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ATT, Microsoft take patent battle to US Supreme Court
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070222/bs_afp/uscourtpatentsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070222/capt.sge.uom92.220207005043.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=GIzkWcgUeYguph9vCuTZSw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Supreme Court police officers stand in front of the US Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. Microsoft, backed by the US government and heavyweight corporations, took its patent battle with telecommunications giant AT and T to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a case that has wide implications for US firms doing business abroad.(AFP/File/Manny Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft, backed by the US government and heavyweight corporations, took its patent battle with telecommunications giant AT and T to the Supreme Court, in a case that has wide implications for US firms doing business abroad.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft, AT&T Patent Case Before Supreme Court
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. presented oral arguments Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-year-old patent lawsuit filed by AT&T Inc. whose outcome could require U.S. software companies to pay fines for patent-infringing software assembled in other countries.
Microsoft takes patent case before Supreme Court
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft presented oral arguments Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-year-old patent lawsuit filed by AT&T whose outcome could require U.S. software companies to pay fines for patent-infringing software assembled in other countries.
High court skeptical of Microsoft patent ruling
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070221/tc_nm/microsoft_court_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_21t152511_450x377_us_microsoft_court.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=goE_jup_7Gs44HTe4VKIaQ--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="A man reads a book near a Microsoft Windows sign at a subway station in Seoul March 27, 2006. U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday expressed doubts about whether Microsoft Corp. should be liable for infringing AT and T Inc. patents in Windows software sold overseas, a case that could determine the reach of American patents in foreign markets. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. Supreme Court justices on
Wednesday expressed doubts about whether Microsoft Corp.
should be liable for infringing AT&T Inc.
patents in Windows software sold overseas, a case that could
determine the reach of American patents in foreign markets.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gates: Windows Vista Has Had 'Incredible Reception'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - "People who sell PCs have seen a very nice lift in their
sales. People have come in and wanted to buy Vista," according to Bill Gates.
How to avoid spam avalanche
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - The tech quandary for many small businesses isn't about building a better website or when to buy Microsoft's new Vista operating system. It's an old problem managers thought they'd already licked: spam.
Microsoft's Free Virtual PC: What 'Free' Means
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Yesterday's release of Virtual PC 2007 continues a longstanding Microsoft trend: Give away free something valuable to gain market share against a dominant competitor.
High Court to hear Microsoft patent case
(AP)
AP - The Supreme Court is ready to hear from lawyers from Microsoft and AT&T as it considers a long-running patent dispute between the industry giants.
Microsoft: Xbox Sales Improve in January
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft Corp. sold 294,000 Xbox 360 video game consoles in January, a company executive said on Tuesday, citing preliminary research data.
Microsoft says January Xbox 360 sales hit 294,000
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070221/tc_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t204427_450x299_us_microsoft_xbox.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=5I6JSPYqII5VmP6x3iTbQQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A visitor makes his way on a striped carpet past a mural at the Xbox 360 booth at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles in this file photo from May 11, 2006. Microsoft Corp. sold 294,000 Xbox 360 video game consoles in January, a company executive said on Tuesday, citing preliminary research data. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. sold
294,000 Xbox 360 video game consoles in January, a company
executive said on Tuesday, citing preliminary research data.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cisco, Apple settle 'iPhone' dispute
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_bi_ge/cisco_apple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.caps10502220307.cisco_apple_caps105.jpg?x=111&y=130&sig=.wwnWEH_egfkpQxnSSJRbA--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates the new Apple iPhone during his keynote address at MacWorld Conference and Expo in a San Francisco file photo from Jan. 9, 2007. Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. said Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 they have settled the trademark-infringement lawsuit that threatened to derail Apple's use of the 'iPhone' name for its much-hyped new iPod-cellular phone gadget. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. have agreed to share the "iPhone" name, but both companies are staying tightlipped about what future products might come from the resulting deal to collaborate on "interoperability" between the companies' products.</p><br clear="all"/>
Some fear billboards distract drivers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_hi_te/digital_billboards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070221/capt.mnjm10102211611.digital_billboards_mnjm101.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=2hnr.U23DpQCH6lqLsGFDw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="The Minneapolis skyline rises in the distance as motorists on Interstate 35 pass by a digital billboard which changes images every eight seconds Monday, Feb. 12, 2007. Clear Channel installed eight in the Minnesota-St. Paul metropolitan area including one in suburban Minnetonka where city officials ordered the power company to cut electricity to the billboard.(AP Photo/Jim Mone)" border="0" /></a>AP - When officials in this Minneapolis suburb didn't like the two eye-popping digital billboards that Clear Channel erected along the freeway, they pulled the plug. They had the power company cut off the electricity.</p><br clear="all"/>
First woman honored with Turing Award
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_turing_award"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070221/capt.nybz12502211816.techbit_turing_award_nybz125.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=TYsWSP8X_1F_QFkMZr1LWw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="This 2003 handout photo provided by IBM show Frances Allen at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. One of the most prestigious prizes in computing, the $100,000 Turing Award, went to a woman Wednesday for the first time in the award's 40-year history. Allen, 75, was honored for her work at IBM Corp. on techniques for optimizing the performance of compilers, the programs that translate one computer language into another. (AP Photo/IBM)" border="0" /></a>AP - One of the most prestigious prizes in computing, the $100,000 Turing Award, went to a woman Wednesday for the first time in the award's 40-year history.</p><br clear="all"/>
Study: Virtual men are standoffish too
(AP)
AP - Males stand further away when talking to other males in the virtual world of Second Life and are less likely to keep eye contact, according to a study that shows at least one aspect of human behavior carries over into the virtual realm.
New DVD game battles childhood obesity
(AP)
AP - Obesity may be a global epidemic, but it's Obeez City that is spreading out of control in a new DVD game.
Google offers business software via subscription
(Reuters)
Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. has
begun delivering a set of essential business software tools to
paying subscribers, in a move to widen its appeal to corporate
customers, the company said on Wednesday.
A Tale of Many New Cell Phones
(PC World)
PC World - Cool gadgets from Asia this month also include a new Toshiba laptop equipped for HD DVD-R.
Biography: Steve Rattner
(FT.com)
FT.com - Steven Rattner is Managing Principal of Quadrangle Group, a private investment firm with more than $5bn in assets under management. Quadrangle invests in media and communications companies through separate private and public equity investment strategies, and in the securities of financially troubled companies across all industries through a distressed debt investment programme.
Cisco backtracks on open source promise
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - After promising to turn the client software for its CTA (Cisco Trust Agent) into an open-source application, Bob Gleichauf, CTO of Cisco's Security Technology Group, said that the company has not made up its mind yet about the future of the software.
Norton 360 to Ship Next Month
(PC World)
PC World - Retailers have begun taking orders for Symantec Corp.'s next-generation desktop security software, and the product is set to ship in the middle of next month, according to Amazon.com Inc.
Google offers business software via subscription
(Reuters)
Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. has
begun delivering a set of essential business software tools to
paying subscribers, in a move to widen its appeal to corporate
customers, the company said on Wednesday.
Google sees video anti-piracy tools as priority
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070222/wr_nm/google_youtube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070222/2007_02_21t221617_450x344_us_google_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=FOo5DlZTCBZSHRDDWlOj0A--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on February 21, 2007. Google Inc., racing to head off a media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube, will soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all copyright holders thwart unauthorized video sharing, its chief executive said on Wednesday. (www.youtube.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc., racing to head off a
media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube, will
soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all copyright
holders thwart unauthorized video sharing, its chief executive
said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music industry cracks down on colleges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20070221/capt.fb77d59a63a97a259c3fccecfb4fb0a2.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=RIkxomNO8VmwBKW7K24Hdg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Mitch Bainwol, chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is interviewd by the Associated Press in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2005. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)" border="0" /></a>AP - College students who faced lawsuits for illegally sharing large music collections over campus computer networks increasingly risk being unplugged from the Internet or even suspended over lesser complaints by the recording industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Adobe To Launch Ad-Supported Web 2.0 Video-Editing Tools
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The online versions of Adobe's Premiere Element and Premiere Pro products are augmented by a partnership with Photobucket.
Google patches serious Desktop flaw
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google quickly patched what security researchers identified Wednesday was a potentially serious cross-site scripting flaw in its popular desktop search and widget application that could leave users vulnerable to outside attack.
CDT Analyzes Data Retention, Other Proposals For Protecting Kids Online
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Center for Democracy and Technology recommends education and filtering tools to prevent what it calls an unfair burden of liability on content and communications providers.
Viacom deal with Internet television website Joost
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070221/tc_afp/usitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070221/capt.sge.uno31.210207203028.photo00.photo.default-512x330.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=wLcNvsCStd5XmuAKmqUF1w--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The Viacom logo is seen outside company headquarters in New York City. Just weeks after stripping Google-owned YouTube of its video clips, Viacom has struck a deal to offer broadcast-quality programs on Joost, the Internet television website.(AFP/Getty Images/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Just weeks after stripping Google-owned YouTube of its video clips, Viacom has struck a deal to offer broadcast-quality programs on Joost, the Internet television website.</p><br clear="all"/>
Breakup becomes YouTube breakthrough
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_on_hi_te/online_breakup"><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>AP - Was it live ... or was it just a stunt for YouTube? A one-time college couple say their melodramatic Valentine's Day breakup — complete with singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade — was real. Those who were there say it all seemed a little too staged.</p><br clear="all"/>
Qualcomm Races to Retool the Mobile Phone
(PC World)
PC World - [<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/qualcomm.html">Qualcomm</a>] has single-mindedly focused on its patented Code Division Multiple Access cellular technology, which is only now starting to bring useable wireless data links to mobile enterprise users.
Professional content to boost new media sales: IBM
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070221/wr_nm/ibm_media_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_21t143904_450x312_us_ibm_media.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=gqCGyzupMqnzPGvF8DuuZQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A hostess holds a new Motorola Z8 mobile phone at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona in a file photo from February 15, 2007. Sales of media on the Internet and on cell phones are expected to rise 23 percent over the next four years, driven by TV networks and film studios putting more of content online, according to a new IBM (Albert Gea/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sales of media on the Internet and on
cell phones are expected to rise 23 percent over the next four
years, driven by TV networks and film studios putting more of
content online, according to a new IBM study.</p><br clear="all"/>
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