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Xbox 360 game console to double as a television: Bill Gates
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070108/tc_afp/usitelectronicsshowsoftwarecompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070108/capt.sge.fzw59.080107074531.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=yScnXlIOVnQJHW34FH_Ndg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A model shows off Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console and its HD DVD player during the Tokyo Game Show 2006. Microsoft announced its Xbox 360 video game console would deliver television and movies via the Internet by the end of the year(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced its Xbox 360 video game console would deliver television and movies via the Internet by the end of the year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony, Microsoft hit game console targets
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/tc_nm/electronics_show_video_games_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_08t011704_450x290_us_electronics_show_video_games.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=NwuJbj0RAz9UmEUq3OsJlA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Playstation 3 consoles sit inside the Sony Style Plaza as customers wait to purchase a console in New York City November 16, 2006. Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. said on Sunday they hit sales targets as their PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles battle for top billing in the $30 billion game market. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp. and Microsoft
Corp. said on Sunday they hit sales targets as their
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles battle for top
billing in the $30 billion game market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gates continues push for wired homes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_gates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070108/capt.nvjh11401080330.gadget_show_gates_nvjh114.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=dToaqGUjKvZh6SyR1ZJ6Sg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivers a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - For more than a decade, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates and others in the tech industry have touted a vision of a connected lifestyle, in which digital content can move across devices throughout the home and be taken on the go.</p><br clear="all"/>
PCs spiffed up for launch of Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_pc_makeover"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.nvjh10301042155.gadget_show_nvjh103.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=vLkdSHrRMXmo3dyHSmAOYQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Deano Aliotta, left, and John Day install a sign for the Consumer Electronics Show at the entrance of Las Vegas Convention Center 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 - LAS VEGAS — Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows Vista operating system promises to make your computer desktop jazzier and easier to navigate, but some of the machines debuting with the new software will feature dramatic makeovers themselves.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bill Gates says connected tech hype now reality
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/wr_nm/electronics_show_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_08t002512_450x296_us_electronics_show_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=1M5qMDpbMNzManShxC3wBA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect, demonstrates a bedroom of the future featuring personalized computer images displayed on the walls, during his keynote address at the 2007 Computer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7, 2007. (Microsoft Corp./Lee Celano/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on
Sunday showed off a hatbox-shaped computer for the living room
and a video game machine that plays Internet TV, arguing years
of hype about a world of connected technology finally was
coming true.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ford, Microsoft offer new in-dash gizmos
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_hi_te/dashboard_gizmos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070107/capt.1a43875dd0ae488c97de89ba1e9e001c.dashboard_gizmos_dt113.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=o154Egx4ylMTVsLDF2Brtw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="An Apple iPod is connected to a USB port in a Ford Edge vehicle in Dearborn, Mich., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. The war over who can claim to have the most sophisticated dashboard electronics heats up at the North American International Auto Show with Ford Motor Co. unveiling a new system with Microsoft Corp. that integrates iPods and cell phones with steering wheel and voice controls. It means that your car CD player could go the way of the 8-track tape. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0" /></a>AP - CD players in automobiles could go the way of eight-track tapes with in-dash systems like one Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. are jointly producing to link cars with cell phones and personal music players.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ford, Microsoft unveil voice-activated tech for cars
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070108/tc_afp/usautoshowittelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070108/capt.sge.fyw46.080107001520.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=ZJqh0kCBIs7_.f40kwoJJA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Alan Mulally (on stage at left, seen on screen at right), President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, speaks with Bill Gates (screen at left), Chairman of Microsoft, via a video link at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. US auto giant Ford and technology leader Microsoft joined forces to unveil a revolutionary new system to enable voice-activated telephone and music operations for car drivers.(AFP/Stan Honda)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US auto giant Ford and technology leader Microsoft joined forces to unveil a new system to enable voice-activated telephone and music operations for car drivers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ford, Microsoft Team On 'Sync' Car OS
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Ford Motor Co. confirms an earlier Technoride report, unveiling on Saturday a new entertainment and communication system running on software from Microsoft Corp. that aims to bring the connectivity of a computer to the car.
Ford and Microsoft launch car software system
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ford Motor Co. unveiled on
Saturday a new entertainment and communication system running
on software from Microsoft Corp. that aims to bring
the connectivity of a computer to the car.
Apple, Microsoft to unveil digital media systems
(Reuters)
Reuters - Forget about iPod versus Zune. As
popular as portable music devices are, they no longer represent
the cutting edge of the digital music market today.
PCs spiffed up for launch of Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_pc_makeover"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.nvjh10301042155.gadget_show_nvjh103.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=vLkdSHrRMXmo3dyHSmAOYQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Deano Aliotta, left, and John Day install a sign for the Consumer Electronics Show at the entrance of Las Vegas Convention Center 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 - LAS VEGAS — Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows Vista operating system promises to make your computer desktop jazzier and easier to navigate, but some of the machines debuting with the new software will feature dramatic makeovers themselves.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gates continues push for wired homes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_gates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070108/capt.nvjh11401080330.gadget_show_gates_nvjh114.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=dToaqGUjKvZh6SyR1ZJ6Sg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivers a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - For more than a decade, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates and others in the tech industry have touted a vision of a connected lifestyle, in which digital content can move across devices throughout the home and be taken on the go.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony ships 1 million PS3s in N. America
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_hi_te/sony_ps3_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070107/capt.7a193b92fb45459ab50478d320c90cd5.sony_ps3_sales_nyol777.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=DnQ8avttmZr4z62UX9JAEQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Sony Computer Entertainment President Ken Kutaragi holds up a box containing a PlayStation 3 at the launch of the video game console in Tokyo in this Nov. 11, 2006, file photo. In an important early look at the pivotal holiday sales season, Sony Corp. said it met its goal of shipping 1 million PlayStation 3 consoles to North America in 2006 despite ongoing production problems with the still hard-to-find video game system. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - In an important early look at the pivotal holiday sales season, Sony Corp. said it met its goal of shipping 1 million PlayStation 3 consoles to North America in 2006 despite ongoing production problems with the still hard-to-find video game system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Live TV set for Verizon cell phones
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_cell_phone_tv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070104/capt.nvjh10301042155.gadget_show_nvjh103.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=vLkdSHrRMXmo3dyHSmAOYQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Deano Aliotta, left, and John Day install a sign for the Consumer Electronics Show at the entrance of Las Vegas Convention Center 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 - Verizon Wireless customers will soon be able to watch live TV over a network constructed by Qualcomm Inc.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple expected to launch new product
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_on_hi_te/apple_macworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070107/capt.7af5562d35f94a51b25b2c09d0b64fd4.apple_macworld_fx204.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=c.Nr16d.pXR_.iYPjyVjpQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs is shown at the MacWorld conference in San Francisco, in this file photo from Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. Jobs will greet thousands of Macintosh fanatics next week at his annual Macworld conference, where the company is rumored to launch a cellular phone with the sleek design and easy functionality of the iconic iPod music player. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Technophiles are eagerly waiting to learn whether the king of digital music can colonize an entirely new category of consumer electronics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo offers consumers mobile Web search: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Inc. is gearing up to offer its
Web search software straight to mobile phone users, bypassing
its reliance on network carriers and handset makers, the Wall
Street Journal reported on Monday.
Nokia unveils new, thinner multimedia phones
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/wr_nm/electronics_show_nokia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_08t024554_450x337_us_electronics_show_nokia.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=lZFycV5ONzxUCZ5EqMzxhQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Nokia's N76 mobile phone is seen in an undated file photo. Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, unveiled three new multimedia N-series handsets at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, including a thin flip handset in the N7x range of phones which sell in large volumes. (Nokia/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nokia, the world's biggest
mobile phone maker, unveiled three new multimedia N-series
handsets at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, including
a thin flip handset in the N7x range of phones which sell in
large volumes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nokia says sold almost 40 million multimedia phones in 2006
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/tc_nm/electronics_show_nokia_market_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_08t012457_450x318_us_electronics_show_nokia_market.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=fkVyLd2n.cPcN4Hfwgcfvw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A visitor looks at new Nokia phones during a Nokia conference in Barcelona's Palau de Congressos November 3, 2005. The world's biggest mobile phone maker said on Monday it had sold close to 40 million multimedia phones in 2006 and nearly 70 million music phones. (Albert Gea/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's biggest
mobile phone maker, said on Monday it had sold close to 40
million multimedia phones in 2006 and nearly 70 million music
phones.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nokia Upgrades Linux-Based Internet Tablet
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Nokia has quietly begun delivering an upgrade to its Linux-based 770 Internet Tablet. The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is available now from at least two retail stores in the U.S., priced at $399.99, CompUSA's Chicago "superstore" has confirmed.
Ford, Microsoft Team On 'Sync' Car OS
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Ford Motor Co. confirms an earlier Technoride report, unveiling on Saturday a new entertainment and communication system running on software from Microsoft Corp. that aims to bring the connectivity of a computer to the car.
Yahoo offers consumers mobile Web search: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Inc. is gearing up to offer its
Web search software straight to mobile phone users, bypassing
its reliance on network carriers and handset makers, the Wall
Street Journal reported on Monday.
China protests Taiwan president's U.S. stopover
(Reuters)
Reuters - China accused Taiwan's president
of trying to damage Sino-U.S. ties with a stopover in
California on the way to Central America on Monday and
criticized Washington for giving the brief visit permission.
Xbox 360 game console to double as a television: Bill Gates
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070108/tc_afp/usitelectronicsshowsoftwarecompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070108/capt.sge.fzw59.080107074531.photo00.photo.default-512x334.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=yScnXlIOVnQJHW34FH_Ndg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A model shows off Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console and its HD DVD player during the Tokyo Game Show 2006. Microsoft announced its Xbox 360 video game console would deliver television and movies via the Internet by the end of the year(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced its Xbox 360 video game console would deliver television and movies via the Internet by the end of the year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sears aims to drive sales with virtual showroom
(Reuters)
Reuters - Retailer Sears Holdings Corp. is
looking to connect with consumers in a new way and drive sales
of home goods by opening a showroom on online universe Second
Life.
"Ugly Betty" joins iTunes offerings
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/wr_nm/betty_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_07t221600_450x342_us_betty.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=hhSaZ431BzNxjI34TuQByA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Cast member America Ferrera gestures during the panel discussion for the ABC television series 'Ugly Betty' at the 'Television Critics Association' summer 2006 media tour in Pasadena, California in this file photo from July 18, 2006. 'Ugly Betty' has joined the offerings available through the iTunes Store. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - ABC's Golden
Globe-nominated series "Ugly Betty" has joined the offerings
available through the iTunes Store.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bill Gates says connected tech hype now reality
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/wr_nm/electronics_show_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_08t002512_450x296_us_electronics_show_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=1M5qMDpbMNzManShxC3wBA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect, demonstrates a bedroom of the future featuring personalized computer images displayed on the walls, during his keynote address at the 2007 Computer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7, 2007. (Microsoft Corp./Lee Celano/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on
Sunday showed off a hatbox-shaped computer for the living room
and a video game machine that plays Internet TV, arguing years
of hype about a world of connected technology finally was
coming true.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony to enable TVs to play Internet video
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/tc_nm/electronics_show_sony_tv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_08t024432_450x317_us_electronics_show_sony_tv.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=KbxIFcS6tYn7YrEijxSYag--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Josh Felser (L), co-founder and co-president of Grouper, joins Sony Electronics President and Chief Operating Officer Stan Glasgow as they unveil Sony's first Internet video system at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas, January 7, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on
Sunday it would enable most of its new televisions, including
high-definition flat screens, to play video from the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
On MySpace, girls seek friends, boys flirt: study
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070107/wr_nm/teenagers_socialnetworking_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_08t005712_450x339_us_teenagers_socialnetworking.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=baRJkFpvXAU7Y.2Y4cneLw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A screenshot of MySpace.com, taken on January 8, 2006. More than half of U.S. teenagers use social networking sites like MySpace, but girls go online to reaffirm existing friendships, while boys are more often there to flirt, a survey published on Sunday has found. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than half of U.S. teenagers
use social networking sites like MySpace, but girls go online
to reaffirm existing friendships, while boys are more often
there to flirt, a survey published on Sunday has found.</p><br clear="all"/>
Britain's Top 40 chart gets digital revamp
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070107/tc_afp/afpentertainmentbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070107/capt.sge.fyd98.070107191712.photo00.photo.default-364x512.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=KMw0uWcUpGFgjoQO8mU40A--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="A man surfs the web at an internet cafe. New music chart rules came into force in Britain, making any song that is available as an Internet download eligible, regardless of how old it is or whether it is also available as a single.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)" border="0" /></a>AFP - New music chart rules came into force in Britain, making any song that is available as an Internet download eligible, regardless of how old it is or whether it is also available as a single.</p><br clear="all"/>
Former President Bush discharged after hip surgery
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070107/pl_nm/bush_hip_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_08t024048_321x450_us_bush_hip.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=8Tt_Wp41oPDxz2hfB5z9PA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Former President George H. W. Bush eulogizes former President Gerald R. Ford during a state funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral, January 2, 2007. Bush, 82, has been discharged from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota following surgery to replace his right hip, the clinic said on its Web site. (Pablo Martinez Monsivias/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Former President George H.W. Bush, 82,
has been discharged from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota following surgery to replace his right hip, the
clinic said on its Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
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