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Microsoft says iPod phone a challenge for Apple
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/tc_nm/electronics_show_microsoft_apple_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_08t202344_450x346_us_electronics_show_microsoft_apple.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=gnZHIj4aYY3LkEjjdvcu1Q--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates during his keynote address at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 7, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. faces
some tough hurdles if it decides to roll out a mobile phone
built around its popular iPod music player, Microsoft Corp.'s
entertainment chief said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Pulls Four Planned Patches
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - According to various news reports, Microsoft has dropped four security updates from tomorrow's scheduled round of patches, known among Microsoft-watchers as Patch Tuesday because it occurs on the second Tuesday of each month.
Gates unveils vision for connected world
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates kicked off the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Sunday by unveiling new products that support his company's vision of a world full of connected devices that serve up real-time, personalized content to users.
Microsoft, HP Unveil Windows Home Server
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - HP's MediaSmart Server will be powered by an AMD processor and includes four hard drive bays and four USB ports for printer or external storage connections.
Microsoft Postpones Half Of Tuesday's Patches
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Dropped were two security updates for Windows, one for both Windows and Office, and another that involved Windows and Visual Studio 2005.
Motorola to put Windows Media DRM in cellphones
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/tc_nm/motorola_microsoft_drm_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070108/2007_01_08t134317_309x450_us_motorola_microsoft_drm.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=LGyhmUUAB8DeWE20PfXHXg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Installer Nick Cianciolo checks Bluetooth headsets at a Motorola booth as exhibitors prepare for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Motorola Inc said on Monday
it would use Microsoft Corp's Windows Media digital
rights management in music playing phones in the first half of
this year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Connectivity key to electronics in the "digital decade": Gates
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070108/tc_afp/usitelectronicsshow"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070108/capt.sge.gek75.080107170915.photo00.photo.default-512x370.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=rHQdkSF4o7a6Aj5v85kVZg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Bill Gates gives a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev., 07 January 2007. Gates is looking forward to a future in which home room decor changes with a person's mood and kitchens guide amateur cooks through recipes.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is looking forward to a future in which home room decor changes with a person's mood and kitchens guide amateur cooks through recipes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft and Ford Team on In-Car System
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At the annual Consumer Electronics Show being held in Las Vegas this week, software behemoth Microsoft and automaker Ford announced a new entertainment and communication system designed to make automobiles more digitally connected.
Seagate, Microsoft Team to Promote Storage Products
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The co-marketing relationship offers a combined solution for backing up data.
Motorola Phones Move to Microsoft
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - At the CES show, Motorola's CEO announces a new music partnership with Microsoft, not Apple. Ed Zander also listed all the phones you can't buy in the U.S., and announced updates to the Q smartphone.
Yahoo redesigns Web search to run on mobile phones
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/tc_nm/electronics_show_yahoo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_08t213447_450x307_us_electronics_show_yahoo.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=2q.YS4btNEm7oVSpuuM12A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Ed Zander (L), chairman and CEO of Motorola, talks about 'Yahoo! Go' with Marco Boerries (R), senior vice president of connected life for Yahoo, during his keynote speech at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas, January 8, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. unveiled a
slew of deals with mobile phone handset makers and network
operators to feature its Web search services on tens of
millions of phones worldwide, the company said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft says iPod phone a challenge for Apple
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/tc_nm/electronics_show_microsoft_apple_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_08t202344_450x346_us_electronics_show_microsoft_apple.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=gnZHIj4aYY3LkEjjdvcu1Q--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates during his keynote address at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 7, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. faces
some tough hurdles if it decides to roll out a mobile phone
built around its popular iPod music player, Microsoft Corp.'s
entertainment chief said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cingular seen providing service for Apple phone: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - AT&T's mobile phone unit,
Cingular Wireless, is expected to provide a service for a phone
from Apple Computer Inc., the Wall Street Journal
reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Phone companies in Brazil blocking YouTube
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/tc_nm/brazil_sex_youtube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_08t195305_450x349_us_brazil_sex_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=4MfgTM1m0BS4F_lMGb5Zeg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Brazilian model Daniela Cicarelli during Sao Paulo Fashion Week, January 20, 2005. Telecommunications companies in Brazil began blocking access to YouTube on Monday after Cicarelli sued to get the popular video sharing service to remove footage of her having sex from its Web site. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Telecommunications companies in
Brazil began blocking access to YouTube on Monday after a
Brazilian model sued to get the popular video sharing service
to remove footage of her having sex from its Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Disney to launch more massively multiplayer games
(Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co. sees launching more
online so-called massively multiplayer games as part of a
strategy to entertain kids wherever they go, Chief Executive
Bob Iger said on Monday.
Disney creates online world for virtual pirates
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070109/tc_afp/usitinternetgamefilmcompanydisney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070109/capt.sge.ghr72.090107062300.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=l4tq3c9NI5skAZ8ZNWizFg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A general view at the world premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest" held at Disneyland 24 June last year in Anaheim, California. Walt Disney Corporation has created an online world in which people can be virtual swashbucklers in the spirit of iconic movie company's blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Winter)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Walt Disney Corporation has created an online world in which people can be virtual swashbucklers in the spirit of iconic movie company's blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony to stream high-def broadband video to new TVs
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Sony Corp. revealed Sunday a system that will allow viewers of its Bravia flat-panel TV sets to access broadband video content, some of it in high-definition (HD).
EU trade chief pushes for Vodafone in India deal: report
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070109/bs_afp/indiaeubritainhongkongtelecomcompanyhutchison"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070109/capt.sge.ghk29.090107050949.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=aoLrev.Kig4Gg5NO2pee.Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A security guard stands at the entrance to the headquarters of the Essar group in Mumbai. The European Union's trade chief has reportedly asked his counterpart in New Delhi to give a fair chance to British mobile phone firm Vodafone in its bid for India's Hutchison Essar. Minority shareholder Essar is also reportedly keenly interested in buying out majority shareholder Hutchison Telecommunications.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - NEW DELHI - The European Union trade chief has asked his counterpart in New Delhi to give a fair chance to British mobile phone firm Vodafone in its bid for India's Hutchison Essar, a report said.</p><br clear="all"/>
IRobot Opens Roomba Interface, Laser Tag Ensues
(PC World)
PC World - Open-source vacuuming robots are now only limited by imagination and four pound carrying capacity.
Sling brings TV to Vista, Palm -- and HP notebooks
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Users of Sling Media Inc.'s "placeshifting" system, Slingbox, will soon be able to watch their home TVs on Palm Inc. smart phones running Palm OS, consumer laptops from Hewlett-Packard Co. or any PC running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system.
Disney creates online world for virtual pirates
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070109/tc_afp/usitinternetgamefilmcompanydisney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070109/capt.sge.ghr72.090107062300.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=l4tq3c9NI5skAZ8ZNWizFg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A general view at the world premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest" held at Disneyland 24 June last year in Anaheim, California. Walt Disney Corporation has created an online world in which people can be virtual swashbucklers in the spirit of iconic movie company's blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Winter)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Walt Disney Corporation has created an online world in which people can be virtual swashbucklers in the spirit of iconic movie company's blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise.</p><br clear="all"/>
Disney to launch more massively multiplayer games
(Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co. sees launching more
online so-called massively multiplayer games as part of a
strategy to entertain kids wherever they go, Chief Executive
Bob Iger said on Monday.
Sony to stream high-def broadband video to new TVs
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Sony Corp. revealed Sunday a system that will allow viewers of its Bravia flat-panel TV sets to access broadband video content, some of it in high-definition (HD).
Campaign photo shows Bush with Abramoff
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_abramoff"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20070109/capt.61c99576b344a41d9b4603e9c4d168a2.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=5VHetu9yK5XhKgbyv9e93g--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Jack Abramoff leaves Federal Court in Washington Jan. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - A liberal watchdog group published on its Web site Monday a picture of President Bush and imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the kind of photo the White House has refused to release.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo redesigns Web search to run on mobile phones
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/wr_nm/electronics_show_yahoo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_08t213447_450x307_us_electronics_show_yahoo.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=2q.YS4btNEm7oVSpuuM12A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Ed Zander (L), chairman and CEO of Motorola, talks about 'Yahoo! Go' with Marco Boerries (R), senior vice president of connected life for Yahoo, during his keynote speech at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas, January 8, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. unveiled a slew of
deals with mobile phone handset makers and network operators to
feature its Web search services on tens of millions of phones
worldwide, the company said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online film critics pick "United 93" as best movie
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/wr_nm/online_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_08t203834_450x290_uk_online.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=FG3nFzaglyeYoY9r5mm4OA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A scene from the film 'United 93' in a photo courtesy of Universal Pictures. The tense drama set aboard one of four airliners seized by the September 11 hijackers gathered more pre-Oscar momentum on Monday as it was named last year's best film by online critics. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "United 93," a tense drama set
aboard one of four airliners seized by the September 11
hijackers, gathered more pre-Oscar momentum on Monday as it was
named last year's best film by online critics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sling Media, Second Life to take stage with CBS
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/wr_nm/electronics_show_cbs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_08t212549_450x370_us_electronics_show_cbs.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=Uj.fywdv_E9drfn7o6PL3g--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves during an interview with Reuters in New York, November 22, 2005. Moonves will give a keynote address on Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - CBS Corp., which has pushed to reach
new consumers on the Internet, will be joined by
representatives from Web-savvy companies Sling Media and Second
Life in a Tuesday presentation, CBS said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Electronic Arts bets iPod good for video games
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/tc_nm/electronicarts_ipod_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_08t162002_308x450_us_electronicarts_ipod.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=KkbaKFHWiqtf9PQGAb1kiA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="The iPod nano is displayed at the Paris Apple Expo at Porte de Versaille exhibition hall, in southern Paris September 13, 2006. Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod has conquered the portable music market, is making inroads in video, and may turn out to be a video game player as well, game maker Electronic Arts Inc. is betting. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod
has conquered the portable music market, is making inroads in
video, and may turn out to be a video game player as well, game
maker Electronic Arts Inc. is betting.</p><br clear="all"/>
Phone companies in Brazil blocking YouTube
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/wr_nm/brazil_sex_youtube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_08t195305_450x349_us_brazil_sex_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=4MfgTM1m0BS4F_lMGb5Zeg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Brazilian model Daniela Cicarelli during Sao Paulo Fashion Week, January 20, 2005. Telecommunications companies in Brazil began blocking access to YouTube on Monday after Cicarelli sued to get the popular video sharing service to remove footage of her having sex from its Web site. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Telecommunications companies in
Brazil began blocking access to YouTube on Monday after a
Brazilian model sued to get the popular video sharing service
to remove footage of her having sex from its Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Update: Yahoo upgrades mobile suite with search app
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Yahoo Inc. has released a test upgrade of its services suite for mobile devices, which includes a new search application, as the company keeps trying to extend its products to cell phones.
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