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How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Technology called "Information Rights Management," combined with copyright law and Windows Vista, give Microsoft the tools to hold users' data hostage in Office, says Cory Doctorow.
Microsoft Releases Test Version Of PerformancePoint Server
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft has released the community technology preview of PerformancePoint Server 2007, a key component of the software maker's business intelligence suite.
Microsoft Takes On Adobe with Expression Studio
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - With the release of its first suite of Web and graphic design software expected to be delivered at some point in the upcoming months, Microsoft is gearing up to go head-to-head with graphics leader Adobe Systems.
Novell To Support Microsoft's Office Open XML Format
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Following through on the company's groundbreaking deal with Microsoft made one month ago, Novell has announced that its version of the OpenOffice.org software suite will support Microsoft's Office Open XML format.
Microsoft Seeks Partners To Combine Web Services, Telecom
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Connected Services Sandbox supports the creation of "managed network mash-ups" that combine Web services with traditional telecommunications offerings, such as voice, video and data services.
Novell Names Exec To Manage Microsoft Relationship
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In the wake of the news-making licensing deal between Microsoft and Novell over Windows and Linux interoperability, Novell has tapped Susan Heystee, its current vice president and general manager for global strategic partners, to manage the technical cooperation between the two companies.
Ask.com Launches Local Search Service To Compete With Google, Yahoo, Microsoft
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - AskCity is different because it integrates services from other Web properties owned by parent IAC/InterActiveCorp, including CitySearch, ReserveAmerica, ServiceMagic, Ticketmaster, and TicketWeb.
Internet Explorer Back in the Game
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - After seeing its user base eroding to rivals like Firefox and Opera, Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser might be poised for a rebound, thanks to the new features in its recently released seventh version.
Microsoft advancing design tools platform
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Eyeing the rich application design space, Microsoft on Monday is detailing milestones in its Expression design tools platform, including the introduction of Expression Media to manage video files, images, and fonts.
CNBC relaunches own site with more video
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061204/ap_on_hi_te/cnbc_web_site"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061204/i/r3168876452.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=azqMuhJHETSa7YH6tVho4w--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Maria Bartiromo, financial reporter and anchor at CNBC cable channel, moderates the Global Capital Markets Where Are the Returns? session at the 2006 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills in this file photo from April 25, 2006. CNBC said it plans to relaunch on Monday its Web site with a focus on adding more video and investors tools. REUTERS/Fred Prouser" border="0" /></a>AP - CNBC relaunched its Web site Monday with more video and newsmaker interviews as the financial news cable channel formally ended a five-year agreement with Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Money.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace tool to help block sex offenders
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_sex_offenders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061205/i/r4027677243.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=JSG8FUcS.0Oxl00hRQR84A--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. News Corp.'s MySpace said on Tuesday it will offer in the next 30 days a technology to identify and block convicted sex offenders from the popular online social network. REUTERS/www.myspace.com" border="0" /></a>AP - The popular online hangout MySpace said Tuesday it will develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders, the site's latest attempt to address complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens.</p><br clear="all"/>
Iran blocks access to YouTube.com
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_hi_te/iran_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_29t101856_450x300_us_internet_television.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8AHuSFyBX1MdQz10_Lgt0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man looks at YouTube's web site in a file photo. The rise of high-speed Internet and the explosion in online video content is fuelling a widespread decline in the number of people watching television according to a worldwide study by UK telecoms and media watchdog, Ofcom. (Peter Jones/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran has blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube.com, and a media rights group warned Tuesday that Internet censorship in the Islamic state is on the rise.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cell phones for the holidays
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_bi_ge/holiday_tech_gifts_cell_phones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061205/capt.nybz10512052035.holiday_tech_gifts_cell_phones_nybz105.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=HMcNFRnzi4HJinSaIYN8zw--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="The Nokia E62 is shown Nov. 22, 2006 in a New York file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - No longer is the cellular phone selection limited to the RAZR, a $500 Treo and hundreds of look-alikes and act-alikes. Recent months have brought a wave of new devices that stand apart from the pack in terms of looks and next-generation features.</p><br clear="all"/>
Media players tout portable music, video
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_hi_te/holiday_tech_gifts_media_players"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061205/capt.nybz31412052233.holiday_tech_gifts_media_players_nybz314.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=.BU2RM7vMTYpupD0cqaNfw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="In this undated handout photo released by Archos, the Archos 604 Wi Fi portable media player is shown. (AP Photo/Archos)" border="0" /></a>AP - Portable media players and related accessories are among the hottest gift items this holiday season. People can now carry thousands of songs in their pocket, and many of the sleek gizmos can display photos and videos as well.</p><br clear="all"/>
Some gadget gifts make work, play easier
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_hi_te/holiday_tech_gifts_gadgets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061201/capt.2498a98379d440e88134b5d43d1137c0.tech_test_wii_novice_nybz210.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=erlegjDi0uWdfk6V4aokYA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="The Nintendo Wii game console is shown in Dallas, in this Nov. 13, 2006, file photo. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nothing shows how much you care more than a gift that makes play more fun and work less arduous. From an advanced computer mouse to a robot vacuum that sucks up nails, there's no shortage of gadgets to stuff into stockings or place under trees.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cyber Santa shines light in Europe's retail gloom
(Reuters)
Reuters - Santa Claus is as likely to be coming
through cyberspace in Europe this year as down the chimney
stack.
$150 laptops to get rival in Brazil
(AP)
AP - Intel Corp. said Tuesday its diminutive low-cost laptop will be evaluated in Brazil next year alongside a cheaper alternative from a nonprofit group seeking to bring computers to poor children worldwide.
Oz to bring social networking to mobile phones
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061206/wr_nm/oz_mobile_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061206/2006_12_06t040613_450x312_us_oz_mobile.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=HJOoNNDkNdJlfHlf.2A6xA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A man uses his mobile phone as he check another one in a file photo. Privately-held Oz Communications, a maker of wireless messaging technologies, will announce on Wednesday a new product allowing people to access social network sites over their cellphones. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Privately-held Oz Communications, a
maker of wireless messaging technologies, will announce on
Wednesday a new product allowing people to access social
network sites over their cellphones.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM Upgrades Rational Development Tools, Beefs Up Support For Open Source Eclipse
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Eclipse is central in IBM's strategy to compete with Microsoft's Visual Studio.net. Both packages offer the ability for developers to plug multiple toolsets into shared environments.
Novell posts a profit but outlook disappoints
(Reuters)
Reuters - Business software maker Novell Inc.
posted disappointing quarterly results on Tuesday due
to weak sales of older products, and said it expected to take
restructuring charges in 2007, driving its shares down 10
percent.
Cyber Santa shines light in Europe's retail gloom
(Reuters)
Reuters - Santa Claus is as likely to be coming
through cyberspace in Europe this year as down the chimney
stack.
Disabled deprived of access to many top Web sites
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061206/wr_nm/internet_disabled_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061206/2006_12_06t042448_450x300_us_internet_disabled.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Wn8djQ.vMwyrgkuj7gznWw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man browses the internet in a file photo. Many Web sites around the world are beyond the reach of disabled persons but could easily be improved to meet international accessibility standards, a survey commissioned by the United Nations found on Tuesday. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Many Web sites around the world
are beyond the reach of disabled persons but could easily be
improved to meet international accessibility standards, a
survey commissioned by the United Nations found on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Time Warner sees more Internet deals: CEO
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061206/wr_nm/timewarner_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061129/i/r1423011483.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=1nzsSqcjGWccIC2KZzgIzA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Inc. Richard Parsons during the Reuters Media Summit in New York, November 28, 2006. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive
Richard Parsons said on Tuesday it was eyeing more Internet
deals next year focusing on advertising technology, to bolster
the transformation of its AOL Internet division.</p><br clear="all"/>
Today's Internet a stage and all the people players
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061206/tc_afp/year2006afplifestyleinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061206/capt.sge.spn01.061206064122.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=OxoNykKRc14.x0K5xRoqCg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="YouTube founders Chad Hurley (L) and Steve Chen arrive at the GQ magazine 2006 Men of the Year dinner. Websites such as YouTube and Second Life won superstar status in 2006, helping to transform the Internet from a window on the world into a stage on which people play out their lives and dreams(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Websites such as YouTube and Second Life won superstar status in 2006, helping to transform the Internet from a window on the world into a stage on which people play out their lives and dreams.</p><br clear="all"/>
NY Times sees Web growth in "challenging" climate
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061206/wr_nm/newyorktimes_outlook_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061206/2006_12_05t193450_313x450_us_newyorktimes_outlook.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=_reUKkAHGOppmZHDYadP5g--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="The New York Times building in New York is shown in this photograph taken on June 5, 2003. The New York Times Co. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The New York Times Co. said on Tuesday
that its Internet revenue could grow 30 percent in 2007, and
that it is trying to cut costs and is continuing to rebalance
its portfolio of properties to deal with a tough media climate.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Service Places Ads In Web Games
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - Mochi Media, which tracks Web gaming traffic, has established the first advertising network to offer dynamically inserted ads in free online games.
Yahoo, Reuters Seek Cell-Phone Photos but Don't Pay Up
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Monday, Yahoo and Reuters announced a partnership not merely to publish the cell phone photos of so-called "civic journalists," but also to solicit their photos. The two companies will sponsor a Web site that lets people with camera and video phones upload their content for potential inclusion on Yahoo News and Reuters.com.
MySpace tool to help block sex offenders
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_sex_offenders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061205/i/r4027677243.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=JSG8FUcS.0Oxl00hRQR84A--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. News Corp.'s MySpace said on Tuesday it will offer in the next 30 days a technology to identify and block convicted sex offenders from the popular online social network. REUTERS/www.myspace.com" border="0" /></a>AP - The popular online hangout MySpace said Tuesday it will develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders, the site's latest attempt to address complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens.</p><br clear="all"/>
Iran blocks access to YouTube.com
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_hi_te/iran_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061129/2006_11_29t101856_450x300_us_internet_television.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8AHuSFyBX1MdQz10_Lgt0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man looks at YouTube's web site in a file photo. The rise of high-speed Internet and the explosion in online video content is fuelling a widespread decline in the number of people watching television according to a worldwide study by UK telecoms and media watchdog, Ofcom. (Peter Jones/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran has blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube.com, and a media rights group warned Tuesday that Internet censorship in the Islamic state is on the rise.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo's Porn-Free List Of Top 10 Searches For 2006
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - But the question remains: Just how are these lists put together?
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