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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."
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.
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."
Dow ends up 3 on slide in housing starts
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070212/capt.nyr10202121539.wall_street_loopnet_nyr102.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=DWXltU_XuPAXLG22NEmboA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Richard J. Boyle, second from right, Chairman, President and CEO of LoopNet, Inc., and his wife Catherine attend the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock market Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 in New York. LoopNet, an online listing service for commercial real estate, is based in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - A larger-than-expected drop in housing starts gave Wall Street a narrowly mixed performance Friday, but the Dow Jones industrials had their third straight record close after spending much of the session in a decline that lacked conviction. The major indexes had their best week since mid-November.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft CEO dampens Vista sales forecast
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer believes that sales forecasts for its new Vista operating system may be "overly aggressive."
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.
Startup hopes to modernize parking hunt
(AP)
AP - Finding a parking spot often requires drivers to summon their inner caveman: Scan the horizon for the target, then bag it before someone else does.
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"/>
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"/>
E*Trade launches pilot global trading platform
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online bank and brokerage E*Trade
Financial Corp. said on Tuesday it has launched a pilot global
trading platform that gives U.S. retail customers electronic
access to foreign stocks and currencies in international
markets.
Nikon sees double-digit growth in digicams
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nikon Corp. (7731.T) said on Tuesday it
expects double-digit growth in shipments of compact digital
cameras next business year, following target sales this year of
6.5 million units.
India's Bharti to invest 2.5 billion dollars in deal with Wal-Mart
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070219/bs_afp/indiausretailcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070219/capt.sge.tvz54.190207195135.photo00.photo.default-403x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=NAtNjPJ3exCv3OPVVLE0.A--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="A man reaching for a shopping cart outside a Wal-Mart store. Mobile phone firm Bharti Enterprises, which aims to start a chain of retail stores in India with US-based Wal-Mart, said it will invest up to 2.5 billion dollars in the project by 2015.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Tim Boyle)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Mobile phone firm Bharti Enterprises, which aims to start a chain of retail stores in India with US-based Wal-Mart, said it will invest up to 2.5 billion dollars in the project by 2015.</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"/>
Lombardi moving BPM online
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The announcement last week from Lombardi Software that it will add a SaaS (software as a service) component dubbed Blueprint to its on-premises BPM suite highlights both the continuing growth of the hosted model and its limitations.
E*Trade launches pilot global trading platform
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online bank and brokerage E*Trade
Financial Corp. said on Tuesday it has launched a pilot global
trading platform that gives U.S. retail customers electronic
access to foreign stocks and currencies in international
markets.
Startup hopes to modernize parking hunt
(AP)
AP - Finding a parking spot often requires drivers to summon their inner caveman: Scan the horizon for the target, then bag it before someone else does.
YouTube Irks Viacom and Seeks IP Attorney
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Viacom is up in arms over a new YouTube proposal, and Google is searching for an attorney to help the company tackle the media-sharing issues that the search giant inherited with its controversial YouTube acquisition.
Canadian police ads pulled from U.S. gang Web sites
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070219/wr_nm/mounties_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070220/2007_02_19t175231_450x304_us_mounties.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=VJjMw1vdKqY8K_4k2WD1nQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police salutes in an undated file photo. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have pulled online job recruitment advertisements that mistakenly appeared on Web sites with links to a prominent U.S. street gang. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have
pulled online job recruitment advertisements that mistakenly
appeared on Web sites with links to a prominent U.S. street
gang.</p><br clear="all"/>
Millions Vulnerable to New Hack Attack
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Security firm Symantec and the Indiana University School of Informatics have discovered a new type of security threat that could leave up to 50 percent of home broadband users susceptible to attack.
Lombardi moving BPM online
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The announcement last week from Lombardi Software that it will add a SaaS (software as a service) component dubbed Blueprint to its on-premises BPM suite highlights both the continuing growth of the hosted model and its limitations.
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.
Qaeda camps in Pakistan to train operatives: US official
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070219/pl_afp/usattacksafghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070220/capt.sge.txz46.200207075816.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=BXtMVZWkj4oVrZCWlYgAjA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Pakistani soldiers stand alert with their weapons at an observation post in front of Lwara Fort in the snow covered mountainous region of Alwara Mandei in North Waziristan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, 17 February 2007. Al-Qaeda is believed to have established compounds inside Pakistan to train small groups of operatives for possible attacks in the West, a US official said.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Al-Qaeda is believed to have established compounds inside Pakistan to train small groups of operatives for possible attacks in the West, a US official said.</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.
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