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Details on Today's Microsoft Patches
(PC World)
PC World - Monthly security updates include IE, Windows Media, and Visual Studio fixes.
Microsoft releases software flaw patches
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061211/capt.908dea0f9f2f44fe94a519fe621c679a.microsoft_security_nyol799.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=Tkb.gHaMeGnI.Ck5AjfFfw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer listens to a presentation at a news conference at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York in this Nov. 30, 2006, file photo. Microsoft took great pains to improve security in its newly released computer operating system, Windows Vista, redesigning it to reduce users' exposure to destructive programs from the Internet. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. put out three software patches Tuesday that fix problems carrying a "critical" rating, the company's highest threat level.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Patches Critical IE, Media Player, Visual Studio Bugs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Added to the 71 updates already posted, December's group of seven raises the 2006 total to 78, six more than the previous record set in 2002.
Microsoft's Allchin Says 'Buy A Mac' Statement Taken Out Of Context
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Allchin says he was being dramatic in order to convince Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates that change was needed.
Microsoft Tests VoIP in Communications Server 2007
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - With the introduction of new software to manage Internet-based calling systems in the enterprise, Microsoft has added a key component to its unified voice-data communications strategy.
Microsoft Confirms New Word Vulnerability
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has confirmed that criminals are e-mailing Word attachments that contain malicious code, with two vulnerabilities in the ubiquitous word-processing software now being exploited.
Microsoft's Office Communications Server Targets Business VoIP Users
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The software company unveiled plans to conduct an ambitious beta test centered on its Office Communications Server with links to its 2007 Microsoft Office applications.
Microsoft Delivers Seven Security Bulletins, Three Critical
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The software giant added a seventh security update to its expected batch of bulletins, which includes three critical issues, delivering 11 individual software patches in total.
Double Trouble: Microsoft Confirms Another Word Zero-Day Flaw
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft confirms a second, unrelated zero-day vulnerability in its widely used software program and warns that "extremely targeted" attacks are already under way.
Microsoft starts test of new VoIP server
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061212/wr_nm/microsoft_voip_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061212/2006_12_12t090009_450x303_us_microsoft_voip.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=P.Pyr.Yd3dgn_vVfUu3XwA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer at the company's annual meeting in Bellevue, Washington, November 14, 2006. Ballmer has predicted that within 10 years all business communications will be Web-based. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. started testing on
Monday a new computer server software that allows corporate
customers to make Web-based phone calls through its Office
suite of business software.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM to open islands in virtual world
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_virtual_world"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061212/capt.fx10112122123.ibm_virtual_world_fx101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=f1PCi7DS_Q6fvUiDvST0Aw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this screen grab provided by IBM Corp., one of their virtual islands which will open to the public next week is shown. IBM has created 12 islands in the popular virtual world Second Life, where employees and customers can hold meetings, take orientation and training sessions and discuss projects. IBM also hopes to use Second Life to interact directly with customers. (AP Photo/IBM Corp.)" border="0" /></a>AP - IBM Corp. is launching an ambitious marketing campaign in the hip virtual world "Second Life."</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM and Yahoo try to challenge Google
(AP)
AP - IBM Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are teaming up to offer a free data-search tool for businesses, a quirky move challenging Google Inc. and other corporate-search specialists in a blossoming market.
New Zealand Telecom, Yahoo sign Web deal
(AP)
AP - New Zealand Telecom announced Wednesday it has formed a joint venture with Yahoo Inc. and Australia's Seven Network to beef up content on its Internet portal Xtra.
ComScore: MySpace tops Yahoo in November
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_yahoo"><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 online hangout MySpace got even more popular in November, beating Yahoo in Web traffic for the first time, a research company said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Technology gives police instant ID info
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_on_hi_te/instant_id"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061211/capt.73c22405fa0744f59744eb9065028148.instant_id_co103.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=Pr6gyq.EOgxoUEE6_P9Nuw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Columbus Police department's Automated Fingerprint Identification System project manager Beth Owens demonstrates Morpho RapID, a wireless handheld fingerprint identification unit, Monday, Dec. 11, 2006 at a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. With a quick imprint of a suspect's two fingers on a small, handheld device, Columbus police can get instant access to an individual's identity without a trip to the booking office. Police say the new technology saves time and gets wrongdoers behind bars faster, though some civil rights groups are wary about its constitutionality. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)" border="0" /></a>AP - With a quick imprint of a suspect's two fingers on a handheld device, Columbus police can get instant access to the person's identity without making a trip to the booking office.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple's iTunes music sales collapses in H1: survey
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061213/wr_nm/apple_itunes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061211/capt.nybz62212111743.ye_business_nybz622.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=4ScU1iXRo95ZheH15raH3w--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs walks in front of iPods playing different movies clips during announcement at an Apple event in a San Francisco file photo from Sept. 12, 2006. Apple Computer launched its long-awaited online movie service with minimal participation from Hollywood and showed off a device that will make it easier for consumers to watch the videos on television. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sales at Apple's online music shop
iTunes Music Store fell off a cliff in the first six months of
2006, according to a recent survey.</p><br clear="all"/>
Christian video game stokes controversy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061213/tc_nm/videogames_christianity_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061213/capt.237c1a9e5e9d65725d4c73d7676f1795.pjpeg?x=130&y=108&sig=haBInNCTUeM_8YfgYVY5mQ--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Left Behind Games marketing director Greg Bauman explains how 'Left Behind: Eternal Forces' a video game is played during an interview in Denver on July 12, 2006. The video game is based on the best-selling 'Left Behind' book series about the apocalypse. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Christian video game has become the
latest battleground in America's "culture" wars, with its maker
claiming it promotes prayer while critics charge it carries a
message of violent religious intolerance.</p><br clear="all"/>
Skype replaces free U.S. calls promotion
(AP)
AP - Skype is introducing a $30 annual subscription to make unlimited calls with the Internet-based telephone service to any regular or mobile phone number within the United States and Canada.
Intalio Plans To Release BPM Tools As Open Source
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Redwood City, Calif., company plans to offer the BPMS Community Edition under the Mozilla Public License starting in the first quarter of 2007.
Vietnam IT leader makes strong debut on stock exchange
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061213/tc_afp/vietnamitstocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061213/capt.sge.uxh99.131206095143.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=s_El0Gq9nvhN9dw1fS4hVw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A street vendor walks past a branch office of Vietnam's leading information technology group FPT in Hanoi, October 2006. FPT has made an enthusiastic debut on Ho Chi Minh City's stock exchange, weeks after teaming up with several US software companies, the group said.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Vietnam's leading information technology group FPT has made an enthusiastic debut on Ho Chi Minh City's stock exchange, weeks after teaming up with several US software companies, the group said.</p><br clear="all"/>
New Zealand Telecom, Yahoo sign Web deal
(AP)
AP - New Zealand Telecom announced Wednesday it has formed a joint venture with Yahoo Inc. and Australia's Seven Network to beef up content on its Internet portal Xtra.
Apple's iTunes music sales collapses in H1: survey
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061213/wr_nm/apple_itunes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061211/capt.nybz62212111743.ye_business_nybz622.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=4ScU1iXRo95ZheH15raH3w--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs walks in front of iPods playing different movies clips during announcement at an Apple event in a San Francisco file photo from Sept. 12, 2006. Apple Computer launched its long-awaited online movie service with minimal participation from Hollywood and showed off a device that will make it easier for consumers to watch the videos on television. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sales at Apple's online music shop
iTunes Music Store fell off a cliff in the first six months of
2006, according to a recent survey.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to let workers sell stock options online
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061213/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternetcompanyemployeegoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061213/capt.sge.uwn05.131206080135.photo00.photo.default-512x425.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=vXd5tWK7oN5c35I7y4l1JQ--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Internet search powerhouse Google says it will let employees sell their stock options in online auctions. The program was an innovative way for Google to lure talented workers because it gave them a new way to cash in on discounted stock-buying opportunities that are common perks in the industry(AFP/File/John D McHugh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet search powerhouse Google says it will let employees sell their stock options in online auctions.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM and Yahoo try to challenge Google
(AP)
AP - IBM Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are teaming up to offer a free data-search tool for businesses, a quirky move challenging Google Inc. and other corporate-search specialists in a blossoming market.
Ex-MySpace chairman, Verisign to promote .tv sites
(Reuters)
Reuters - The former chairman of MySpace.com is
throwing his weight behind the ".tv" domain category, betting
that it will gain popularity as more users watch, create and
post videos online.
Fox sites top Yahoo as most-visited on U.S. Web
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061213/media_nm/fox_yahoo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061213/2006_12_12t215018_450x374_us_fox_yahoo.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=CjrhgUl9PAOuiy5IAsMJTg--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Yahoo! co-founders Jerry Yang (C) and David Filo (R) pose with chief executive Terry Semel in front of the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square in New York after ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ on March 2, 2005. Yahoo has slipped in the ratings as News Corp. sites have become the most viewed by Internet users, according to new industry data cited by News Corp. on Tuesday. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Spurred by the popularity of
MySpace, News Corp. sites have overtaken Yahoo Inc. sites as
the most viewed by U.S. Internet users, according to new
industry data cited by News Corp. on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
London Company Battling Unauthorized Streaming Sports
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - NetResult is calling foul to companies that stream copyright-protected sporting events over the Internet.
ComScore: MySpace tops Yahoo in November
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_yahoo"><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 online hangout MySpace got even more popular in November, beating Yahoo in Web traffic for the first time, a research company said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
More Than Three-Fourths Of U.S. Home Web Users Have Broadband
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Broadband access is up from 65% last year, and broadband users spend more time online than their narrowband counterparts, and view more than twice as many Web pages.
Online Deals Spurring E-Shoppers To Spend More
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - More than nine in 10 consumers listed free shipping as a motivator for opening their wallets wider, while more than 65% said exclusive offers would boost spending, according to a report from The Conference Board.
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