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Zune executive to leave Microsoft
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_zune_executive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070201/capt.dlm11102011733.france_microsoft_dlm111.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=A67.62XO3LgJGNpKmfDIpg--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Microsoft chairman Bill Gates gestures as he addresses French businessmen during a meeting as part of the Paris Entrepreneurs Show, in Paris Thursday Feb. 1, 2007. Bill Gates is also in France to launch the new Vista operating system.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Microsoft Corp. executive responsible for its newly launched Zune digital music player will leave the company.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple revs up ad attacks on PCs, Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/mac_vs__vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070130/capt.caps10501300951.microsoft_vista_launch_caps105.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=2sOmjBvIeI1nidScWVYPzA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A display of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system software is shown at a Best Buy store in San Jose, Calif., just a few minutes after midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007. Vista went on sale in 70 countries Tuesday, along with new versions of Microsoft Exchange e-mail software and the flagship Office business suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - For nearly a year, television and Internet audiences have been seeing a familiar string of ads from Apple attacking rival Windows-based computers. With this week's release of Windows Vista, the newest jabs aren't any friendlier.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vista hole opens door to 'shout hacking'
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The honeymoon ended early for Microsoft's Vista operating system, after word spread Wednesday about a flaw that could allow remote attackers to take advantage of the new operating system's speech recognition feature.
Zune Exec Leaves Microsoft
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Bryan Lee, who came to Microsoft to run business development for the Xbox, is retiring to pursue personal interests.
IE 7 Phishing Bug For Windows XP Appears Early
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft urges users to download and install the fix if they notice the browser mysteriously slowing down while surfing.
Microsoft Unveils SSL VPN Server Software
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The company's Intelligent Application Gateway is based on technology it acquired from Whale Communications in 2006.
Considering an Upgrade to Windows Vista
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Vista continued to eclipse technology news headlines on Thursday as everybody from industry analysts to tech bloggers to home users chime in on the arrival of Microsoft's latest operating system.
Microsoft Exec Wanted To Mask Linux Report Sponsorship, E-Mails Reveal
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Kevin Johnson worried adding Microsoft's moniker to IDC analysis for its "Get the Facts" publicity campaign would only fuel the fire from Linux supporters.
Microsoft Confirms Vista Speech Attack Tactic
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The company downplays the scenario since the targeted system would need to have the speech recognition feature previously activated and configured.
Head of Microsoft's Zune Unit Steps Out
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The senior Microsoft executive who guided the launch of the company's digital music player, the Zune, will be leaving Microsoft to "pursue personal interests."
Apple's iPhone stirs up would-be rivals
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_competitors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070201/capt.caps10102011656.iphone_competitors_caps101.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=OvH8a7SkljgnRvpwQCc95g--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Pablo Gonzalez holds up his $1,000 touch-screen O2 cell phone at his office in Fremont, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Gonzalez, a Prada shoe-wearing cell phone connoisseur who jumps from one new handset to the next, has already made up his mind. He's ready to ditch his $1,000 touch-screen cell phone for the iPhone when it becomes available in June. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pablo Gonzalez, a Prada shoe-wearing cell phone connoisseur who jumps from one new handset to the next, is ready to ditch his $1,000 touch-screen cell phone for Apple's iPhone when it becomes available in June.</p><br clear="all"/>
Review: Office 2007 a worthy successor
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_office2007"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070201/capt.nybz22502011731.tech_test_office_2007_nybz225.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=_S85w9bM6Y0zStZ1QiTQcQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this undated handout photo provided by Microsoft, a screen from Microsoft Powerpoint, part of the Office 2007 suite of programs, is shown. (AP Photo/Microsoft)" border="0" /></a>AP - With each update to its Office suite, Microsoft Corp. has piled on features aimed at boosting users' productivity and goosing sales of the world's most widely used collection of programs for handling documents, spreadsheets, e-mail and presentations.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell returns to CEO role at PC maker
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/dell_ceo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070131/capt.7319cb88a3724093a4cbd7d51b500fd1.dell_ceo_nyol984.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=k7b9hwfbfy2ksI_xsbfz4w--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="Michael Dell speaks at a news conference in this 2006 file photo in New York. Dell Inc., battered by battery recalls and disappointing earnings, said Wednesday that Dell will return to run the company he had built into one of the world's largest makers of personal computers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Dell's return as chief executive officer of Dell Inc. may have appeased analyst demands for now, but they say he faces an enormous, long-term challenge in fixing nagging problems that have plagued the computer maker.</p><br clear="all"/>
PS3 game sales boost Electronic Arts
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/earns_electronic_arts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070201/capt.caps10502011712.earns_electronic_arts_caps105.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=WDrFwVA5BMkXkzalbukaOw--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Electronic Arts games on display on top row at Best Buy in Mountain View Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007. Electronic Arts' earnings report will be released after the bell. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Electronic Arts Inc. easily exceeded Wall Street's expectations with its fourth-quarter earnings, sending the stock up in extended trading but prompting financial analysts to wonder whether world's biggest video game publisher was becoming overvalued.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple revs up ad attacks on PCs, Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/mac_vs__vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070130/capt.caps10501300951.microsoft_vista_launch_caps105.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=2sOmjBvIeI1nidScWVYPzA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A display of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system software is shown at a Best Buy store in San Jose, Calif., just a few minutes after midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007. Vista went on sale in 70 countries Tuesday, along with new versions of Microsoft Exchange e-mail software and the flagship Office business suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - For nearly a year, television and Internet audiences have been seeing a familiar string of ads from Apple attacking rival Windows-based computers. With this week's release of Windows Vista, the newest jabs aren't any friendlier.</p><br clear="all"/>
China leading crackdown on Internet: media watchdog
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070202/tc_afp/mediarightsrsfinternetchina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070202/capt.sge.ogl60.020207062933.photo00.photo.default-355x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=JSsEsn6IwpUxUknn2JytHQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="People use the Internet in a business center in Beijing. Backed by "armies" of cyber-police, China is spearheading an increasingly sophisticated movement by repressive regimes to restrict the Internet, a global media watchdog said in its annual report.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Backed by "armies" of cyber-police, China is spearheading an increasingly sophisticated movement by repressive regimes to restrict the Internet, a global media watchdog said in its annual report.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hit by TV price wars, Tweeter regroups
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/tweeter_s_challenge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070131/capt.nybz22201312037.super_bowl_super_tvs_nybz222.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=ozloxmg4NX8KGLgtV2tCtQ--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="A passerby watches the big screen HDTVs as he window shops outside the Tweeter electronics store on Boylston Street in Boston, in this, Jan. 8, 2007, file photo. Sunday's Super Bowl showdown between the Bears and Indianapolis Colts is amplifying a high-definition TV buying frenzy that already was under way thanks to a 20 percent to 30 percent drop in prices from a year ago and heavy promotions by retailers and manufacturers. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. is trying to ease out of the line of fire in a flat-panel television price war that erupted over the holidays and is extending through Super Bowl Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Video ringtone service launches at show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/tech_show_video_ringtones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070130/capt.mds10301301535c.correction_super_bowl_football_mds103.jpg?x=130&y=116&sig=nwwrfWk0wSrH_ly39oVpUw--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="-Chicago Bears offensive tackle John Tait uses cell phone in one hand as he holds a camera in the other during Media Day for Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007. The Indianapolis Colts will face the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl in Miami on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)" border="0" /></a>AP - The standard ringtones on cell phones aren't good enough for lots of people who spend a few dollars a pop to download song clips and other custom sounds to their devices. Now an Israeli startup bets it can add another layer: the video ringtone.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blackboard makes patent pledge
(AP)
AP - Facing sharp criticism from academic computing experts, Blackboard Inc. announced Thursday what it calls a legally binding promise that it won't pursue patent lawsuits against users of open-source online classroom technology.
Vista hole opens door to 'shout hacking'
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The honeymoon ended early for Microsoft's Vista operating system, after word spread Wednesday about a flaw that could allow remote attackers to take advantage of the new operating system's speech recognition feature.
China leading crackdown on Internet: media watchdog
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070202/tc_afp/mediarightsrsfinternetchina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070202/capt.sge.ogl60.020207062933.photo00.photo.default-355x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=JSsEsn6IwpUxUknn2JytHQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="People use the Internet in a business center in Beijing. Backed by "armies" of cyber-police, China is spearheading an increasingly sophisticated movement by repressive regimes to restrict the Internet, a global media watchdog said in its annual report.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Backed by "armies" of cyber-police, China is spearheading an increasingly sophisticated movement by repressive regimes to restrict the Internet, a global media watchdog said in its annual report.</p><br clear="all"/>
Norah Jones' new album hits online record
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hailed by critics as her best album to
date, the new release from jazz vocalist Norah Jones, "Not Too
Late," was the most pre-ordered album of all time on the online
retailer Amazon.com.
Apple revs up ad attacks on PCs, Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_hi_te/mac_vs__vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070130/capt.caps10501300951.microsoft_vista_launch_caps105.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=2sOmjBvIeI1nidScWVYPzA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A display of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system software is shown at a Best Buy store in San Jose, Calif., just a few minutes after midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007. Vista went on sale in 70 countries Tuesday, along with new versions of Microsoft Exchange e-mail software and the flagship Office business suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - For nearly a year, television and Internet audiences have been seeing a familiar string of ads from Apple attacking rival Windows-based computers. With this week's release of Windows Vista, the newest jabs aren't any friendlier.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo To Launch 100 Branded Entertainment Sites
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The portal plans to gather a brand-loyal audience in a single site this year where consumers can entertain themselves and advertisers can thrive.
Almost 30 percent of Internet users tag online
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Tagging, the emblematic activity of the "Web 2.0" and social computing era, appears destined for mainstream status, a new study concludes.
Google 4Q earnings nearly triple
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070201/ap_on_hi_te/earns_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070131/capt.caps10301311733.earns_google_caps103.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=1cMdrNKeiPSWF0vsGZ64Tg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A sign is posted outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007. Online search leader Google Inc. is expected to report another blowout quarter. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. has grown into a financial juggernaut so quickly its extraordinary growth is starting to look routine — a phenomenon making it more difficult for the online search leader to impress investors.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blackboard makes patent pledge
(AP)
AP - Facing sharp criticism from academic computing experts, Blackboard Inc. announced Thursday what it calls a legally binding promise that it won't pursue patent lawsuits against users of open-source online classroom technology.
Bears Lose To Colts In Virtual Super Bowl
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The game draws the latest roster, stats, and other information from the NFL over the Internet.
Do You Play Tag Online?
(PC World)
PC World - New Pew Internet study says nearly 30 percent of U.S. residents tag online content.
Verizon Launches High-Speed Wireless Data Upgrade
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The improved EV-DO network rollout in five metro areas is expected to compete with similar broadband offerings from Sprint and AT&T.
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