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Microsoft makes multimedia app design play
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - At its ExpressionSession07 event on Thursday, Microsoft drove home the point that multimedia technologies are critical to applications and that it is ready to be a major player in this space.
Microsoft reissues Excel patch
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has reissued an Excel security patch published earlier this month, following the update having made it impossible for some Excel 2000 users to open documents.
Microsoft to deliver Vista online
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070118/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070118/capt.sge.jne88.180107192512.photo00.photo.default-369x512.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=AN.whhkjECI48zjX_aeO3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="A passerby walks by a billboard for Microsoft's software, Windows Vista. Microsoft will make its new Vista operating system available for download via the Internet when it debuts at the end of this month, a marketing first for the US software colossus.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft will make its new Vista operating system available for download via the Internet when it debuts at the end of this month, a marketing first for the US software colossus.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Fixes Flawed Excel Patches
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The download covers problems found in the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean editions.
Microsoft Lines Up Vista Security Partners
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Eleven security vendors promise to have Vista-ready products when Microsoft's new operating system is availavle to consumers at the end of the month.
Microsoft's Vista OS Will Be Available as a Download
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In a marked shift from the past, Microsoft plans to sell its new operating system through a new channel: the Internet. In fact, Microsoft on Wednesday announced three new ways for consumers to jump on the Vista bandwagon.
Microsoft Plans Downloadable Versions of Windows Vista, Office
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft plans for the first time to make its new Windows Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite available for downloading by PC users over the Internet.
Microsoft, Nortel Roll Out Unified Communications Products And Services
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The two companies made three new communications product announcements and rolled out 11 new services and a road map toward a jointly developed communications platform.
Microsoft Patches Buggy Excel Patch
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A targeted re-release of MS07-007 corrects a glitch affecting Excel 2000 users.
After Microsoft and Google, Belgian editors go after Yahoo
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070118/tc_afp/belgiuminternetpressindustrycopyrightcompanyyahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070118/capt.sge.jki35.180107151852.photo00.photo.default-512x398.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=jdHQLJ5srXHrWiaKNIR4iQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A student using Yahoo. After taking action against Microsoft and Google, Belgium's French-speaking newspapers are seeking redress from another Internet search engine, Yahoo.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - After taking action against Microsoft and Google, Belgium's French-speaking newspapers are seeking redress from another Internet search engine, Yahoo, their lawyer has said.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace hit with online predator suits
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.ny11201190043.myspace_lawsuit_ny112.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=50S_ia.dKSJo2n2YfabBsA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Hemanshu Nigam, chief security officer at Fox Interactive Media, poses for a photo in an empty library at their office in Beverly Hills, Calif.,in this Dec. 20, 2006 file photo. Four families have sued News Corp. and its MySpace social-networking site after their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met on the site, lawyers for the families said Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four families have sued News Corp. and its MySpace social-networking site after their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met on the site, lawyers for the families said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace developing parental notification
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_safety"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070117/2007_01_17t015715_450x350_us_myspace_zephyr.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=UaRLuzr9HjqMbiQGxBb4aQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A screenshot of MySpace.com, taken on January 17, 2007. MySpace.com, News Corp.'s popular online social network, plans to offer free parental notification software in a bid to appease government critics, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - The popular online hangout MySpace.com has been quietly developing software designed to give parents the bare-bones of what their kids are doing on the site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo expands finance section
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_finance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070118/capt.sge.jib89.180107120506.photo00.photo.default-512x398.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=MCHyfk2CWUuZDkqTsALZbg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A student using Yahoo. After taking action against Microsoft and Google, Belgium's French-speaking newspapers are seeking redress from another Internet search engine, Yahoo.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0" /></a>AP - Internet powerhouse Yahoo Inc. will begin dispensing advice about personal finances in its latest bid to bolster its own finances.</p><br clear="all"/>
AT&T expands free in-network calling
(AP)
AP - AT&T customers who subscribe to both its Cingular Wireless and traditional phone services can now make and receive unlimited free calls to and from any other AT&T or Cingular customer.
Analysts: iPhone prices may go down
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_margins"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070116/2007_01_15t222034_450x328_us_macworld_ces.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=.6dfKRKiYqI5DjftAvAHQg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs holds the new iPhone in San Francisco, California in this file photo from January 9, 2007. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc. will have plenty of room to eventually reduce the retail price of its upcoming iPhone, according to preliminary gross margin estimates by a market research company.</p><br clear="all"/>
Neteller exits; online gambling won't
(AP)
AP - Though payment processor Neteller PLC is the latest and largest such company to pull out of the lucrative but illegal U.S. online gambling market, industry observers said other e-wallet sites would come forward to take its place.
Hewlett-Packard leads global PC sales at end-2006
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070119/tc_afp/usitcompanyhpdellsales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070119/capt.sge.jpu26.190107063854.photo00.photo.default-512x322.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=qX92sCKZhN1DN4DoFQVWOw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="US computer maker Hewlett-Packard reveled in news that it had extended its lead as the world's top personal computer vendor late last year, pressuring arch-rival Dell(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US computer maker Hewlett-Packard reveled in news that it had extended its lead as the world's top personal computer vendor late last year, pressuring arch-rival Dell.</p><br clear="all"/>
AT&T offers unlimited mobile-to-home calling plan
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/wr_nm/att_bundle_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_19t012611_450x375_us_att_bundle.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=bxvY5FkcPXl8.xx8xq.uZQ--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="The AT and T logo is seen in an undated file photo. AT and T Inc. said on Friday it will let subscribers who pay at least $110 a month make unlimited calls between their mobile and home phones, as it moves to stop customers from defecting to cable rivals. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - AT&T Inc. said on Friday it will let
subscribers who pay at least $110 a month make unlimited calls
between their mobile and home phones, as it moves to stop
customers from defecting to cable rivals.</p><br clear="all"/>
Adobe Release Flash Player 9 for Linux
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Adobe Systems has released a Linux version of its latest Flash player, the software that enables Web browsers to view multimedia content, such as online videos and those ubiquitous animated ads popping up all over the Internet.
IBM posts big fourth-quarter profit rise
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_ibm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_18t161211_450x341_us_ibm_results.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=pZa5Y_.Wlf6KXO6W_KthtQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="File photo shows a view of the IBM facility outside Boulder, Colorado October 18, 2006. IBM said on Thursday that quarterly profit rose, helped by a string of software-company acquisitions and big services contracts. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - International Business Machines Corp. rode cost cuts and software acquisitions to healthy fourth-quarter profits, and the company posted a blockbuster number for contract signings. But investors found reasons to be disappointed, sending IBM stock down more than 5 percent.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo expands finance section
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_finance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070118/capt.sge.jib89.180107120506.photo00.photo.default-512x398.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=MCHyfk2CWUuZDkqTsALZbg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A student using Yahoo. After taking action against Microsoft and Google, Belgium's French-speaking newspapers are seeking redress from another Internet search engine, Yahoo.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0" /></a>AP - Internet powerhouse Yahoo Inc. will begin dispensing advice about personal finances in its latest bid to bolster its own finances.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace hit with online predator suits
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.ny11201190043.myspace_lawsuit_ny112.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=50S_ia.dKSJo2n2YfabBsA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Hemanshu Nigam, chief security officer at Fox Interactive Media, poses for a photo in an empty library at their office in Beverly Hills, Calif.,in this Dec. 20, 2006 file photo. Four families have sued News Corp. and its MySpace social-networking site after their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met on the site, lawyers for the families said Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Four families have sued News Corp. and its MySpace social-networking site after their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met on the site, lawyers for the families said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Neteller exits; online gambling won't
(AP)
AP - Though payment processor Neteller PLC is the latest and largest such company to pull out of the lucrative but illegal U.S. online gambling market, industry observers said other e-wallet sites would come forward to take its place.
Speaking Same Language Bilingual Web Sites Target Young Hispanics
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - MYSPACE WILL REMAIN a market leader among all demographics for some time, but newly launched or revamped social networking sites for 2nd- and 3rd-generation Latinos are trying to narrow the gap. Usage will overlap undoubtedly, but that has not stopped new portals from moving forward to lure U.S.-born Hispanics, ages 12 to 34, whose preferred language is English but who still straddle their Latino roots.
Buchwald Announces Own Death In First 'NYT' Online Obit Video
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK As Web sites worldwide reported the death of columnist Art Buchwald today, The New York Times had one approach that beat them all -- Buchwald himself announcing his own death on video.
Methodists oppose Bush library at SMU in petition
(Reuters)
Reuters - A group of Methodist ministers have
started an Internet petition urging Southern Methodist
University to reject any plans to build U.S. President George
W. Bush's presidential library and policy center on its Dallas
campus, saying it would be "utterly inappropriate."
Google Moves Checkout Promotion To Main Page
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - It may be the king of the search engines, but customers say Google's fledgling online payment system is no match for PayPal.
Proposed DRM legislation criticized as too harsh
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Consumer rights groups have voiced opposition to legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress last week that would require Internet broadcasters to deploy DRM (digital rights management) technology to prevent listeners from making unauthorized copies of music files.
Google Checkout rated low in customer satisfaction
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google's Checkout ranked well below rival online payment service PayPal in customer satisfaction in a survey of online shoppers conducted by J.P. Morgan.
Pew Report Records Rise Of Blogosphere Political Elite
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - During the 2006 campaign, 23% of those using the Internet to access political news created and shared political content through blog, video, or audio posts, or by forwarding such commentary to others.
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