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Microsoft settles Iowa antitrust case
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070215/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_iowa_settlement"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070214/capt.iacn10102141626.microsoft_trial_settlement_iacn101.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=DbAGdUsyGFXPeOYBbkN12A--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin, right, talks with Microsoft Corp. attorney Sharon Nelles in a courtroom, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. A settlement was announced Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of Iowans who purchased Microsoft software between 1994 and 2006. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday settled a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of Iowans who bought the company's programs between 1994 and 2006. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Adds Analytics To Its Dynamics CRM Software
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The plug-in for Dynamics is part of Microsoft's grab at a multi-billion dollar BI industry.
'Non-event' expected for Microsoft strategic update
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft will give analysts in New York a strategic update on the company's business Thursday, but they aren't expecting a repeat of the surprise dished up last April.
Microsoft: Don't Ask Us About Next OS
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft wants everyone to focus on Vista and forget about whatever may come down the operating system pike.
Microsoft Office 2007 Doubles The Sales Of Office 2003 In Launch Week
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The software took in 106.3 % more dollars for retailers than the previous version.
New fronts in Microsoft security battle
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070214/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070214/capt.iacn10202141627.microsoft_trial_settlement_iacn102.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=0shJULncN28MjeVKRhO1bQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin, right, gets a hug from Microsoft Corp. attorney Sharon Nelles in a courtroom, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. A settlement was announced Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of Iowans who purchased Microsoft software between 1994 and 2006. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Patch Tuesday," when Microsoft Corp. releases repairs for problems in its software, came and went this week with six critical fixes — including the first one that touches Vista, the new operating system billed as the most secure Windows version yet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Red Hat Joins Microsoft Interoperability Group
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Most of its work within the group will focus on making its middleware more compatible with Microsoft's.
Microsoft Settles Iowa Class-Action Lawsuit
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The class-action suit claimed Microsoft overcharged consumers and businesses as much as $453 million over a 12-year period.
Microsoft and Novell Detail Product Roadmap
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Three months after first announcing a joint development partnership, Microsoft and Novell have started to discuss specific projects and other details of their union.
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 20 Security Bugs
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has released its February round of security updates, complete with some long-awaited patches for its Office productivity suite of applications. This month's Patch Tuesday addresses multiple critical fixes for vulnerabilities in both Office and Microsoft's line of security products. Altogether, Microsoft patched 20 flaws with its current release.
MySpace teen suit dismissed by Texas court
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070215/tc_nm/newscorp_lawsuit_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070215/2007_02_14t175454_450x329_uk_newscorp_lawsuit.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=KtraBoloIOQlNCnGfXDeSw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A screenshot of MySpace.com, taken on February 14, 2007. News Corp.'s MySpace said on Wednesday a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the families of two teenage girls who were victims of sex predators found on the popular Internet social network. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - News Corp.'s (NWSa.N) MySpace said on
Wednesday a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed
by the family of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by
someone she met on the popular Internet social network.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nokia scraps plans for HSDPA notebook module with Intel
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070214/tc_nm/nokia_intel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070215/2007_02_14t220758_450x337_us_nokia_intel.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=mcXPybxhN9EmKcS7RWa1fQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="People visit a Forum Nokia booth during the 3GSM World Congress at the Feria of Barcelona, in central Barcelona February 13, 2007. (Gustau Nacarino/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mobile telecommunications giant Nokia
said on Wednesday it and partner Intel Corp. had scrapped a
joint plan to develop an HSDPA module for notebook computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
NY, Calif more likely identity theft targets: study
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070214/tc_nm/identitytheft_study_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070214/2007_02_14t030835_450x300_us_identitytheft_study.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=rXwvAQjIcmpUyIKet8Ee5w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pedestrians in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, August 8, 2006. New Yorkers, especially around New York City, and Californians, especially around Los Angeles, are more likely to be targets of identity theft, according to a new study. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - New Yorkers, especially around New
York City, and Californians, especially around Los Angeles, are
more likely to be targets of identity theft, according to a new
study.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM says new technology can triple data storage: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070214/tc_nm/ibm_chip_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070214/2007_02_14t030412_450x306_us_ibm_chip.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=eyV40fouBWraKsF6ivTxJQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="An engineer checks the status of a server system in a file photo. IBM says it is developing new circuitry that could triple the data stored on a typical microprocessor, and thereby double the performance of computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - IBM says it is developing new
circuitry that could triple the data stored on a typical
microprocessor, and thereby double the performance of
computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft warns of six "critical" security flaws
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070213/tc_nm/microsoft_patches_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070214/2007_02_14t032547_450x383_us_microsoft_patches.jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=rb7P1pVLHOdtlXrkg_24BQ--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="Microsoft's Windows XP software in a file photo. Microsoft issued six 'critical' security patches on Tuesday to fix flaws in its software products that the company warned could allow attackers to take control of a user's computer. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. issued
six "critical" security patches on Tuesday to fix flaws in its
software products that the company warned could allow attackers
to take control of a user's computer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Group certifies programs OK to download
(AP)
AP - An organization that monitors Web site privacy and e-mail practices for businesses has certified eight computer programs as consumer-friendly and non-invasive.
Global profit hunt sends phone operators to emerging world
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070215/tc_afp/3gsmtelecomsectortechnologyemergeindia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070215/capt.sge.snu31.150207052113.photo00.photo.default-512x267.jpg?x=130&y=67&sig=EG2Sc0gHPCSGLl9XDnkIVw--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="Phones showing video clips on view on the second day of the 3GSM congress in Barcelona. Leading companies in telecommunications, internet and entertainment gathered in Barcelona for one of the world's biggest trade shows for the mobile phone industry.(AFP/Luis Gene)" border="0" /></a>AFP - With mobile phone markets nearly saturated in the developed world, network operators and handset manufacturers are turning their attention to the fertile ground of emerging countries.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel to Stay with Wi-Fi in New Centrino Platform
(PC World)
PC World - Just weeks before launching its new Centrino notebook platform, Intel Corp. said Wednesday it had cancelled plans to provide wireless access with an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) module built by Nokia Corp.
Red Hat Joins Microsoft Interoperability Group
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Most of its work within the group will focus on making its middleware more compatible with Microsoft's.
Microsoft: Don't Ask Us About Next OS
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft wants everyone to focus on Vista and forget about whatever may come down the operating system pike.
Group certifies programs OK to download
(AP)
AP - An organization that monitors Web site privacy and e-mail practices for businesses has certified eight computer programs as consumer-friendly and non-invasive.
MySpace teen suit dismissed by Texas court
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070215/wr_nm/newscorp_lawsuit_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070215/2007_02_14t175454_450x329_uk_newscorp_lawsuit.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=KtraBoloIOQlNCnGfXDeSw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A screenshot of MySpace.com, taken on February 14, 2007. News Corp.'s MySpace said on Wednesday a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the families of two teenage girls who were victims of sex predators found on the popular Internet social network. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - News Corp.'s MySpace said on Wednesday
a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the
family of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by someone
she met on the popular Internet social network.</p><br clear="all"/>
Judge tosses $30M suit against MySpace
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070215/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070215/2007_02_14t175454_450x329_uk_newscorp_lawsuit.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=KtraBoloIOQlNCnGfXDeSw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A screenshot of MySpace.com, taken on February 14, 2007. News Corp.'s MySpace said on Wednesday a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the families of two teenage girls who were victims of sex predators found on the popular Internet social network. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the social networking Web site MySpace filed by the family of a 13-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Earth gets overlay search feature
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google has created a searchable index of Google Earth data files, a feature that should make it easier for users to find and adopt third-party overlays for this popular mapping application.
Women Seeking Straight Men Flock To Sites Popular Among Women
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Bad news, though. Web sites drawing the highest percentage of male visitors were those geared toward gay men.
Two Yahoo Music Execs Resign
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - David Goldberg and Robert Roback, both VPs and general managers of Yahoo Music, had joined the portal after it acquired their company Launch Media in 2001.
Hacker Claims Progress In Decrypting High-Definition Movies
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The hacker, who calls himself Arnezami, published his work Sunday on the Internet.
Google Earth Gets Overlay Search Feature
(PC World)
PC World - Google Inc. has created a searchable index of Google Earth data files, a feature that should make it easier for users to find and adopt third-party overlays for this popular mapping application.
New plugged-in toys follow kids online
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070214/ap_on_hi_te/toy_fair_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070214/capt.nyr10602141612.toy_fair_internet_nyr106.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=FYpk7atIGL3GFTXjG90vlQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Girlz Connect's Destiny, left, and Girlz Connect Locket Pal are displayed in the Bandai America showroom Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 at the American International Toy Fair in New York. As kids keep getting plugged into the Internet, toy makers are following them online. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - As kids keep getting plugged into the Internet, toy makers are following them online.</p><br clear="all"/>
SCO Can't Find Groklaw Blogger, Blames IBM
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - SCO believes that Jones doesn't exist and is actually a composite character invented by IBM's legal department, according to an insider at SCO.
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