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Microsoft in talks to buy voice technology firm: WSJ
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is in talks
to buy privately-held Tellme Networks, a maker of Web-based
voice technology, for about $800 million, the Wall Street
Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
Microsoft to Offer 'MySpace' for Business Apps Users
(PC World)
PC World - Software giant introduces first in a series of online communities for its Dynamics apps users.
Microsoft Jumps Into Social Networks With Finance Community
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - To bring folks in, the company will do some evangelism with existing Microsoft customers to offset sites like LinkedIn or IBM's Connections.
McAfee Says Vista's StickyKeys Could Be Misused
(PC World)
PC World - A Windows feature designed to simplify computing for disabled users could be misused in Vista, a McAfee Inc. researcher reported Monday.
Microsoft Confirms Departure of Search Executive
(PC World)
PC World - A Microsoft Corp. executive has confirmed that the leader of its search team is leaving the company.
Microsoft Suffers Latest Blow As NIST Bans Windows Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Tech staffers at NIST, a part of the Department of Commerce charged with promulgating technology standards, are scheduled to meet next month to discuss their concerns about the new operating system.
If You're Going To Steal Software, Steal From Us: Microsoft Exec
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft business group president Jeff Raikes estimates that between 20% and 25% of all software used in the United States is pirated, but said some pirates end up becoming paying customers.
Microsoft's Windows Vista Marketing May Benefit Apple
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The new operating system's hardware upgrade stigma and other Mac factors are pushing some people to consider the Apple alternative, ThinkEquity analysts muse.
Microsoft moves closer to Dynamics platform
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Connectivity is a key theme running through Microsoft's Dynamics development work as the vendor begins to meld its disparate business applications families into more of a single integrated platform.
Microsoft Targets Vertical Markets in the Enterprise
(PC World)
PC World - Dynamics family of business applications are refined for specific industries.
Disney to launch Web site aimed at moms
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_hi_te/disney_family_com"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070313/capt.la12003130054.disney_family_com_la120.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=z8y9AYtI3xTNQJGFkAlYZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="This image provided by Disney's Family.com shows the home page of the website. The Walt Disney Co. is targeting moms with a Web site designed to provide answers to everything from teething to saving for college. Family.com will be a one-stop destination that will include general Web search as well as content provided by bloggers and smaller outside sources. (AP Photo/Disney family.com)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Walt Disney Co. is launching a new Web site aimed at moms who are increasingly turning to the Internet for answers to everything from problems with teething babies to financing college. The new site, Disney Family, is a departure for the media conglomerate, which has primarily launched Web efforts to promote its own brands and products, keeping strict control over content and presentation.</p><br clear="all"/>
Few woes mark computers' daylight shift
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_hi_te/daylight_saving_bug"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.mass10503091733.daylight_saving_bug_mass105.jpg?x=130&y=128&sig=t1071uhTJkGZFFCOcHLAiA--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="Electric Time machinist Scott Gow prepares to remove the hands of an eight-foot clock being shipped to the Ashley Furniture company in Kenosha, Wis., at the Electric Clock factory in Medfield Mass., Friday morning, March 9, 2007. Daylight saving time begins Sunday morning March 11, 2007, three weeks earlier than it has for the past two decades due to a 2005 law taking effect this year. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0" /></a>AP - This weekend's early switch to daylight-saving time was billed as a little re-enactment of the Y2K computer problem at the turn of the millennium. And as it happened, the daylight bug appeared to have equally minor results.</p><br clear="all"/>
Clock ticking for analog televisions
(AP)
AP - Attention owners of primitive TVs: If you still use an antenna to watch "American Idol," your picture will disappear at midnight on Feb. 17, 2009, unless you buy something called a digital converter box.
IBM's Palmisano paid $18.8M last year
(AP)
AP - IBM Corp. Chairman and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano collected compensation worth $18.8 million in 2006, a year in which the company posted record profits and enjoyed a rebound in the stock market.
U.N: Cybersquatting complaints rise
(AP)
AP - The U.N. copyright agency that arbitrates more than half the world's "cybersquatting" cases saw a 25 percent increase in complaints last year.
Online video service Vmix lands NBC deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - vMix Media, the online video
technology company, said on Tuesday it has launched an NBC
channel that features promotional video clips of top shows
"Heroes" and "30 Rock," as media companies seek outlets that
also protect its copyrights.
Texas Instruments tightens 1Q outlook
(AP)
AP - Texas Instruments Inc., the leading maker of chips for cell phones, tightened its profit and sales outlook for the first quarter on Monday.
Eisner launches Internet video studio Vuguru
(Reuters)
Reuters - An investment firm run by former Walt
Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner has launched a studio
that will produce and distribute videos for the Internet,
portable media devices and cellphones, as Hollywood strives to
reach tech-savvy viewers online.
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.
Microsoft to Offer 'MySpace' for Business Apps Users
(PC World)
PC World - Software giant introduces first in a series of online communities for its Dynamics apps users.
Online video service Vmix lands NBC deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - vMix Media, the online video
technology company, said on Tuesday it has launched an NBC
channel that features promotional video clips of top shows
"Heroes" and "30 Rock," as media companies seek outlets that
also protect its copyrights.
Disney to launch Web site aimed at moms
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_hi_te/disney_family_com"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070313/capt.la12003130054.disney_family_com_la120.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=z8y9AYtI3xTNQJGFkAlYZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="This image provided by Disney's Family.com shows the home page of the website. The Walt Disney Co. is targeting moms with a Web site designed to provide answers to everything from teething to saving for college. Family.com will be a one-stop destination that will include general Web search as well as content provided by bloggers and smaller outside sources. (AP Photo/Disney family.com)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Walt Disney Co. is launching a new Web site aimed at moms who are increasingly turning to the Internet for answers to everything from problems with teething babies to financing college. The new site, Disney Family, is a departure for the media conglomerate, which has primarily launched Web efforts to promote its own brands and products, keeping strict control over content and presentation.</p><br clear="all"/>
China looks to rein in bloggers
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070313/wr_nm/china_parliament_blogs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070313/2007_03_12t213617_450x294_us_china_parliament_blogs.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=GIqLVcP7byF6IQjMyQdHKw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="File photo shows people use computers at an Internet cafe in Yingtan in central China's Jiangxi province, January 24, 2007. China will intensify controls of the growing numbers of bloggers using the Internet to lay bare their thoughts, politics and even bodies, the country's chief censor has announced. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China will intensify controls of the
growing numbers of bloggers using the Internet to lay bare
their thoughts, politics and even bodies, the country's chief
censor has announced.</p><br clear="all"/>
Eisner launches Internet video studio Vuguru
(Reuters)
Reuters - An investment firm run by former Walt
Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner has launched a studio
that will produce and distribute videos for the Internet,
portable media devices and cellphones, as Hollywood strives to
reach tech-savvy viewers online.
Microsoft to Offer 'MySpace' for Business Apps Users
(PC World)
PC World - Software giant introduces first in a series of online communities for its Dynamics apps users.
Will Mills' leg fall off on dance show? Place your bets
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070312/en_afp/afpentertainmentus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070312/capt.sge.etw22.120307222316.photo00.photo.default-512x336.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=Nux3xYd8RCgPfRbo_azZwg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Former model Heather Mills is seen in December 2005. An online gambling site is inviting macabre bets on whether Mills' prosthetic leg will fall off during her participation in US television show "Dancing with the Stars."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Amanda Edwards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An online gambling site is inviting macabre bets on whether Heather Mills' prosthetic leg will fall off during her participation in US television show "Dancing with the Stars."</p><br clear="all"/>
The Caveman: Evolution of a Character
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - Three years ago, the creative team at The Martin Agency was tasked with driving traffic to Geico's Web site, where consumers could get free rate quotes. They settled on promoting how easy the site was to use. But how to communicate that?
EU lawmaker call on online music rights rejected
(Reuters)
Reuters - The European Parliament
called on Monday for binding rules to regulate the bloc's
online music market and protect less powerful artists, but the
proposal was rejected by the bloc's executive.
NBC, Sports Illustrated team up on Web video
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/wr_nm/nbc_sportsillustrated_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070313/2007_03_12t191104_450x313_us_nbc_sportsillustrated.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=HwjvPnse1eTELGRsLEc4vw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Beyonce Knowles, who is the cover model of the 2007 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit issue, poses next to a poster of the cover at a press event in Los Angeles, California February 14, 2007. Sports Illustrated magazine and NBCSports.com said on Monday they will share video, news and photography on their Web sites. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sports Illustrated magazine and
NBCSports.com said on Monday they will share video, news and
photography on their Web sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet name system in growing danger: U.N. agency
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/wr_nm/internet_danger_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070312/2007_03_12t154844_450x421_us_internet_danger.jpg?x=130&y=121&sig=too9hhuEgRXzQu.G8GGz8w--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="A file photo of a computer, November 30, 1999. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Internet's key site identity system
is in mounting danger from new techniques that could cause
havoc by turning it into a free-for-all market, the World
Intellectual Property Organization WIPO warned on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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