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Microsoft Settles Major Software Counterfeiting Dispute
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Following a three-year international investigation, Microsoft has reached agreement with a contractor that illegally produced and distributed counterfeit copies of the company's server software.
Microsoft Settles With MPO In Counterfeiting Probe
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The French disk-copying company was linked to the distribution of thousands of counterfeit copies of Microsoft server software.
Readers Wrestle With Windows 2000 Transition
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek readers sound off on Microsoft's product support policies relating to Windows 2000.
Opera Browser Adds Phishing Protection
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Following the lead of Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Opera Software has incorporated a new phishing filter into its Opera Web browser to block sites bent on stealing financial information or other sensitive data from unsuspecting users.
ThinkFree Office Clone Seeks Opportunity From Dissatisfied Microsoft Office Users
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - ThinkFree, which is reportedly an acquisition target for Google, is banking that Microsoft Office users will be dissatisfied with the new version, and will turn to ThinkFree's online clone of previous Office versions instead.
Open-Source Group Razzes Microsoft With 'BadVista.org'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Free Software Foundation Web site tries to draw attention to perceived weaknesses of Vista and encourages users to consider alternatives.
Microsoft To Reissue Scratched Mac Office Update
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's Mac development group urged users who had installed an inadvertently-posted bug fix last week to download the new update.
Microsoft Offers Free Trial Of Office 2007 Enterprise
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The corporate edition of the new productivity suite is available for a try-out by developers and IT professionals for 60 days.
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.
Linksys unveils new 'iPhone' line
(AP)
AP - The iPhone has arrived, but it's not made by Apple Computer Inc., which was widely rumored to be working a cell phone-iPod combination of the same name.
Feds: NJ worker put 'bomb' in computers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061219/ap_on_hi_te/computer_bomb_arrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061220/capt.c962e0ac90c4bb32186b17b98eed573d.jpeg?x=130&y=86&sig=UvOVqeCHKth6wClvQNAX9Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** A huge processing line where bottles of prescription medications are prepared for mailing can be seen at Medco Health Solutions, Inc.'s Willingboro Dispensing Pharmacy, Feb. 28, 2006 in Willingboro, N.J.. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - A computer administrator upset over the possibility of losing his job planted an electronic "bomb" in the systems of one of the nation's largest prescription drug management companies, prosecutors said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony BMG settles suit over CDs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061219/ap_on_hi_te/sony_bmg_copy_protection"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t160156_450x338_us_sonybmg_california.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=RfKkPpTz4pdfRuL.DSDI1Q--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A man shops for CDs in a file photo. Sony BMG will pay $750,000 in penalties and costs and reimburse California consumers whose computers were harmed by anti-piracy software on some CDs sold by the record company, California officials said on Tuesday. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay $1.5 million and kick in thousands more in customer refunds to settle lawsuits brought by California and Texas over music CDs that installed a hidden anti-piracy program on consumers' computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Piracy suit being dropped against NY mom
(AP)
AP - The recording industry is giving up its lawsuit against Patti Santangelo, a mother of five who became the best-known defendant in the industry's battle against music piracy. However, two of her children are still being sued.
Google book-scanning efforts spark debate
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_on_hi_te/digital_library"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061218/capt.caps10612182108.google_nasa_caps106.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=9dhJ20gwMF7oHlYeN5Q7gA--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Google Inc. chief executive Eric Schmidt gestures during a news conference in a Mountain View, Calif. file photo from Sept. 28, 2005 to announce plans to build a new one million square foot corporate campus at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. Google and NASA said Monday that they have finalized an agreement to deliver more of the space agency's imagery and information through the Internet's leading search engine. Under the arrangement, Ames will feed Google with its weather forecasting information, three-dimensional maps of the moon and Mars, and real-time tracking of the International Space Station and space shuttle flights so the pictures and data are available to anyone with an Internet connection. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Already facing a legal challenge for alleged copyright infringement, Google Inc.'s crusade to build a digital library has triggered a philosophical debate with an alternative project promising better online access to the world's books, art and historical documents.</p><br clear="all"/>
China director's "eye-popping" scenes arouse debate
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/en_nm/china_curse_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t034008_450x310_uk_china_curse.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=.t6WOKm97FitUdyZKvjOrA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Chinese writer and director Zhang Yimou poses at the screening of his new film 'Curse of the Golden Flower' during the Closing Night at the AFI Fest 2006 in Hollywood, California November 12, 2006. 'Curse of the Golden Flower' has been nicknamed 'Curse of the Golden Corset' by the country's Internet users transfixed by the actresses' bodice-ripping gowns. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chinese director Zhang Yimou's latest
martial arts blockbuster "Curse of the Golden Flower" has been
nicknamed "Curse of the Golden Corset" by the country's
Internet users transfixed by the actresses' bodice-ripping
gowns.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nielsen's top 20 prime-time TV shows
(Reuters)
Reuters - Following are the top 20 prime-time
programs on broadcast TV for the week ended December 17, as
measured in average total audience, according to Nielsen Media
Research. (Data include same-day DVR playback.)
"SNL" gives Cingular a ring
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/wr_nm/snl_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t022818_311x450_us_snl.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=Y95gGKQp.7b09hO9GciGzw--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Producer Lorne Michaels of Canada reacts after being presented with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa November 3, 2006. Through a collaboration among NBC Universal, Cingular Wireless and the 'SNL' creator Mchaels' Broadway Video Entertainment, Saturday Night Live Mobile launched Tuesday, featuring video clips from classic and current episodes along with original material produced with the mobile screen in mind. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Through a collaboration
among NBC Universal, Cingular Wireless and "Saturday Night
Live" creator Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video Entertainment,
Saturday Night Live Mobile launched Tuesday, featuring video
clips from classic and current episodes along with original
material produced with the mobile screen in mind.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mozilla To Update Firefox Browser Today
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The number and severity of the security vulnerabilities that are being patched were not known early Tuesday.
Windows, IE Animations Run Amok
(PC World)
PC World - Plus: Good-bye to Firefox 1.5 support; software incompatibilities with IE 7.
Google book-scanning efforts spark debate
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_on_hi_te/digital_library"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061218/capt.caps10612182108.google_nasa_caps106.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=9dhJ20gwMF7oHlYeN5Q7gA--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Google Inc. chief executive Eric Schmidt gestures during a news conference in a Mountain View, Calif. file photo from Sept. 28, 2005 to announce plans to build a new one million square foot corporate campus at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. Google and NASA said Monday that they have finalized an agreement to deliver more of the space agency's imagery and information through the Internet's leading search engine. Under the arrangement, Ames will feed Google with its weather forecasting information, three-dimensional maps of the moon and Mars, and real-time tracking of the International Space Station and space shuttle flights so the pictures and data are available to anyone with an Internet connection. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Already facing a legal challenge for alleged copyright infringement, Google Inc.'s crusade to build a digital library has triggered a philosophical debate with an alternative project promising better online access to the world's books, art and historical documents.</p><br clear="all"/>
China director's "eye-popping" scenes arouse debate
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/en_nm/china_curse_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_20t034008_450x310_uk_china_curse.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=.t6WOKm97FitUdyZKvjOrA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Chinese writer and director Zhang Yimou poses at the screening of his new film 'Curse of the Golden Flower' during the Closing Night at the AFI Fest 2006 in Hollywood, California November 12, 2006. 'Curse of the Golden Flower' has been nicknamed 'Curse of the Golden Corset' by the country's Internet users transfixed by the actresses' bodice-ripping gowns. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chinese director Zhang Yimou's latest
martial arts blockbuster "Curse of the Golden Flower" has been
nicknamed "Curse of the Golden Corset" by the country's
Internet users transfixed by the actresses' bodice-ripping
gowns.</p><br clear="all"/>
eBay to downgrade presence in China
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061220/tc_afp/uschinaitinternetcompanyebay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061220/capt.sge.cbm24.201206072701.photo00.photo.default-512x366.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=svEyZS5scYZjrb8FSgrzIg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A woman looks at the eBay website on her computer. EBay plans to hand over control of its main website in China to Beijing-based TOM Online in a major setback for the Internet auction pioneer, newspaper reports have said.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)" border="0" /></a>AFP - EBay announced that it will hand over control of its main website in China to Beijing-based TOM Online in the hope a local offering will prosper where the US firm floundered.</p><br clear="all"/>
Group: YouTube to post copyright warning
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_on_hi_te/japan_youtube_copyrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t225422_450x300_us_youtube_japan.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=w_h71v8zwyaXUF0POLAjyQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man views the Youtube.com Web site in a file photo. Executives from the company are to meet a group of Japanese media firms that complained to the video sharing Internet site over copyright infringement, the Japanese organization said. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Popular video-sharing Web site YouTube Inc. has agreed to post Japanese language warnings about respecting copyrights in an attempt to prevent users from uploading copyrighted materials, a Japanese entertainment body said.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube to meet Japan media on copyright protest
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/wr_nm/youtube_japan_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t225422_450x300_us_youtube_japan.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=w_h71v8zwyaXUF0POLAjyQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man views the Youtube.com Web site in a file photo. Executives from the company are to meet a group of Japanese media firms that complained to the video sharing Internet site over copyright infringement, the Japanese organization said. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Executives of YouTube.com are to meet a
group of Japanese media firms that complained to the video
sharing Internet site over copyright infringement, the Japanese
organization said.</p><br clear="all"/>
EBay partners with Tom in China shift
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/wr_nm/ebay_china_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t052521_450x350_us_ebay_china.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=bl2KS.haKjHJ4zWMYqasWg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A man uses an eBay kiosk to check on an item he has for sale during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6, 2006. EBay Inc. will roll its China site into a joint venture run by a Chinese partner, a source said, in the latest example of a Western media firm ceding control of its China operation in the face of a tough market. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - EBay Inc. said on Tuesday it is
folding its China operations into a new venture controlled by a
local partner as the U.S. Web auction giant switches strategies
for tapping the promising Chinese market where it has so far
struggled.</p><br clear="all"/>
Paris Hilton, Bebo website top Google searches in 2006
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061219/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061219/capt.sge.caf60.191206233047.photo00.photo.default-441x512.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=NGNurLUshMqHWArVyv6JGg--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Celebrity bad-girl Paris Hilton, seen here in November 2006, and social networking website Bebo were the hottest topics on Google in 2006, according to the online search engine.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Celebrity bad-girl Paris Hilton and social networking website Bebo were the hottest topics on Google in 2006, the superstar online search engine revealed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bush plans to expand size of U.S. military
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061219/pl_nm/security_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t174038_450x363_us_security_bush.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=eiarWZvwFrrY_tFQMA6A8w--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="President Bush is flanked by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) and Vice President Dick Cheney at the Pentagon, December 18, 2006. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Bush said on Tuesday he
plans to expand the size of the U.S. military to deal with the
long-term fight against terrorism, days after the Army said it
needed to grow, The Washington Post reported on its Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pixsy Offers New Media Image And Video Search Tools To Web Publishers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - In three steps, publishers can deploy the search engines and widgets, which allow visitors to search the Web's media content and obtain thumbnail results without leaving the publishers' sites.
Google 2006 Top Searches: Hilton, Borat, And Where's Togo?
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Users worldwide were interested in celebrities, social networking, and the World Cup.
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