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Microsoft Releases Vista Kernel APIs To Rival Security Firms
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The APIs are meant to give security software makers access to information heading into the Vista kernel so that they can create software similar to what they now write for earlier versions of Windows.
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"/>
Amazon's custom DVDs get download option
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061221/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_amazon_movies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061124/i/r1382846823.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=qn3QDirWNGfc8AHOsH36Og--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A worker loads a shipment of outgoing boxes at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. The November-December holiday shopping season is the most important period for U.S. Retailers. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Movie studios and TV networks that sell made-on-demand DVDs through Amazon.com's CustomFlix subsidiary will soon be able to offer digital downloads.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bloggers must disclose sponsored posts
(AP)
AP - A company that helps advertisers connect with bloggers willing to write about their products for payment will now require disclosures amid criticism and a regulatory threat.
Record labels sue Web site operator
(AP)
AP - Several major record labels sued the operator of the Russian music Web site AllofMP3.com on Wednesday, claiming the company has been profiting by selling copies of music without their permission.
Video fuels Ericsson's $2.1B Redback buy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_on_hi_te/redback_ericsson_acquisition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t211121_450x330_us_redback_ericsson.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=giS.BAaVUafCdmexI5UGCg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg during a news conference in Stockholm, October 19, 2006. The telecommunications equipment maker will buy data networking equipment vendor Redback Networks Inc. for $2.1 billion in cash, the companies said on Tuesday. (Anders Wiklund/Scanpix/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - LM Ericsson's plan to buy Redback Networks Inc. for $2.1 billion is a sign of how the popularity of Internet video is expected to drive demand for broadband network upgrades.</p><br clear="all"/>
UK government study: Freedom for robots?
(AP)
AP - Robots might one day be smart enough to demand emancipation from their human owners, raising the prospects they'll have to be treated as citizens, according to a speculative paper released by the British government.
Yahoo China wins unfair competition lawsuit
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061221/tc_nm/yahoochina_lawsuit_dc"><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>Reuters - Yahoo China has won a lawsuit it
brought against a local search engine operator over unfair
competition, Yahoo China's owner, Alibaba.com, said on
Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Popular gadgets may make painful Christmas presents
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061221/tc_nm/christmas_presents_injuries_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061221/2006_12_20t221040_450x285_us_christmas_presents_injuries.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=3fP3W_LlkwMVMcn.4aQugw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Apple iPod Shuffle (foreground) and new iPod Nanos are seen in San Francisco, California, September 12, 2006. Sore thumbs, inflamed elbows and stiff shoulders are among the musco-skeletal injuries linked to excessive use of the popular high-tech games and gadgets that could be under the tree. (Dino Vournas/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hoping Santa will send you an iPod, a
Nintendo Wii or the latest mobile phone this Christmas?</p><br clear="all"/>
Obopay Brings Mobile Payment Service To Helio Subscribers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The partnership will allow customers of the youth-oriented Helio service to manage their prepaid Obopay MasterCard accounts on their cell phones.
Mozilla Releases 'Critical' Patches for Firefox
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Mozilla has released a set of security updates for versions 1.5.x and 2.0.x of the Firefox Web browser and for two other software packages: Thunderbird, an e-mail client, and SeaMonkey, a suite of programs that includes a chat client and a tool to build Web sites.
Microsoft Releases Vista Kernel APIs To Rival Security Firms
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The APIs are meant to give security software makers access to information heading into the Vista kernel so that they can create software similar to what they now write for earlier versions of Windows.
Yahoo China wins unfair competition lawsuit
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061221/tc_nm/yahoochina_lawsuit_dc"><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>Reuters - Yahoo China has won a lawsuit it
brought against a local search engine operator over unfair
competition, Yahoo China's owner, Alibaba.com, said on
Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet Archive Claims Progress Against Google Library Initiative
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Internet Archive, which objects to Google's plans to scan public-domain books in a proprietary format, scored a $1 million grant to fund scanning books in several of the U.S.'s best-known libraries.
Record labels sue Web site operator
(AP)
AP - Several major record labels sued the operator of the Russian music Web site AllofMP3.com on Wednesday, claiming the company has been profiting by selling copies of music without their permission.
Bloggers must disclose sponsored posts
(AP)
AP - A company that helps advertisers connect with bloggers willing to write about their products for payment will now require disclosures amid criticism and a regulatory threat.
FCC Gives Green Light To Telephone Companies To Deploy Cable Services
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - But Commissioner Michael Copps, who voted in opposition, said the U.S. needs a plan to build out broadband infrastructure.
FCC Proposes Public Safety Wireless Band
(PC World)
PC World - Result would be a nationwide broadband wireless network for crisis use.
Searches For Gift Cards Rise During Countdown To Christmas
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Hitwise said U.S. Internet searches for "gift cards" shot up by 109% during the week of Dec. 16 compared with the previous week.
Video fuels Ericsson's $2.1B Redback buy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_on_hi_te/redback_ericsson_acquisition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061220/2006_12_19t211121_450x330_us_redback_ericsson.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=giS.BAaVUafCdmexI5UGCg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg during a news conference in Stockholm, October 19, 2006. The telecommunications equipment maker will buy data networking equipment vendor Redback Networks Inc. for $2.1 billion in cash, the companies said on Tuesday. (Anders Wiklund/Scanpix/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - LM Ericsson's plan to buy Redback Networks Inc. for $2.1 billion is a sign of how the popularity of Internet video is expected to drive demand for broadband network upgrades.</p><br clear="all"/>
British police warn of online pedophile risk
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/tc_nm/britain_paedophiles_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061221/2006_12_20t173639_450x300_us_britain_paedophiles.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=hdlHCnCO5c.cbFmTJEyuag--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="British police say pedophiles focus on social networking Web sites which have taken the Internet by storm in recent years, allowing users to create their own Web pages, exchange photos and video and to listen to music. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Within two hours of meeting the
"12-year-old girl" through an Internet chat room, the predatory
pedophile had already asked to meet her for sex.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hoax Web site jabs anti-illegal immigrant U.S. town
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/wr_nm/usa_immigration_santa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061221/2006_12_20t130324_450x357_us_usa_immigration_santa.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=qrPv1ZA6dpOUK1X1R6j4oQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="A screenshot of NoSantaForHazleton.com, taken on December 20, 2006. Santa isn't welcome in Hazleton because he's an illegal immigrant just like all the others the Pennsylvania town is trying to get rid of -- or so someone would have you believe. (www.nosantaforhazleton.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Santa isn't welcome in Hazleton
because he's an illegal immigrant just like all the others the
Pennsylvania town is trying to get rid of -- or so someone
would have you believe.</p><br clear="all"/>
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