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Microsoft: 'Financial incentives' for Live Search data
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market share, Microsoft is giving financial incentives to large enterprise customers whose employees use Microsoft's Live Search engine.
Microsoft Offers Incentives to Businesses to Use Live Search
(PC World)
PC World - In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market share, Microsoft is giving financial incentives to large enterprise customers whose employees use Microsoft's Live Search engine.
Microsoft sings SaaS song
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Although Microsoft may be overlooked in the SaaS (software as a service) arena, the company is a leader in this space and views subscription-based software as a way to enhance revenues, a Microsoft official said at the OpSource SaaS Summit 2007 in Monterey, Calif. on Thursday.
Coming Soon: Xbox Live on Windows
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. will to extend its Xbox Live online gaming and entertainment network to Windows in May as part of its plan to offer more Web-based services through its desktop OS.
Microsoft Bets on Voice-Driven Search
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it is acquiring TellMe Networks, a company specializing in nationwide directory assistance, enterprise customer service, and voice-enabled mobile search.
Lenovo Drops Google, Embraces Windows Live
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Ditching Google as its default search application, Lenovo announced that Microsoft Windows Live will now be the portal of choice, and will soon be bundled with the company's PCs and laptops.
NIST Likely To Lift Windows Vista Ban If Microsoft's New OS Passes Muster
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The agency is likely to begin full testing of Windows Vista in a month or two after it finishes a project to encrypt all of its laptop computers in order to comply with new government security policies.
Can a Rootkit Be Certified for Vista?
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A roomful of hackers, CIOs and CSOs agree that Microsoft's given us the most secure version of Windows yet, but their approval is served up with a garnish of "excepts," "howevers" and "althoughs."
Microsoft CEO Ballmer Talks Up 'Software + Services'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - In order to bring customers that blended model, Microsoft will have to build out its software-as-a-service infrastructure, much of which is still in its infancy.
Red Hat launches new Linux system
(AP)
AP - Red Hat Inc. has unveiled the latest version of its Linux operating system as the open-source software company continues to combat Microsoft's market-dominating Windows platform.
Japanese dot-com mogul appeals sentence
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070316/ap_on_hi_te/japan_internet_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070316/capt.tok80303160120.japan_internet_trial_tok803.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=bXXJ0sfO.Pq8tQt_sV6gaQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Takafumi Horie, center, founder of Internet services company Livedoor Co., arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo Friday, March 16, 2007. The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced Horie, 34, to two years and six months in jail in a case that has come to symbolize the challenges Japan faces in policing rising startups. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Tomohisa Kato)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former dot-com mogul Takafumi Horie was found guilty of securities laws violations and sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on Friday, in a case that has come to symbolize the challenges Japan faces in policing rising startups.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sites spread false Sinbad death rumors
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070316/ap_on_en_ot/people_sinbad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070316/capt.a6d355a1dfa1433b96dd238e1a089dbe.people_sinbad_ny107.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=6_u3QveK0uPldx0cPbajWA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Sinbad is seen in this Monday Oct. 16, 2006 file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after a Florida-based Internet reference site announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday, March 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter. The gossip quieted, but a few days later the 50-year-old entertainer said the phone calls, text messages and e-mails started pouring in by the hundreds.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intern sold Civil War items on eBay
(AP)
AP - An intern with the National Archives stole about 165 Civil War documents — including the War Department's announcement of President Lincoln's death — and sold most of them on eBay, prosecutors charged Thursday.
Cisco to pay $3.2B for WebEx
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_on_hi_te/cisco_webex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070315/2007_03_15t100311_450x311_us_cisco_webex.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=QBxSBtc7J183B15N71qQ.Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Cisco Systems Chairman and Chief Executive John Chambers speaks during a news conference in Bangalore, India, in this October 21, 2005 file photo. Telecommunications equipment maker Cisco Systems said on Thursday it reached an agreement to buy WebEx Communications Inc., which specializes in software applications that allow businesses to collaborate, in a deal valued at $3.2 billion. (Jagadeesh Nv/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire the online meeting company WebEx Communications Inc. for about $3.2 billion in cash.</p><br clear="all"/>
Could crazy technology save the planet?
(AP)
AP - Crazy-sounding ideas for saving the planet are getting a serious look from top scientists, a sign of their fears about global warming and the desire for an insurance policy in case things get worse.
Microsoft: 'Financial incentives' for Live Search data
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market share, Microsoft is giving financial incentives to large enterprise customers whose employees use Microsoft's Live Search engine.
Nintendo Wii top-selling game console
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070316/tc_nm/videogames_february_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_15t214602_450x336_us_videogames_february.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=TSKNzHz0B_5yrIE1CN307A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Japanese game software and console maker Nintendo Co. Ltd. displays the company's game console 'Wii' in Tokyo June 7, 2006. Wii was the best-selling video game console in the United States in February, console makers said on Thursday, citing sales results from market research firm NPD. (Issei Kato/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) Wii
was the best-selling video game console in the United States in
February, console makers said on Thursday, citing sales results
from market research firm NPD.</p><br clear="all"/>
Trend Micro to release new security software
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Security vendor Trend Micro will release a new version of its mobile security software for Nokia smartphones next month that adds a built-in firewall and improves malware detection, the company said Thursday at Cebit in Hanover, Germany.
Red Hat Launches Enterprise Linux 5
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Red Hat released Wednesday a new version of its Linux operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5). The new OS, which the Raleigh, North Carolina-based company said is more of a platform, is accompanied by RHEL 5 Advanced Platform for servers and an updated Enterprise Desktop.
Scientists Show Thought-Controlled Computer at Cebit
(PC World)
PC World - Forget speech-recognition software: How about typing a letter just by thinking it?
Japanese dot-com mogul appeals sentence
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070316/ap_on_hi_te/japan_internet_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070316/capt.tok80303160120.japan_internet_trial_tok803.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=bXXJ0sfO.Pq8tQt_sV6gaQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Takafumi Horie, center, founder of Internet services company Livedoor Co., arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo Friday, March 16, 2007. The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced Horie, 34, to two years and six months in jail in a case that has come to symbolize the challenges Japan faces in policing rising startups. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Tomohisa Kato)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former dot-com mogul Takafumi Horie was found guilty of securities laws violations and sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on Friday, in a case that has come to symbolize the challenges Japan faces in policing rising startups.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft: 'Financial incentives' for Live Search data
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market share, Microsoft is giving financial incentives to large enterprise customers whose employees use Microsoft's Live Search engine.
Gameworld:Korean online game aims for Westerns
(Reuters)
Reuters - Massively multiplayer
online video games, or MMOs, are largely considered the realm
of fantasy geeks.
Time magazine hitting stands with new look
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070316/wr_nm/time_redesign_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_15t205115_343x450_us_time_redesign.jpg?x=99&y=130&sig=grAVCk1HqC1yX1RDo3.WHQ--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Time magazine's 2005 'Persons of the Year' cover is seen in this undated photo. Time magazine hits newsstands on Friday with a new look to attract the Web generation as it bets that ink on glossy pages can satisfy readers in a way that the Internet cannot. (Gregory Heisler for Time/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Time magazine hits newsstands on
Friday with a new look to attract the Web generation as it bets
that ink on glossy pages can satisfy readers in a way that the
Internet cannot.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cisco Buys Online Collaboration Leader WebEx for $3.2 Billion
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Cisco Systems, best known as a manufacturer of networking hardware, is taking a major step into the software applications field.
Microsoft Offers Incentives to Businesses to Use Live Search
(PC World)
PC World - In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market share, Microsoft is giving financial incentives to large enterprise customers whose employees use Microsoft's Live Search engine.
McDonald's taps into "you" craze with new packages
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/wr_nm/mcdonalds_packaging_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_15t194733_450x294_us_mcdonalds_packaging.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=bI.0bpCPtXywun3pqEW1wQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A McDonald's restaurant is seen in San Salvador December 9, 2005. McDonald's Corp. said on Thursday it was putting pictures of ordinary consumers who eat at the hamburger chain on its packaging, tapping into a media and Internet trend focused on real people. (Luis Galdamez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - McDonald's Corp. said on Thursday
it was putting pictures of ordinary consumers who eat at the
hamburger chain on its packaging, tapping into a media and
Internet trend focused on real people.</p><br clear="all"/>
Socialising online luring an older crowd: study
(Reuters)
Reuters - Teenagers are being joined
by more people aged in their 20s and 30s on social networking
Web sites as the trend of socialising online continues to
expand, according to a survey on Wednesday.
Sinbad resurrected after online demise
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/wr_nm/sinbad_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070316/2007_03_15t204448_450x378_us_sinbad.jpg?x=130&y=109&sig=By3eW_0zRJjqR0jEgOTD.Q--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="Sinbad is seen in California, July 13, 2006. ondolences flowed for U.S. comedian Sinbad after the online encyclopedia Wikipedia announced his death on Thursday, but it turned out the grieving was premature and the comic was alive and well. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Condolences flowed for U.S. comedian
Sinbad after the online encyclopedia Wikipedia announced his
death on Thursday, but it turned out the grieving was premature
and the comic was alive and well.</p><br clear="all"/>
Gadget puts Google Talk on Web pages
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A new Google gadget lets users embed the company's Talk instant-messaging service in Web pages, expanding the reach of the product, which was originally introduced as a downloadable PC application.
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