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Microsoft hit with $1.52B in damages
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_alcatel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.7198b01b7bfe457ab2ac0e7268e7a4cf.microsoft_alcatel_nyol914.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=yI8N1NWvZ85wAlqoV.6ACQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A pedestrian passes a sign at one of the entrances to Microsoft Corp.'s Redmond, Wash., campus in this 2004 file photo. Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.52 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.52 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft hit with $1.52 billion patent suit damages
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/tc_nm/microsoft_verdict_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t151432_406x450_us_microsoft_verdict.jpg?x=117&y=130&sig=vE.WI8Wwv.V0X215bRntSA--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is silhouetted as he walks on stage to deliver a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Ottawa, February 20, 2007. A U.S. federal jury found that Microsoft Corp infringed on audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in damages, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. federal jury found that
Microsoft Corp. infringed audio patents held by
Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in
damages, the No. 1 software maker said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft ordered to pay Alcatel-Lucent 1.5 bln for infringement
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070223/bs_afp/usfranceitpatent"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070223/capt.sge.uxm28.230207003407.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=LI5.HmbXTluirtfO0q0K2A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. A US jury found Microsoft guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents and ordered the software giant to pay the French-US firm 1.5 billion dollars.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US jury found Microsoft guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents on Thursday and ordered the software giant to pay the French-US firm 1.5 billion dollars.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Guns For Microsoft With Web-Based Office Suite
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Google may need to stock up on a lot of chisels -- and patience -- before it can hope to chip away any meaningful business from Microsoft.
Microsoft tells some users no on Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_virtual_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.nybz11202201823.virtual_vista_nybz112.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=zbyyHio6FErBWYxxjRC8Ag--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="An undated file screenshot from Bootcamp shows Windows Vista running in Mac OS X 'Tiger'. (AP Photo/Bootcamp, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - After years of delays and billions in development and marketing efforts, it would seem that Microsoft Corp. would want anyone who possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system. Yet Microsoft is making it hard for Mac owners and other potentially influential customers to adopt the software.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jury orders Microsoft to pay Lucent-Alcatel $1.5B fine
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft must pay $1.5 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing on patents for MP3 encoding and decoding technology, a U.S. jury said Thursday.
Jury Orders Microsoft to Pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.5 Billion
(PC World)
PC World - Patent infringement decision leads to one of the largest patent decisions in history.
Microsoft Hit With $1.52 Billion In Damages In Alcatel-Lucent Patent Suit
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Alcatel-Lucent had accused Microsoft of infringing patents related to standards used for playing MP3 files. Microsoft said it plans to ask the judge to toss the ruling and will appeal if necessary.
Google takes on Microsoft with online software
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070222/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070222/capt.sge.uwe53.220207194710.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=uBu7fj7fWcwzv6yJW..iOw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Internet titan Google began selling an online suite of business software in a new challenge to software powerhouse Microsoft.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet titan Google began selling an online suite of business software in a new challenge to software powerhouse Microsoft.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Launches Vista Migration Tools for Business
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In a move to ease business migration to its latest operating system, Microsoft released six new Vista deployment tools on Tuesday. But at least one analyst believes the tools might actually lead to businesses delaying deployment.
Hitachi shows off powder-sized smart tag
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_hi_te/japan_powder_chip"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.tok10302221607.japan_powder_chip_tok103.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=opwLESfcgPnO3dR7FP2FrQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Hitachi, Ltd., new radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips are placed next to a human hair (that's running horizontally) for comparison in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. Smart tags, or computer chips used for tracking items by relaying information wirelessly, are getting so tiny lately, the latest, billed as the world's smallest, is as invisible as a speck of dust. RFID chips looks like powder, measuring just 0.05 millimeters (0.002 inches) by 0.05 millimeters (0.002 inches), and are thin enough to be embedded in pieces of paper, company spokesman said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007.(AP Photo/Hitachi, Ltd., HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tiny computer chips used for tracking food, tickets and other items are getting even smaller. Hitachi Ltd., a Japanese electronics maker, recently showed off radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips that are just 0.002 inches by 0.002 inches and look like bits of powder. They're thin enough to be embedded in a piece of paper, company spokesman Masayuki Takeuchi said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft tells some users no on Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_virtual_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070220/capt.nybz11202201823.virtual_vista_nybz112.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=zbyyHio6FErBWYxxjRC8Ag--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="An undated file screenshot from Bootcamp shows Windows Vista running in Mac OS X 'Tiger'. (AP Photo/Bootcamp, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - After years of delays and billions in development and marketing efforts, it would seem that Microsoft Corp. would want anyone who possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system. Yet Microsoft is making it hard for Mac owners and other potentially influential customers to adopt the software.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft hit with $1.52B in damages
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_alcatel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.7198b01b7bfe457ab2ac0e7268e7a4cf.microsoft_alcatel_nyol914.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=yI8N1NWvZ85wAlqoV.6ACQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A pedestrian passes a sign at one of the entrances to Microsoft Corp.'s Redmond, Wash., campus in this 2004 file photo. Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.52 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.52 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cisco-Apple truce murky on details
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_bi_ge/cisco_apple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.caps12402221455.cisco_apple_caps124.jpg?x=78&y=130&sig=xIMkJTXoUFbTYb9MQuHQkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="In this undated file photo provided by Apple, Apple's new iPhone that was introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during keynote address at MacWorld Conference & Expo is shown in San Francisco, Tuesday, 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/Apple, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The short-lived legal battle between Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. over the "iPhone" name was only on the surface a trademark-infringement dispute involving identically named multimedia telephones.</p><br clear="all"/>
News Corp.'s Fox Interactive buys ad tech company
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070222/tc_nm/fox_advertising_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070222/2007_02_22t110323_450x378_us_fox_advertising.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=r7wovpLHgoqp7wDxmAYgOQ--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media said on Thursday that it had purchased interactive advertising technology company Strategic Data Corp. to help it improve the way marketers advertise to its members. The owner of popular online social network MySpace said Strategic Data Corp.'s advertising serving technology would help it deliver graphical 'performance-based' ads to billions of Web pages viewed across its network. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - News Corp.'s (NWSa.N) Fox Interactive
Media said on Thursday it has purchased interactive advertising
technology company Strategic Data Corp. to help it improve the
way marketers advertise to its members.</p><br clear="all"/>
UK budget aims to woo online gambling firms: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - British finance minister Gordon Brown
will reveal a plan in his budget next month to encourage the
online gambling industry, the Daily Telegraph reported on
Friday.
Apple calls up iPhone trademark deal with Cisco
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070222/tc_afp/usitinternettelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070222/capt.sge.uxe15.220207230141.photo00.photo.default-310x473.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=Nb23KLk6WwBiO04hC561hw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="An Apple iPhone. Apple's all-in-one cellphone, music player and digital organizer set the tech world buzzing anew Thursday after the iPod maker agreed to joint custody of the "iPhone" trademark with Cisco Systems.(AFP/Apple-HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Apple's all-in-one cell phone, music player and digital organizer set the tech world buzzing anew Thursday after the iPod maker agreed to joint custody of the "iPhone" trademark with Cisco Systems.</p><br clear="all"/>
Craig McCaw's Clearwire Tackling A Tough Market
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Wireless Internet startup Clearwire has a lot of work ahead before it threatens the broadband duopoly of cable TV and phone companies.
Dell Users Demand Linux on Laptops
(PC World)
PC World - Company weighs idea after thousands of users vote for it online.
Microsoft hit with $1.52 billion patent suit damages
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/tc_nm/microsoft_verdict_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_22t151432_406x450_us_microsoft_verdict.jpg?x=117&y=130&sig=vE.WI8Wwv.V0X215bRntSA--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is silhouetted as he walks on stage to deliver a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Ottawa, February 20, 2007. A U.S. federal jury found that Microsoft Corp infringed on audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in damages, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. federal jury found that
Microsoft Corp. infringed audio patents held by
Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in
damages, the No. 1 software maker said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
UK budget aims to woo online gambling firms: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - British finance minister Gordon Brown
will reveal a plan in his budget next month to encourage the
online gambling industry, the Daily Telegraph reported on
Friday.
Website sued over topless Aniston pics
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070223/en_afp/afpentertainmentusfilm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070223/capt.sge.uxn05.230207004706.photo00.photo.default-349x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=nto5hs.TclA2fTLTTE5yGw--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Actress Jennifer Aniston is seen in December 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Celebrity gossip columnist Perez Hilton is being sued over a topless image of Aniston that appeared on his popular blog, court documents showed Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Charley Gallay)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Celebrity gossip columnist Perez Hilton is being sued over a topless image of actress Jennifer Aniston that appeared on his popular blog, court documents showed Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
News Corp. buys Web ad company
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - News Corp. aims to increase ad revenue from its online division by completing the acquisition of Internet ad placement company Strategic Data Corp. on Thursday.
Avaya to add VoIP to Google Apps
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Avaya said on Thursday that it will develop communications solutions for small business that combine Google's updated Apps Premier Edition suite of Web applications with its own IP telephony technology.
Dell Users Demand Linux on Laptops
(PC World)
PC World - Company weighs idea after thousands of users vote for it online.
Search Engine Unmasks Fuzzy Zoeller's "John Doe" Lawsuit For Wikipedia Defamation
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Zoeller filed an anonymous lawsuit against a Miami law firm for allegedly defamatory edits to his Wikipedia page, but was unmasked shortly afterwards.
Mozilla Working On Fix For Firefox Flaw
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Mozilla has pushed back its next security update for Firefox so it will include a fix for a vulnerability that allows malicious Web sites to manipulate authentication cookies.
Google takes on Microsoft with online software
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070222/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070222/capt.sge.uwe53.220207194710.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=uBu7fj7fWcwzv6yJW..iOw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Internet titan Google began selling an online suite of business software in a new challenge to software powerhouse Microsoft.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet titan Google began selling an online suite of business software in a new challenge to software powerhouse Microsoft.</p><br clear="all"/>
Egypt blogger jailed for insulting Islam
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070222/wr_nm/egypt_blogger_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070222/2007_02_22t080210_450x300_us_egypt_blogger.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=iijqQ3S4TktmoD6cfvZWMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A keyboard is seen in a file photo. An Alexandria court convicted an Egyptian blogger on Thursday for insulting both Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and sentenced him to four years in jail over his writings on the Internet. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An Alexandria court convicted
an Egyptian blogger Thursday for insulting both Islam and
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and sentenced him to four
years in jail over his writings on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Egypt jails dissident blogger for four years
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070222/tc_afp/egyptrightstrialislam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070222/capt.sge.uvz56.220207191410.photo00.photo.default-512x369.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=DyAfpT0R3PkhTeSzPLT9ZQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Egyptians walk in front of Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, November 2006. An Egyptian court has sentenced a dissident blogger to four years in prison for insulting Islam and defaming President Hosni Mubarak, triggering condemnation from international human rights groups. The blogger was arrested after posting an entry on his blog lashing out at Al-Azhar University -- the highest seat of Sunni Islamic learning.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Egyptian blogger was sentenced to four years in jail on Thursday for insulting Islam and defaming President Hosni Mubarak, triggering condemnation from international human rights groups.</p><br clear="all"/>
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