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Third-party AV products outperform OneCare
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Nearly a year after Microsoft introduced Windows Live OneCare, the company's first foray into the security market is still getting low marks from analysts and users.
Microsoft: DoT Vista snub won't ripple
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft officials deny that the Department of Transportation's recent moratorium on adoption of Windows Vista is indicative of any widespread reluctance in the government sector to install the new operating system.
Samsung's Ultramobile PC Gets Vista
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Samsung is hoping to make a big splash on a small scene with the debut of its new ultramobile PC, called the Q1P, which Samsung says is its first UMPC to qualify for Windows Vista certification.
Court Rules For Dell, Microsoft In Alcatel-Lucent Case
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Dell's personal-organizer products don't infringe
a patent held by Alcatel-Lucent, and Microsoft isn't liable for any potential indirect infringement of the patent.
Microsoft Inks First Licensing Deal Under EU Settlement Terms
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft will license to Quest Software protocols for integrating Microsoft's Active Directory technology with Unix-, Linux-, and Java-based systems.
Bill Gates still top dog but rising billionaires catching up
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070309/bs_afp/afplifestylepeopleforbesrich"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070309/capt.sge.eah63.090307144210.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=RAZbfCnkNzTlsSf83fTw9A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on American competitiveness on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, 07 March, 2007. Gates is still the richest man in the world, but his lead over other entrepreneurs is narrowing, according to Forbes magazine's list of billionaires published Thursday.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is still the richest man in the world, but his lead over other entrepreneurs is narrowing, according to Forbes magazine's list of billionaires published Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Court rules for Dell, Microsoft in Alcatel-Lucent case
(Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. court has ruled that Dell Inc.
personal-organizer products did not infringe a patent
held by Alcatel-Lucent , according to a court
document filed online on Thursday.
Microsoft Skips Patch Release, Leaves Nine Outstanding Bugs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - For the first time since September 2005, Microsoft skips a monthly Patch Tuesday release.
No Microsoft security updates coming next week
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is not planning to release any security updates on Tuesday, one of only a handful of times the company won't have security patches available since its monthly security updates began in 2003, Microsoft said Thursday.
Microsoft licenses technology under European antitrust mandate
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/bs_afp/useusoftwarecompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070308/capt.sge.dup29.080307200804.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=WdkRupP8L6GDu5C61hrQ1A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft announced on Thursday its first software licensing deal under a program mandated by a 2004 European Commission anti-trust ruling.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced on Thursday its first software licensing deal under a program mandated by a 2004 European Commission anti-trust ruling.</p><br clear="all"/>
AMD finds itself in financial peril
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_hi_te/amd_intel_shifting_fortunes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.dre11003091615.amd_intel_shifting_fortunes_dre110.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=J3XVUIoH8saIsxWo0fO86g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="The entrance to Advanced Micro Devices Inc., in Dresden, Germany, Thursday, March 8, 2007. AMD snared a huge slice of the microprocessor market from archrival Intel Corp., only to find that it might have paid too high a price for its victories. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel)" border="0" /></a>AP - The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo stock dives on news of AT&T loss
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_at_t"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.fx10903091945.yahoo_at_t_fx109.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=AmRvK8ySDiiGslVHxiNvBQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 18, 2005, file photo, an exterior view of Yahoo Inc. headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., is shown. Yahoo Inc.'s recently resurgent stock retreated by more than 5 percent Friday, March 9, 2007, amid fears that a setback in a lucrative partnership with AT&T Inc. will undercut the revenue gains anticipated from a overhaul of Yahoo's advertising platform. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc.'s recently resurgent stock retreated by more than 5 percent Friday amid fears that a setback in a lucrative partnership with AT&T Inc. will undercut the anticipated gains from an overhaul of the Web portal's advertising platform.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hitachi to sell business PCs made by HP
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_hi_te/japan_hitachi_hp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070221/2007_02_20t161233_450x369_us_hewlettpackard_results.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=nt_wx_HjoYEN3QXQEL6GvQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="File photo shows an employee walking past a Hewlett-Packard logo during the second day of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong, December 5, 2006. HP on Tuesday posted a higher quarterly profit, helped by strong performances in its printer and personal computing businesses. (Paul Yeung/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japanese electronics maker Hitachi said Friday it will sell personal computers made by Hewlett-Packard Co. that are designed for businesses under the Hitachi brand in Japan.</p><br clear="all"/>
Turkey lifts YouTube ban after two days
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_hi_te/turkey_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070306/2007_03_06t130912_450x364_us_britain_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=URplD_JVZlSpwlos9fkXJw--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on March 6, 2007. Four fake 'gangstas' have been arrested after posting footage of themselves brandishing weapons on the Internet, police said on Tuesday. (www.youtube.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Turkey lifted its ban on YouTube Friday, an official for the country's largest telecommunications firm said, two days after a court ordered the Web site blocked because of videos that allegedly insulted the founder of modern Turkey.</p><br clear="all"/>
Solar technology gets White House boost
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_hi_te/flexible_solar_cells"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070307/2007_03_07t143600_450x300_us_renewables_power.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=yCxaDyjuKyTkcSVHPGX5WQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Some of the solar panels in the Brightfields 425 KW solar energy generating station are seen next to houses in Brockton, Massachusetts November 2, 2006. U.S. state mandates that require a certain amount of power within their borders comes from renewable sources like wind and solar energy will not be costly for electricity consumers, according to a new report by a U.S. Department of Energy research lab. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>
Another Wilco album leaked online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/wr_nm/wilco_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070310/2007_03_09t222145_450x323_us_wilco.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=aMQYfQYqYH9J108plOLO2A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Jeff Tweedy (L) and John Stirratt of Wilco perform during the 20th anniversary 'Farm Aid' concert in Tinley Park, Illinois, September 18, 2005. In what is becoming an unfortunate tradition, Wilco's new album, 'Sky Blue Sky,' has leaked online, more than two months prior to its May 15 release date. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In what is becoming an unfortunate
tradition, Wilco's new album, "Sky Blue Sky," has leaked
online, more than two months prior to its May 15 release date.</p><br clear="all"/>
Can Nintendo's Mii Concept Kill MySpace?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Real-world body image concerns are bad enough, but what happens when the rest of the planet starts dissing how your Nintendo avatar looks? According to senior Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, users of the popular Wii console soon will be able to find just what others think of their online appearance.
AT&T, Yahoo downplay report partnership at risk
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/tc_nm/yahoo_att_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070310/2007_03_09t043124_450x293_us_yahoo_att.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=PLofnezg71ls.olYtfG98A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Yahoo's headquarters are seen in an undated publicity photo. Yahoo Inc. and AT and T Inc. are negotiating potentially sweeping changes that could scale back their partnership, a person familiar with the matter said, according to the Wall Street Journal. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - AT&T Inc. and Yahoo
Inc. are negotiating how they could expand a broadband
promotion deal to cover mobile Internet services and
advertising, a source familiar with the talks said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wikia targets Q4 unveiling of open-source search engine
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is targeting the fourth quarter of this year for the unveiling of an open-source search engine that he hopes could challenge the dominance of market-leaders Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
HP entangled in congressional inquiry
(AP)
AP - Still grappling with the fallout from a boardroom spying scandal, Hewlett-Packard Co. is now facing a Senate investigation into a stock option debacle that it inherited last year with its $4.9 billion acquisition of software maker Mercury Interactive Corp.
Another Wilco album leaked online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/wr_nm/wilco_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070310/2007_03_09t222145_450x323_us_wilco.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=aMQYfQYqYH9J108plOLO2A--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Jeff Tweedy (L) and John Stirratt of Wilco perform during the 20th anniversary 'Farm Aid' concert in Tinley Park, Illinois, September 18, 2005. In what is becoming an unfortunate tradition, Wilco's new album, 'Sky Blue Sky,' has leaked online, more than two months prior to its May 15 release date. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In what is becoming an unfortunate
tradition, Wilco's new album, "Sky Blue Sky," has leaked
online, more than two months prior to its May 15 release date.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ousted NJ 'Idol' singer: too trustful
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_en_mu/american_idol_nj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.ny12603090333.tv_american_idol_ny126.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=laDLZ5zX1Esn_OxknwmsWg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this photo provided by Fox Television, Antonella Barba performs in front of the judges on Fox's American Idol Tuesday, March 6, 2007. Barba and three other contestants were cast off the show Thursday, March 8, 2007 in phone voting, which drew about 37 million calls and text messages. (AP Photo/Frank Micelotta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Be careful who you trust. That's the advice from Antonella Barba, New Jersey's "American Idol" contestant, a day after being voted off the show following two weeks of turbulence over racy photos posted on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Idol" contestant says racy photos were "personal"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/en_nm/americanidol_barba_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070310/2007_03_09t202435_450x254_us_americanidol_barba.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=9IKjhoFhf9SVRjz3od0IrA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Contestants line up to audition for the television show 'American Idol' at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, August 8, 2006. Newly eliminated 'American Idol' contestant Antonella Barba said on Friday the racy photographs that made her an Internet sensation were taken for personal use only and released without her consent. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Newly eliminated "American Idol"
contestant Antonella Barba said on Friday the racy photographs
that made her an Internet sensation were taken for personal use
only and released without her consent.</p><br clear="all"/>
MIT to offer its courses free online by year end
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology will become by year's end the first U.S. university
to offer all of its roughly 1,800 courses free on the Internet,
a school official said on Friday.
AT&T, Yahoo downplay report partnership at risk
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/tc_nm/yahoo_att_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070310/2007_03_09t043124_450x293_us_yahoo_att.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=PLofnezg71ls.olYtfG98A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Yahoo's headquarters are seen in an undated publicity photo. Yahoo Inc. and AT and T Inc. are negotiating potentially sweeping changes that could scale back their partnership, a person familiar with the matter said, according to the Wall Street Journal. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - AT&T Inc. and Yahoo
Inc. are negotiating how they could expand a broadband
promotion deal to cover mobile Internet services and
advertising, a source familiar with the talks said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Disney to offer virtual concerts via Web site
(Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co. on Friday
unveiled its "D*Concert: Disney Channel Concert Series" coming
to its redesigned Web site and featuring Disney Channel acts
Hannah Montana, The Cheetah Girls and the cast of High School
Musical.
Yahoo stock dives on news of AT&T loss
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_at_t"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.fx10903091945.yahoo_at_t_fx109.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=AmRvK8ySDiiGslVHxiNvBQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 18, 2005, file photo, an exterior view of Yahoo Inc. headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., is shown. Yahoo Inc.'s recently resurgent stock retreated by more than 5 percent Friday, March 9, 2007, amid fears that a setback in a lucrative partnership with AT&T Inc. will undercut the revenue gains anticipated from a overhaul of Yahoo's advertising platform. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc.'s recently resurgent stock retreated by more than 5 percent Friday amid fears that a setback in a lucrative partnership with AT&T Inc. will undercut the anticipated gains from an overhaul of the Web portal's advertising platform.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bill O'Reilly's Web Site Taken Down By DoS Attack
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Over the course of two days, the controversial conservative pundit's site was repeatedly "bombarded" by the efforts of a botnet.
Vonage says won't go out of business despite verdict
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070309/wr_nm/vonage_outlook_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070310/2007_03_09t173304_450x340_us_vonage_outlook.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=OsZWQYDcysKuwJE8uLFxow--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Traffic passes Verizon Communications Inc. headquarters in New York, February 14, 2005. Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. said on Friday it was not going out of business despite a jury's verdict a day earlier that it infringed on three patents owned by Verizon Communications Inc. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Internet phone company Vonage Holdings
Corp. said on Friday it was not going out of business despite a
jury's verdict a day earlier that it infringed on three patents
owned by Verizon Communications Inc.</p><br clear="all"/>
Candidates not yet savvy to youth vote: survey
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070309/pl_nm/usa_politics_youth_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070303/i/r940062085.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=sXqOMUarnSC3_pJT8JiGBg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="New York Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) signs her autograph for a supporter at the Great American Cleanup's National Kick-Off at City Hall in Los Angeles, March 3, 2007. REUTERS/Chris Carlson/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Politicians failed to tap the youth vote
even after record turnout in the 2004 U.S. presidential
election and will need the Internet to draw this block, a
Harvard University survey showed on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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