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Microsoft: Vista follow-up likely in 2009
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With Vista just out the door, Microsoft is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009, according to the executive in charge of building the product's core components.
A first look at Windows Mobile 6
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's recently announced Windows Mobile 6 software for smart phones is a step forward for the company, offering some important improvements over previous versions of the software. But just how good is the new software?
Microsoft: Vista Follow-up Likely in 2009
(PC World)
PC World - With Vista just out the door, Microsoft Corp. is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009, according to the executive in charge of building the product's core components.
Microsoft's new OS Vista spurs computer sales
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/tc_afp/usitsoftwareretail"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070209/capt.sge.qvr48.090207195103.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=vtrDM9tGE669zNBOm66xjg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Boxes of the new Windows Vista software sit on a shelf at a New York Best Buy store in January 2007. US sales of computers carrying Microsoft's new operating system Vista soared in the week after it was launched, defying the expectations of analysts who gave Vista lackluster reviews.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US sales of computers carrying Microsoft's new operating system Vista soared in the week after it was launched, defying the expectations of analysts who gave Vista lackluster reviews.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Looks Beyond Desktops with Windows Mobile 6
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - With the launch of Vista, Microsoft is likely to keep its dominance on the desktop intact, but the company's fresh focus on mobility could help boost its share in the wireless market.
Windows Vista Spurs New PC Sales
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - According to new data from market research firm Current Analysis, Microsoft's Windows Vista launch has been a boon to PC manufacturers, stimulating triple-digital sales increases during the first week Vista-equipped machines came to market.
Microsoft's Hotmail Brand Will Live On
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Product manager Richard Sim explains why Microsoft ditched plans to adopt the name Windows Live Mail for the service.
Windows Vista Gooses U.S. PC Sales
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The sales spike may have been driven more by tech-savvy early adopters than by everyday consumers.
Windows Mobile 6 Available Soon
(PC World)
PC World - The latest version of Microsoft's mobile platform blurs the line between smartphones and connected PDAs.
Nvidia Adds Site To Address Vista Driver Bugs
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Nvidia has launched a Web site to address concerns over its most recent drivers for Microsoft's Windows Vista, which have sparked complaints that the drivers simply don't work.
Japan uses satellites to track disasters
(AP)
AP - Japan launched a satellite-based alert system Friday that will instantly send warnings of tsunamis and updates on volcanic activity to help speed evacuations, an emergency official said.
MIT team details optics-on-a-chip device
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_on_hi_te/optics_on_a_chip"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070209/capt.caps10202091749.optics_on_a_chip_caps102.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=YxF53bLNecm0Rxgbg56zmg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This handout photo provided by MIT in this undated photo of the top-view electron micrograph of MIT's 'optics on a chip' in Cambridge, Mass.. Such photonic circuits could bring the speed of light waves to traditional electronics. In an era of bandwidth-hungry video downloads, optical fibers can transmit massive amounts of data quickly and are seen as a key tool in helping networks manage their heavy burden. But researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said they've overcome a major obstacle in fully harnessing the power and speed of the light waves traveling over those fibers that enable such speedy transmissions. (AP Photo/MIT, Tymon Barwicz, ho)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fiber-optic networks transmit massive amounts of information quickly, but the signals weaken as the data-carrying light travels long distances. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said they've overcome a major obstacle in harnessing the full power and speed of the light waves.</p><br clear="all"/>
Militant Islamic groups turn to YouTube
(AP)
AP - Anyone with an Internet connection can watch videos of bombings and sniper attacks against U.S. forces — shot and edited by Islamic militants and broadcast on YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing Web site.
Blogs transform Mideast social dialogue
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_hi_te/mideast_blogging"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070201/capt.sge.occ11.010207170445.photo01.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=s31..PmmAyiabVvO.u2HQQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="An Egyptian human right activist with chained hands protests against torture in police stations in Cairo in January 2007. Egypt's politically active blogger community has brought to light another torture case against the regime's security services amid a rising tide of outrage over police brutality.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)" border="0" /></a>AP - Wael Abbas hasn't been arrested by Egyptian police, but the blogger fears it could happen any day.</p><br clear="all"/>
Samsung unveils iPhone-like cell phone
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_samsung_iphone_rival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070209/capt.tok11102091159.south_korea_samsung_iphone_rival_tok111.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=tCRVgI5EUtQ87epSSwP1uQ--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="In this photo released by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, its new Ultra Smart F700 mobile phone that features some of the sleek design and functions that characterize Apple's much-hyped iPhone. According to a Samsung release, the Ultra Smart F700 utilizes a full touch screen as well as a traditional Qwerty key pad that slides out 'for users who are not yet familiar with a touch-screen-only user interface.' Besides functioning as a phone, device, approximately 10 centimeters (4 inches) in height, can access the Internet, download music, take pictures, watch videos, handle e-mail and share photos, said Samsung, the world's third-largest manufacturer of mobile phone handsets. (AP Photo/Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new mobile phone that features some of the sleek design and functions of Apple Inc.'s much-hyped iPhone.</p><br clear="all"/>
EMI's DRM-Free Talks Unlikely To Change Online Music Stores
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Steve Jobs and Apple's influence in the online music market is forcing some labels to rethink their strategy even though profit margins on CDs are higher than on music downloads.
Computer experts warn of viruses in Valentine messages
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/tc_afp/afplifestyleusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070209/capt.sge.qwv99.090207234433.photo00.photo.default-380x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=gOpvNQr26TyIS.xFGzbviA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="A sweetshop employee, Hiroyuki Shimizu, displays a computer-shaped Valentine's Day chocolate with "I'm programmed to love you forever!" on its screen in Tokyo in 2001. Security experts are warning PC users to be on guard against viruses masquerading as Valentine's Day messages, which could damage computers.(AFP/File/Yoshikatsu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Security experts are warning PC users to be on guard against viruses masquerading as Valentine's Day messages, which could damage computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
A first look at Windows Mobile 6
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's recently announced Windows Mobile 6 software for smart phones is a step forward for the company, offering some important improvements over previous versions of the software. But just how good is the new software?
JBoss Founder Departs Senior VP Post At Red Hat
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Marc Fleury saw a need for an open source Java application server where there were few or no Java middleware projects underway.
Adaptive Releases Upgrade Of Budgeting, Reporting Tools
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Adaptive Planning ships an upgrade of its namesake software for midsize companies.
EMI's DRM-Free Talks Unlikely To Change Online Music Stores
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Steve Jobs and Apple's influence in the online music market is forcing some labels to rethink their strategy even though profit margins on CDs are higher than on music downloads.
Xerox Works Deal to Rival Google
(PC World)
PC World - Xerox Corp. research subsidiary the Palo Alto Research Center has struck a licensing deal with a high-profile startup in the hopes of building a search engine that could one day rival Google Inc.
New tech puts online ad measures to test
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_hi_te/online_measurements"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070209/capt.caps20102091845.online_measurements_caps201.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=mat11u6wkC5njiJHyuozAQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="his photo provided by Yahoo of Peter Daboll, Yahoo's chief of insights in this undated photo. He is the former chief executive of comScore Media Metrix, the measurement company that declared Yahoo second on the onlinehangout MySpace in page views. In just three years, the online hangout MySpace.com has edged out veteran portal Yahoo as the busiest Web site in the United States - by page views - along with unique visitors - as the yardstick for a site's worth. Marketers review the metrics to help determine where to place their ads; Web sites cite them in boasting of industry leadership. The problem, experts say, is that counting page views isn't precise to begin with. Newer technologies such as Ajax and RSS and the increased availability of online video have cast even more doubt on the metric - long the rough gauge of how many eyeballs are viewing how many ads on a site. (AP Photo/Yahoo, Richard Morgenstein)" border="0" /></a>AP - At Yahoo's finance site, stock quotes update automatically and continually, the numbers flashing green and red as prices rise and fall. Wall Street investors can easily leave a single Web page up all day.</p><br clear="all"/>
Conference Attendees Drop Ball on Wi-Fi Security
(PC World)
PC World - More than half of the [<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html">wireless</a>] LAN devices being used at this week's RSA Conference on information security are themselves unsecured.
Xerox works deal with startup to rival Google
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Xerox research subsidiary the Palo Alto Research Center has struck a licensing deal with a high-profile startup in the hopes of building a search engine that could one day rival Google.
PluggedIn: Ancient Asian board game goes online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/wr_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070210/2007_02_09t161203_450x299_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=JVpL_xs__WdEaREY2i887w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A booth assistant (L) demonstrates a board game Go projected by NEC's mirror projector on a whiteboard to a visitor at a booth during the World PC Expo in Tokyo October 20, 2006. Go is an ideal candidate to benefit from the online boom as gaming companies move to offer international networks to connect hundreds of millions of players, most of them in East Asia. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As boisterous teenagers wage bloody beast
wars in virtual universes at a clamorous downtown Internet
cafe, a handful of men, oblivious to the din, stare transfixed
at an ancient, slow-paced, black-and-white board game on their
screens.</p><br clear="all"/>
Video sold of battle to save Anna Nicole Smith
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/wr_nm/annanicole_video_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070209/2007_02_09t144753_296x450_us_annanicole_video.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=GBorwWR_ZIx55mizS9c3PQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Anna Nicole Smith arrives at the taping of television show 'The Comedy Central's Roast of Pamela Anderson' at Sony studios in the Culver City area of Los Angeles in this August 7, 2005 file photo. Grainy video footage of paramedics working on the unresponsive body of Smith turned up on the Internet and on German television on Friday a day after the sudden death of the former Playboy model in Florida. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Grainy video footage of paramedics
working on the unresponsive body of Anna Nicole Smith turned up
on the Internet and on German television on Friday a day after
the sudden death of the former Playboy model in Florida.</p><br clear="all"/>
Militant Islamic groups turn to YouTube
(AP)
AP - Anyone with an Internet connection can watch videos of bombings and sniper attacks against U.S. forces — shot and edited by Islamic militants and broadcast on YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing Web site.
Google Still Plays Catch-Up With eBay
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Traffic figures for the competing e-commerce sites are on opposite ends in the spectrum, according to an Internet metrics company.
YouTube founders reaped fortunes from sale to Google
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/tc_afp/usitinternetcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070209/capt.sge.qvq14.090207194326.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=z2LEQv.y8dQuEWuAGeQ4Cw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="YouTube Web page. YouTube founders received more than a half-billion dollars in Google stock when the search engine bought the video-sharing website last year, regulatory documents revealed.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - YouTube founders received more than a half-billion dollars in Google stock when the search engine bought the video-sharing website last year, regulatory documents revealed.</p><br clear="all"/>
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