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Southern Indian state takes on Microsoft
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061217/tc_afp/indiaitsoftwarelinux"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061217/capt.sge.bit27.171206233759.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=kTyFsF8bPGaOLmHkqDgByA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The communist-run Indian state of Kerala has begun another battle against multinationals, backing the Linux computer operating system over market-leading Microsoft Windows.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The communist-run Indian state of Kerala has begun another battle against multinationals, backing the Linux computer operating system over market-leading Microsoft Windows.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft, Epic Sell 2 Million 'Gears Of War' Video Games In Six Weeks
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The game also was the hottest selling video game in the United States in November.
Microsoft says "Gears of War" sales top 2 million
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/tc_nm/microsoft_videogame_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061215/2006_12_14t184523_450x324_us_videogames_npd.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=AAbxS.1mrk0Rum3OIh.yrA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Cheyenne Pesko plays the Xbox 360 game 'Gears of War' at the game's launch party at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles October 25, 2006. Microsoft Corp.'s gory 'Gears of War' video game, where soldiers slay alien invaders with chainsaw-mounted rifles, topped U.S. sales charts in November, market research firm NPD said on Thursday. (Max Morse/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - There is gold in gory video games.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Patches Windows XP Wireless, Tells No One
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The patch is designed to make surfing public wireless hotspots safer by reducing the chance of "man-in-the-middle" attacks.
Microsoft Patches IE 7 Phishing Filter To Boost Speed
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft says IE 7 users may see their PCs bog down as the filter evaluates multi-frame pages for fraud indicators.
Google's Holiday Wish May Come True: An Online Clone Of Microsoft Office
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A Google team has visited the Korean company that makes ThinkFree Office, a clone of Microsoft Office, for acquisition talks twice in recent days, according to Korean press reports.
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.
Mywaves lets users set up video lineups
(AP)
AP - A new startup hopes to draw cell phone users with a service that allows them to design channel lineups for watching videos on their phones.
Virtual reality boosts rehab in Israel
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061217/ap_on_hi_te/virtual_reality_rehab"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061217/capt.0bd4aedc9e600d5707cd819059c29506.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=aMzJllV0nKXQvHxEMlGtUQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Israelis Zvulun Muola, left, and Shalev Malki, right, sit in wheelchairs before receiving physiotherapy treatment at the Chaim Sheba Rehabilitation Hospital near Tel Aviv, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006. Malki and Muola are among a handful of disabled patients in Israel using the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment _ a virtual reality system that puts patients at the helm of a life-size video game, forces them to use atrophied muscles, and teaches the basic skills necessary to recover from severe injuries and disorders. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)" border="0" /></a>AP - On most days, a tumor on Zvulun Muola's spinal cord keeps him confined to a wheelchair, but today he is standing on a small, wooden dinghy gliding downstream, navigating between the islands of a tropical paradise.</p><br clear="all"/>
Time magazine's Person of the Year: You
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061217/ap_on_re_us/time_person_of_year"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061217/capt.nyr10412170157c.correction_time_person_of_the_year_nyr104.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=pMopHlRLqk0GRbOqxcGLlQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="The cover of Time Magazine's Dec. 25, 2006 'Person of the Year' issue, shown in this image released by Time, Inc., in New York, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, proclaims that 'You' are Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year.' Time, citing the shift from institutions to individuals as part of the criteria for selecting their 'Person of the Year,' has named anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web as their 2006 winner. (AP Photo/Time, Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year."</p><br clear="all"/>
WSJ starts stock-tracking feature online
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_on_bi_ge/wall_street_journal_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061217/capt.nybz25112172358.wall_street_journal_online_nybz251.jpg?x=114&y=130&sig=vAEHsruXpMsFjH0z_skVYA--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="In this handout photo provided by the Wall Street Journal Online, a screen from their online site is shown. (AP Photo/Wall Street Journal Online)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Wall Street Journal is launching an online stock market-tracking feature next month as it moves to a smaller size and cuts back on the stock tables in the newspaper.</p><br clear="all"/>
Universities vulnerable to ID thieves
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061217/ap_on_hi_te/university_data_thefts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061213/i/r1207041722.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=PTXcyk1ixMl9TnXoEmC4QQ--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="File photo shows a group of computer hackers comparing notes as they work on a laptop computer, July 13, 2002 at the H2K2 conference held in New York City. An unknown hacker has infiltrated a massive University of California, Los Angeles database with personal information on 800,000 people, the school said on Tuesday, in one of the worst computer breaches ever at a U.S. university. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen" border="0" /></a>AP - Universities have become attractive targets for hackers who are taking advantage of the openness of the schools' networks, their decentralized security and the personal information they keep on millions of young adults.</p><br clear="all"/>
Skype founders aiming for broadband television: report
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061218/tc_afp/internettelevision"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061218/capt.sge.bjz25.181206074449.photo00.photo.default-337x512.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=Ew0rpMKuOuRUYghP7R.eCg--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, pictured in June, the founders of the Internet telephone company Skype are closing in on launching a global television service delivered to customers through high-speed broadband internet, the Financial Times reported(AFP/File/Gerard Cerles)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The founders of the Internet telephone company Skype are closing in on launching a global television service delivered to customers through high-speed broadband internet, the Financial Times reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nintendo recalls Wii controller straps
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_hi_te/japan_nintendo_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.tok10212150803.japan_nintendo_recall_tok102.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=D8dSpWKWurOPYf2bInEHbA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A model plays tennis with Nintendo Co.'s new family video-game console Wii by swinging it's controller as a tennis racket during a press conference in Tokyo in this June 7, 2006 file photo. The Japanese gamemaker on Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, announced the recall of 3.2 million straps for its popular Wii computer game controllers. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - The reception of Nintendo's Wii video game console has been enthusiastic — too enthusiastic, apparently, for the straps that are supposed to keep the game controllers in the hands of players.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cingular to offer MySpace on cellphones
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cingular, the largest U.S. wireless
phone carrier, will offer a version of popular Internet social
network MySpace on its phones in an expansion of their
partnership, the companies plan to announce on Monday.
Southern Indian state takes on Microsoft
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061217/tc_afp/indiaitsoftwarelinux"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061217/capt.sge.bit27.171206233759.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=kTyFsF8bPGaOLmHkqDgByA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The communist-run Indian state of Kerala has begun another battle against multinationals, backing the Linux computer operating system over market-leading Microsoft Windows.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The communist-run Indian state of Kerala has begun another battle against multinationals, backing the Linux computer operating system over market-leading Microsoft Windows.</p><br clear="all"/>
Computer worm attacks business PCs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_hi_te/computer_worm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061216/capt.8d7b44471bccd884c45c54c9e37cd16e.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=ZCQ2O2JcTcTnFjH0RSp4rA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** The headquarters of computer security giant Symatec Corp. are shown in Cupertino, Calif., Dec. 16, 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - A computer worm is attacking some business PCs through a flaw in antivirus software by Symantec Corp., a security company warned Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Skype founders aiming for broadband television: report
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061218/tc_afp/internettelevision"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061218/capt.sge.bjz25.181206074449.photo00.photo.default-337x512.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=Ew0rpMKuOuRUYghP7R.eCg--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, pictured in June, the founders of the Internet telephone company Skype are closing in on launching a global television service delivered to customers through high-speed broadband internet, the Financial Times reported(AFP/File/Gerard Cerles)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The founders of the Internet telephone company Skype are closing in on launching a global television service delivered to customers through high-speed broadband internet, the Financial Times reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cingular to offer MySpace on cellphones
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cingular, the largest U.S. wireless
phone carrier, will offer a version of popular Internet social
network MySpace on its phones in an expansion of their
partnership, the companies plan to announce on Monday.
Mistress of China graft suspect hailed as paragon
(Reuters)
Reuters - The mistress of a building contractor
has won the hearts of Chinese Internet surfers for
masterminding the "rescue" of her lover who was in custody and
under interrogation for corruption.
Skype to launch Web TV service
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061218/wr_nm/skype_television_internet_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061218/2006_12_17t232023_450x317_uk_skype_television_internet.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=Q2DCPt9RXCUgx3thiPiRug--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A man uses a Skype internet phone next to a laptop in Taipei in this file photo from November 11, 2005. A broadband television service developed by the founders of Internet calling programme Skype is expected to be launched next year, the Financial Times reported on Monday. (Richard Chung/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A broadband television service developed
by the founders of Internet calling programme Skype is expected
to be launched next year, the Financial Times reported on
Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google, Orange seek tie-up for Internet telephone
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061217/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061217/capt.sge.biq52.171206223404.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=GUjndlsmLgaFKdIus1OkFQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. The Internet juggernaut Google has held talks with Orange, the telecommunications operator, about a multi-billion dollar tie-up for mobile telephone users to search the web, a news report said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Internet juggernaut Google has held talks with Orange, the telecommunications operator, about a multi-billion dollar tie-up for mobile telephone users to search the web, a news report said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blogs give voice to season's superstar - Santa
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061217/wr_nm/life_santa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061217/2006_12_15t172915_450x313_us_life_santa.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=F3v36qfLMTwaqSW4iuWUfw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A Santa Claus waves as policemen set up a mobile field command at Cronulla Beach in Sydney December 10, 2006. (Will Burgess/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Santa, the star of the
season, has found a new voice this year -- in blogosphere.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online shrine visits stir debate in Japan
(Reuters)
Reuters - Does god exist in cyberspace?
Time magazine's "Person of the Year" is You
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061217/wr_nm/time_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061217/2006_12_16t222959_338x450_us_time.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=7.WczDnF5KJRO4rVLkPq3A--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Time magazine unveiled its 'Person of the Year' for 2006 on December 16, 2006, as -- You, the creators and consumers of user-generated Internet content like video-file sharing site YouTube and social network MySpace. Time has been naming its person of the year since 1927 and the tradition has become the source of speculation every year, as well as controversy over unpopular choices such as Adolf Hitler in 1938 and Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979. (Andrew Eccles/TIME Inc./Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - You were named Time magazine "Person
of the Year" on Saturday for the explosive growth and influence
of user-generated Internet content such as blogs, video-file
sharing site YouTube and social network MySpace.</p><br clear="all"/>
Phone, cable companies to battle in 2007
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061216/ap_on_hi_te/ye_telecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061215/capt.nybz59512151724.ye_telecom_nybz595.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=XfQFL2pB70XH7sPWclMrbA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Verizon installer Pat Esposito connects wires to a fiber optic signal box on the side of a home in a North Bellmore, N.Y. file photo from May 11, 2006. Verizon Communications Inc. expects its FiOS TV service will be available to 1 million homes by January. AT&T Inc. finally appears to be pushing past technological holdups with U-verse, maintaining the service will be offered in parts of 15 markets by the close of December. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Vonage tanked after its IPO. It's not entirely clear anymore why eBay paid $2.6 billion for Skype. And the long-awaited rollout of advanced TV services based on Internet technologies has resembled the drip of a faucet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Amazon countersues IBM over patents
(AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc. denies it violated IBM Corp. patents in building its massive retail Web site, and alleges instead that IBM infringed on Amazon's technology to beef up its own offerings.
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