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Microsoft unveils new mobile software, wins Asian partners
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070212/tc_afp/usasiaitsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070212/capt.sge.rkx27.120207105418.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=ovWAJneybBBu3vvnHip_4g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Microsoft offices in Herndon, Virginia in December 2005. Microsoft has announced its new version of its Windows operating systems for mobile devices and said it won new Asian partners hoping to gain more market share from competitors, Symbian and Nokia.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft has announced its new version of its Windows operating systems for mobile devices and said it won new Asian partners hoping to gain more market share from competitors, Symbian and Nokia.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hidden Costs of a Windows Vista Upgrade
(PC World)
PC World - If you're putting Vista on a PC yourself, you need to read this.
IBM aims to lower cost of using Linux, Apple PCs
(Reuters)
Reuters - IBM said on Sunday it
will offer an open desktop software system for businesses that
puts the cost of managing Apple or Linux computers on a more
equal footing with Microsoft's Windows software, improving the
economics of Windows alternatives.
Microsoft's On the Go, Launching Windows Mobile 6
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft recently disclosed details about its new Windows Mobile 6 operating system for smartphones, which will be formally introduced at the 3GSM telecommunications conference in Barcelona this coming week. Major advances over earlier versions of Windows Mobile include better security, more accurate search capabilities, and more desktop-like functionality. Enhancements also include the ability to edit Office documents, which can be especially important for business users on the go.
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.
RIM to introduce newest BlackBerry
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_hi_te/rim_new_blackberry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070208/i/ra4231253881.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=PRa_86X_mglaFcy67Tfm5Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Blackberry devices are used in Los Angeles March 3, 2006. Research In Motion Ltd. <RIMM.O> <RIM.TO> and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. <005930.KS> have settled a lawsuit in which RIM alleged the South Korean electronics giant had infringed on its well-known BlackBerry trademark with its competing BlackJack smartphone. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>AP - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday will unveil a new version of its top-end e-mail phone for business users, replacing the signature side navigation wheel with a front trackball that first appeared last year on the consumer-oriented BlackBerry Pearl.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo to unveil mobile marketing platform
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_mobile_advertising"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070205/capt.sge.pgc07.050207192622.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=gXCboSz8dasz7bBqBNKbLg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This handout photo shows Yahoo corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yahoo launched its Project Panama ad-ranking platform in the United States in a much-anticipated effort to more effectively convert user visits into advertising revenues.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc. will sell branded advertising aimed at mobile phone customers outside the United States as part of the Internet powerhouse's efforts to build other revenue sources beyond the Web.</p><br clear="all"/>
Omnifone unveils rival to iPhone, iTunes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_hi_te/spain3gsm_music_downloads"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070207/capt.sge.pze13.070207175516.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=9GfRiD3ZoAkjyUqGLCXhgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Apple chief executive Steve Jobs unveils the "iPhone" at the Macworld Conference 09 January 2007 in San Francisco, California. Jobs posted an open message to record studios, asking them to do away with security software that prevents music bought online from playing on different types of MP3 players.(AFP/File/Tony Avelar)" border="0" /></a>AP - Omnifone, a British mobile music company, is unveiling a new music service Monday aimed at cell phone users who crave music while on the go, in the first of what is expected to be many challenges against Apple Inc.'s upcoming iPhone and its ubiquitous iTunes Store.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel details teraflops-capable chip
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_hi_te/intel_teraflops_chip"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070211/capt.2980b059bfbb45a0bac1d068e877fb6a.intel_teraflops_chip_nyol777.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=ZDKrzE_WrITlAROa4rxiVA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Intel Corp. headquarters is seen in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Sept. 5, 2006, file photo. The world's biggest chipmaker has developed a programmable processor that can perform about a trillion calculations per second, or deliver a performance of 1.01 teraflops, the company said Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. It accomplishes this feat while consuming 62 watts of power when the chip is running at a frequency of 3.16 gigahertz. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Intel Corp. has designed a computer chip that promises to perform calculations as quickly an entire data center — while consuming as much energy as a light bulb.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wireless sensors extend Internet's reach
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070211/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_smart_sensors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070211/capt.a5ef5b3d57a043ed81523ad9f670a903.wireless_smart_sensors_la209.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=ZPUH1rlSUSo9njSPwqUpuQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Deborah Estrin, displays a sensor for a surveillance camera at the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, a consortium of six schools headquartered on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, Feb. 6, 2007. Estrin envisions a day when the 'surround-sound' capability of tiny sensors embedded in hard-to-reach places become as commonplace as computers plugged into the Internet.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - To the untrained eye, the sleek, airy building constructed atop a decommissioned nuclear reactor at the University of California, Los Angeles could pass for high-tech office space.</p><br clear="all"/>
Prisoners of love - Web site offers captive dates
(Reuters)
Reuters - Still searching for a
Valentine's date? Have a penchant for muscular torsos, crew
cuts and tattoos?
Symbian, phone makers urge cheaper mobile Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mobile phone software maker Symbian
and phone makers said on Monday mobile operators need to make
wireless Internet services cheaper to appeal to more consumers.
Mobile phone movers and shakers connect in Barcelona
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070212/tc_afp/telecommobileinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070212/capt.sge.rky25.120207105902.photo00.photo.default-512x373.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=NwzofvWYt9waz3R1uO5mAQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A worker prepares stands of the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on 1 February. Leading companies in telecommunications, Internet and entertainment have gathered in Barcelona for the start of one of the world's biggest trade shows for the mobile phone industry.(AFP/File/Cesar Rangel)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Leading companies in telecommunications, Internet and entertainment have gathered in Barcelona for the start of one of the world's biggest trade shows for the mobile phone industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM aims to lower cost of using Linux, Apple PCs
(Reuters)
Reuters - IBM said on Sunday it
will offer an open desktop software system for businesses that
puts the cost of managing Apple or Linux computers on a more
equal footing with Microsoft's Windows software, improving the
economics of Windows alternatives.
Microsoft unveils new mobile software, wins Asian partners
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070212/tc_afp/usasiaitsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070212/capt.sge.rkx27.120207105418.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=ovWAJneybBBu3vvnHip_4g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Microsoft offices in Herndon, Virginia in December 2005. Microsoft has announced its new version of its Windows operating systems for mobile devices and said it won new Asian partners hoping to gain more market share from competitors, Symbian and Nokia.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft has announced its new version of its Windows operating systems for mobile devices and said it won new Asian partners hoping to gain more market share from competitors, Symbian and Nokia.</p><br clear="all"/>
Prisoners of love - Web site offers captive dates
(Reuters)
Reuters - Still searching for a
Valentine's date? Have a penchant for muscular torsos, crew
cuts and tattoos?
Mobile phone movers and shakers connect in Barcelona
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070212/tc_afp/telecommobileinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070212/capt.sge.rky25.120207105902.photo00.photo.default-512x373.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=NwzofvWYt9waz3R1uO5mAQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A worker prepares stands of the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on 1 February. Leading companies in telecommunications, Internet and entertainment have gathered in Barcelona for the start of one of the world's biggest trade shows for the mobile phone industry.(AFP/File/Cesar Rangel)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Leading companies in telecommunications, Internet and entertainment have gathered in Barcelona for the start of one of the world's biggest trade shows for the mobile phone industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Symbian, phone makers urge cheaper mobile Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mobile phone software maker Symbian
and phone makers said on Monday mobile operators need to make
wireless Internet services cheaper to appeal to more consumers.
Deutsche Telekom mulls selling Club Internet
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070212/tc_afp/germanyfrancetelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070212/capt.sge.rkh10.120207094019.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=NXFIqkmV5ILEisxf6jHFXw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Fair-goers walk past a logo of Deutsche Telekom during the 2006 CeBIT information and telecommunication technology fair in Hanover in March 2006. Deutsche Telekom is considering selling its French Internet access provider Club Internet.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom is considering selling its French Internet access provider Club Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google adds online Map, Word services to China site
(Reuters)
Reuters - Global Internet search leader Google
Inc. is beginning to promote its two latest online products --
map and word processing services -- on its China Web site as it
seeks to go beyond being mainly a search engine play in the
world's second largest Internet market.
Yahoo to unveil mobile marketing platform
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_mobile_advertising"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070205/capt.sge.pgc07.050207192622.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=gXCboSz8dasz7bBqBNKbLg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This handout photo shows Yahoo corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yahoo launched its Project Panama ad-ranking platform in the United States in a much-anticipated effort to more effectively convert user visits into advertising revenues.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc. will sell branded advertising aimed at mobile phone customers outside the United States as part of the Internet powerhouse's efforts to build other revenue sources beyond the Web.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace offers tools to block unauthorized videos
(Reuters)
Reuters - News Corp.'s online social network
MySpace said on Monday it is offering free software tools to
let media companies block the uploading of unauthorized video
clips, expanding on an earlier program to block unauthorized
music.
MySpace to launch video filtering system
(AP)
AP - The popular online hangout MySpace said Monday it will experiment with a video-filtering system designed to block clips containing copyright materials.
Omnifone unveils rival to iPhone, iTunes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_hi_te/spain3gsm_music_downloads"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070207/capt.sge.pze13.070207175516.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=9GfRiD3ZoAkjyUqGLCXhgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Apple chief executive Steve Jobs unveils the "iPhone" at the Macworld Conference 09 January 2007 in San Francisco, California. Jobs posted an open message to record studios, asking them to do away with security software that prevents music bought online from playing on different types of MP3 players.(AFP/File/Tony Avelar)" border="0" /></a>AP - Omnifone, a British mobile music company, is unveiling a new music service Monday aimed at cell phone users who crave music while on the go, in the first of what is expected to be many challenges against Apple Inc.'s upcoming iPhone and its ubiquitous iTunes Store.</p><br clear="all"/>
'Madame Wikipedia' runs web giant from village HQ
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070212/tc_afp/afpentertainmentfrance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070212/capt.sge.rid06.120207000355.photo00.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=BDNoJ1yfwnOukiSGPgWywA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Florence Devouard, chair of the Wikimedia foundation, pictured January 2007. From her small village in central France, the 38-year-old, is in charge of improving the quality of the articles and facilitate an easier access to the readers.(AFP/File/Theirry Zoccolan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Far from the power-broking of Silicon Valley, the new boss of the Internet giant Wikipedia is a soft-spoken French mother of three, who runs the global success story from a home office in a village in central France.</p><br clear="all"/>
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