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Apple: iTunes users should wait on Vista
(AP)
AP - Apple Inc. is urging some iPod and iTunes users to hold off on upgrading computers to Windows Vista, warning that the iTunes music software may not work well with the new operating system from rival Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft's Zocher talks up Expression
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - When you own as much of the world’s operating system market as Microsoft does, even small changes to your platform become immensely complicated in practice.
Windows Vista In A Nutshell: <br>Chapter 2, Using Windows Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Preston Gralla's new book, from O'Reilly, thoroughly documents every important setting and feature in Windows Vista. Here, as a free excerpt, is the complete second chapter: <i>Using Windows Vista</i>.
Users, analysts: No rush to adopt Exchange 2007
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Windows Vista isn't the only recently released Microsoft software that will give users headaches when they upgrade their systems. Corporate users, partners, and analysts said upgrading to Exchange Server 2007 from previous versions also may be a lengthy and painful process for companies, which may want to take a wait-and-see approach to the new software.
Microsoft To License Protocols To Rivals
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Two of the three protocols are available for licensing immediately, while the third will debut in April.
Microsoft Word-OpenOffice Translator Hits The Launchpad
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The OpenXML Translator is available through SourceForge.net, a repository for software and information on a variety of open source projects.
Microsoft Launches SSL VPN Software
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Windows Vista might be robbing the spotlight, but Microsoft has moved forward with other new product launches this week. On Thursday, Redmond announced new software that aims to make servers more secure.
Home Editions Of Windows Vista Won't Run On Mac Or Linux Virtual Machines
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The end-user license agreements specifically forbid users from booting the software 'within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system,' Microsoft says.
Microsoft's OneCare Fails Vista AV Tests
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - F-Secure's Anti-Virus for Vista 2007, Grisoft's AVG, Sophos Anti-Virus, and Symantec's AntiVirus managed to catch all VB100 bugs.
Microsoft Downplays Vista Speech-Recognition Hack
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - According to security researchers, Windows Vista's speech-recognition feature is flawed and hackers could use it to remotely force a PC to execute commands.
Study: More kids exposed to online porn
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_hi_te/kids_online_porn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070131/capt.cata10501312327.unpalatable_porn_cata105.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=nch2w3yAJIWcTJOibMBIgQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Chris Ward, art director, works on the graphics for the Kink.com Web site at the current offices on Mission Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan 31, 2007. A plan to turn the old armory building on Mission Street into a porn film studio has run into a wall of opposition, with several community groups expressing outrage that a company specializing in bondage videos intends to move into their family-filled neighborhood. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)" border="0" /></a>AP - More children and teens are being exposed to online pornography, mostly by accidentally viewing sexually explicit Web sites while surfing the Internet, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online ad sites challenge Google, Yahoo
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_hi_te/advertising_alternative"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070201/2007_01_31t163648_450x289_us_google_results.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=Jjces744Bp65pcJddwAPOg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California August 18, 2004. Web search leader Google Inc. said on Wednesday its quarterly profit rose as its ability to capitalize on Web advertising gained momentum against rivals such as Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like thousands of other Web sites, EDN.com relies on Google Inc.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell e-mail details corporate reforms
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_bi_ge/dell_shakeup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070201/capt.ny12502012312.dell_ceo_ny125.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=mEtP_9MZ4Q2E12lnjCz_0A--" 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 - In a memo to Dell Inc. employees days after returning as chief executive officer, Michael Dell said the beleaguered computer maker is quashing bonuses for 2006 and reducing managers to help cut costs and steer the company back toward dominance.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rowling: No e-book for Harry Potter VII
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_hi_te/harry_potter_e_books"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070201/capt.sge.odn13.010207190235.photo01.photo.default-365x512.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=H60gnVXbQiY9th38yozgQg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="British author J.K. Rowling talks to the media in December 2006. Harry Potter's fate will be revealed to the world when the seventh and last book in the hugely successful series about the boy wizard -- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" -- is released on July 21.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sorry, e-book fans, whoever you are. You will be able to read the new Harry Potter on paper, listen to it, probably purchase it in Braille. But don't expect to download the text — at least legally.</p><br clear="all"/>
Viacom asks YouTube to remove 100K clips
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_hi_te/viacom_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070202/capt.sge.ooq49.020207213841.photo01.photo.default-216x144.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ylsETOLl_gfpAIUAMm3etw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Viacom logo. YouTube agreed to remove more than 100,000 unauthorized clips of Viacom television programs from the popular video-sharing website.(Viacom)" border="0" /></a>AP - Media company Viacom Inc., which owns the cable networks MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and the Paramount Pictures movie studio, asked YouTube on Friday to remove more than 100,000 unauthorized clips from its hugely popular video-sharing site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple: iTunes users should wait on Vista
(AP)
AP - Apple Inc. is urging some iPod and iTunes users to hold off on upgrading computers to Windows Vista, warning that the iTunes music software may not work well with the new operating system from rival Microsoft Corp.
Disney in uncharted waters with "Pirates" game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Disney Online will
offer the legions of fans who have flocked to see Captain Jack
Sparrow in movie theaters a chance to star in an original video
game adventure for free with "Pirates of the Caribbean Online."
Ericsson says teams with Turner for mobile services
(Reuters)
Reuters - Telecom equipment maker Ericsson said
on Monday it would team up with Turner Broadcasting to develop
international mobile services.
Novell Could Be Banned From Selling Linux: Group Claims
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Free Software Foundation is
reviewing Novell's right to sell new versions of
Linux operating system software after the open-source community criticized Novell for teaming up with Microsoft.
Microsoft's Zocher talks up Expression
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - When you own as much of the world’s operating system market as Microsoft does, even small changes to your platform become immensely complicated in practice.
Apple: iTunes users should wait on Vista
(AP)
AP - Apple Inc. is urging some iPod and iTunes users to hold off on upgrading computers to Windows Vista, warning that the iTunes music software may not work well with the new operating system from rival Microsoft Corp.
Study: More kids exposed to online porn
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_hi_te/kids_online_porn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070131/capt.cata10501312327.unpalatable_porn_cata105.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=nch2w3yAJIWcTJOibMBIgQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Chris Ward, art director, works on the graphics for the Kink.com Web site at the current offices on Mission Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan 31, 2007. A plan to turn the old armory building on Mission Street into a porn film studio has run into a wall of opposition, with several community groups expressing outrage that a company specializing in bondage videos intends to move into their family-filled neighborhood. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)" border="0" /></a>AP - More children and teens are being exposed to online pornography, mostly by accidentally viewing sexually explicit Web sites while surfing the Internet, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online ad sites challenge Google, Yahoo
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_hi_te/advertising_alternative"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070201/2007_01_31t163648_450x289_us_google_results.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=Jjces744Bp65pcJddwAPOg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California August 18, 2004. Web search leader Google Inc. said on Wednesday its quarterly profit rose as its ability to capitalize on Web advertising gained momentum against rivals such as Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like thousands of other Web sites, EDN.com relies on Google Inc.</p><br clear="all"/>
Redstone settles lawsuit with son: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. Chairman
Sumner Redstone has settled a lawsuit with his son, according
to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
China unblocks Taiwan newspaper Web sites
(Reuters)
Reuters - China has allowed access to Internet
versions of two of Taiwan's top daily newspapers after blocking
them for years for fear they would spread anti-Communist
propaganda, a Taiwan official said on Monday.
Teen exposure to online pornography common
(Reuters)
Reuters - About four in every 10 U.S. youngsters
age 10 to 17 report they've seen pornography while on the
Internet, two-thirds of them saying it was uninvited, according
to a study published on Monday.
Disney in uncharted waters with "Pirates" game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Disney Online will
offer the legions of fans who have flocked to see Captain Jack
Sparrow in movie theaters a chance to star in an original video
game adventure for free with "Pirates of the Caribbean Online."
Redstone settles lawsuit with son: WSJ
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070205/media_nm/redstone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070205/2007_02_04t220939_450x309_us_redstone.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=jSzftzAJLdy8UQxWBYX6NA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="File photo of Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone (L) and his wife Paula Fortunato attending the Los Angeles premiere of 'Freedom Writers' held at the Mann Village Theatre in Los Angeles, January 4, 2007. Redstone have settled a lawsuit with his son, according to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. Chairman
Sumner Redstone have settled a lawsuit with his son, according
to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mobile phone operators mull creating rival to Google
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070204/tc_afp/britaininternetmediagoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070204/capt.sge.oxe54.040207165347.photo00.photo.default-351x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=fmqJliz4DjN_4sYEZZtDuw--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="A woman talks into her mobile phone in January 2007. Some of Europe's biggest telecoms groups are to hold talks next week about creating a mobile phone search engine which could challenge US giants Google and Yahoo!.(AFP/File/Farjana K. Godhuly)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Some of Europe's biggest telecoms groups are to hold talks next week about creating a mobile phone search engine which could challenge US giants Google and Yahoo!.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mockery and muckraking enliven France's Internet hustings
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070204/tc_afp/francevoteinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070204/capt.sge.oww64.040207160254.photo00.photo.default-512x339.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dUlABkZp58LhlKivAHu7gQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy gestures during a meeting with female business leaders on February 2. France is enjoying a cyberspace electoral campaign on a level so far only seen in the United States.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)" border="0" /></a>AFP - One of the most popular Internet sites of France's presidential election shows a mocked-up figure of the right-wing candidate Nicolas Sarkozy dancing to disco tunes.</p><br clear="all"/>
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