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Microsoft Live Search exec to leave
(AP)
AP - The executive who led Microsoft Corp.'s Web search division is leaving the his post with the software maker to start his own business, Microsoft people aware of the situation said Wednesday.
Bill Gates pushes for better schools
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_go_co/congress_bill_gates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070307/capt.wcap10503071913.aptopix_bill_gates_competitiveness_wcap105.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=YjloxmRgagNyGx0pa7Ty4A--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 7, 2007, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss American competitiveness. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told Congress on Wednesday that overhauls of the nation's schools and immigration laws are urgently needed to keep jobs from going overseas. "The U.S. cannot maintain its economic leadership unless our work force consists of people who have the knowledge and skills needed to drive innovation," Gates told the Senate committee that oversees labor and education issues.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gates: Tech needs more immigrant visas
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates called on the U.S. Congress to raise the cap on skilled-worker visas, saying the county's economic future was at stake.
Microsoft Web search exec leaving company: source
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/tc_nm/microsoft_payne_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070308/2007_03_07t203826_307x450_us_microsoft_payne.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=1fm14elIgqOpJeNKm0t_vQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Christopher Payne, corporate vice-president of MSN Search, attends the Reuters Tech Summit in San Francisco March 1, 2005. The Microsoft Corp. executive in charge of closing the gap on Web search leader Google Inc. is leaving the company, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. (Michael Tweed SSM/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Microsoft Corp. executive
in charge of closing the gap on Web search leader Google Inc
is leaving the company, a source familiar with the
situation said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's TechFest Displays Future
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Visual answering machines, super-high-resolution photos on the Web, and new types of online social networks are just around the corner, judging from the research projects unveiled this week by Microsoft.
No Large Acquisitions In Microsoft's Picture
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft has been averaging more than one acquisition a month. But it's avoided blockbuster, headline-grabbing deals.
Apple And Microsoft Users Differ On Age And Bias
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Internet metrics firm Hitwise reopens a discussion into which of the companies has a monopoly on "cool."
Windows Vista Security At 90 Days: How's It Doin'?
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Security firms say it depends on whether you believe Microsoft should be judged on how far it's come or how far it has yet to go.
Microsoft Launches Public Beta Of Its New VoIP System
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Millions of users are expected to test Office Communications Server 2007 to make sure the transition from traditional phone technologies will be easy for end users.
Feds Concerned About Microsoft Missing Deadlines
(PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general are concerned that Microsoft Corp. is revising deadlines that it agreed to as part of its antitrust settlement. At issue are changes that Microsoft says it needs to make in the schedule for releasing documentation related to Vista, according to a court document filed Tuesday.
Solar technology gets White House boost
(AP)
AP - A company trying to harness energy from sunlight and interior light to wirelessly power everything from cell phones to signboards now has financial backing from the White House.
Sony to launch virtual universe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_hi_te/sony_virtual_worlds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070307/capt.cagn30103072306.sony_virtual_worlds_cagn301.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=5OX__A5sjbJw5J6CGQjTlw--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="In this photo provided by Sony Computer Entertainment America, Phil Harrison, president of worldwide studios for Sony Computer Entertainment, delivers the Game 3.0 keynote speech at the GameDevelopers Conference 2007, Wednesday, March 7, 2007, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment in George Nikitin, Sony Computer Entertainment)" border="0" /></a>AP - Capitalizing on the popularity of social networks and online worlds, Sony will launch its own virtual universe and another 3-D game built almost entirely by players. "Home" is a real-time, networked world for the PlayStation 3 in which players create human-looking characters called avatars. They can buy clothing, furniture and videos to play on a virtual flat-screen television in their virtual apartments.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wikipedia to seek proof of credentials
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_hi_te/wikipedia_credentials"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20070307/capt.3892bc8ebc1f190fa3e1e5d32d16ab68.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=bYnne1Ju8VBfwIGDSGIqZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikimedia, speaks Aug. 4, 2006 during a Wikimania 2006 conference at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0" /></a>AP - Following revelations that a high-ranking member of Wikipedia's bureaucracy used his cloak of anonymity to lie about being a professor of religion, the free Internet encyclopedia plans to ask contributors who claim such credentials to identify themselves.</p><br clear="all"/>
Conn. bill would force MySpace age check
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_dangers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070228/capt.sge.bke02.280207151629.photo00.photo.default-512x367.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=HpNF1008XLhRe0vwXccwJg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A woman looks at the MySpace Web site. A new Internet company backed by Netscape Communications co-founder Marc Andreessen launched a free service on Tuesday that enables people to make their own social-networking Web sites similar to MySpace.(AFP/File/Nicolas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AP - Connecticut lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require MySpace.com and other social-networking sites to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before minors can post profiles.</p><br clear="all"/>
CBS doubles bandwidth for NCAA streams
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/ap_on_hi_te/bkc_march_madness_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070303/capt.otkco10103032343.ohio_st_michigan_basketball_otkco101.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=OV4NQ_KGCoDiMdsL40hzMQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Ohio State center Greg Oden takes a break during the basketball game against Michigan at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, March 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0" /></a>AP - While CBS Corp. is doubling the amount of bandwidth available for viewing NCAA tournament games this year, it will still restrict the number of viewers to keep the system running smoothly.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google, Baidu race to set up online library in China
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/wr_nm/google_china_books_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070308/2007_03_07t225501_450x289_uk_google_china_books.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=3B.asrq_ZNN8xl53fMZhQw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A man walks past an advertisement for Baidu.com in Shanghai in this picture taken on August 4, 2005. (China Newsphoto/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. and its
top rival in China Baidu.com Inc. are racing to build out their
online library services as they battle for a slice of the
world's second-largest Internet market.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Gears of War' and "Wii Sports' video game award victors
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/tc_afp/usitinternetgameawards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070308/capt.sge.don67.080307081944.photo00.photo.default-512x380.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=yT5PmVRrsZgytSU4aSz58g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Legendary video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto during a Nintendo Media Briefing, May 2006. "Wii Sports" won awards for game design and innovation at the Seventh Annual Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony in San Francisco. Shigeru Miyamoto, whose creations include the Mario Brothers and Legend of Zelda titles, got a Lifetime Achievement Award.(AFP/HO/File/Bob Riha Jr.)" border="0" /></a>AFP - "Gears of War" designed for the Xbox 360 console was crowned on Wednesday best game at a video game industry version of the Academy Awards, complete with red carpet and adoring fans.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gas jumps over $3 in Calif., Hawaii
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_bi_ge/gas_prices_motorists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070307/capt.caps10503071926.gasoline_prices_caps105.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=7AbAYRbvjZwvVdc1sMTicA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Gas station owner Dan Bajada changes gas station prices at Menlo Atherton Shell gas station in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, March 7, 2007. The price for a gallon of gasoline is topping $3 around the country, and motorists from California to Florida are pinching pennies as the cost of filling up has spiked months ahead of the busy summer driving season. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gasoline prices have jumped above $3 a gallon in some parts of California and Hawaii, and may hit that level other parts of the country when the busy summer driving season approaches. "It kills me," said Gloria Nunez, 53, as she filled her Ford Explorer SUV at a San Jose gas station. Nunez, a clerk for a communications company, has started working a couple hours of overtime each week to help soften the blow.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oracle shows no momentum in Linux effort
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/bs_nm/oracle_redhat_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070308/2007_03_07t213454_450x331_us_oracle_redhat.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=ibbEjb1A7eY7f0e80Ke0IQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A Linux Expo in New York in a file photo. Oracle Corp. promised to take the Linux software world by storm last October, but the major expansion by one of the world's largest software companies so far has failed to show momentum. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oracle Corp. promised to take
the Linux software world by storm last October, but the major
expansion by one of the world's largest software companies so
far has failed to show momentum.</p><br clear="all"/>
Take-Two investors plan board takeover
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/bs_nm/taketwo_sac_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070308/2007_03_07t180255_450x346_us_taketwo_sac.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=aCTprQKafIYbE4O_l70Djw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A scene from 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' in an image courtesy of Rockstar Games. Investors who own 46 percent of Take-Two Interactive Software unveiled plans to take over its board and oust the CEO, sending shares of the 'Grand Theft Auto' video game maker up as much as 19 percent on Wednesday. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Investors who own nearly
half of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said they
would seek to control its board and oust its chief executive,
pushing up shares in the maker of the "Grand Theft Auto" video
game.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google, Baidu race to set up online library in China
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/wr_nm/google_china_books_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070308/2007_03_07t225501_450x289_uk_google_china_books.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=3B.asrq_ZNN8xl53fMZhQw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A man walks past an advertisement for Baidu.com in Shanghai in this picture taken on August 4, 2005. (China Newsphoto/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. and its
top rival in China Baidu.com Inc. are racing to build out their
online library services as they battle for a slice of the
world's second-largest Internet market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Earth patent infringement suit dismissed
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/tc_nm/google_earth_lawsuit_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070308/2007_03_07t230348_450x321_us_google_earth_lawsuit.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=BPey5q5SFIB6VO0i22Jvmw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="The Google headquarters in Mountain View in a file photo. A U.S. judge ruled that Google's 3D modeling software, which gives Web users an astronaut's view of the earth and allows them to zoom down to street level, does not infringe the patent of a rival. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. judge ruled that Google
Inc.'s 3D modeling software, which gives Web users an
astronaut's view of the earth and allows them to zoom down to
street level, does not infringe the patent of a rival.</p><br clear="all"/>
C-SPAN alters copyright over Pelosi flap
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_go_co/pelosi_c_span"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070307/i/r2473667470.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=IG5zGv3XVfOzuIwNo25ljQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - It turns out that Republicans were right: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did violate C-SPAN's copyright by using its televised footage on her blog promoting Democrats.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony builds "Home" for Net denizens
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/tc_nm/media_sony_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070308/2007_03_07t210954_450x337_us_media_sony.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=9rmPcaeywicFsX3xMlwHrA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Guests play the Sony Playstation 3 at a party held by Sony in Beverly Hills, November 8, 2006. In the wake of virtual worlds like Second Life and such file-sharing stalwarts as YouTube and Flickr, Sony is using its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable to usher in its own virtual online-connected community. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In the wake of virtual
worlds like Second Life and such file-sharing stalwarts as
YouTube and Flickr, Sony Computer Entertainment is using its
PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable to usher in its own
virtual online-connected community.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Web search exec leaving company: source
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070308/tc_nm/microsoft_payne_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070308/2007_03_07t203826_307x450_us_microsoft_payne.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=1fm14elIgqOpJeNKm0t_vQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Christopher Payne, corporate vice-president of MSN Search, attends the Reuters Tech Summit in San Francisco March 1, 2005. The Microsoft Corp. executive in charge of closing the gap on Web search leader Google Inc. is leaving the company, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. (Michael Tweed SSM/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Microsoft Corp. executive
in charge of closing the gap on Web search leader Google Inc
is leaving the company, a source familiar with the
situation said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony to launch virtual universe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_hi_te/sony_virtual_worlds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070307/capt.cagn30103072306.sony_virtual_worlds_cagn301.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=5OX__A5sjbJw5J6CGQjTlw--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="In this photo provided by Sony Computer Entertainment America, Phil Harrison, president of worldwide studios for Sony Computer Entertainment, delivers the Game 3.0 keynote speech at the GameDevelopers Conference 2007, Wednesday, March 7, 2007, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment in George Nikitin, Sony Computer Entertainment)" border="0" /></a>AP - Capitalizing on the popularity of social networks and online worlds, Sony will launch its own virtual universe and another 3-D game built almost entirely by players. "Home" is a real-time, networked world for the PlayStation 3 in which players create human-looking characters called avatars. They can buy clothing, furniture and videos to play on a virtual flat-screen television in their virtual apartments.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wikipedia to seek proof of credentials
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_hi_te/wikipedia_credentials"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20070307/capt.3892bc8ebc1f190fa3e1e5d32d16ab68.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=bYnne1Ju8VBfwIGDSGIqZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikimedia, speaks Aug. 4, 2006 during a Wikimania 2006 conference at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0" /></a>AP - Following revelations that a high-ranking member of Wikipedia's bureaucracy used his cloak of anonymity to lie about being a professor of religion, the free Internet encyclopedia plans to ask contributors who claim such credentials to identify themselves.</p><br clear="all"/>
Agencies Play Catch Up To Gain Share Of Search
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - When AKQA built a brand Web site for a Visa Signature campaign that launched this month, its media plan included a first for the account: a search component. It will buy keywords related to the checklist of "signature" life moments on the site, like "take a steamboat ride down the Mississippi."
C-SPAN Shares More Of Its Video Online
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The television station of the U.S. government adopts a liberal copyright policy based on a popular licensing format.
Verizon-Vonage patent case in hands of jury
(Reuters)
Reuters - A federal jury on
Wednesday began reviewing evidence in Verizon Communications
Inc.'s $197 million patent infringement case against Internet
phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp..
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