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IBM renews Microsoft rivalry with new Web software
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070122/wr_nm/ibm_web_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070122/2007_01_22t023917_450x341_us_ibm_web.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=ZKzQ04.lYyRwOD0k_nLdZg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="A view of the IBM facility outside Boulder, Colorado October 18, 2006. IBM's Lotus unit will introduce on Monday a set of social networking services that functions like a MySpace for office workers and which analysts say marks a renewed challenge to Microsoft Corp. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - IBM's Lotus unit will introduce
on Monday a set of social networking services that functions
like a MySpace for office workers and which analysts say marks
a renewed challenge to Microsoft Corp..</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:
Microsoft case lawyers claim violation
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070122/capt.e509cb0e922641d39cafddcd75b3785b.wall_street_week_ahead_nyol778.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=esTh.lxbTfhUUKxdTU7sgg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft Corp.'s Media Center Edition of the Windows XP operating system is displayed at a CompUSA store in Bellevue, Wash., in this Oct. 26, 2005, file photo. Microsoft is scheduled to report quarterly earnings on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" 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"/>
Vista launch points to Microsoft changes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/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"/>
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/uschinainternetrightscompanygoogleyahoomicrosoft2"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.kbz25.200107175259.photo00.photo.default-512x359.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=xkFUBdzcwkOZwyAuoE3AwQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Computer at an Internet cafe. Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" 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"/>
Microsoft could launch Zune in Europe by end 2007
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/tc_nm/microsoft_zune_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070121/2007_01_21t125433_450x313_us_microsoft_zune.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=vdA.03eeAWf9ExWPkF0O4Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="File photo shows convention workers putting up an advertisement for Zune, Microsoft's portable multimedia player, outside the Las Vegas Convention Center as they prepare for the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2007. Microsoft corp. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft corp. is
happy with the early sales of its Zune music player in the
United States and it could launch the service in Europe before
the end of 2007, its marketing director said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft-Nortel Take Aim At The Muddle That's 'Unified Communication'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - They've got new products and a clear road map. But Cisco and other formidable rivals are also on the path
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.
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 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.
Source: Sun to use chips from Intel
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_hi_te/sun_intel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070122/capt.ny11201220553.sun_intel_ny112.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=jtlwElnxV0G9dlexQdObrg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="In a file photo Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini holds up an Intel chip during an interview after its unveiling at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, July 27, 2006. Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has agreed to use chips from Intel Corp. in some of its servers and for Intel to endorse Sun's Solaris operating system, a person close to the deal told the AP late Sunday night. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has agreed to use chips from Intel Corp. in some of its servers and for Intel to endorse Sun's Solaris operating system, a person close to the deal told the AP late Sunday night.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tech-related demand for area codes falls
(AP)
AP - Do the numbers 551, 862 or 848 ring a bell? It might be easy to guess that they are area codes, but determining which regions they represent is a tougher task. All three were created five years ago to serve northern New Jersey, but few people actually have them.
Creators put politics into video games
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_hi_te/opinion_games"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070121/capt.f4b79d615faa4ecfaf14ed6ff4186b4c.opinion_games_gagb101.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=0v2MwNIDyf_q_C1.v_G7Gw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Ian Bogost, a Georgia Tech professor, talks about some of the video games he creates for his quirky gaming company Persuasive Games, Monday, Dec. 18, 2006 in Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia Tech professor creates games, or 'playable editorial cartoons,' as he calls them, that are packed with a powerful political message instead of, well, amusement. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ian Bogost takes some of the fun out of video games — and replaces it with opinion. The Georgia Institute of Technology professor creates games — or "playable editorial cartoons," as he calls them — that are packed with political messages.</p><br clear="all"/>
Retailers hope Windows Vista boost sales
(AP)
AP - Some retailers are planning to use tactics normally reserved for must-have electronics such as new video-game consoles when the Windows Vista computer operating system goes on sale to the public next week.
Indies aim to grab share of online sales
(AP)
AP - Independent record labels behind artists like The White Stripes, Deep Purple and Arctic Monkeys announced a global deal Saturday to pool access to their catalogs, seeking to grab a bigger share of digital music sales from the major record companies.
"Heroes" grows Web power
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070122/wr_nm/heroes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070122/2007_01_21t225757_450x331_us_heroes.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=EtntO6avhxqRzRE6nIBD.g--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="File photo shows the cast of 'Heroes' posing backstage after presenting at the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 15, 2007. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Heroes" story lines are
moving online.</p><br clear="all"/>
China phone thief repents after 21 text messages
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese thief has returned a mobile
phone and thousands of yuan he stole from a woman after she
sent him 21 touching text messages, Xinhua news agency said on
Monday.
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.
Linux Foundation Formed With Backing From HP, IBM, Intel
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The new group, which will employ Linux inventor Linus Torvalds, is being formed from the merger of Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group.
IBM renews Microsoft rivalry with new Web software
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070122/wr_nm/ibm_web_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070122/2007_01_22t023917_450x341_us_ibm_web.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=ZKzQ04.lYyRwOD0k_nLdZg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="A view of the IBM facility outside Boulder, Colorado October 18, 2006. IBM's Lotus unit will introduce on Monday a set of social networking services that functions like a MySpace for office workers and which analysts say marks a renewed challenge to Microsoft Corp. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - IBM's Lotus unit will introduce
on Monday a set of social networking services that functions
like a MySpace for office workers and which analysts say marks
a renewed challenge to Microsoft Corp..</p><br clear="all"/>
"Heroes" grows Web power
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070122/wr_nm/heroes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070122/2007_01_21t225757_450x331_us_heroes.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=EtntO6avhxqRzRE6nIBD.g--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="File photo shows the cast of 'Heroes' posing backstage after presenting at the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 15, 2007. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Heroes" story lines are
moving online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kazakh blogger sentenced for insulting president
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Kazakh court gave a pro-opposition
blogger a two-year suspended jail sentence on Monday for
libeling President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
AOL co-founder Case opens online health site
(Reuters)
Reuters - AOL co-founder Steve Case launched a
health Web site on Monday that will offer free and paid
services including social networking tools for sharing
information on doctors, insurance and other health topics.
Belgian newspapers take on Yahoo!
(AP)
AP - A group of Belgian newspapers has asked Yahoo! Inc. to remove links to their archived stories from its Web search service, claiming they infringe copyright laws, their lawyers confirmed Friday.
Hackers attack Gorbachev's Web site
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_hi_te/russia_gorbachev"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070120/capt.ny11101201245.russia_gorbachev_hackers_ny111.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=oDWO_kO___afICJbAgEnig--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Mikhail Gorbachev is shown Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1999, in a hotel in Muenster, northern Germany. Hackers attacked the Web site of a foundation run by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, posting photographs of the suppressed rally on the Web site and published an open letter to the former leader, blaming him for the deaths of more 130 people _ a tragedy known in Azerbaijan as the Black January. The Web site was shut down later Saturday Jan. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hackers attacked the Web site of a foundation run by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, accusing him of brutally suppressing a pro-independence demonstration in Soviet Azerbaijan in 1990.</p><br clear="all"/>
Independent record labels sign MySpace deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Merlin, the new agency
representing the world's independent music sector, has agreed a
deal with digital music company Snocap which will allow its
labels' music to be sold from Web sites such as MySpace.
Indies aim to grab share of online sales
(AP)
AP - Independent record labels behind artists like The White Stripes, Deep Purple and Arctic Monkeys announced a global deal Saturday to pool access to their catalogs, seeking to grab a bigger share of digital music sales from the major record companies.
Internet giants join human rights groups to champion online rights
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070120/tc_afp/uschinainternetrightscompanygoogleyahoomicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070120/capt.sge.kbx60.200107174149.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=hYI1dy5eZvgWdxwhsTKyfQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="People surf the Internet in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong province. Two US human rights groups have said they were working with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone to protect civil liberties online.(AFP/File/Frederic J Brown)" 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"/>
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"/>
'Macaca' Moments May Define 2008 Presidential Campaign
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Online video promises candidates immediacy and extended reach--and will amplify any unwitting mistakes
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