x309_us_media_summit_nfl_verizon.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=bKz0bfHul4GtFs1T_IrGgg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions during the Reuters Media Summit in New York November 29, 2006. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The National Football League plans to
broadcast Thursday and Saturday games live over the Internet to
some customers of Verizon Communications Inc. and DirecTV Group
Inc, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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