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Microsoft Sees Botnets as Top Cyberthreat
(PC World)
PC World - Networks of compromised computers support spam, phishing scams, and denial of service attacks.
Vista flaw discovered, risk believed low
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061226/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061221/2006_12_21t113827_450x356_us_gaming_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=lU8VM.MmMFCzCUshog.0fg--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Visitors play with Microsoft's Xbox 360 game consoles in Spain, November 7, 2006. Letting video game players compete against others online has distinguished Xbox from Nintendo and Sony, but casual gamers have yet to embrace the service in droves. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stock indexes end up on M&A, interest-rate view
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday,
recovering from the previous session's fall, as a smattering of
mergers-and-acquisition news and a positive interest-rate
outlook helped buoy equities during what is historically a
positive week for stocks.
Xbox gets a longer warranty
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061225/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"/>
'Safe' Web seal requires rigorous checks
(AP)
AP - Beginning next month, version 7 of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser will start flagging certain e-commerce and banking sites as green for "safe." The browser will look for an extended-validation certificate issued by any number of vendors.
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.
Verizon markets services at mall stores
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061226/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_store"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061226/capt.vajm10112262002.verizon_store_vajm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=1acjH1CzY0QLvIqn0KMmRA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A family walks past the new Verizon Experience store at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Va. on Tuesday Dec. 19, 2006. The phone company is following Apple Computer Inc. and other high-tech companies that have opened stores in shopping malls to show off their offerings to consumers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Verizon Communications Inc. has flooded mailboxes, gone door to door and even handed out free ice cream as it seeks to sell its new FiOS television, telephone and high-speed Internet service. Now, the phone company is following Apple Computer Inc. and other high-tech companies that have opened stores in shopping malls to show off their offerings to consumers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Amazon.com has 'best ever' sales in 2006
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061226/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_com_retail_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061130/2006_11_30t114552_450x332_us_media_summit_netflix_amazon.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=04OotTZWf_qv5udQn4LtXA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A worker collects products for shipment to customers at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. Netflix has had discussions with potential rival Amazon.com about selling online DVD rental subscriptions to Amazon customers. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Amazon.com Inc.'s 2006 holiday season peaked with more than 4 million orders placed on Dec. 11, the Web retailer said Tuesday. That broke last year's single-day record of more than 3.6 million orders set on Dec. 12.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vista flaw discovered, risk believed low
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061226/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061221/2006_12_21t113827_450x356_us_gaming_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=lU8VM.MmMFCzCUshog.0fg--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Visitors play with Microsoft's Xbox 360 game consoles in Spain, November 7, 2006. Letting video game players compete against others online has distinguished Xbox from Nintendo and Sony, but casual gamers have yet to embrace the service in droves. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
ID theft growing concern for MySpace users
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061226/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061225/capt.0ad31daac5e0acf234cb856200e9cdf6.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=x0FqJuL6ovIV0p_GQ_eO_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** MySpace.com co-founders Tom Anderson, left, and Chris Dewolfe pose for a photo July 28, 2005, at MySpace.com offices in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - MySpace devotee Kary Rogers was expecting to see a gut-busting video when a friend from the popular online hangout messaged him a link. First, though, he was directed to a page where he was supposed to re-enter his password. Rogers realized that someone was trying to steal his information, and he didn't take the bait. At best, he would be spammed with junk e-mails; worse, the Web thief might steal his real-life identity.</p><br clear="all"/>
Automakers use better dummies in tests
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061225/ap_on_hi_te/a_better_dummy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061221/capt.mico10412212202.a_better_dummy_mico104.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=3nYgh1V9kjlIRbWIUPBNSw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A General Motors new i-Dummies test dummy is exposed to show the recorder the size of a cell phone located on the back of the spine at the automaker's proving grounds in Milford, Mich., Dec. 15, 2006. The i-Dummies, made by Plymouth, Mich.-based First Technology Safety Systems, are being used in GM's new rollover testing facility and helps engineers learn more about injuries to the head, neck, chest and pelvis. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0" /></a>AP - When General Motors Corp. engineer Jack Jensen started working with crash test dummies in the 1990s, the data collected from the devices was routed to recorders the size of a phone booth.</p><br clear="all"/>
Match.com gives tips for camera-shy Web daters
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061226/wr_nm/match_dating_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061226/2006_12_26t014046_450x293_us_match_dating.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=6R0EBnxlxpKtYcPgyi7.TA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Online dating site Match.com is enlisting a celebrity stylist to advise camera-shy singles how to build a hip, sexy Web portrait of themselves to better woo prospective partners. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online dating site Match.com is
enlisting a celebrity stylist to advise camera-shy singles how
to build a hip, sexy Web portrait of themselves to better woo
prospective partners.</p><br clear="all"/>
Toshiba Plans HD DVD Push
(PC World)
PC World - Company to announce 2007 plans just before CES.
Creative Uses For Mobile Phones Emerging
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Baseball fans might never again miss a pitch while waiting in line for a hot dog. That's the vision of Skybox SMS, a startup in Chicago. The two-year-old company created a service to let sports fans order and pay for food at stadium concession stands by sending text messages from cell phones.
Red Hat Shares Soar on Sales News
(BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - It was a little early to be playing Grinch in October, but Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL - News) gave it a shot anyway. When the software giant went for Red Hat's jugular Oct. 26 with a plan to offer similar services at lower prices, investors whacked more than 26% off the Linux company's stock. But maybe Larry Ellison & Co. should've remembered what the Grinch was wearing atop his pointy green head at the end of the Dr. Seuss classic.
Security flaws cloud horizon for Vista operating system
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061226/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061226/capt.sge.dlt93.261206203140.photo00.photo.default-369x512.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=_bcEKPYPjme3b.FOd3Syxw--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="A passerby walks by a billboard for Microsoft's software, Windows Vista. Chinks have been found in the armor of new Vista software that Microsoft has touted as the safest operating system it ever designed, a computer security firm said.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Chinks have been found in the armor of new Vista software that Microsoft has touted as the safest operating system it ever designed, a computer security firm said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Verizon markets services at mall stores
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061226/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_store"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061226/capt.vajm10112262002.verizon_store_vajm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=1acjH1CzY0QLvIqn0KMmRA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A family walks past the new Verizon Experience store at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Va. on Tuesday Dec. 19, 2006. The phone company is following Apple Computer Inc. and other high-tech companies that have opened stores in shopping malls to show off their offerings to consumers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Verizon Communications Inc. has flooded mailboxes, gone door to door and even handed out free ice cream as it seeks to sell its new FiOS television, telephone and high-speed Internet service. Now, the phone company is following Apple Computer Inc. and other high-tech companies that have opened stores in shopping malls to show off their offerings to consumers.</p><br clear="all"/>
ID theft growing concern for MySpace users
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061226/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20061225/capt.0ad31daac5e0acf234cb856200e9cdf6.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=x0FqJuL6ovIV0p_GQ_eO_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** MySpace.com co-founders Tom Anderson, left, and Chris Dewolfe pose for a photo July 28, 2005, at MySpace.com offices in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - MySpace devotee Kary Rogers was expecting to see a gut-busting video when a friend from the popular online hangout messaged him a link. First, though, he was directed to a page where he was supposed to re-enter his password. Rogers realized that someone was trying to steal his information, and he didn't take the bait. At best, he would be spammed with junk e-mails; worse, the Web thief might steal his real-life identity.</p><br clear="all"/>
Amazon.com has 'best ever' sales in 2006
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061226/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_com_retail_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061130/2006_11_30t114552_450x332_us_media_summit_netflix_amazon.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=04OotTZWf_qv5udQn4LtXA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A worker collects products for shipment to customers at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. Netflix has had discussions with potential rival Amazon.com about selling online DVD rental subscriptions to Amazon customers. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Amazon.com Inc.'s 2006 holiday season peaked with more than 4 million orders placed on Dec. 11, the Web retailer said Tuesday. That broke last year's single-day record of more than 3.6 million orders set on Dec. 12.</p><br clear="all"/>
Match.com gives tips for camera-shy Web daters
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061226/wr_nm/match_dating_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061226/2006_12_26t014046_450x293_us_match_dating.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=6R0EBnxlxpKtYcPgyi7.TA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Online dating site Match.com is enlisting a celebrity stylist to advise camera-shy singles how to build a hip, sexy Web portrait of themselves to better woo prospective partners. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online dating site Match.com is
enlisting a celebrity stylist to advise camera-shy singles how
to build a hip, sexy Web portrait of themselves to better woo
prospective partners.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online Sales Up 26 Percent This Season
(PC World)
PC World - Social networks, blogs, faster shipping influence holiday e-shopping.
2006: The Year in Security
(PC World)
PC World - Online attacks, spam, and sneaky cybercrime top list of year's most common security issues.
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/20061225/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.
'Safe' Web seal requires rigorous checks
(AP)
AP - Beginning next month, version 7 of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser will start flagging certain e-commerce and banking sites as green for "safe." The browser will look for an extended-validation certificate issued by any number of vendors.
Web 'safe' mark may elude new merchants
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061225/ap_on_hi_te/internet_padlocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061221/capt.njmd10112211736.internet_padlocks_njmd101.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=f_3jGzMYHLDmu6w.QWxGng--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Melih Abdulhayoglu, chief executive of Comodo, an e-commerce company, poses at headquarters in Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006. Comodo was among the companies that helped reject the draft guidelines in November, preferring to wait until the group could figure out how to validate smaller merchants. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0" /></a>AP - As an online shopper, Claudia Race knows she must look out for scams. So as an Internet entrepreneur working out of her home in New Braunfels, Texas, Race wants to use all the tools available to assure customers they can trust the vacation-rentals service she is about to launch.</p><br clear="all"/>
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