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Microsoft strengthens developer collaboration tool
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft this week upgraded a tool enabling multiple IDEs to access the company's collaboration server for application lifecycle management, adding branching enhancements.
Microsoft Opens Vista Kernel to Rivals
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft sent some holiday cheer in the direction of security vendors this week by releasing new programming interfaces for developers working to create software that can interact with the Windows Vista kernel.
Microsoft quadruples Xbox 360 warranty in hot video game market
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061222/tc_afp/afplifestyleinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061222/capt.sge.cxx63.221206203259.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=dAzHlO6R1gjbA8DTTtle6A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A customer plays a demo Xbox 360 at a San Francisco Best Buy store, November 2005. Microsoft announced that it was extending the warranty on Xbox 360 from 90 days to a year in the United States and Canada to entice buyers in the hot video game console market.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced that it was extending the warranty on Xbox 360 from 90 days to a year in the United States and Canada to entice buyers in the hot video game console market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Well-Known Developer Leaves Novell Over Microsoft Deal
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Jeremy Allison is leaving, apparently terming the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement a "mistake."
Microsoft Extends Warranty On Xbox 360
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The software maker said it was making the change to make the standard Xbox warranty consistent throughout the world.
Microsoft Bulks Up XBox 360 Warranty with Retroactive Offer
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Just in time for the last holiday-shopping push, Microsoft has extended the Xbox 360's warranty from 90 days to one year, providing its fan base with the same warranty length available with consoles from rivals Sony and Nintendo.
Microsoft extends Xbox warranty
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xbox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061222/capt.sge.cxx63.221206203259.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=dAzHlO6R1gjbA8DTTtle6A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A customer plays a demo Xbox 360 at a San Francisco Best Buy store, November 2005. Microsoft announced that it was extending the warranty on Xbox 360 from 90 days to a year in the United States and Canada to entice buyers in the hot video game console market.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. is extending its warranty on the Xbox 360 video game console to one year from the previous limit of 90 days. The change announced Friday applies to future and present owners.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Seeks RSS Patents; Blogosphere Worries
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Discovery of the patents has led to conjecture among tech bloggers that the software giant may someday try to seek payment for use of the technology, which is related to receiving and organizing news feeds through a Web browser.
Jeremy Allison Quits Novell in Protest over Microsoft Deal
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A high-level programmer has resigned from Novell, citing the company's patent deal with Microsoft as the reason. The patent deal between Novell and Microsoft is designed to let the two companies collaborate on new technologies that will allow Microsoft's Windows to operate with Novell's SuSE Linux.
Google overtakes Yahoo in user visits: industry tracker
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061222/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061222/capt.sge.cxb14.221206173531.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=knZpfr._HmJDqaheHgPeQg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Logo of web search engine Google seen behing a computer keyboard. Google overtook Yahoo as the second most popular Internet destination for Web surfers worldwide in November while Microsoft held on to the top spot, ComScore reported.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google overtook Yahoo as the second most popular Internet destination for Web surfers worldwide in November, while Microsoft held on to the top spot, industry tracker ComScore reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Company develops virtual meal technology
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061224/ap_on_hi_te/virtual_family_dinners"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061223/capt.f7fcc67537914bafb24a5da795d9f82d.virtual_family_dinners_cx301.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=MxDLKsrJcMXpAZqwnjCKqg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Accenture researchers Dadong Wan, right, and Adam Pilon, on screen, demonstrate a video-conferencing device Friday, Dec., 15, 2006, that allows families to dine together from different locations. Wan says his technology research company is developing a prototype called 'The Virtual Family Dinner' to bring family interactions back to extended family members, like the elderly, as often as desired. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Harvey Bumpus doesn't like to eat alone.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web site allows Iranian Jews to mourn
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_on_hi_te/iranian_jewish_cemetery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061223/capt.la10512230857.iranian_jewish_cemetery__la105.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=7FQelbzYcJ4dLoT6ba9NHw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Shahram Farzan poses in his Los Angeles office Dec. 20, 2006, with his website displaying photographs from a Jewish cemetery in Tehran. An Iranian cultural taboo that death and youth should be kept apart prevented Susan Manavi from ever visiting her grandparents' gravesite. But the Internet has allowed her to see her grandparents' headstones for the first time. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - As a young woman in Tehran during the 1970s, Susan Manavi never visited a cemetery, even after her grandparents were laid to rest a couple of years before Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Although they were buried in a Jewish cemetery near the city, Manavi's parents adhered to an Iranian cultural taboo that death and youth should be kept apart, so as not to tempt fate.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cuban exiles send gifts home via Web
(AP)
AP - A small but growing number of Cubans in South Florida are getting around the U.S. embargo that limits what can be sent to the communist island by sending their Christmas gifts through foreign Internet sites.
Battery makers recharge their lineups
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_on_hi_te/rechargeable_batteries"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061222/capt.d90c82a567337a9a10afbf90b2cb8665.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=4WiU6mu1hAovplPkm0vzfA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Duracell batteries hang from hooks on display at an office supply store in Boston in March 2001.(AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Batteries that can be recharged rather than tossed when the juice runs out are supposed to be more convenient for consumers. But for Wren Wright, they lose their power too quickly and unpredictably, sometimes leaving the shutterbug with a lifeless digital camera.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft extends Xbox warranty
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xbox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061222/capt.sge.cxx63.221206203259.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=dAzHlO6R1gjbA8DTTtle6A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A customer plays a demo Xbox 360 at a San Francisco Best Buy store, November 2005. Microsoft announced that it was extending the warranty on Xbox 360 from 90 days to a year in the United States and Canada to entice buyers in the hot video game console market.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. is extending its warranty on the Xbox 360 video game console to one year from the previous limit of 90 days. The change announced Friday applies to future and present owners.</p><br clear="all"/>
AP Poll shows Santa is enduring
(AP)
AP - Santa has lots going against him — school-yard rumors, older brothers who think they know the deal and tattle to the young ones, errant price tags, the tell-all Internet and so many Made in China labels it seems the North Pole has outsourced to Asia.
Video game console shortage could linger into '07
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061222/tc_nm/videogames_shortages_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061223/2006_12_22t172203_450x338_us_videogames_shortages.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=G1MwBK23x5b851iqauxP.A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A shopper looks at his Sony PlayStation 3 console at a Best Buy store in Duluth, Georgia, November 17, 2006. Shoppers are standing in lines to snap up Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Wii as they become available, and some analysts do not expect shortages to ease until March or later. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Shoppers are standing in lines to
snap up Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii
video game consoles as they become available, and some analysts
do not expect shortages to ease until March or later.</p><br clear="all"/>
Opera Mobile Lands on Samsung Handsets
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Hot on the heels of a new partnership with Nintendo to offer the Opera Web browser for the Wii game console, Opera has announced plans to put its browser on Samsung phones.
Jeremy Allison Quits Novell in Protest over Microsoft Deal
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A high-level programmer has resigned from Novell, citing the company's patent deal with Microsoft as the reason. The patent deal between Novell and Microsoft is designed to let the two companies collaborate on new technologies that will allow Microsoft's Windows to operate with Novell's SuSE Linux.
Microsoft Opens Vista Kernel to Rivals
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft sent some holiday cheer in the direction of security vendors this week by releasing new programming interfaces for developers working to create software that can interact with the Windows Vista kernel.
Web site allows Iranian Jews to mourn
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_on_hi_te/iranian_jewish_cemetery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061223/capt.la10512230857.iranian_jewish_cemetery__la105.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=7FQelbzYcJ4dLoT6ba9NHw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Shahram Farzan poses in his Los Angeles office Dec. 20, 2006, with his website displaying photographs from a Jewish cemetery in Tehran. An Iranian cultural taboo that death and youth should be kept apart prevented Susan Manavi from ever visiting her grandparents' gravesite. But the Internet has allowed her to see her grandparents' headstones for the first time. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - As a young woman in Tehran during the 1970s, Susan Manavi never visited a cemetery, even after her grandparents were laid to rest a couple of years before Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Although they were buried in a Jewish cemetery near the city, Manavi's parents adhered to an Iranian cultural taboo that death and youth should be kept apart, so as not to tempt fate.</p><br clear="all"/>
AP Poll shows Santa is enduring
(AP)
AP - Santa has lots going against him — school-yard rumors, older brothers who think they know the deal and tattle to the young ones, errant price tags, the tell-all Internet and so many Made in China labels it seems the North Pole has outsourced to Asia.
Cuban exiles send gifts home via Web
(AP)
AP - A small but growing number of Cubans in South Florida are getting around the U.S. embargo that limits what can be sent to the communist island by sending their Christmas gifts through foreign Internet sites.
U.S. Presidential Candidate Vilsack Seeks Patience, Feedback As He Learns To Vlog
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Vilsack, who is posting video blogs on YouTube and MySpace, admits he's not the most adept net-head ever.
Online sites offer help for holiday grief
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061222/wr_nm/holidays_grief_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061224/2006_12_23t171622_450x313_us_holidays_grief.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=gs_HwJEtDdbSHyYLpLwGFw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="As excitement over the holidays builds so does the dread for millions of people grieving loved ones, sparking a rush to Web sites offering advice on how to cope with what can be a blizzard of emotions. A candle is shown in this January 4, 2006, file photo. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As excitement over
the holidays builds so does the dread for millions of people
grieving loved ones, sparking a rush to Web sites offering
advice on how to cope with what can be a blizzard of emotions.</p><br clear="all"/>
Broadband seen as big task for DirecTV under Malone
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061222/tc_nm/newscorp_libertymedia_directv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061223/2006_12_22t162624_318x450_us_newscorp_libertymedia_directv.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=VjFV4lGxXYHXW81829GKPw--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Liberty Media Chairman John Malone is seen in Los Angeles in a file photo. When Malone takes control of satellite television operator DirecTV Group next year, finding a way to offer broadband Internet services will top his agenda, analysts said. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - When Liberty Media Chairman John
Malone takes control of satellite television operator DirecTV
Group Inc. next year, finding a way to offer broadband
Internet services will top his agenda, analysts said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Westerberg puts screwdriver through hand: friend
(Reuters)
Reuters - Paul Westerberg severely injured his
left hand and could be sidelined for a year, according to a
blog posting from Jim Walsh, a Minneapolis writer and friend of
the former Replacements lead singer.
Santa's Web Site Hacked
(PC World)
PC World - Update: Hacked again--Even Santa isn't safe from spyware and viruses.
Google Delivers Major Blogger Update
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Search specialist Google has given its blogging software a major upgrade, adding privacy features, new templates, and tighter integration with Google's other services.
Microsoft Seeks RSS Patents; Blogosphere Worries
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Discovery of the patents has led to conjecture among tech bloggers that the software giant may someday try to seek payment for use of the technology, which is related to receiving and organizing news feeds through a Web browser.
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