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Microsoft Search Suffers Steady Decline In Market Share
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's declining share is important because the company has made search a key component of its push to catch up with Google in the multi-billion-dollar online advertising market.
Outsourcer Offers Windows Vista Upgrades -- From Offshore
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - HCL Technologies says its Zero Touch desktop deployment service for Microsoft Windows Vista is completely automated and will allow businesses to cut Vista installation costs by 40%.
Is Windows Vista Immune to Malware?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Now that Microsoft has released the Windows Vista operating system and the Office 2007 productivity suite, talk has shifted from months of launch-date speculation to concerns over specific safeguards needed to ensure that the new software is secure.
Microsoft Ponders More Vista Features
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Now that Microsoft has officially unveiled its new Vista operating system for businesses, it is likely that corporate users will begin testing the OS over the next year to see how it fits into their environments.
Vista: Microsoft's Last 'Big Bang' Operating System?
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Despite forays into Web software with Windows Live and Office Live -- collections of e-mail, instant messaging, and Web publishing apps -- Microsoft's core franchises remain wedded to the PC.
Microsoft, Novell Take Their Partnership To The Streets
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Customers are more interested in interoperability and virtualization than patent protection and intellectual property issues, despite the stir Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is creating in the open source community, says Novell.
Microsoft releases Vista to businesses
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061130/capt.74b78db628fb4fa68f6bf9fab938e104.microsoft_vista_nyrd109.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=_Uws6goVz4kkjFFWiFp90A--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addresses a news conference at the Nasdaq MarketSite after he rang the opening bell, in New York Thursday Nov. 30, 2006 to celebrate Microsoft's launch of its new Vista operating system. For the first time in five years, Microsoft Corp. is finally unveiling a new system for operating personal computers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. launched its first new computer operating system in five years Thursday, saying that despite delays, the product's emergence is perfectly timed for PC users who increasingly need to coordinate information from a dizzying array of sources.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft launches Vista version of Windows
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/tc_nm/microsoft_vista_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061201/2006_11_30t110131_450x316_us_microsoft_vista.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=vEJiKknRw6THBb7IJLOo9w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Trial versions of the new Microsoft software 2007 Office System, Windows Vista and Exchange Server 2007 are seen during a business value launch in Zurich November 30, 2006. (Siggi Bucher/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. launched
Windows Vista for businesses on Thursday, unveiling the first
major upgrade of its dominant operating system in five years
and predicting that over 200 million people will run new
Windows, Office or PC server software by the end of 2007.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft unveils Vista operating system for business
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061130/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061130/capt.sge.qzx75.301106202553.photo00.photo.default-512x360.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=ozjSXD_I71yrgNyCHyK3Vg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer talks to the press during the product launch of the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Exchange Server for business customers at the NASDAQ in New York.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft rolled out the corporate version of its latest Windows operating system, hoping business users will blaze a trail for the much-delayed new Vista platform.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ballmer Expects Businesses To Jump On Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday he's confident the software giant will see a strong business uptake of Windows Vista out of the gate.
Nintendo's Wii hits Japanese stores
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_on_hi_te/japan_nintendo_wii"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061202/capt.tok10112020059.japan_nintendo_wii_tok101.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=Q6KR48GW68M6yHfVvDYG8A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Student Kentaro Watanabe, in a papier-mache controller, receives a bag containing his Wii video game console as he becomes one of the first customers to obtain Nintendo's much touted console at the Yurakucho shop of electronics retailer Bic Camera in Saturday morning, December 2, 2006. Two weeks after it first went on sale in the U.S., the game playing gadget made its debut on the Japanese domestic market. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nintendo's Wii video game system hit Japanese stores Saturday with long lineups and shortages, following its sellout U.S. launch last month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Grad student site tracks shared expenses
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_on_hi_te/who_owes_what"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061203/capt.3dc78e733a74431fbb1059d0e89859c6.who_owes_what_px213.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=BYaVellKG.DGwF0HUdJcag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The developers of Buxfer, short for 'bucks transfer,' are seen from left, Amit Manjhi, Ashwin Bharambe and Shashank Pandit, at their office on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006. Splitting a group dinner bill can prove challenging even to the mathematically inclined, but three Carnegie Mellon graduate students think they have designed a program that could make post-meal haggling a thing of the past.(AP Photo/Andrew Rush)" border="0" /></a>AP - Splitting dinner checks can cause a splitting headache, even when the diners are a math-oriented data miner, a database security specialist and an expert in networked games.</p><br clear="all"/>
New E-Discovery Rules Benefit Some Firms
(AP)
AP - Companies that help businesses track and search their e-mails and other electronic data are experiencing a surge of interest in the wake of federal rule changes that clarify requirements to produce such evidence in lawsuits.
Isotope linked to death available online
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_on_sc/poisoned_spy_isotope_for_sale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061201/capt.72c5ca63773a49a682a001ac9ff8c163.britain_poisoned_spy_mjs102.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=uArEcTu2awH8jz0E8OTEFQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Picture shows the Polonium Polish restaurant in Sheffield, 160 miles (260 kilometers) north of London Friday Dec. 1, 2006, which has seen an ironic upturn in trade in the days since news broke that a former Russian spy died of poisoning from radioactive Polonium 210 in London. (AP Photo/Jon Super)" border="0" /></a>AP - No luck shopping for that hard-to-buy-for science hobbyist in the family? The rare isotope suspected to have felled former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is surprisingly easy to buy — in fact, for $69, it's a mouse click away.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. reports unconfirmed cyber threat
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_hi_te/cyber_warning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061201/capt.cf0effdba88643619c2e238c0fc33edb.cyber_warning_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=pIZ7hDGKFJb0xKMYoxmbpA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Employees of the National Security Agency sit in the Threat Operations Center on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, in Fort Meade, Md. The government issued an alert Thursday Nov. 30, 2006 to U.S. stock market and banking Web sites about a possible Internet attack from a radical Muslim group, but said the threat was unconfirmed and seemed to pose no immediate danger. The notice was issued after officials noticed a posting on a 'Jihadist Web site' calling for an attack on American financial web sites in December, said Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - The government warned on Thursday of a possible Internet attack on U.S. stock market and banking Web sites from a radical Muslim group, but officials said the threat was unconfirmed and seemed to pose no immediate danger.</p><br clear="all"/>
Malaysia mulls Internet laws against bloggers: report
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061203/tc_afp/malaysiamediainternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061203/capt.sge.rrc25.031206071557.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=tfcpWNeNXy8WZPI5T5ueHg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Malaysians work on their lap-tops at a Starbucks outlet providing wireless Internet in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading "disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies" on their websites, a report has said.(AFP/File/Jimin Lai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading "disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies" on their websites, a report has said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Japanese gamers brave frosty weather for Nintendo Wii
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061203/tc_nm/nintendo_wii_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061203/2006_12_02t194519_450x297_us_nintendo_wii.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=LMZrhz4nmZCO_9igPn9n8A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A customer receives his Nintendo Wii on the day of its Japanese launch at an electronics retail shop in Tokyo December 2, 2006. (Kiyoshi Ota - JAPAN/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) game
console, the Wii, went on sale in Japan on Saturday, greeted by
thousands of shivering but exhilarated game enthusiasts who had
lined up through a wintry night to bring home the latest
machine.</p><br clear="all"/>
Freedom Wireless sues 5 companies in patent case
(Reuters)
Reuters - Wireless technology company
Freedom Wireless Inc. said on Friday it sued five wireless
carriers and services providers -- including Cingular Wireless
and Ericsson -- over patent infringement charges.
Intalio Releases Workflow Framework As Open Source
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Intalio, a maker of open source business process management software, has released its Tempo workflow framework under the Eclipse Public License.
Software-Defined Radio Technology Promises Converged Wireless Devices
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Startup Kenet is working on military technology which, in civilian hands, could lead to wireless devices that can use hundreds or thousands of channels at very low power.
Malaysia mulls Internet laws against bloggers: report
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061203/tc_afp/malaysiamediainternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061203/capt.sge.rrc25.031206071557.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=tfcpWNeNXy8WZPI5T5ueHg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Malaysians work on their lap-tops at a Starbucks outlet providing wireless Internet in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading "disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies" on their websites, a report has said.(AFP/File/Jimin Lai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading "disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies" on their websites, a report has said.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.N. agency sees risks to privacy, security online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061202/wr_nm/internet_identities_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061203/i/r266818147.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=qIQwctMhJpcidRRaZdh_hg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chinese are shown surfing the Internet in Beijing March 8, 2006. Computer users who type in the same username and password for multiple sites -- such as online banks, travel agencies and booksellers -- are at serious risk from identity thieves, a United Nations agency said on Sunday. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Computer users who type in the same
username and password for multiple sites -- such as online
banks, travel agencies and booksellers -- are at serious risk
from identity thieves, a United Nations agency said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Al-Qaeda Cyber Threat: A Cause for Caution, Not Alarm
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The U.S. government has warned banking, stock trading, and other financial Web sites of a potential cyber attack today, but officials and experts alike caution against undue alarm.
Your Next House May Come From A Printer
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - 3-D printing is expensive technology used in architectural models and engineering prototypes. But the first consumer Web site using 3-D printing is in development, and prices are coming down.
Congressman faulted for Quran at oath
(AP)
AP - Keith Ellison, who will become the first Muslim member of Congress next month, has offended some conservatives with his plan to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in. The decision by Ellison, D-Minn., to use the Muslim holy book for the ceremony instead of the Bible triggered an angry column by Dennis Prager on the Web site Townhall.com this week.
Online will drive '07 newspaper ad growth: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Advertising spending at U.S.
newspapers will rise 1.2 percent in 2007, driven by gains in
internet advertising that won't overcome flat sales in print
editions, an industry group said on Friday.
Vonage eyes new Wi-Fi products for 2007
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061201/wr_nm/media_summit_vonage_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061201/2006_12_01t145515_450x312_uk_media_summit_vonage.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=UR9REcSAHW49NI2eSKtz1A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Jeffrey Citron, Chairman and CEO of Vonage, answers questions during the Reuters Media Summit in New York, December 1, 2006. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Internet telephone company Vonage
Holdings Corp. plans to launch phone products based on Wi-Fi
wireless technology in 2007, Chairman Jeffrey Citron said on
Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Search Suffers Steady Decline In Market Share
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's declining share is important because the company has made search a key component of its push to catch up with Google in the multi-billion-dollar online advertising market.
Vietnam jails SKorean for setting up internet phone services
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061201/tc_afp/vietnamskoreajustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061201/capt.sge.rka81.011206205348.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Jz8qAt6rH6yatoqUEj4tEQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man speaks with another person via the internet in Paris in July 2006. Vietnamese court has sentenced a South Korean businessman to 16 years' jail for illegally setting up this kind of internet-based telephone service in the communist country, a justice official said.(AFP/File/Pierre Andrieu)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Vietnamese court has sentenced a South Korean businessman to 16 years' jail for illegally setting up internet-based telephone services in the communist country, a justice official said.</p><br clear="all"/>
US-CERT: Al Qaeda Plotting Financial Attacks
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The terrorist group may be planning to launch online attacks against U.S. financial institutions, according to the U.S. Computer Security Emergency Readiness Team.
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