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ADVISORY: Microsoft's Xbox 360 sales story withdrawn
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061208/tc_nm/media_microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061207/capt.ksx10412071049.japan_nintendo_ksx104.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=lGumpa3iTKjSYGt.93vvnw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Nintendo Co. game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, left, accompanied by Nintendo President Shigeru Iwata, laughs as he speaks about the just-launched video game Wii during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006. The console from the video-game maker of Pokemon and Super Mario, designed by Miyamoto, is locked in a fierce three-way battle with Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Los Angeles story headlined "Microsoft's Xbox 360 US
sales top first Xbox--NPD" is withdrawn because the data
supporting the story may be inaccurate. Reuters is waiting for
an update from the company. A new story may be issued.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ecma Approves Microsoft's Open XML
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - But Ecma's approval wasn't unanimous -- IBM voted against the specification, saying OpenDocument, which is the default format in OpenOffice, is a "vastly superior" format, and another standard was unnecessary.
Microsoft Readies Windows, Other Security Fixes
(PC World)
PC World - Company will release six security updates next week.
Data format approved as int'l standard
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_office_standards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061207/capt.ksx10412071049.japan_nintendo_ksx104.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=lGumpa3iTKjSYGt.93vvnw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Nintendo Co. game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, left, accompanied by Nintendo President Shigeru Iwata, laughs as he speaks about the just-launched video game Wii during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006. The console from the video-game maker of Pokemon and Super Mario, designed by Miyamoto, is locked in a fierce three-way battle with Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - A data format used in Microsoft Corp.'s prevalent Office software line has been approved as an international standard — a move aimed at preserving access to documents created with the package for years to come.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft starts online library in challenge to Google Books
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061207/tc_afp/afplifestyleinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061207/capt.sge.thr23.071206201543.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=GTPku6eBD.1ZuZJoP2yaSA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft launched an online library in a move that pitted the technology heavyweight against Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft launched an online library in a move that pits the world's biggest software company against Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft To Fix Six Flaws Next Week
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft doesn't disclose the exact components, services, or applications to be patched prior to delivering the updates, but only offers clues about what it plans to fix.
IBM Votes Against Microsoft's Open XML
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Ecma General Assembly voted Thursday on whether to send the Microsoft Office 2007 spec to ISO for approval.
Microsoft: Vista Wireless Access Could Cause Laptop Battery Drain
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Users running Windows Vista on laptops may see batteries draining faster than they expect, Microsoft said in a warning on a company blog, because some wireless access points aren't configured to take advantage of the new operating system's Wi-Fi power-saving mode.
Microsoft Wins Ecma Approval for Office OpenXML Format
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Now that Microsoft's Office Open XML has been approved as an Ecma standard, it will be submitted for consideration as an ISO international standard.
Microsoft Predicts One Million Zunes
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has predicted that sales of its Zune media player will hit one million by the end of June, although initial sales of the media player designed to take on the iPod have been sluggish.
Poll: 'IM-ing' divides teens, adults
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_hi_te/instant_messaging_ap_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061208/capt.0dfa3584a0471fe0dd05ed8f717e1d36.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=CxTagvms3WfJrPHobc.62A--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Rachel Quizon chats by instant message on her T-Mobile Sidekick from her home in Norwalk, Calif., July 14, 2006. E-mail is so last millennium. Young people see it as a good way to reach an elder, a parent, teacher or a boss, or to receive an attached file. (AP Photo/Oscar Hidalgo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists. They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults. And the division is wide, says an AP-AOL survey on how Americans use or snub those Internet bursts of gossip, happy date-making and teen tragedies that young people exchange by the hour while supposedly doing homework.</p><br clear="all"/>
Study: More Internet journalists jailed
(AP)
AP - When Iranian journalist Mojtaba Saminejad was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the country's Supreme Leader, it was not for an article that appeared in a newspaper. His offending story was posted on his personal Web blog.
Group advocates video game rating system
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_ratings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061207/i/r356190641.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=65vPRczIh8MxhSMm80adEw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) speaks during a news conference with the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) at the launch of a television campaign to encourage parents to use the video game ratings when buying games for their children on Capitol Hill in Washington December 7, 2006. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the holiday shopping season underway, an industry group for video games is trying to encourage parents to use its voluntary ratings to protect children from graphic images of sex and violence.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo shakeup highlights Web video shift
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_web_video"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061206/capt.ny11212060802.yahoo_overhaul_ny112.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=zktJSc4cOA0okNXePtPXOw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="ZIn a file photo a Yahoo! sign is shown at Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. Yahoo Inc. will undergo its most extensive shake-up in more than five years, hoping to snap out of a malaise that has ravaged its stock and provoked one of its own top executives to bluntly question the Internet powerhouse's direction. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - The departure of television veteran Lloyd Braun from Yahoo Inc. underscores a shift, or at least a major hiccup, by Internet companies away from creating costly original content.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google begins testing radio ad service
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_hi_te/google_radio"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061207/capt.sge.thy50.071206210141.photo01.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=IOcXFB7dtbrKBxJnPRAfhw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Logo of web search engine Google seen behing a computer keyboard. Microsoft launched an online library in a move that pits the world's biggest software company against Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. has started testing a long-awaited radio advertising service that represents the Internet search leader's most elaborate attempt yet at expanding its financial clout beyond the Web.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU approves Carphone Warehouse bid for AOL UK internet arm
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061208/tc_afp/eucompetitioninternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061208/capt.sge.tle95.081206105035.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bkzR.9XlST_02ghhRIU9kA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Carphone Warehouse leaflets are placed beside an AOL logo. The European Commission has given the green light for Carphone Warehouse to buy AOL's British Internet arm, saying the deal would not significantly impede effective competition in Europe.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Commission has given the green light for the Carphone Warehouse Group to buy AOL's British Internet arm, saying the deal would not significantly impede effective competition in Europe.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nintendo investigating Wii strap problem
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_on_hi_te/japan_nintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061207/capt.sge.tfy15.071206171348.photo00.photo.default-512x383.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=2s4qtCJa26WDFvC0Qvgj5w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A Nintendo employee unveils the new Wii games console in September 2006. Nintendo warned players of its new Wii video game console not to get too carried away when swinging the controller as they could accidently throw it into their television sets.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AP - The maker of the new Wii video game consoles said Thursday it is investigating reports of problems with a strap that secures the machines' wandlike remote-controller to the player's wrist.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nuance To Buy Provider Of Speech-Enabled Mobile Services
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Nuance Communications plans to buy MobileVoiceControl, a provider of speech-enabled mobile search and messaging services, for an undisclosed sum.
Ecma Approves Microsoft's Open XML
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - But Ecma's approval wasn't unanimous -- IBM voted against the specification, saying OpenDocument, which is the default format in OpenOffice, is a "vastly superior" format, and another standard was unnecessary.
Oracle ups bid for India's i-flex
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061208/bs_nm/oracle_iflex_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061208/2006_12_08t045159_450x299_us_oracle_iflex.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Zd3_t597WlmqmzbZtxOv.A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in a file photo. Oracle boosted its offer for Indian banking software provider i-flex Solutions Ltd. to $1.3 billion, driving up i-flex shares to a record high. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oracle Corp.
boosted its offer for Indian banking software provider i-flex
Solutions Ltd. to $1.3 billion, driving up i-flex
shares 17 percent to a record high.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU approves Carphone Warehouse bid for AOL UK internet arm
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061208/tc_afp/eucompetitioninternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061208/capt.sge.tle95.081206105035.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bkzR.9XlST_02ghhRIU9kA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Carphone Warehouse leaflets are placed beside an AOL logo. The European Commission has given the green light for Carphone Warehouse to buy AOL's British Internet arm, saying the deal would not significantly impede effective competition in Europe.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Commission has given the green light for the Carphone Warehouse Group to buy AOL's British Internet arm, saying the deal would not significantly impede effective competition in Europe.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet gangs hire students for cybercrime
(Reuters)
Reuters - Organized gangs have adopted "KGB-style"
tactics to hire high-flying computer students to commit
Internet crime, a report said on Friday.
X Factor favorite "cybersquatted"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Singer Leona Lewis, the bookies'
favorite to win popular British talent spotting show "The X
Factor," has fallen victim to "celebrity cybersquatting," with
an Internet domain bearing her name up for auction on eBay.
Poll: 'IM-ing' divides teens, adults
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_hi_te/instant_messaging_ap_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061208/capt.0dfa3584a0471fe0dd05ed8f717e1d36.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=CxTagvms3WfJrPHobc.62A--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Rachel Quizon chats by instant message on her T-Mobile Sidekick from her home in Norwalk, Calif., July 14, 2006. E-mail is so last millennium. Young people see it as a good way to reach an elder, a parent, teacher or a boss, or to receive an attached file. (AP Photo/Oscar Hidalgo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists. They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults. And the division is wide, says an AP-AOL survey on how Americans use or snub those Internet bursts of gossip, happy date-making and teen tragedies that young people exchange by the hour while supposedly doing homework.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google begins testing radio ad service
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_hi_te/google_radio"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061207/capt.sge.thy50.071206210141.photo01.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=IOcXFB7dtbrKBxJnPRAfhw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Logo of web search engine Google seen behing a computer keyboard. Microsoft launched an online library in a move that pits the world's biggest software company against Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. has started testing a long-awaited radio advertising service that represents the Internet search leader's most elaborate attempt yet at expanding its financial clout beyond the Web.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo shakeup highlights Web video shift
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_web_video"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061206/capt.ny11212060802.yahoo_overhaul_ny112.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=zktJSc4cOA0okNXePtPXOw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="ZIn a file photo a Yahoo! sign is shown at Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. Yahoo Inc. will undergo its most extensive shake-up in more than five years, hoping to snap out of a malaise that has ravaged its stock and provoked one of its own top executives to bluntly question the Internet powerhouse's direction. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - The departure of television veteran Lloyd Braun from Yahoo Inc. underscores a shift, or at least a major hiccup, by Internet companies away from creating costly original content.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google begins limited test of radio advertising
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061207/wr_nm/google_radio_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061207/capt.sge.tej87.071206152307.photo01.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=1f5TqvZfOtCrLyfeGk0pEg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Technology heavyweight Microsoft will unveil an online library that will compete with Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books, the company said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. said on Thursday it
has completed the development of its widely anticipated radio
advertising system and begun a limited test allowing customers
to buy ads via its online ad-buying system.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Orleans Gets Cellular Enhancements From Cingular And Sprint
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Cingular said customers can use its 3G mobile broadband network to access e-mail and browse the Web, while Sprint also made extensive upgrades to both its Sprint and Nextel offerings.
AT&T TV To Offer TotalVid Online Video
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Under the deal, AT&T U-verse subscribers get access to the TotalVid library of hundreds of full-length special interest videos
Microsoft starts online library in challenge to Google Books
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061207/tc_afp/afplifestyleinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061207/capt.sge.thr23.071206201543.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=GTPku6eBD.1ZuZJoP2yaSA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft launched an online library in a move that pitted the technology heavyweight against Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft launched an online library in a move that pits the world's biggest software company against Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books.</p><br clear="all"/>
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