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Microsoft adds behavioral targeting
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061228/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_microsoft_advertising"><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>AP - Microsoft Corp. has started linking users' search habits with other personal information as it prepares to show more personalized advertisements.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft, AMD Send Free High-End Laptops To Select Bloggers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Giveaway triggers debate over ethics and whether the companies are really offering bribes. The ensuing publicity reportedly has prompted Microsoft and AMD to reconsider the gift.
Microsoft's Laptop Giveaway Rubs Some the Wrong Way
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - News Analysis: Here is how Microsoft went about putting free laptops into the hands of bloggers.
Microsoft: Vista's Secure, Not Perfect
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Disclosure of a zero-day vulnerability doesn't alter the claim that Vista is the safest Microsoft operating system so far, says company's security manager.
Microsoft RSS Patents Anger Critics
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has managed to rankle its critics again, this time over a set of patent applications that cover one of blogging's key technologies -- a technology that Microsoft did not invent.
Swelling Installed Base Brings Challenges to Microsoft
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - News Analysis: Getting the company's large installed base to upgrade to the latest wave of products is one of the biggest challenges facing Microsoft in 2007, experts say.
Microsoft: No sweeping claim to RSS tech
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061227/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_microsoft_rss"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061207/capt.sge.tej87.071206152307.photo02.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=3t_poe6Ex5lCi6jF92yNMw--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Microsoft co-founder shadow falls on the company logo during a press conference. Technology heavyweight Microsoft will unveil an online library that will compete with Google's controversial project to digitize the world's books, the company said.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Despite patent filings, Microsoft Corp. isn't trying to claim all rights to the Really Simple Syndication technology for notifying users of new entries on their favorite news sites and Web journals, a lead product manager says.</p><br clear="all"/>
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/ap/20061228/capt.nybz61212282348.ye_vista_pcs_nybz612.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=D2f14XEDOSMGxgBtord5Vg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An upgrade edition of the Microsoft Corp. Windows XP Professional computer operating system is shown on sale at a CompUSA store in a Tukwila, Wash. file photo from Oct. 25, 2006 near Seattle. Windows runs 90 percent of the world's PCs and is expected to bring Microsoft more than $14 billion in revenue in its current fiscal year, almost all of which stays in the company as profit. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)" 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"/>
Microsoft Zune Fails To Reach Top Seller Lists On Amazon.com
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Various models of Apple's iPod, on the other hand, were among the top sellers.
132 million people access Web in China
(AP)
AP - China's population of Internet users has risen by 30 percent over the past year to 132 million, a state news agency said Friday.
Quake shows telecom network fragility
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061228/ap_on_hi_te/asia_disconnected"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061227/capt.tpe10512270837.taiwan_quake_tpe105.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=pkEkRVr.WWFns32yYqO7Xw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="This photo shows the logos of Taiwan's Chunghua Telecom's at the company's headquarters, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006, in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan's telephone communications with neighboring Asian countries were cut off Wednesday, hours after a powerful earthquake struck the southern part of the island, killing two. Chunghwa Telecom said an undersea cable off the southern coast had been damaged, interrupting communications with Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. Communications with China were also cut off, because calls to the mainland from Taiwan are routed through Hong Kong. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - A few seconds of undersea quaking was all it took to cause massive telecommunications disruptions throughout tech-savvy Asia, where Internet services slowed or stopped, phone lines went dead and financial transactions ground to a halt.</p><br clear="all"/>
Better photo search could reduce privacy
(AP)
AP - A Swedish startup is combining software and humans to help make photos and other images more easily searchable online, raising privacy concerns as the technology eases the tracking of people across Web sites.
Apple's iTunes appears back on track
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061228/ap_on_hi_te/itunes_slowdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061213/i/r3811434248.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=TsItSSjbT08S08qSDObNEQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduces full-length, high resolution movie downloads from the iTunes website to the crowd at an Apple media event at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts theater in San Francisco, September 12, 2006. Sales at Apple's online music shop iTunes Music Store fell off a cliff in the first six months of 2006, according to a recent survey. REUTERS/Dino Vournas" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iTunes Music Store appeared to be back to normal Thursday, two days after shoppers wielding new iPods and gift cards faced error messages and long delays while trying to download songs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft adds behavioral targeting
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061228/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_microsoft_advertising"><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>AP - Microsoft Corp. has started linking users' search habits with other personal information as it prepares to show more personalized advertisements.</p><br clear="all"/>
Asia Internet slowly comes back online
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061229/tc_afp/asiaquakeinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061229/capt.sge.dzp54.291206071756.photo00.photo.default-512x387.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=RsCOQ.WEzTyXbz238DBACA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Children play a game on a computer at a nearly empty Internet cafe in Manila. Millions of people across Asia have suffered a second straight day without a full Internet service as telecoms operators raced to counter gloomy predictions of weeks without web access.(AFP/Joel Nito)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Millions of frustrated Internet users across Asia are slowly regaining access to overseas websites, three days after an earthquake off the coast of Taiwan snapped several vital undersea cables.</p><br clear="all"/>
Media, tech cos probe possible high-def DVD hack
(Reuters)
Reuters - The companies behind an encryption
system for high-definition DVDs are looking into a hacker's
claim that he has cracked the code protecting the new discs
from piracy, a spokesman for one of the companies said on
Thursday.
China has 830 million phone users, 132 million online
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061229/bs_afp/chinatelecominternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061229/capt.sge.dzi21.291206054242.photo00.photo.default-512x351.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=SXHAWb1sUKEdhvbdRVL1hQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A man uses his mobile phone while driving in Shanghai. The number of Chinese fixed and mobile telephone subscribers has hit 830 million, while 132 million use the Internet, the state-run Xinhua news agency has reported, citing government statistics.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The number of Chinese fixed and mobile telephone subscribers has hit 830 million, while 132 million use the Internet, the state-run Xinhua news agency has reported, citing government statistics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Red Hat Soldiering On
(The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - What does a good soldier do when he's outnumbered and outmaneuvered? He calls in reinforcements, of course. That's why Red Hat (NYSE: RHT - News) is beefing up its troops for the coming campaign, at the expense of giving up some ground today.
Software as a Service Meets Business Intelligence
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Hosted systems can expand access to analytic information. But Ventana Research recommends evaluating SaaS models for particular business needs and to determine how they can work together with internally deployed BI applications.
132 million people access Web in China
(AP)
AP - China's population of Internet users has risen by 30 percent over the past year to 132 million, a state news agency said Friday.
Asia Internet slowly comes back online
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061229/tc_afp/asiaquakeinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061229/capt.sge.dzp54.291206071756.photo00.photo.default-512x387.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=RsCOQ.WEzTyXbz238DBACA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Children play a game on a computer at a nearly empty Internet cafe in Manila. Millions of people across Asia have suffered a second straight day without a full Internet service as telecoms operators raced to counter gloomy predictions of weeks without web access.(AFP/Joel Nito)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Millions of frustrated Internet users across Asia are slowly regaining access to overseas websites, three days after an earthquake off the coast of Taiwan snapped several vital undersea cables.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet search veterans go to colleges to stay hip
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061229/tc_afp/afplifestyleusitinternetresearchcompanyyahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061229/capt.sge.dzl62.291206063131.photo00.photo.default-340x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=C9p6Zb4OgvGoS91GgxHmFQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Thirty-year-old Ryan Shaw is pictured at UC Berkeley in San Francisco, where he is a student working as a social media intern. Aging Internet pioneers are searching for fountains of youth on college campuses in order to stay hip and innovative in the fierce technology marketplace. In a competitive tactic that marries marketplace rules of engagement with boundless student creativity, technology titans are setting up research centers at universities.(AFP/File/Kara Andrade)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Aging Internet pioneers are searching for fountains of youth on college campuses in a bid to stay hip and innovative in the fierce technology marketplace.</p><br clear="all"/>
Asia mends data cables, plans patches for sea grid
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061229/wr_nm/internet_asia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061229/2006_12_27t073922_450x312_us_internet_asia.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=M13Np3QiVleAVv26PMhA9A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A man walks past a monitor of an internet service point in Hong Kong December 27, 2006. (Paul Yeung/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ships set sail on Friday to mend cables
damaged by earthquakes off Taiwan that cut communication in
Asia, while companies found new routes for their data to flow
to prevent another disruption.</p><br clear="all"/>
China has 830 million phone users, 132 million online
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061229/tc_afp/chinatelecominternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061229/capt.sge.dzi21.291206054242.photo00.photo.default-512x351.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=SXHAWb1sUKEdhvbdRVL1hQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A man uses his mobile phone while driving in Shanghai. The number of Chinese fixed and mobile telephone subscribers has hit 830 million, while 132 million use the Internet, the state-run Xinhua news agency has reported, citing government statistics.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The number of Chinese fixed and mobile telephone subscribers has hit 830 million, while 132 million use the Internet, the state-run Xinhua news agency has reported, citing government statistics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Downing Street opens Number 10's doors to online visitors
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061228/tc_afp/britainpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061228/capt.sge.dyu88.281206234914.photo00.photo.default-368x512.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=XJo3p3eiPenuOiOPHRNGlg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="The front door to No. 10 Downing Street in London. Britain launched a virtual tour of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Downing Street office, giving web surfers a glimpse into the lives of the people who work behind the country's most famous front door.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Britain launched a virtual tour of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Downing Street office, giving web surfers a glimpse into the lives of the people who work behind the country's most famous front door.</p><br clear="all"/>
Better photo search could reduce privacy
(AP)
AP - A Swedish startup is combining software and humans to help make photos and other images more easily searchable online, raising privacy concerns as the technology eases the tracking of people across Web sites.
Quake shows telecom network fragility
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061228/ap_on_hi_te/asia_disconnected"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061227/capt.tpe10512270837.taiwan_quake_tpe105.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=pkEkRVr.WWFns32yYqO7Xw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="This photo shows the logos of Taiwan's Chunghua Telecom's at the company's headquarters, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006, in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan's telephone communications with neighboring Asian countries were cut off Wednesday, hours after a powerful earthquake struck the southern part of the island, killing two. Chunghwa Telecom said an undersea cable off the southern coast had been damaged, interrupting communications with Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. Communications with China were also cut off, because calls to the mainland from Taiwan are routed through Hong Kong. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - A few seconds of undersea quaking was all it took to cause massive telecommunications disruptions throughout tech-savvy Asia, where Internet services slowed or stopped, phone lines went dead and financial transactions ground to a halt.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple's iTunes appears back on track
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061228/ap_on_hi_te/itunes_slowdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061213/i/r3811434248.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=TsItSSjbT08S08qSDObNEQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduces full-length, high resolution movie downloads from the iTunes website to the crowd at an Apple media event at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts theater in San Francisco, September 12, 2006. Sales at Apple's online music shop iTunes Music Store fell off a cliff in the first six months of 2006, according to a recent survey. REUTERS/Dino Vournas" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iTunes Music Store appeared to be back to normal Thursday, two days after shoppers wielding new iPods and gift cards faced error messages and long delays while trying to download songs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Survey: Online Holiday Shoppers More Satisfied With Retailers This Year
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - In the aggregate, shoppers were slightly more satisfied with apparel Web sites than with mass merchants and electronic retailers.
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