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Microsoft Schedules Eight Bug Fixes Next Week
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft announced it would issue three updates for Windows, three for its Office productivity suite, one that affects both Windows and Office, and another that impacts both Windows and the Visual Studio development platform.
Microsoft to kick off 2007 with 8 security updates
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft plans to release eight sets of security patches next Tuesday, addressing flaws in its Windows, Office, and Visual Studio products.
French game maker sues Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A legal battle between Microsoft and a French video game publisher appears to be holding up the development of a mobile version of "Halo," the popular Xbox game.
Patch Tuesday: Critical MS Office Fixes Coming
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On Jan. 9, Microsoft plans to release eight bulletins with patches for critical holes in Office, Windows and Visual Studio.
Microsoft's 'Enchanted Office' Comic Touts Ribbon
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The software giant is using a Web-based comic strip to try to convince consumers that the new Ribbon-based user interface found in Office 2007 is an innovation they can benefit from.
Users Irked By Windows Defender Beta 2 Expiration
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users can upgrade to the final program by downloading it from the Microsoft Web site, but Windows 2000 users are out of luck.
Microsoft Ships Early Betas Of 'Cougar' And 'Centro' Servers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft has released early beta versions of its "Cougar" upgrade of Small Business Server and "Centro," a new integrated server suite for midsize businesses.
Microsoft Gifts Stir Up the Blogosphere
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft: People love it or hate it. When the world's largest software maker recently sent free laptops preloaded with Windows Vista to 90 bloggers, the act did little to bulk up its list of friends.
Gift laptops from Microsoft ignite 'blogosphere' controversy
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061229/tc_afp/ussoftwarechipethics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061229/capt.sge.een20.291206213324.photo00.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=JSj7O_ODAJByXo5_EM_F0w--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Microsoft co-founder shadow falls on the company logo during a press conference. Laptops that Microsoft sent free to authors of popular weblogs had the 'blogosphere' abuzz with controversy regarding the propriety of the gifts.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Laptops that Microsoft sent free to authors of popular weblogs had the 'blogosphere' abuzz with controversy regarding the propriety of the gifts.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Claims Vista's Aero Interface Doesn't Slow PCs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Principled Technologies, which conducted the research for Microsoft, is offering a download of the report.
Spotlight on entertainment at tech show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.nvjh10201042146.gadget_show_nvjh102.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=5NN46ds4RSripcV8xu6cIw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Workers install a flat-panel television at the Samsung booth for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007. With 2,700 exhibitors, the largest technology trade show in the world takes place in Las Vegas from Jan. 8 to Jan. 11. About 150,000 attendees are expected at this year's CES. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Entertainment is going extreme as content providers, distributors and electronics makers race to keep pace in a world in which digital media becomes accessible anytime, anywhere.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube ordered to block video in Brazil
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_on_hi_te/brazil_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.f5cfd270eb0a49d8be8253e43b63e598.brazil_youtube_sao105.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=x.D4nOE55udr2RoP_tdLzg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Brazil's top model, Daniela Cicarelli, displays a collection in Sao Paulo, in this Friday, June 18, 2004 file photo. A judge has ordered YouTube to find a way to stop Brazilians from viewing steamy footage of Cicarelli and her boyfriend on the highly trafficked video-sharing site, court officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Brazilian judge has ordered YouTube to find a way to stop Brazilians from viewing steamy footage of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli and her boyfriend on the highly trafficked video-sharing site, court officials said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: 'Star Trek' game a bold voyage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_on_hi_te/games_star_trek"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070103/capt.nyet32901031656.games_star_trek_nyet329.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=sxWf2ASJHZu8P6.Hcnqqsg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="This undated imaged from the new game, 'Star Trek: Legacy' was provided by publisher Bethesda Softworks. The title for the Xbox 360 and the PC boldly goes boldly where no video game has gone before by including the actual voices of all five Star Fleet captains over the years, from James T. Kirk to Jonathan Archer. (AP Photo/Bethesda Softworks)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Star Trek: Legacy" boldly goes where no video game has gone before by including the actual voices of all five Star Fleet captains over the years — James T. Kirk to Jonathan Archer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Studios OK movie downloads technology
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_on_hi_te/movie_downloading"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20070104/capt.a6c46bf641bf9c67ac336ee2090948a1.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=iR1EUtZG1pYWLZaxiYzmbw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Sonic Solutions CEO Bob Doris is photographed at his office building in Novato, Calif., on May 9, 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hollywood studios have approved a new technology and licensing arrangement that should remove a major obstacle consumers now face with burning movies they buy digitally over the Internet onto a DVD that will play everywhere.</p><br clear="all"/>
Warner Bros. DVD will play rival formats
(AP)
AP - Warner Bros. is set to introduce a high definition DVD disc that can hold films and TV shows in rival and incompatible formats, the latest sign that the yearlong format war is long from over.
China overseas students fall foul of Asia Web woes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese students scrambling to beat
application deadlines for universities abroad fell victim this
week to Internet connections disrupted by the December 26
Taiwan earthquakes.
LG hopes new DVD player will boost high-definition market
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070105/tc_afp/skoreaelectronicslgcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070105/capt.sge.fko84.050107080352.photo00.photo.default-512x386.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=acHKbaruvyghinUWrng9Ww--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="South Korean's walk past a logo of LG Electronics in Seoul. LG Electronics has said it is developing the world's first DVD player capable of playing high-definition formats to speed up growth in the market.(AFP/File/Yeon-Je Jung)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Korea's LG Electronics has said it is developing the world's first DVD player capable of playing a range of high-definition formats to speed up growth in the market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Motorola cuts view on cell phone results
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070105/bs_nm/motorola_outlook_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070105/2007_01_04t210344_450x321_us_motorola_outlook.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=rImbhRZ9U5HT6U8UOLGytw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Motorola Chairman and CEO Edward Zanders holds up a phone during a news conference in Bogota, August 23, 2006. The world's No. 2 maker of cell phones said on Thursday that its fourth-quarter sales and earnings would be below its previous forecasts due to a shortfall in mobile devices sales. (Jose Miguel Gomez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Motorola Inc. , the world's No.
2 maker of cell phones, lowered its forecast for quarterly
results on Thursday due to a shortfall at its mobile devices
unit.</p><br clear="all"/>
Security Flaws Haunt PDF, OpenOffice Users
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Code execution vulnerabilities are spotted—and patched—in two widely deployed desktop applications.
Researcher: QuickTime still at risk from MySpace bug
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The QuickTime vulnerability that led to a widespread worm outbreak on MySpace.com last month could be exploited again, according to security researcher Aviv Raff , who has published software that illustrates his point.
China overseas students fall foul of Asia Web woes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese students scrambling to beat
application deadlines for universities abroad fell victim this
week to Internet connections disrupted by the December 26
Taiwan earthquakes.
Online romance heartbreak prompts hanging: Xinhua
(Reuters)
Reuters - A 17-year-old Chinese boy hanged
himself after a catastrophic meeting with his online
sweetheart, Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Chinese Web users lose 10,000 domain names in quakes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese Web users lost around 10,000
Internet domain names due to disruption caused by last month's
earthquakes off Taiwan, state media said on Friday.
10,000 Chinese domain names vanish amid Web chaos
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070105/tc_afp/quakechinainternetdomains"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070105/capt.sge.fkm18.050107074917.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=IVyVG_8ZLsj.1r38xWJvmg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="File picture of pedestrians passing a China Netcom telephone booth in Beijing, where nearly 10,000 Chinese website operators have lost the use of their .com Internet addresses due to telecom problems caused by last month's earthquake near Taiwan.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nearly 10,000 Chinese website operators have lost the use of their .com Internet addresses due to telecom problems caused by last month's earthquake near Taiwan, state media reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sen. Boxer pulls award to Muslim leader
(AP)
AP - Sen. Barbara Boxer rescinded a certificate honoring a member of a Muslim advocacy group after his national organization was accused on conservative Web sites of supporting terrorism.
Amazon founder recruiting for private space program
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070105/en_afp/afplifestylespaceinternetcompanyamazon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070105/capt.sge.fjp42.050107024716.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=0_5WXmH9wIP9yoC0_lMJXQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="File picture of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has advertised for engineers to join his private program aimed at opening the galaxy to more human exploration.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The founder of retail website Amazon has advertised for engineers to join his private program aimed at opening the galaxy to more human exploration.</p><br clear="all"/>
Family, friends still the best cupids, survey says
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070105/wr_nm/couples_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070105/2007_01_04t225516_450x319_us_couples.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=0wRm1Hn4bdiatM1mIeG5Pg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A couple in a file photo. Despite the explosion of Internet chat rooms and dating services, family and friends are still the best way to meet your soul mate, according to a new U.S. survey. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Despite the explosion of
Internet chat rooms and dating services, family and friends are
still the best way to meet your soul mate, according to a new
U.S. survey.</p><br clear="all"/>
Who Needs Google? We've Got Amazon
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google giveth and Google taketh away, so thank goodness, some would say, for Amazon. Today the book-selling giant launched Askville, an online service that lets users ask questions and get a response from other users, in lieu of posting query after query to one of the Web's many search engines. Google discontinued its own answer service, Google Answers, in November of last year.
Sonic Unveils Anti-Copying Technology For Movies Burned To DVDs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Besides online burn-to-DVD services, Sonic Solutions believes its technology will be useful to companies planning to offer in-store movie kiosks where a consumer could go to get a copy of a movie not available on the shelves.
The Latest Buzz: Rancor Reigns in Philly as "Inky" Cuts Deep
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK As E&P noted yesterday, Daniel Rubin, the longtime Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, has been offering commentary at this blog there, named "blinq," on the latest layoffs at that paper this week, with readers weighing in, of course. This follows a bitter near-strike, the dismissal of several dozen staffers is not going down real well in Philly.
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