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Microsoft Talks Up Plans For Its Tellme Purchase
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft's purchase of Tellme Networks signals that the software giant wants to be a major player in the fast-growing market for speech-recognition technologies.
Microsoft to buy Tellme Networks
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070314/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070314/capt.sge.flx99.140307231523.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=7xGvldFDPpwIjmRhQ38njg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it will buy Tellme Networks with an eye toward using the firm's technology to enable people to search the Internet by speaking instead of typing.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it will buy Tellme Networks with an eye toward using the firm's technology to enable people to search the Internet by speaking instead of typing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to buy voice recognition company Tellme
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070314/tc_nm/microsoft_tellme_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070314/2007_03_13t095654_450x300_us_microsoft_tellme.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=a6l85Yex.xswwRas1WlBqA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A technician adjusts a spotlight at the exhibition stand of Microsoft in preparation for the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover March 12, 2007. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on
Wednesday it will buy privately held Tellme Networks Inc., a
speech technology company, to bolster its communications push
and enhance searches over mobile phones.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft launches court battle to evict cybersquatters
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070314/tc_afp/usbritaininternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070314/capt.sge.flp63.140307215523.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=R0b3wRcruSuyEq9U8pVxAw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People surf the Internet at a cybercafe in 2004. Microsoft is launching a string of court actions in the United States and Europe against cybersquatters.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Software giant Microsoft Corp. Wednesday launched a string of lawsuits in the United States and Britain against "cybersquatters" who register Internet site names in the hope of a quick buck.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to acquire Tellme Networks
(AP)
AP - Microsoft said Wednesday it will buy Tellme Networks Inc., which provides voice-enabled mobile search, directory assistance and computerized, speech-driven customer service hotlines.
Microsoft to buy Tellme to enhance voice services
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft plans to purchase Tellme Networks in an effort to bolster its voice services portfolio and add speech recognition to a broad range of its software and online services, the company said Wednesday.
Microsoft To Buy Voice Recognition Company Tellme
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft Corp.
said Wednesday it will buy privately held Tellme
Networks, a voice-recognition technology company, as it
promotes the service for computer users and call centers.
Microsoft Gains A New Voice With Acquisition Of Tellme Networks
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft could find that Tellme gives it a competitive advantage in its battles with Google and others for mobile search.
Microsoft files lawsuits against cybersquatters
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has filed two new lawsuits against companies it accuses of registering domain names similar to certain Microsoft trademarks. It has also settled three similar suits with other companies, it said Wednesday.
New IE7 Bug May Aid Phishers
(PC World)
PC World - A vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) browser could help fraudsters make phishing Web sites appear legitimate, a security researcher reported Wednesday.
Google to adopt new privacy measures
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_on_hi_te/google_privacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070314/capt.c24bad497440491587f57e5d9b259e53.google_privacy_nyol951.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=X_NjFz3vWhHxE6._ZmCRdA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="An exterior view of Google headquarters is seen in Mountain View, Calif., in this 2006 file photo.Google is adopting new privacy measures to make it more difficult to connect online search requests with the people making them — a move it believes could prevent showdowns with the government over the often sensitive data. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. is adopting new privacy measures to make it more difficult to connect online search requests with the people making them — a thorny issue that provoked a showdown with the U.S. government last year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Judge drops charges against HP's Dunn
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_on_bi_ge/hewlett_packard_directors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070314/capt.09ba2efa0d56434f8469dcc9b2accd5c.hewlett_packard_directors_caps102.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=aqbenOszoAAlnlnks5vqbQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, right, and her husband, Bill Jahnke, left, leave a San Jose, Calif., courtroom, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006. A judge dropped the charges Wednesday against Dunn, who was accused of orchestrating the company's boardroom spying scandal. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - California's criminal case surrounding Hewlett-Packard Co.'s ill-fated boardroom spying scandal has all but evaporated, although the four defendants still aren't off the hook with federal prosecutors.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anxious Japan awaits Livedoor verdict
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_on_hi_te/japan_internet_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070315/capt.tok10703150640.japan_internet_trial_tok107.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=5Vgg.D0XJtLVTYuao4PUAQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Dressed in a black sweatshirt that said, 'Billionaire Boys Club,' former dot-com star Takafumi Horie speaks to The Associated Press in Tokyo in this Dec. 20, 2006 file photo. A year after his Internet empire came crashing down, turning Japan's most famous dot-com mogul into a business pariah and celebrity defendant, Horie and a captivated nation will learn Friday, March 16, 2007 whether his name will be cleared. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A year after his Internet empire came crashing down, turning Japan's most famous dot-com mogul into a business pariah and celebrity defendant, Takafumi Horie and a captivated nation will learn Friday whether his name will be cleared.</p><br clear="all"/>
ComScore adds `visits' to site measures
(AP)
AP - The online measurement service comScore Media Metrix has come up with a new way of measuring Web traffic as new technologies increasingly make one of the current industry yardsticks less meaningful.
Pew: Latinos less likely to be online
(AP)
AP - Latinos are not going online as much as non-Hispanic whites and blacks, even at younger ages where Internet use is far greater, according to a report released Wednesday.
Townshend reveals the "Method" to his madness
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/en_nm/townshend_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t043656_450x281_us_townshend.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=CPRrBZwqg76nr8obs0wd6w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Guitarist Pete Townshend of The Who performs at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, Maryland, September 23, 2006 file photo. Townshend used his keynote address at the South by Southwest festival Wednesday to unveil a music Web site dubbed the Method. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Who guitarist/songwriter
Pete Townshend used his keynote address at the South by
Southwest festival Wednesday to unveil a music Web site dubbed
the Method.</p><br clear="all"/>
Maverick Tokyo designer twins high-tech, tradition
(Reuters)
Reuters - Maverick designer Emiko Miki
married high-tech with tradition in her latest fashion
collection, which she says showcases what Japan's got to offer.
A la Mobile platform supports dual-mode phones
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A la Mobile is hoping to help fuel the supply of converged Wi-Fi and GSM phones with a new version of its Linux-based mobile phone software package.
Dell Launches Linux Survey
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The No. 1 computer maker's certification of Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 could mean it's ready to mainstream the open source operating system.
New Red Hat OS features modular design
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The newly launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) operating system features a modular design that counters the argument by critics that operating systems are becoming too large and complex, a Red Hat executive said at launch ceremonies Wednesday in San Francisco.
Tradedoubler shares slide after AOL bid withdrawn
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/media_nm/aol_tradedoubler_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_14t181055_300x450_us_aol_tradedoubler.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=MDeFPw9hQyrUPNPJxscKiA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Businessmen walk into AOL Time Warner headquarters in New York on January 12, 2001. Time Warner Inc.'s AOL online unit said on Wednesday it would withdraw its all cash offer to buy Swedish online marketing firm TradeDoubler AB, after failing to gain the approval of 90 percent of shareholders. (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Shares in Swedish online ad firm
Tradedoubler slumped in opening trade on Thursday after AOL,
the online unit of Time Warner Inc, withdrew its 215 crown per
share offer, worth around $900 million.</p><br clear="all"/>
Townshend reveals the "Method" to his madness
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/en_nm/townshend_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t043656_450x281_us_townshend.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=CPRrBZwqg76nr8obs0wd6w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Guitarist Pete Townshend of The Who performs at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, Maryland, September 23, 2006 file photo. Townshend used his keynote address at the South by Southwest festival Wednesday to unveil a music Web site dubbed the Method. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Who guitarist/songwriter
Pete Townshend used his keynote address at the South by
Southwest festival Wednesday to unveil a music Web site dubbed
the Method.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anxious Japan awaits Livedoor verdict
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_on_hi_te/japan_internet_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070315/capt.tok10703150640.japan_internet_trial_tok107.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=5Vgg.D0XJtLVTYuao4PUAQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Dressed in a black sweatshirt that said, 'Billionaire Boys Club,' former dot-com star Takafumi Horie speaks to The Associated Press in Tokyo in this Dec. 20, 2006 file photo. A year after his Internet empire came crashing down, turning Japan's most famous dot-com mogul into a business pariah and celebrity defendant, Horie and a captivated nation will learn Friday, March 16, 2007 whether his name will be cleared. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A year after his Internet empire came crashing down, turning Japan's most famous dot-com mogul into a business pariah and celebrity defendant, Takafumi Horie and a captivated nation will learn Friday whether his name will be cleared.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to adopt new privacy measures
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_on_hi_te/google_privacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070314/capt.576ee93abb7e4f9e98e8a666bc857905.google_privacy_fx103.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=Or6..q3kh_ruR0DP4L4E0Q--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="A Google receptionist works at the front desk in the company's office in this Oct. 2, 2006, file photo in New York. Google announces a change in its privacy policy that will anonymize the data stockpiled from Internet Protocol addresses and cookies after an 18 to 24 month period. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. is adopting new privacy measures to make it more difficult to connect online search requests with the people making them — a thorny issue that provoked a showdown with the U.S. government last year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to bolster privacy of online searchers
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070315/tc_afp/usitinternetcompanypoliticscompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070315/capt.sge.fnd09.150307060029.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=RQsBtPo.Dq4fd.KL9eqHNQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google said on Wednesday it would begin routinely purging its data banks of information that identifies search engine users in order to better shield their anonymity.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google said on Wednesday it would begin routinely purging its data banks of information that identifies search engine users in order to better shield their anonymity.</p><br clear="all"/>
Shanghai jails leaders of online betting ring
(Reuters)
Reuters - A court in Shanghai has given jail
sentences to leaders of a five billion yuan ($646 million)
online gambling ring, the city's largest on record, state media
reported on Thursday.
Online gambling ban reconsidered
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is
considering a bill to repeal a ban imposed last year on online
gambling, said a spokesman for the lawmaker on Wednesday.
Google aims to bolster privacy of Web surfer data
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/wr_nm/google_privacy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_14t222005_450x300_us_google_privacy.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=.ok4DvwcsKHufQMHcCBB7A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Google Inc. is taking steps to bolster consumer privacy protections in coming months, the company said late on Wednesday. File photo shows students inside a campus watching the live broadcast of Lee Kai-fu, vice-president of Google Inc. and co-president of Google China, holding a talk at the University of Hong Kong September 14, 2006. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc., faced with a mountain of
data on its users' Web search habits, is taking steps to
bolster consumer privacy protections in coming months, the
company said late on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to Make Search Logs Anonymous
(PC World)
PC World - Google Inc. will start making its records about users' searches anonymous after 18 to 24 months under a policy announced Wednesday.
Google to make search logs anonymous
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google will start making its records about users' searches anonymous after 18 to 24 months under a policy announced Wednesday.
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