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Microsoft's mystery game is Vista promo
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_vista_promotion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070109/capt.sge.gmv76.090107160418.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=xvLpFeBFeKfPHa8C3Mfs_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Passerby walk by a billboard for Microsoft's new software, Windows Vista, during the launch in Beijing in November 2006. A Microsoft online puzzle game launched this week promises to send the winner on a rocket ride into orbit around the Earth.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A mysterious online countdown. USB drives containing cipher keys. Notes and videos from a woman who calls herself Loki. Bloggers' reports of extravagant gifts, marked with a return address for Microsoft's headquarters.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft fixes Office, Outlook, Windows flaws
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. has patched critical vulnerabilities in its Office, Outlook, and Windows software.
Microsoft patches 4 holes, 3 critical
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070110/capt.cadd11501100754.ces_gadget_show_cadd115.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=SFYOr3rcXBzyI88SnitQiw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="The HP TouchSmart PC is displayed at the HP booth at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. The HP TouchSmart PC has a 19-inch touchscreen, AMD Turion 64 X2 dual core TL-52 processor, 2GB SDRAM, 320GB drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600, WiFi, Bluetooth, integrated 1.3 megapixel camera, integrated FM and ATSC HDTV tuners, a DVDRW / DVD-RAM burner with LightScribe, Pocket Media Drive bay, wireless keyboard, mouse, stylus, front media reader. The TouchSmart runs Windows Vista, and it will be available Jan. 30 to coincide with the Microsoft's Vista street release. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. released three security patches for its prevalent Office line of software and one for the Windows operating system on Tuesday, fixing holes that could let an outsider take control of an unwitting victim's computer.</p><br clear="all"/>
HP Reveals MediaSmart Home Server Details
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A preliminary spec sheet reveals the limitations of Microsoft's new Windows Home Server OS, and of HP's early design.
Bach: Wireless key to future entertainment
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates's keynote this year at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) put the company's newest power broker at center stage:
Microsoft's Vista launch promoted with space ride prize
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070109/tc_afp/usitelectronicsspace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070109/capt.sge.gmv76.090107160418.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=xvLpFeBFeKfPHa8C3Mfs_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Passerby walk by a billboard for Microsoft's new software, Windows Vista, during the launch in Beijing in November 2006. A Microsoft online puzzle game launched this week promises to send the winner on a rocket ride into orbit around the Earth.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Microsoft online puzzle game launched this week promises to send the winner on a rocket ride into orbit around the Earth.</p><br clear="all"/>
No Fixes for Microsoft Word Zero-Day Flaws
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Patch Tuesday brings four security bulletins and 10 patches, but still no sight of fixes for code execution holes in Microsoft Word that are under attack.
Motorola music handset marries Microsoft, Linux
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Motorola announced a new music-enabled mobile phone Monday that syncs its Linux OS with Microsoft's Windows Media Player on Windows XP, as well as PCs running Vista.
HP offers touchscreen Vista on new PCs
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard reached for the consumer market Monday with two new PCs that allow customers to control Microsoft's Windows Vista OS with a touchscreen interface instead of a mouse.
Motorola sees media, Internet as '07 priorities
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/wr_nm/electronics_show_motorola_zander_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070109/2007_01_09t041803_315x450_us_electronics_show_motorola_zander.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=0h7wuDpAof888fGQQGPh1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="A Motorola 'Moto Q' mobile phone is displayed during the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 8, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Motorola Inc, the world's No. 2
handset maker, unveiled plans on Monday to improve media
services on its cellphones via agreements with Microsoft Corp
and Yahoo Inc and said it is developing set top boxes that can
send home television to phones.</p><br clear="all"/>
New gadgets: MoGo Mouse, Honda robots
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_notebook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070109/capt.nvjh10201092002.gadget_show_nvjh102.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=XpRQmXK.nPyme.Piej7Umg--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Honda's newly upgraded humanoid robot Asimo dances as it makes its North American debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - PC gamers once had to manipulate their on-screen personas with a mouse and keys such as a, s, d, w and space bar. Now they can do it all with one hand.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple renames itself, unveils iPhone
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_hi_te/apple_macworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070109/capt.caps12601092127.apple_macworld_caps126.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=QJCEhh_MBiXGdIUAKmH9xw--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="In this undated photo provided by Apple, Apple's new iPhone is shown that was introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during keynote address at MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Apple, ho)" border="0" /></a>AP - First there was iPod, now there's iPhone.</p><br clear="all"/>
PlayStation 3 likely missed sales target
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_hi_te/sony_playstation"><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 - Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 3 may have missed its global shipment target and been beaten in its home market by rival Nintendo's surprise hit Wii video game system, new figures show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell: PC industry needs to go green
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_bi_ge/gadget_show_dell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070109/capt.cadd10501091937.ces_gadget_show_dell_cadd105.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=qhreBEsKJLzG.dP_JRcmdg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Michael Dell Founder and Chairman, Dell Inc., right, welcomes Rice University Cancer researcher Naomi Halas, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemistry and Bioengineering, and a Dell user, during his keynote speech at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc., issued a challenge Tuesday to the entire PC industry to adopt free recycling programs for customers as he announced that his company would offer to plant a tree for every PC sold.</p><br clear="all"/>
CBS to allow snippets of shows on Web
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_cbs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070110/capt.nvjh11401100245.gadget_show_cbs_nvjh114.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=g8HvaTrxaxFLN04wvMe.RA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Anthony Zuiker, creator of the 'CSI' television series, speaks during a keynote speech by Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corp., not shown, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 9. 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fans of CBS shows will soon be able to slice clips from prime-time shows, send them to friends and even "mash" them together in ways that only a short time ago would have triggered complaints of copyright infringement.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vista Upgrade: The Not-So-Rosy Picture
(PC World)
PC World - Reports on Microsoft's new OS, free notebooks for bloggers, and a killer of a movie trivia game.
Hollywood finds a crowd at Xbox's Marketplace
(Reuters)
Reuters - While Nintendo's Wii and
Sony's PlayStation 3 are in short supply at retail, Microsoft's
next-generation Xbox 360 console is readily available and
approaching sales of 11 million. Hollywood has helped fuel the
momentum, furnishing content for the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Vodafone says pushing ahead with Hutchison Essar bid
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070110/bs_nm/hutchison_essar_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070110/2007_01_10t054839_450x309_us_hutchison_essar.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=j6vsH8hJgBkB8UdPXWWANQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Vodafone Group Plc's chief Arun Sarin (C) gets into a car after his meeting with India's Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath in New Delhi January 10, 2007. (B Mathur/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vodafone Group Plc solidified plans
to become a bigger player in India's mobile market, saying on
Wednesday it would submit a formal bid to buy the country's
fourth-largest carrier, Hutchison Essar.</p><br clear="all"/>
Motorola music handset marries Microsoft, Linux
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Motorola announced a new music-enabled mobile phone Monday that syncs its Linux OS with Microsoft's Windows Media Player on Windows XP, as well as PCs running Vista.
SAP wants Kagermann to stay on as CEO for one more year
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070110/tc_afp/germanyitsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070110/capt.sge.gsh77.100107093932.photo00.photo.default-512x369.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=8nBse3kvR7.CDWarsRlZkA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="SAP chairman Henning Kagermann delivers his speech during a press conference in Bangalore in August 2006. SAP, the world's leading maker of business software, would like Kagermann, who turns 60 this year, to stay on for at least another year, the group's supervisory board chief Hasso Plattner said.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - SAP, the world's leading maker of business software, would like its current chairman Henning Kagermann, who turns 60 this year, to stay on for at least another year, the group's supervisory board chief Hasso Plattner said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vista Upgrade: The Not-So-Rosy Picture
(PC World)
PC World - Reports on Microsoft's new OS, free notebooks for bloggers, and a killer of a movie trivia game.
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.
Vendors push multimedia connectivity for the masses
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Facing an explosion of content for PCs and handhelds via Internet, cable and wireless technologies, vendors at CES are spotlighting products designed to make it easier to transmit and manage multimedia data across many types of devices.
Retailers back Warner Bros DVD combination
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070110/tc_nm/electronics_show_warnerbros_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070110/2007_01_09t215720_450x312_us_electronics_show_warnerbros.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=hszQeZpWBdFpiqHr2nZuDQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Television images are reflected on a sign for Blu-ray Discs at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 9, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Time Warner Inc. said top U.S.
retailers would stock its proposed new DVD, which merges two
competing formats on one disc, in a step toward getting
consumers to pay more for better pictures and sound.</p><br clear="all"/>
Historic passenger lists of ships go online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070110/wr_nm/britain_passengers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070110/2007_01_09t195314_450x346_us_britain_passengers.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=Bp.hmPE54MpuDoQQv02xVw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="An image courtesy of Britain's National Archives shows a passenger list for a ship leaving Liverpool on January 31, 1891. People looking to track ancestors who emigrated from British ports will from Wednesday be able to search online passenger lists of the ships that carried them to new lands. (National Archives/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - People looking to track ancestors who
emigrated from British ports will from Wednesday be able to
search online passenger lists of the ships that carried them to
new lands.</p><br clear="all"/>
Senators renew push for Internet bill
(AP)
AP - Backers of the idea that all Internet traffic should be treated equally are making a fresh attempt to pass "network neutrality" legislation, hoping that a new Democratic majority in Congress will improve its chances.
Consumers, not governments, should decide IT winners: US
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070109/tc_afp/uschinafranceit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070110/capt.sge.gpw91.090107231859.photo00.photo.default-387x512.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=.WLpLqa2FElHv1NrgdTMew--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="China should not shackle Internet companies and France should leave Apple's iPod-iTunes bond alone, US commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez, pictured in 2006, said at the world's largest consumer electronics show.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China should not shackle Internet companies and France should leave Apple's iPod-iTunes bond alone, the US commerce secretary said at the world's largest consumer electronics show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's mystery game is Vista promo
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_vista_promotion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070109/capt.sge.gmv76.090107160418.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=xvLpFeBFeKfPHa8C3Mfs_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Passerby walk by a billboard for Microsoft's new software, Windows Vista, during the launch in Beijing in November 2006. A Microsoft online puzzle game launched this week promises to send the winner on a rocket ride into orbit around the Earth.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A mysterious online countdown. USB drives containing cipher keys. Notes and videos from a woman who calls herself Loki. Bloggers' reports of extravagant gifts, marked with a return address for Microsoft's headquarters.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell Urges Telecom Firms to Deliver Fiber-Optic Links
(PC World)
PC World - In his CES keynote, Michael Dell emphasizes the importance of broadband to the home, and introduces new PCs.
Senators reintroduce net neutrality bill
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Two U.S. senators have resurrected a debate over net neutrality in Congress by reintroducing legislation that would prohibit broadband providers from giving customers faster and more stable access to their own content than to competitors' Web sites and services.
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