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Researcher: PatchGuard hotfix stitches up benefit to Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has come under fire for quietly releasing a fix to its controversial PatchGuard kernel protection software in order to improve the performance of its Virtual Server 2005 product.
Internet giants join human rights groups to champion online rights
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070120/bs_afp/uschinainternetrightscompanygoogleyahoomicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.jyy91.200107074004.photo00.photo.default-512x256.jpg?x=130&y=65&sig=2Bs1k7wv_2PtdDxnQf6eqw--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online. The technology giants will help craft rules-of-engagement that Internet companies can use when faced with "laws, regulations and policies that interfere with the achievement of human rights," according to the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington.(AFP/File/John MacDougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tech firms, rights groups to form Web conduct code
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/wr_nm/internet_conduct_freespeech_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_19t150758_450x305_us_internet_conduct_freespeech.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=agYAIExslxPy7m.mbacIiw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="An internet cafe in Hefei, capital of China's Anhui province, April 26, 2006. Technology companies Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Vodafone are in talks with human rights and press freedom groups to draw up an Internet code of conduct to protect free speech and privacy of Web users. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Technology companies Microsoft,
Google, Yahoo and Vodafone are in talks with human rights and
press freedom groups to draw up an Internet code of conduct to
protect free speech and privacy of Web users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft case lawyers claim violation
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.nybz10501191635.vista_changing_era_nybz105.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=ktww.rNz_pJ_01Axz.TKZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Microsoft's Windows '95 manuals await packaging at the software company's Canyon Park Manufacturing facility in a Redmond, Wash. file photo from Aug. 10, 1995. Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. It's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers. (AP Photo/Robert Sorbo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The plaintiffs in Iowa's class-action antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. claim they have uncovered information that indicates the software company is violating its 2002 agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.</p><br clear="all"/>
Numbers behind Windows 95, Vista
(AP)
AP - Some numbers behind Microsoft Corp.'s evolution from Windows 95 to this month's consumer release of Windows Vista:
Vista launch points to Microsoft changes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/vista_changing_era"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070119/capt.nybz10501191635.vista_changing_era_nybz105.jpg?x=84&y=130&sig=ktww.rNz_pJ_01Axz.TKZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Microsoft's Windows '95 manuals await packaging at the software company's Canyon Park Manufacturing facility in a Redmond, Wash. file photo from Aug. 10, 1995. Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. It's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers. (AP Photo/Robert Sorbo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. Long delayed, it's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Issues Updated Excel Patches
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As Windows users await the release of Office 2007, Microsoft is cleaning up some old vulnerability issues with Excel. On Thursday, Microsoft issued a new set of patches to fix several remaining flaws in the popular spreadsheet application.
The Man Behind Microsoft's Expression
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Forest Key leads Microsoft's push into the design tools space with a new suite of tools.
Microsoft helps fight online child abuse in India
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is working with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and the international police force Interpol to help fight online child abuse in India.
Microsoft, Google promote privacy rights
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft, Google, and two other technology companies will develop a code of conduct with a coalition of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to promote freedom of expression and privacy rights, they announced Friday.
It's official. Wii use can cause weight loss
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/tc_nm/nintendo_wii_weightloss_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070120/2007_01_19t180706_450x320_us_nintendo_wii_weightloss.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=onoYr5PNOAepuctxkP31mA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A Nintendo employee demonstrates the company's Wii controller in Tokyo, June 7, 2006. Video gamers who'd rather battle virtual villains than fight the flab can take heart. Use of the new Nintendo Wii can lead to weight loss. (Issei Kato/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Video gamers who'd
rather battle virtual villains than fight the flab can take
heart. Use of the new Nintendo Wii can lead to weight loss.</p><br clear="all"/>
Downloads drive Detroit to update audio systems
(Reuters)
Reuters - Struggling U.S. auto
manufacturers are hoping music will do for them what it did for
Apple after the introduction of the iPod -- make them cool.
Storm Worm hits computers around the world
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/tc_nm/weather_europe_computers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_19t151106_450x345_us_weather_europe_computers.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=_PyfHy9vE2OHuvZuTF2F.Q--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A woman fights against stormy wind in Dortmund, January 18, 2007. Computer virus writers attacked thousands of computers on Friday using an unusually topical email citing raging European storms, a security company said. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Computer virus writers attacked
thousands of computers on Friday using an unusually topical
email citing raging European storms, a security company said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Smart appliances have minds of their own
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_19t133832_450x373_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=O3ISUFFYlFlB3Sr_wdStCg--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="An image released by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory shows a system that remotely monitors and diagnoses the performance of air conditioners. Pacific Northwest is running a test program in Washington and Oregon in coordination with local utilities and several participating companies in which appliances shut down, turn on, or take a break when electricity prices or strain on the power grid are high. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jerry Brous's clothes dryer is
smarter than yours. And his water heater has a mind of its own.
So will yours, in about 10 years' time, say power industry
experts.</p><br clear="all"/>
Brit pop star Allen won't change for America
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/tc_nm/lily_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070120/2007_01_20t022538_278x450_us_lily.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=AM94puR1Krl705kyNN99og--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Singer Lily Allen is shown arriving at the GQ Man of the Year awards in London, in this September 5, 2006 file photo. Allen knows precisely where she was when she first realized her 'Smile' single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pop singer Lily Allen knows
precisely where she was when she first realized her "Smile"
single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Controversial Google library project grows
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070119/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.jyf12.190107235810.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=hjgHeaGL6F.1BsAuF4LE6g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google announced that another major US college library had joined its controversial project to put the world's books online.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google announced that another major US college library had joined its controversial project to put the world's books online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Computer virus uses European storms to spread quickly
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070119/tc_afp/internetitviruscrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070119/capt.sge.juu24.190107154337.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Ef1U4UWKmkOlsv1KKXaocg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A computer in a cafe in Hong Kong, December 2006. A computer virus has made use of storms sweeping across Europe to infect email systems and spread rapidly before dying down, a Finnish IT security company has said.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A computer virus has made use of storms sweeping across Europe to infect email systems and spread rapidly before dying down, a Finnish IT security company has said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Heavy Discounting Of New BlackBerry Weighing On RIM
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The wave of cell phone price cuts already has hit Research in Motion's newest BlackBerry model, the Pearl.
Novell Launches Linux-vs.-Vista Comparison Site
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Novell has just launched a Vista/Linux comparison site, in anticipation of the Jan. 31 arrival of the retail version of Windows Vista.
Researcher: PatchGuard hotfix stitches up benefit to Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has come under fire for quietly releasing a fix to its controversial PatchGuard kernel protection software in order to improve the performance of its Virtual Server 2005 product.
Brit pop star Allen won't change for America
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/wr_nm/lily_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070120/2007_01_20t022538_278x450_us_lily.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=AM94puR1Krl705kyNN99og--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Singer Lily Allen is shown arriving at the GQ Man of the Year awards in London, in this September 5, 2006 file photo. Allen knows precisely where she was when she first realized her 'Smile' single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pop singer Lily Allen knows
precisely where she was when she first realized her "Smile"
single was taking off in the United Kingdom: on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Controversial Google library project grows
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070119/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.jyf12.190107235810.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=hjgHeaGL6F.1BsAuF4LE6g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google announced that another major US college library had joined its controversial project to put the world's books online.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google announced that another major US college library had joined its controversial project to put the world's books online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Democratic House votes to protect interns
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives
voted on Friday to better protect its teenage interns in
response to an Internet sex scandal that helped Democrats win
control of the U.S. Congress last November.
Tech firms, rights groups to form Web conduct code
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/wr_nm/internet_conduct_freespeech_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_19t150758_450x305_us_internet_conduct_freespeech.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=agYAIExslxPy7m.mbacIiw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="An internet cafe in Hefei, capital of China's Anhui province, April 26, 2006. Technology companies Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Vodafone are in talks with human rights and press freedom groups to draw up an Internet code of conduct to protect free speech and privacy of Web users. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Technology companies Microsoft,
Google, Yahoo and Vodafone are in talks with human rights and
press freedom groups to draw up an Internet code of conduct to
protect free speech and privacy of Web users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Belgian Newspapers Take On Yahoo
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A Belgian newspaper group wants Yahoo to take down links to its archived stories from its Internet search service, saying the postings infringe on copyright laws.
Alleged software pirate turns himself in to police
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A Pennsylvania man who allegedly sold pirated software and movies through a Web site has turned himself in to police, according to two trade groups.
PayPal Trumps Google Checkout in J.P. Morgan Survey
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google this week continued its aggressive efforts to woo online shoppers to its Checkout payment system with a $10 sign-up offer on its home page. But some consumers who have followed the search giant into the payment arena aren't glad they have.
Google to build data center in N.C.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_hi_te/google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.jyf48.200107000917.photo01.photo.default-512x379.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=0FYl2Sh0tED.6nDqZaQV1g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A man carries a stack of books in Germany. Google announced that another major US college library had joined its controversial project to put the world's books online.(AFP/File/Katja Lenz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Search engine giant Google Inc. plans to spend $600 million to build a data center in North Carolina, state officials and the company said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace Pumps Up Parental Controls
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Online networking site MySpace has crafted a tool that will help parents get a better sense of what their children are posting on their profile pages.
Yahoo offers new Web site for personal finance
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/tc_nm/yahoo_finance_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070119/2007_01_19t093414_450x306_us_yahoo_finance.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=Nmp2Cq1YkJQJkgCUcj.Phg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Bloggers upload stories about CES to the Yahoo! Tech page during the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 9, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Internet media company Yahoo Inc.
launched on Friday a new Web site to help users manage
their personal finances, with tools for building a budget or
retirement plan.</p><br clear="all"/>
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