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Looking Past Windows Vista
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Computer hardware makers got some help last month from the world's largest software company.
Microsoft sharpens interoperability focus
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft says it will focus on four key areas to improve interoperability between its own software and other vendors' products.
Microsoft Launches YouTube Rival In Public Beta
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Hoping to take advantage of the popularity of Web 2.0 services, MSN Soapbox lets users tag and categorize videos within the same screen.
Dow ends at record, scores best week since November
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070216/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070217/2007_02_16t185551_450x307_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=OktMz2WuneH1c_YVR970oQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange February 15, 2007. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Dow Jones industrial average
posted its best week since November on Friday, helped by
optimism about merger activity and reassuring comments about
inflation from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Shares Fall After Warning On Windows Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft Corp. shares
fell as much as 2.7 percent early Friday, their biggest drop in
nine months, after Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said analysts' forecasts for fiscal 2008 revenue for Windows Vista were "overly aggressive."
Microsoft drags Nasdaq down
(FT.com)
FT.com - US stocks got a much-needed boost this week from Ben Bernanke's upbeat comments on the economy.
Russian Judge Dismisses Closely Watched Windows Piracy Case
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A school principal is spared five years in jail after $9,700 worth of pirated Microsoft software is found in his school computers.
Microsoft falls on Vista fears
(FT.com)
FT.com - Wall Street stocks opened lower on Friday with investor confidence hit by the release of weaker-than-expected housing data showing a sharp drop in the pace of homebuilding.
Vista Sales Slower Than Expected
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. chief executive officer Steve Ballmer believes that sales forecasts for its new Vista operating system may be "overly aggressive."
Microsoft CEO: Vista Revenue Forecasts Too Aggressive
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Steve Ballmer says analysts' forecasts
for revenue from Windows Vista in fiscal 2008 were "overly aggressive."
Conn. state workers' info ends up on Web
(AP)
AP - More than 1,700 state workers recently learned that some of their personal information, including their names and Social Security numbers, had been inadvertently posted on the Internet.
Entrepreneurs profit from free Web names
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_on_hi_te/web_address_sampling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070216/capt.nybz16702161647.web_address_sampling_nybz167.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=LC88V.2Hp3uyu8IuO68YfQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Frederick Felman, chief marketing officer at MarkMonitor,a brand protection firm, poses for a portrait in the company's offices in San Francisco, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. Entrepreneurs have been taking advantage of a five-day grace period to sample millions of domain names, keeping the relative few that might generate advertising revenues and dropping the rest before paying. Experts believe spammers and scam artists are also starting to use the grace period as a source of free, disposable Web addresses. Felman believes the system allows people with criminal or speculative intent to dominate. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's not often you can compare Internet addresses with clothing, but a growing practice comes close, contributing to a global shortage in good names.</p><br clear="all"/>
Man sues IBM over adult chat room firing
(AP)
AP - A man who was fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room at work is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal.
Douglas: Technology fosters global ties
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_on_en_mo/people_douglas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070218/capt.ny11102182037.people_douglas_ny111.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=rwAKNACiiMr4b7FzRzRHZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Actor Michael Douglas poses outside Younger Hall in St. Andrews, Scotland, after collecting his honorary degree Wednesday, June 21, 2006. The Oscar-winning American actor received a Doctor of Letters from St. Andrews University for his contribution to British film. Douglas said in an interview broadcast on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007 technology is helping children from across the world gain a better understanding of humanity's cultures and religions. The 62-year-old actor is working with Global Nomads Group, which uses technology such as videoconferencing to link children across the world to foster greater understanding. (AP Photo/Andrew Milligan, PA, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Douglas says technology is helping children from across the world gain a better understanding of humanity's cultures and religions.</p><br clear="all"/>
Inventor of the TV remote dies
(AP)
AP - Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died.
FDA warns of dangers of Internet drugs
(AP)
AP - Consumers who thought they were purchasing sleep aids, antidepressants and other drugs over the Internet instead were shipped a powerful anti-psychotic, sending some unwitting victims to the emergency room, federal health officials warned Friday.
Phone and fun industries connect in Barcelona
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070218/tc_afp/3gsmtelecommobilemediamusicfilm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070218/capt.sge.tlg02.180207040544.photo00.photo.default-512x395.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=5DJNNMVHZJ1E5mctktx2CQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A visitor talks on his mobile at the 3GSM congress in Barcelona,14 February 2007. The mobile phone industry buzzed with talk of the "next billion" and closer ties with the entertainment business as more than 1,000 companies gathered here for the telecom trade show.(AFP/File/Lluis Gene)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The mobile phone industry buzzed with talk of the "next billion" and closer ties with the entertainment business last week as more than 1,000 companies gathered here for one of the biggest telecom trade shows.</p><br clear="all"/>
India is the new China at world's biggest wireless fair
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070219/wr_nm/mobile3gsm_india_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070219/2007_02_19t061926_450x311_us_mobile_3gsm_india.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=fAAZiGA8qTt7DNLDT5faEw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A man visits the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, February 15, 2007. (Albert Gea/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The mobile telecoms industry turned
its focus on India at this year's 3GSM trade fair and away from
China, after years of talking about little else but China's
huge market and potential third generation licenses.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cuba embraces open-source software
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_on_hi_te/cuba_software"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070214/capt.37858d35f82e415186764bb50d084e59.cuba_technologies_hav102.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=MGu8_RENmgIoXTmazMP2lQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Richard Stallman, President and founder of the Free Software Foundation, speaks during the International Conference on Communication and Technologies in Havana, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007.(AP Photo/ Javier Galeano)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cuba's communist government is trying to shake off the yoke of at least one capitalist empire — Microsoft Corp. — by joining with socialist Venezuela in converting its computers to open-source software.</p><br clear="all"/>
JVC slashes forecast on sluggish sales
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070219/bs_afp/japanelectronicscompanyearningsjvc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070219/capt.sge.trc90.190207092035.photo00.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=IFeHcVx2NNdeYEPDPszAWA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Yuko Tokuda of Japanese electronics giant Victor Company of Japan (JVC) displays a hard disk camcorder. Japanese electronics maker JVC has slashed its forecasts for this year, predicting it would only just break even due to sluggish sales of its high-end televisions and software.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese electronics maker JVC has slashed its forecasts for this year, predicting it would only just break even due to sluggish sales of its high-end televisions and software.</p><br clear="all"/>
Conn. state workers' info ends up on Web
(AP)
AP - More than 1,700 state workers recently learned that some of their personal information, including their names and Social Security numbers, had been inadvertently posted on the Internet.
FDA warns of dangers of Internet drugs
(AP)
AP - Consumers who thought they were purchasing sleep aids, antidepressants and other drugs over the Internet instead were shipped a powerful anti-psychotic, sending some unwitting victims to the emergency room, federal health officials warned Friday.
MySpace faces stiff competition in Japan
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_on_hi_te/japan_social_networking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070216/capt.nybz20802160511.japan_social_networking_nybz208.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=S_O.IyEyUD4h4ml6xW2Fzw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Tony Elison, senior vice president at Viacom International Japan, which is offering SNS in Japan, speaks to The Associated Press in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. 'MySpace is about me, me, me.' 'In mixi, it isn' about me. It's all about us,' he said. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Visit Japan's top social-networking site, the 8-million-strong "Mixi," and you'll see prim, organized columns and boxes of stamp-size photos — not the flashy text and teen-magazine-like layout of its American counterpart, MySpace.com. The difference in appearance between the two online hangouts reflects a broader clash of cultures — and illustrates the challenge News Corp.'s MySpace faces as it jumps into the Japanese market.</p><br clear="all"/>
CFO of AOL leaving for private equity
(AP)
AP - AOL Chief Financial Officer Steve Swad will join a private-equity firm and become the latest senior manager to leave as the Internet company tries to transform itself into an online advertising conduit.
Man sues IBM over adult chat room firing
(AP)
AP - A man who was fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room at work is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal.
Entrepreneurs profit from free Web names
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_on_hi_te/web_address_sampling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070216/capt.nybz16702161647.web_address_sampling_nybz167.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=LC88V.2Hp3uyu8IuO68YfQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Frederick Felman, chief marketing officer at MarkMonitor,a brand protection firm, poses for a portrait in the company's offices in San Francisco, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. Entrepreneurs have been taking advantage of a five-day grace period to sample millions of domain names, keeping the relative few that might generate advertising revenues and dropping the rest before paying. Experts believe spammers and scam artists are also starting to use the grace period as a source of free, disposable Web addresses. Felman believes the system allows people with criminal or speculative intent to dominate. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's not often you can compare Internet addresses with clothing, but a growing practice comes close, contributing to a global shortage in good names.</p><br clear="all"/>
Blogs can bite back: US presidential candidates learn
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070218/tc_afp/usvote2008politics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070218/capt.sge.tpi96.180207233521.photo00.photo.default-358x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=JwrogsO24tyd86Leqr4K6w--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="A controversy which has flared over two bloggers working for the campaign of US presidential hopeful John Edwards, pictured 02 February 2007, has highlighted the pitfalls facing candidates as they embrace the Web to reach voters.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A controversy which has flared over two bloggers working for the campaign of US presidential hopeful John Edwards has highlighted the pitfalls facing candidates as they embrace the Web to reach voters.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube Anti-Piracy Software Policy Draws Fire
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The media industry is clashing with YouTube over its proposal to offer anti-piracy tools only to companies that have distribution deals with the top online video-sharing service.
Hillary Clinton, in video, urges phased withdrawal from Iraq
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070217/pl_afp/usvote2008clinton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070217/capt.sge.tkh38.170207202931.photo00.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=LBe7a8GJCEOXMCTiZyottA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, pictured 08 February 2007, called in an online video for US troop levels to be locked at January levels and urged a phased US withdrawal from Iraq.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called in an online video for US troop levels to be locked at January levels and urged a phased US withdrawal from Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wikipedia Breaks Into U.S. Top 10 Sites
(PC World)
PC World - Wikimedia Foundation Inc.'s popular Wikipedia online encyclopedia cracked the top ten list of most popular Web sites in the U.S. for the first time in January, according to comScore Networks Inc.
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