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Microsoft teams up with Internet search site Baidu in China
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061215/tc_afp/uschinainternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061205/capt.sge.slq73.051206165512.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=qFitr3Ib4d_tOI9q.QYVCQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="An advertisement for the Chinese Internet search engine Baidu. Chinese Internet company Baidu, often referred to as the local equivalent of Google, plans to enter the Japanese search market in 2007, the company said.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US software giant Microsoft and Chinese Internet search portal Baidu said they were joining forces in China.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's SQL Server Tops Databases Used For Wireless Applications
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Thirty percent of wireless developers rely on SQL Server as the central, server-based database from which a wireless application receives data, according to Evans Data.
Microsoft Updates Vista in Latest Piracy Crackdown
(PC World)
PC World - Software giant battles activation of unauthorized copies of the Vista OS.
Firefox share gains slightly in study
(AP)
AP - Mozilla's Firefox Web browser edged up slightly in usage at the expense of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, commanding nearly 11 percent of the U.S. market on a typical weekday, according to research by WebSideStory.
Microsoft Recalls Mac Office Patch
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - After issuing seven patches as part of its monthly round of updates earlier this week, Microsoft recalled a fix for the Mac version of its Microsoft Office productivity suite. According to a posting on Microsoft's Security Response Center site, the updates were "accidentally published" before full testing was complete.
Microsoft Updates Vista To Block 'Frankenbuild' Counterfeits
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The move was prompted by the appearance of DVD counterfeits of Windows Vista in various parts of the world, including Brazil.
Exploit Code Targets Third Microsoft Zero-Day Word Bug
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The new unpatched bug was reported Wednesday, and exploit proof-of-concept code has been posted on a Web site.
Microsoft Lends a Hand to Robots
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - You might not know his name, but there's a good chance that Tandy Trower will play a pivotal role in not one but two computing revolutions. The first was in November, 1983, when Trower was the product manager of a barely known piece of software called Windows 1.0.
Microsoft Releases Vista Update to Fight 'Monster'
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The update is designed to prevent a "Frankenbuild" method of pirating the operating system that involves mixing files from different versions of the software so as to bypass the product activation technology.
Microsoft to run Baidu ads on China sites
(Reuters)
Reuters - China's Baidu.com Inc. will sell
advertising for MSN and other Web sites operated by Microsoft
Corp. in China under a strategic alliance announced by the
companies on Thursday.
Nintendo to replace 3.2M Wii straps
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_hi_te/japan_nintendo_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.cacc10112150411.wii_dangers_cacc101.jpg?x=130&y=74&sig=.Hp5bkJucZLUHErQdfHeRw--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="Jaana Baker, 23, holds the controller of her new Nintendo Wii in front of her 37-inch TV in Placentia, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 14, 2006. Baker cracked her LCD screen during a particularly spirited round of Wii bowling after snapping the controller's wrist strap and sending it into her flat-screen TV. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nintendo said Friday it will replace 3.2 million straps for its popular Wii computer game controllers after receiving a rash of reports that the devices flew out of the hands of overzealous players.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google gets into Web site registration
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_hi_te/google_domains"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061214/capt.sge.anw05.141206191057.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=0wsAi4vRTV1pVKXbDfC3RQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google was live with a service enabling Internet users to search through the more than seven million patents granted in the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. on Friday will join the crowded field of services registering Web site addresses in a move aimed at encouraging more usage of the online search leader's free software products.</p><br clear="all"/>
24 pct. growth in Web holiday sales seen
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_hi_te/holiday_online_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061206/2006_12_05t162412_450x318_us_satelliteradio_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=DhprV_XExynD_.sszyz3vg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Mel Karmazin, chief executive officer of Sirius Satellite Radio, speaks in this January 5, 2005 file photo. Shares of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. fell more than 7 percent on Tuesday after the pay-radio provider cut its fourth- quarter subscriber target, citing disappointing sales over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Online spending for the holiday season remains robust, but free shipping upgrades and other offers are expected to extend the season later this year than last year, according to the latest report from comScore Networks Inc., an Internet research company.</p><br clear="all"/>
Firefox share gains slightly in study
(AP)
AP - Mozilla's Firefox Web browser edged up slightly in usage at the expense of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, commanding nearly 11 percent of the U.S. market on a typical weekday, according to research by WebSideStory.
AOL Europe CEO leaves after six weeks
(AP)
AP - The chief executive of AOL's European operations is leaving the company after less than two months to take another job.
China signs Web piracy deal with U.S. movie group
(Reuters)
Reuters - China on Friday agreed with the Motion
Picture Association of America and other groups to do more to
tackle copyright piracy on the Internet, the official Xinhua
news agency said. China's National Copyright Administration
said the country would investigate and punish those suspected
of online intellectual property abuses by the movie association
as well as other groups such as the Association of American
Publishers.
Wild Wii play takes toll on people, homes and televisions
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061215/tc_afp/afplifestyleusjapancomputergamecompanynintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061215/capt.sge.ara08.151206074404.photo00.photo.default-512x370.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=RClJkGQIDVo9r9QsADCOxA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Nintendo game creator Shigeru Miyamoto (L), known as the father of Super Mario, and company President Satoru Iwata play a tennis game during a demonstration at a press conference in Tokyo 7 December of the new Wii video game. Images of Wii players sporting bruises and bloody fingers like big game trophies abounded on the Internet as exuberance with motion-sensing controllers took tolls on video-game fans(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Images of Wii players sporting bruises and bloody fingers like big game trophies abounded on the Internet as exuberance with motion-sensing controllers took tolls on video-game fans.</p><br clear="all"/>
South Korea wants teens to hang up mobile phones
(Reuters)
Reuters - South Korea is trying to stop teenagers
ringing up massive mobile phone bills with new rules that let
parents control just how long the handsets are used.
Under Emerging Patent Strategy, IBM To Open Source Research From University Collaborations
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - IBM and academic researchers will develop analytical techniques and tools to ensure better software quality, methodologies for more effective security and privacy programs, mathematical optimization software for use in various industries, and clinical decision support systems for the health-care field.
Engineer indicted for alleged espionage
(AP)
AP - A Chinese engineer was charged Thursday with stealing trade secrets from a Silicon Valley company that made military training software and attempting to sell them to Asian governments.
China signs Web piracy deal with U.S. movie group
(Reuters)
Reuters - China on Friday agreed with the Motion
Picture Association of America and other groups to do more to
tackle copyright piracy on the Internet, the official Xinhua
news agency said. China's National Copyright Administration
said the country would investigate and punish those suspected
of online intellectual property abuses by the movie association
as well as other groups such as the Association of American
Publishers.
CBS plans on launching records division: WSJ
(Reuters)
Reuters - Broadcaster CBS Corp. is planning on
launching a division called CBS Records, reviving one of the
most famous names in the music business, the Wall Street
Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
Google, Baidu eye online video business in China
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/wr_nm/baidu_google_china_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061215/2006_12_15t025520_450x293_us_baidu_google_china.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=OayFCpmMfCooat.hheWyQQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google Headquaters seen in this file photo. Google Inc. and Baidu.com Inc., its biggest rival in China, are exploring similar options to expand their online video services in the world's fourth-largest economy. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. and Baidu.com Inc., its
biggest rival in China, are exploring similar options to expand
their online video services in the world's fourth-largest
economy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo users have Answers
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061215/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternetcompanyyahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061215/capt.sge.ara75.151206074659.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=pJULJoBc7sL.Ak79ZeGNSw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Yahoo corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. The compnay recently invited the top 25 answer givers on its free online service "Yahoo Answers" to a ceremony at its headquarters to celebrate the first anniversary of the service which uses volunteers to answer questions on any topic sent in by Internet users(AFP/HO/File/Brian McGuiness)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Charlie Spring is a carpenter by day and an online sage by night swapping his tools for a computer to join a cadre of self-appointed pundits dispensing wisdom for free at Yahoo Answers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wild Wii play takes toll on people, homes and televisions
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061215/tc_afp/afplifestyleusjapancomputergamecompanynintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061215/capt.sge.ara08.151206074404.photo00.photo.default-512x370.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=RClJkGQIDVo9r9QsADCOxA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Nintendo game creator Shigeru Miyamoto (L), known as the father of Super Mario, and company President Satoru Iwata play a tennis game during a demonstration at a press conference in Tokyo 7 December of the new Wii video game. Images of Wii players sporting bruises and bloody fingers like big game trophies abounded on the Internet as exuberance with motion-sensing controllers took tolls on video-game fans(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Images of Wii players sporting bruises and bloody fingers like big game trophies abounded on the Internet as exuberance with motion-sensing controllers took tolls on video-game fans.</p><br clear="all"/>
China signs memorandum to crack down online copyright infringement
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061215/tc_afp/chinausbritaincopyright"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061215/capt.sge.aqp43.151206064217.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=trw8plA0Rd7YbUGC8ND6Uw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A woman surfs the web in an Internet cafe in Beijing. The Chinese government has signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing with four US and British industry associations for better protection of online copyright.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Chinese government has signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing with four US and British industry associations for better protection of online copyright.</p><br clear="all"/>
Report: Americans media use rising
(AP)
AP - Americans spend more time watching TV, listening to the radio, surfing the Internet and reading newspapers than anything else except breathing.
Google gets into Web site registration
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_hi_te/google_domains"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061214/capt.sge.anw05.141206191057.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=0wsAi4vRTV1pVKXbDfC3RQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google was live with a service enabling Internet users to search through the more than seven million patents granted in the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. on Friday will join the crowded field of services registering Web site addresses in a move aimed at encouraging more usage of the online search leader's free software products.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to offer domain registration services
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google announced on Thursday evening that a domain name search and registration service will be added to its Google Apps for Your Domain offering.
Amazon Countersues IBM As Patent Infringement Case Heats Up
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Amazon accuses IBM of using its intellectual property in its Websphere middleware, and of acting like a fly-by-night patent troll
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