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Microsoft Challenges Adobe With Publisher Partnerships
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - In a war of digital readers, Microsoft is using its Windows Presentation Foundation technology to block out Adobe's Flash and PDF software.
Linux, Innuendo, And Doubt
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer subtly raises the intellectual-property issue again.
Windows Vista Not Available In Some Custom-Built Dell's
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Compatibility issues with some peripherals are forcing customers to take Windows XP or wait for their build-to-order PC to become Vista ready.
Google Apps aims beyond Microsoft Office
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Following Google's announcement on Thursday that it would offer an enhanced version of its Google Apps, dubbed Google Apps Premier Edition, the company left no doubt about the direction in which it was heading.
Microsoft MP3 verdict music to lawyers' ears: analysts
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070223/tc_afp/usfranceitpatent"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070223/capt.sge.afe51.230207224344.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=7il9m88eqe8zMmxVuuEzLQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The digital music industry could be at risk of a fundamental shake-up after Microsoft was found guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents on the ubiquitous MP3 format.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The digital music industry could be at risk of a fundamental shake-up after Microsoft was found guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents on the ubiquitous MP3 format.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Will Fight to Keep Office Live Name
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. said it will seek to invalidate claims by a California company that has sued it for trademark infringement over the "Office Live" name.
Microsoft ruling weighs on Wall Street
(FT.com)
FT.com - US stocks sagged this week in thin trading as investors fretted over a small but unexpected rise in inflation, higher oil prices and troubles for mortgage lenders.
Microsoft ponders Ruby language
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is "very interested" in the Ruby programming language and also plans to expand its Expression design tools line, a Microsoft official said this week.
MP3 ruling could haunt music tech firms
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_alcatel"><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>AP - A federal jury's ruling that Microsoft infringed on two MP3 patents and must pay $1.52 billion in damages could turn into a major sour note for other technology companies in the digital music business.</p><br clear="all"/>
First Microsoft Office 2007 Vulnerability Uncovered
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A remotely exploitable vulnerability that exists within Office's Publisher 2007 allows a hacker to remotely execute arbitrary code as a logged-in user, security firm eEye says.
BitTorrent to launch movie, TV downloads
(AP)
AP - BitTorrent Inc., makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios.
One-third of Net users go wireless
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070214/capt.sge.shx44.140207143138.photo00.photo.default-512x331.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=xTnCNvKI98dE.DP9LI2kag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A view of Los Angeles from the Griffith Observatory. Los Angeles residents will be given free or inexpensive wireless Internet access within two years under an ambitious plan announced by city Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AP - About one-third of Internet users in the U.S. have used a wireless connection to surf the Web or check e-mail, according to a survey released Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Surveillance cameras get smarter
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070225/ap_on_hi_te/smart_surveillance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070225/capt.nyma10102252034.smart_surveillance_nyma101.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=_h9XF6X1oNyZBTD7phKVzA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Pedestrians walk under New York City Police Department wireless video cameras attached to a lamp post on the corner of Knickerbocker Ave and Starr St., Thursday, April 13, 2006 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Researchers and security companies are developing cameras that not only watch the world but also interpret what they see. Soon, some cameras may be able to find unattended bags at airports, guess your height or analyze the way you walk to see if you are hiding something. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>AP - The next time you walk by a shop window, take a glance at your reflection. How much do you swing your arms? Is the weight of your bag causing you to hunch over? Do you still have a bit of that 1970s disco strut left?</p><br clear="all"/>
Site owners mull build-or-sell options
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070225/ap_on_hi_te/next_big_deal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070207/2007_02_06t205517_411x450_us_comcast_facebook.jpg?x=118&y=130&sig=yYW5.xsytq7PnYhH7nigow--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="A Facebook profile page is seen in an undated handout image. Facebook.com, the social networking Web site, said on Tuesday it is moving into television by teaming up with cable operator Comcast's online video site Ziddio to produce a new series from users' clips called 'Facebook Diaries'. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - As Facebook.com's mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg is sitting on a potential gold mine that could make him the next Silicon Valley whiz kid to strike it rich.</p><br clear="all"/>
Europe seeks to tighten some online laws
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_on_hi_te/europe_online_anonymity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.fra11902221310.europe_online_anonymity_fra119.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=qdj.pxJZQNSxtLqPROSWBg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="People surf the internet in an internet cafe in Frankfurt, central Germany, in a Nov. 10, 2005 file photo. In privacy-conscious Europe, proposals from several key governments have sparked concerns that the state could force companies to keep detailed tabs on their Internet, e-mail and telephone habits. Proponents want to help terror investigations by reducing the cloaks of anonymity. Critics see a big step toward the ubiquitous government described in George Orwell's 1984. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some European countries are proposing outlawing the use of fake information to open e-mail accounts or set up Web sites, a move intended to help terror investigations but which could face resistance on a privacy-conscious continent.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google in video talks with Dow Jones, others: NYT
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070226/wr_nm/google_video_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070226/2007_02_26t051540_450x290_us_google_video.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=fFnUCw4t.ky_rGh1WheIdA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An internet surfer looks at the Google home page in a file photo. Google is working with Dow Jones, Conde Nast, Sony BMG and other large content companies to syndicate their video content on other Web sites, the New York Times reported on Monday. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. is working with Dow Jones
& Co. Inc., Conde Nast, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and other
large content companies to syndicate their video content on
other Web sites, the New York Times reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
DoCoMo to offer electronic payment at McDonald's
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070226/tc_nm/docomo_mcdonalds_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070226/2007_02_26t050157_450x341_us_docomo_mcdonalds.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=_nkPUe61CoRH2xkHR5xcdA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="NTT DoCoMo President Masao Nakamura (L) and McDonald's Japan President Eiko Harada shake hands following a news conference in Tokyo, February 26, 2007. (Michael Caronna/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's top mobile phone
operator, plans to offer electronic payment services at
McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) outlets, with special
promotions for some users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ericsson bids for Norway's Tandberg Television
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070226/bs_afp/swedentelecomequipitcompanytakeoverericssonnorway"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070226/capt.sge.apr76.260207103311.photo00.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=aO.7cOEAcNyb5MtyReGpjg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Ericsson chief executive Carl-Henric Svanberg, seen here in April 2006, said the Swedish telecommunications group has bid for Norway's Tandberg Television to beef up its service to operators who want to broadcast television via the Internet.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Ericsson, the world's leading supplier of mobile telecommunication networks, bid on Monday for Norway's Tandberg Television to beef up its service to operators who want to broadcast television via the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Interview: Bechtolsheim hails open-source moves
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Andreas, or simply, Andy, Bechtolsheim holds the distinction of having employee badge #1 among the thousands of people who have worked at Sun Microsystems in its 25 years of existence.
Microsoft Challenges Adobe With Publisher Partnerships
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - In a war of digital readers, Microsoft is using its Windows Presentation Foundation technology to block out Adobe's Flash and PDF software.
Gmail domain dispute looms for Google in China
(Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc., fighting to consolidate
its trademark globally, faces an obstacle in the world's second
largest Web market -- China's www.Gmail.cn, which is refusing
to sell its Internet address to the U.S. giant.
Google in video talks with Dow Jones - Times
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070226/wr_nm/google_video_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070226/2007_02_26t051540_450x290_us_google_video.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=fFnUCw4t.ky_rGh1WheIdA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An internet surfer looks at the Google home page in a file photo. Google is working with Dow Jones, Conde Nast, Sony BMG and other large content companies to syndicate their video content on other Web sites, the New York Times reported on Monday. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. is working with Dow Jones
& Co. Inc., Conde Nast, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and other
large content companies to syndicate their video content on
other Web sites, the New York Times reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Phishing Sites Explode on the Web
(PC World)
PC World - Online criminals are thriving even in the face of new automated defenses.
AOL extends $900 mln offer to buy TradeDoubler
(Reuters)
Reuters - AOL, the Internet unit of media
conglomerate Time Warner Inc., on Monday extended its $900
million cash offer for Swedish online marketing company
TradeDoubler by several weeks to March 14.
Bush to warn Pakistan aid could be cut
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070226/pl_afp/usattacksaidpakistanqaeda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070226/capt.sge.aop86.260207073657.photo00.photo.default-378x512.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=4_ax9lProlBkshWPQVpG1A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="US President George W. Bush has decided to officially warn Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf that the Democratic-led US Congress could cut aid to Islamabad, if it fails to step up its hunt for Al-Qaeda militants, The New York Times reported(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President George W. Bush has decided to officially warn Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf that the Democratic-led US Congress could cut aid to Islamabad, if it fails to step up its hunt for Al-Qaeda militants, The New York Times reported online late Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
BitTorrent to launch movie, TV downloads
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_bu/downloading_movies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20070226/capt.5c00fbc1333eddb9dbbdab60db267715.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=48.8oRLu8ashX7JWhT8row--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this screen shot provided by BitTorrent Inc. showing a roster of over 34 major partners from around the world, including 20th Century Fox, Lions Gate, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. BitTorrent Inc., makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a legitimate Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios. (AP Photo/BitTorrent Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — BitTorrent Inc., makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios.</p><br clear="all"/>
One-third of Net users go wireless
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070214/capt.sge.shx44.140207143138.photo00.photo.default-512x331.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=xTnCNvKI98dE.DP9LI2kag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A view of Los Angeles from the Griffith Observatory. Los Angeles residents will be given free or inexpensive wireless Internet access within two years under an ambitious plan announced by city Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)" border="0" /></a>AP - About one-third of Internet users in the U.S. have used a wireless connection to surf the Web or check e-mail, according to a survey released Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
A third of U.S. surfers tried wireless
(Reuters)
Reuters - One-third of U.S. Internet users
have connected to the Web using a wireless network to send
e-mails, check the latest news or read other things, according
to a survey released on Sunday by the Pew Internet Project.
Heavy petting? Try this Dutch dating Web site
(Reuters)
Reuters - Looking for the love of your life?
Does your pet put potential partners off? -- There is now a Web
site where you can find a partner compatible with your dog,
cat, snake or spider.
Europe seeks to tighten some online laws
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_on_hi_te/europe_online_anonymity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.fra11902221310.europe_online_anonymity_fra119.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=qdj.pxJZQNSxtLqPROSWBg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="People surf the internet in an internet cafe in Frankfurt, central Germany, in a Nov. 10, 2005 file photo. In privacy-conscious Europe, proposals from several key governments have sparked concerns that the state could force companies to keep detailed tabs on their Internet, e-mail and telephone habits. Proponents want to help terror investigations by reducing the cloaks of anonymity. Critics see a big step toward the ubiquitous government described in George Orwell's 1984. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some European countries are proposing outlawing the use of fake information to open e-mail accounts or set up Web sites, a move intended to help terror investigations but which could face resistance on a privacy-conscious continent.</p><br clear="all"/>
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