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Asustek SmartPhones Run Windows Mobile 6
(PC World)
PC World - Taiwanese electronics maker Asustek Computer Inc. plans to release in the months ahead two smartphones based on Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows Mobile 6 software.
Microsoft Evolves its Enterprise Plans
(PC World)
PC World - Analysis: Project Green unites homegrown and acquired application into Dynamics family.
Microsoft promises rewards for search engine use
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070317/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070317/capt.sge.ghd28.170307170212.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=1yXuAkm68_LnD1qnhr9s1g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft on Friday began offering large businesses rewards if they have employees scout the Internet with the software giant's Live Search service.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft on Friday began offering large businesses rewards if they have employees scout the Internet with the software giant's Live Search service.</p><br clear="all"/>
5 Google Tips To Improve Your Search Experience
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Want an RSS feed of all Britney, all the time, or 3-D modeling software? Beyond basic search and apps like Google Earth, here are some little-known tips to enhance your online experience, including a free way to generate Sidebar Gadgets for Windows Vista.
Microsoft Gets Enterprise Fever
(PC World)
PC World - Get ready to rumble: the fight for enterprise applications customers is going to heat up as Microsoft Corp. this week confirmed its intention to more aggressively compete with the dominant high-end ERP and CRM players Oracle Corp. and SAP AG.
Microsoft gets enterprise fever
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Get ready to rumble: the fight for enterprise applications customers is going to heat up as Microsoft Corp. this week confirmed its intention to more aggressively compete with the dominant high-end ERP and CRM players Oracle Corp. and SAP AG.
Microsoft Pays Enterprise Customers To Adopt Windows Live Search
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - CEO Steve Ballmer outlines the company's new initiative to become an Internet, information, and advertising company.
Utility Lets Microsoft Windows Vista Users Forego Registration Indefinitely
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - SkipRearm can help IT managers reset the activation clock, and Microsoft doesn't seem concerned about software pirates taking advantage of it.
Update: Microsoft offers enterprises incentives for search
(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 for Search
(PC World)
PC World - In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market share, Microsoft Corp. is giving financial incentives to large enterprise customers whose employees use Microsoft's Live Search engine.
YouTube to sponsor video awards show
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070319/capt.c9716ed0483940ac82655fccd255f729.youtube_awards_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=5viMeaR8dh0BH_VkH_fZrQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley, 29, left, and Steven Chen, 27, pose with their laptops at their office loft in San Mateo, Calif., in this March 29, 2006, file photo. The video-sharing Web site announced Monday, March 19, 2007, that it will hold the first YouTube Video Awards to recognize the best-user created videos of 2006. . (AP Photo/Tony Avelar/ FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lonelygirl15, OK Go and other YouTube sensations will get an opportunity to walk down a virtual red carpet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Most computer attacks originate in U.S.
(AP)
AP - The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report.
Presidential hopefuls make Myspace pages
(AP)
AP - Prospective voters eager to learn more about John McCain or to become an Internet "friend" of Barack Obama now have a new online opportunity. MySpace.com, the popular social networking site, on Sunday launched a section dedicated to the 2008 presidential election.
Bochco to create confessional Web videos
(AP)
AP - Emmy Award-winning writer Steven Bochco has become the latest Hollywood leader to embrace the Internet, teaming with a video site to produce a series of confessional short videos on such topics as "my first time" and "my weird family."
States push online fitness programs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_hi_te/fitness_states_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070318/capt.ca5b166fa20a4d18b469c1f7a21baad4.fitness_states_online_na102.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=hKpkVMFgFvcOtk.lnFtpQg--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Arleen East goes for a walk on her lunch hour in Indianapolis, Tuesday, March 13, 2007. East started the year overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. The 47-year-old has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. East credits her turnaround not just to sheer will, but to help from Indiana's '10 in 10 Challenge,' an online program that commits participants to lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks and prods them with weekly e-mails filled with exercise and diet tips. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)" border="0" /></a>AP - Arleen East started the year in a rut — overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. Since those dark days of winter, the 47-year-old single mother has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. She's down to 192 and is pressing ahead with her goal to slim down to 145.</p><br clear="all"/>
MTV vents "Rage!" online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/wr_nm/mtv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_19t013334_450x343_us_mtv.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=S0O5Ep5YMSSizS7IbOE_6w--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A screen grab of DailyRage.MTV.com. 'Rage' is something of an online scavenger hunt, allowing players to search for hidden icons that can yield cash and merchandise prizes on Internet pages decked out to resemble specific series. (www.dailyrage.mtv.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MTV is extending its
series online through a new gaming platform.</p><br clear="all"/>
Taiwan's Acer sees January-March notebook computer sales up 30-40 percent
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070319/tc_afp/taiwanaceritcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070319/capt.sge.gmz09.190307031626.photo00.photo.default-339x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=xhZH9FD272M_xwd0YMta5g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="File photo shows visitors at a both displaying Acer's laptop computers in Taipei. Taiwan's Acer Inc said Monday it expects its notebook computer sales of the quarter to March will rise 30-40 percent from a year earlier, citing a sucessful global marketing strategy behind the growth.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Taiwan's Acer Inc said Monday it expects its notebook computer sales of the quarter to March will rise 30-40 percent from a year earlier, citing a sucessful global marketing strategy behind the growth.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nokia files claims against Qualcomm in Europe
(Reuters)
Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia
(NOK1V.HE) said on Monday it had filed complaints against
Qualcomm patents in Germany and the Netherlands.
Linux rising at IBM
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Scott Handy started with IBM in 1983 as a systems engineer and did the scenic tour of the company’s sales, marketing, and strategic planning operations. Through the years, he’s covered large accounts, channels, small and midsize business, and IBM solutions for Windows NT, Sun Solaris, and OS/2 Warp.
Mortgage reset may boost foreclosures: study
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/bs_nm/usasubrime_reset_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_19t011613_450x277_us_usasubrime_reset.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=eEcNVhT5q66RRsJTARdVwQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A sign reading 'Foreclosure For Sale' is posted on a house in the Boston suburb of Dedham, Massachusetts, March 15, 2007. About 1.1 million additional home foreclosures are expected over the next six years as adjustable-rate mortgages -- which made home buying more affordable to U.S. buyers in recent years -- reset to higher payments, according to a study by research firm First American CoreLogic. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - About 1.1 million additional home
foreclosures are expected over the next six years as
adjustable-rate mortgages -- which made home buying more
affordable to U.S. buyers in recent years -- reset to higher
payments, according to a study by research firm First American
CoreLogic.</p><br clear="all"/>
Most computer attacks originate in U.S.
(AP)
AP - The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report.
States push online fitness programs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_hi_te/fitness_states_online"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070318/capt.ca5b166fa20a4d18b469c1f7a21baad4.fitness_states_online_na102.jpg?x=75&y=130&sig=hKpkVMFgFvcOtk.lnFtpQg--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Arleen East goes for a walk on her lunch hour in Indianapolis, Tuesday, March 13, 2007. East started the year overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. The 47-year-old has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. East credits her turnaround not just to sheer will, but to help from Indiana's '10 in 10 Challenge,' an online program that commits participants to lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks and prods them with weekly e-mails filled with exercise and diet tips. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)" border="0" /></a>AP - Arleen East started the year in a rut — overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. Since those dark days of winter, the 47-year-old single mother has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. She's down to 192 and is pressing ahead with her goal to slim down to 145.</p><br clear="all"/>
Presidential hopefuls make Myspace pages
(AP)
AP - Prospective voters eager to learn more about John McCain or to become an Internet "friend" of Barack Obama now have a new online opportunity. MySpace.com, the popular social networking site, on Sunday launched a section dedicated to the 2008 presidential election.
MTV vents "Rage!" online
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/wr_nm/mtv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_19t013334_450x343_us_mtv.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=S0O5Ep5YMSSizS7IbOE_6w--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A screen grab of DailyRage.MTV.com. 'Rage' is something of an online scavenger hunt, allowing players to search for hidden icons that can yield cash and merchandise prizes on Internet pages decked out to resemble specific series. (www.dailyrage.mtv.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - MTV is extending its
series online through a new gaming platform.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube to present video awards
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070319/wr_nm/media_youtube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070319/2007_03_19t012826_450x300_us_media_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dlyHF8o.OPEkRW.kOG5DpQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man looks at YouTube's web site in a file photo. Next week, the online video-sharing Web site YouTube will present awards for best user-generated videos of 2006. (Peter Jones/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Brace yourself, Oscar. Step
aside, MTV. Next week, the online video-sharing Web site
YouTube will present awards for best user-generated videos of
2006.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bochco to create confessional Web videos
(AP)
AP - Emmy Award-winning writer Steven Bochco has become the latest Hollywood leader to embrace the Internet, teaming with a video site to produce a series of confessional short videos on such topics as "my first time" and "my weird family."
Cisco to pay $3.2 billion for WebEx
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_hi_te/cisco_webex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070315/capt.1c5e2eba7fbb41559dab848005915c97.cisco_webex_caps103.jpg?x=130&y=72&sig=U8EIizW9ZTlUf373fyRwbg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="Exterior view of WebEx Communications Inc. headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, March 15, 2007. Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire the online meeting company WebEx Communications Inc. for about $3.2 billion in cash. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" 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"/>
Review: Plenty of Net diversions at work
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_online_office_diversions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070315/capt.5c6282f7258d4abfbe255dec2ca72417.ncaa_boston_college_texas_tech_basketball_ncdm112.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=UniprcCoBqiEXq3NJGQC3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Boston College's John Oates (32) blocks the shot of Texas Tech's Darryl Dora (44) during an NCAA East Regional first round basketball game Thursday, March 15, 2007, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - There will be plenty of opportunities to follow the March Madness tournament from your work desktops — CBS is offering free streaming video, and other sites organize office pools and give you the latest scores.</p><br clear="all"/>
Courts to release trial tapes online
(AP)
AP - A computer and an Internet connection may soon be all that are needed for anyone to hear closing arguments in a corruption trial or listen to the testimony of a mob turncoat.
EU site to offer extreme weather data
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_hi_te/eu_extreme_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070315/capt.nic10203151737.cyprus_weather_nic102.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=PNRBOmJRXg1PNv5hcxopcg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A man skis and another walks in the snow on Troodos Mountain some 71 kilometers (44 miles) from the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday, March 15, 2007. A strong depression originating from Russia is causing bad weather and snow falls over Cyprus as temperatures reached 2 degrees Celsius (35 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)" border="0" /></a>AP - It looks like a color-coded terror alert scale — and meteorologically speaking, that's exactly what it is. With climate change making conditions more unpredictable, national weather services from across the European Union have joined forces to create http://www.meteoalarm.eu — a new Web site providing up-to-the-minute information on "extreme weather" across the continent.</p><br clear="all"/>
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