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Microsoft takes aim at Google project
(AP)
AP - Microsoft is taking aim at Google Inc.'s rival book-scanning project, saying the search company "systematically violates copyright." In prepared remarks he is scheduled to deliver Tuesday to a publishing industry group, a Microsoft Corp. lawyer also said Google is cutting into the profits of authors and publishers.
Microsoft to blast Google for its copyright policy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is set to
launch a blistering attack on rival Google Inc.
Intel pitches plan to beat chip glut
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Facing a market glut of microprocessors and weak corporate demand for PCs running Microsoft's new Windows Vista OS, Intel hopes to stay profitable by producing new chip designs faster than its competitors, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said Monday.
Company offers boost for Vista security
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A security vendor is offering an add-on product for Windows Vista's User Account Control feature, which has been flagged as a threat to business users because it can be easily bypassed by hackers.
Intel Pitches Plan to Beat Chip Glut
(PC World)
PC World - Facing a market glut of microprocessors and weak corporate demand for PCs running Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista OS, Intel Corp. hopes to stay profitable by producing new chip designs faster than its competitors, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said Monday.
Microsoft Gives Xbox 360 More Memory
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As creative minds gather at the Game Developers Conference 2007 in San Francisco, Microsoft is making some Xbox announcements that might turn a few heads.
Microsoft Boosts Size Of Xbox Memory Unit
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The new offering is eight times bigger than the current memory unit and is expected to have a retail price in North America of $49.99.
Global Stock Turmoil Hits Gates Share Sale
(PC World)
PC World - Bill Gates sold over 20 million shares of Microsoft Corp. stock last month, and turmoil in the global stock markets probably shaved a few million dollars off of the money he made.
Microsoft Wins A Round In Alcatel-Lucent Patent Dispute
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A judge tosses one of five claims pertaining to speech recognition, but the fight isn't over.
Microsoft's OneCare Finishes Last in Antivirus Tests
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A well-regarded antivirus testing laboratory has released its latest quarterly results, and placed Microsoft's OneCare antivirus solution squarely at the bottom of the list.
Tech researchers calculate digital info
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070306/ap_on_hi_te/information_explosion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070305/capt.fx90603052333.recycling_computers_fx906.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=_SnbyGKhEFwTLuGgqiUmRg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Raj Winder-Kaur dismantles and sorts computer and electronic components to be processed at the Hewlett-Packard recycling facility in Roseville, Calif., Feb. 13, 2007. The computer industry is ramping up its campaign against electronic waste, a dangerous byproduct of technology's relentless expansion. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)" border="0" /></a>AP - A new study that estimates how much digital information is zipping around (hint: a lot) finds that for the first time, there's not enough storage space to hold it all. Good thing we delete some stuff.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wal-Mart fires worker over eavesdropping
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070306/ap_on_bi_ge/wal_mart_eavesdropping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070305/capt.sge.cud91.050307214016.photo00.photo.default-403x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=pbMWHYmndpKJhlBSpPUufw--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="A man reaching for a shopping cart outside a Wal-Mart store. Retail giant Wal-Mart said Monday it had sacked a systems technician for recording telephone conversations involving a New York Times reporter without authorization.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Tim Boyle)" border="0" /></a>AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday it fired a systems technician who allegedly recorded phone conversations between the company's public relations office and a newspaper reporter. The case is now being investigated by federal authorities.</p><br clear="all"/>
AMD won't meet 1Q revenue outlook
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070305/ap_on_bi_ge/amd_warning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070305/capt.caps10203051838.amd_warning_caps102.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=SQwu2K1WaKiF0MaSiWm_vw--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="An exterior view Advanced Micro Devices headquarters is shown in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. AMD warned Monday, March 5, 2007 it was unlikely to meet its first-quarter revenue guidance of $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion, the latest in a series of disappointments for investors in the struggling chipmaker. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. warned Monday that it was unlikely to meet its first-quarter revenue guidance of $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion, the latest in a series of disappointments for investors in the struggling chip-maker. The company's stock fell to a new 52-week low on the news.</p><br clear="all"/>
RIM CEO out as chairman amid restatement
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070305/ap_on_bi_ge/research_in_motion_restatement"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070305/capt.cptd10403051852.research_in_motion_restatement_cptd104.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=f0fP5LQbufcq7cYe_Xr7sg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A Research In Motion employee rides his bicycle through the cold weather, while arriving for work on Monday, March 5, 2007 in Waterloo. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that co-CEO Jim Balsillie will surrender the chairman's post as the mobile device maker disclosed it needs to cut roughly $250 million from past earnings reports due to improper accounting for backdated stock options.(AP Photo/CP, Nathan Denette)" border="0" /></a>AP - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.'s co-chief executive will give up the chairman's post after an internal probe identified a quarter-billion dollars in improper accounting for employee stock options at the mobile device company.</p><br clear="all"/>
Semiconductor sales up in January
(AP)
AP - Worldwide semiconductor sales rose 9.2 percent in January, boosted by better-than-expected cell phone shipments and strong sales of personal computers, digital cameras and music players, an industry group said on Monday.
Life's ticking away, Web site calculates how fast
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/wr_nm/website_death_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070306/2007_03_06t023013_450x420_us_website_death.jpg?x=130&y=121&sig=bSwK0FCGyUv2zvNmATGU8Q--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="A screen grab of DeathClock.com. Life's too short, the saying goes, and a black humor Internet site called Death Clock lets you know exactly how brief it is. (www.deathclock.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Life's too short, the
saying goes, and a black humor Internet site called Death Clock
lets you know exactly how brief it is.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony's lead in game console market may slip-EA CEO
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070305/tc_nm/videogames_ea_ceo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070306/2007_03_06t020445_322x450_us_videogames_ea_ceo.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=5eZNlw3gTj5ilNEuBDx0BA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Outgoing CEO of Electronic Artists Larry Probst is seen in Culver City, California, near Los Angeles May 8, 2006. Probst said on Monday the world's biggest video game publisher expects Sony Corp.'s dominance over the console market to slip in the current hardware war. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc.'s
outgoing chief executive Larry Probst said on Monday the
world's biggest video game publisher expects Sony Corp.'s
dominance over the console market to slip in the current
hardware war.</p><br clear="all"/>
LG Electronics shares surge on handset profit hopes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/bs_nm/lgelectronics_margins_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070306/2007_03_06t004804_305x450_us_lgelectronics_margins.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=of3HRV5AOkDS33cw45XpyQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A LG Mobile VX9400 TV phone plays a broadcast of NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' during the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2007. Shares in LG Electronics Inc. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Shares in LG Electronics Inc. (066570.KS)
rose as much as 4.7 percent on Tuesday amid market speculation
its operating profit margins in mobile phones are stronger than
expected so far in the current quarter.</p><br clear="all"/>
SugarCRM expands into Europe
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - SugarCRM Inc., an open-source customer relationship management (CRM) vendor, has opened a new office in Dublin to help extend its European presence.
Apple Updates iTunes and QuickTime
(PC World)
PC World - Apple on Monday released updates for its digital jukebox software iTunes, as well as an update for QuickTime.
Life's ticking away, Web site calculates how fast
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/wr_nm/website_death_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070306/2007_03_06t023013_450x420_us_website_death.jpg?x=130&y=121&sig=bSwK0FCGyUv2zvNmATGU8Q--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="A screen grab of DeathClock.com. Life's too short, the saying goes, and a black humor Internet site called Death Clock lets you know exactly how brief it is. (www.deathclock.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Life's too short, the
saying goes, and a black humor Internet site called Death Clock
lets you know exactly how brief it is.</p><br clear="all"/>
China bans new Internet cafes for a year
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/wr_nm/china_internet_ban_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070306/2007_03_06t003824_450x300_us_china_internet_ban.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=N42stalRr47Q8fKzUbMfeQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People use computers at an Internet cafe in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province in this January 11, 2007 file photo. Fearful of soaring Internet addiction and juvenile crime, China has banned the opening of new Internet cafes this year, state media reported on Tuesday. (Stringer/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) -- Fearful of soaring Internet addiction
and juvenile crime, China has banned the opening of new
Internet cafes this year, state media reported on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
China won't let new Internet cafes open
(AP)
AP - China will not allow any new Internet cafes to open this year, state media reported Tuesday.
Apple Updates iTunes and QuickTime
(PC World)
PC World - Apple on Monday released updates for its digital jukebox software iTunes, as well as an update for QuickTime.
Microsoft to blast Google for its copyright policy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is set to
launch a blistering attack on rival Google Inc.
Tealeaf Upgrades Online Customer Analytics Platform
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Enhancements to Tealeaf's CX platform include customizable dashboards and scenario impact reports.
Chrysler Links Ads To Online Content
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - With Web video inventory in short supply, DaimlerChrysler is streaming clips in a novel way by using hyperlinks to lay claim to lifestyle terms like "freedom" that it associates with its brands.
Potential Kremlin contender takes to cyberspace
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dmitry Medvedev, a Russian first deputy
prime minister and a potential successor to President Vladimir
Putin, took his charm offensive to cyberspace on Monday,
hosting a two-hour Internet conference.
Poles spot the difference twixt twin leaders in online game
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070305/tc_afp/afpentertainmentpoland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070305/capt.sge.csk85.050307170749.photo00.photo.default-512x346.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=LlfRSCemnAsUObhUJn4LyA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Lech (L) and Jaroslaw Kaczynski attend a meeting of the Catholic Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2005. Poles have finally been given a political game they enjoy: an online test in which they have to spot the difference between the country's identical twin leaders: President Lech Kaczynski and his prime ministerial brother Jaroslaw.(AFP/File/Ludmila Mitrega)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Poles have finally been given a political game they enjoy: an online test in which they have to spot the difference between the country's identical twin leaders, President Lech Kaczynski and his prime minister brother Jaroslaw.</p><br clear="all"/>
VelvetPuffin Builds Carrier-Independent Social Networking For Phones On IM Platform
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - VelvetPuffin isn't just for text messaging; it delivers videos, photos, blogs, and other content associated with social networking.
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