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Gates loses virtual soccer match to pro
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_hi_te/mexico_bill_gates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070321/capt.modl11203210021.mexico_bill_gates_modl112.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=SlainR8grZlguDcngiHRrQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Microsoft founder Bill Gates, left, and Mexican soccer player, Rafael Marquez, who plays in the Barcelona team, play a game of soccer on an X-Box console during a seminar in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Gates is in Mexico to promote Microsoft's new products.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates met his technological match Tuesday, losing a video game simulation of a penalty shootout to star Mexican soccer player Rafael Marquez 2-1 as hundreds of Microsoft Mexico employees and other invited guests cheered on the two.</p><br clear="all"/>
Oracle, Sun fixing J2SE bug in E-Business Suite
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Oracle is working with Sun to fix a bug affecting how the E-Business Suite runs on Windows Vista.
Microsoft joins OpenAJAX group
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft on Tuesday will reveal that it is now participating in the OpenAjax Alliance, joining with other members to make the AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web scripting technique more interoperable.
Global PC market to see little impact from Vista: survey
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070320/tc_afp/uscomputersalesworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070320/capt.sge.hbt75.200307161630.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=XbgWk0KhwNpwec8ggLxlYQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Microsoft's "Windows Vista" operating system on display in Seoul. The Gartner market research firm has predicted that global sales of personal computers will rise by 10.5 percent in 2007, getting little help from the new Windows Vista operating system.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Global sales of personal computers are expected to increase 10.5 percent in 2007, getting little help from the new Windows Vista operating system, a market research firm said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony, Microsoft battle for control of your living room
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Microsoft and Sony aren't just battling for video game supremacy: They want control of your living room too. Both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 play music and high-def movies and connect to an online network. USATODAY's Mike Snider compares the two systems beyond just games:
Dynamics users: Microsoft is listening more
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is spending more time soliciting and responding to feedback from users of its Dynamics business applications, according to attendees at the vendor's recent Convergence show in San Diego.
Microsoft dials in to SMBs with new speech-recognition phone system
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft will unveil a speech recognition-enabled phone system Monday designed to give small businesses a flexible alternative to a PBX, the company said.
Gates promotes PC training in Colombia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_hi_te/colombia_bill_gates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070319/capt.wfm10603191858.colombia_bill_gates__wfm106.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ffIDzKbxAAnwFIy877cIqA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, left, speaks during a press conference at the Inter-American Press Society's , SIP, annual meeting, in Cartagena, Colombia, Monday, March 19, 2007. (AP Photo/ William Fernando Martinez)" border="0" /></a>AP - In his first trip to this violence-wracked country, Bill Gates said Microsoft Corp. was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of job training.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft offers small-business promotions
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is offering small businesses promotions for free software trials and business tools as long as they are willing to ensure that they are running genuine copies of Windows.
Microsoft Offers Small-Business Promotions
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. is offering small businesses promotions for free software trials and business tools, as long as they are willing to ensure that they are running genuine copies of Windows.
Gates loses virtual soccer match to pro
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_hi_te/mexico_bill_gates"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070321/capt.modl11203210021.mexico_bill_gates_modl112.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=SlainR8grZlguDcngiHRrQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Microsoft founder Bill Gates, left, and Mexican soccer player, Rafael Marquez, who plays in the Barcelona team, play a game of soccer on an X-Box console during a seminar in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Gates is in Mexico to promote Microsoft's new products.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates met his technological match Tuesday, losing a video game simulation of a penalty shootout to star Mexican soccer player Rafael Marquez 2-1 as hundreds of Microsoft Mexico employees and other invited guests cheered on the two.</p><br clear="all"/>
Manny Ramirez auctions grill on eBay
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_hi_te/bba_manny_s_grill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070317/capt.8b4caae384d14e52acd4f440bc959a27.reds_red_sox_spring_baseball_flck103.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=uPUF_hfnDx1JCy4tKTXgCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="With his colorful dreadlocks poking out of his batting helment, Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez steps into the batter's box during a spring training baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday March 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /></a>AP - How much would you pay to cook up a few steaks on a fancy grill? If you buy it from Manny Ramirez, prepare to shell out more than $20,000 — but it comes with an autographed baseball.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online anonymity lets users gets nasty
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_hi_te/cruel_and_anonymous"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070320/capt.7d648d1922244801ac36e53168de718b.cruel_and_anonymous_caanr201.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=lcgGfhi4saZ5UNreW2U3gw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Walter Scott Edwards II, right, holds his newborn son Walter Scott Edwards III as his fiancee April Branum, who gave birth to the full-term baby just two days after learning she was pregnant, rests on the couch, Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at their home in Garden Grove, Calif. What the couple didn't need or expect was the deluge of nasty — and anonymous — public comments posted on the Web site of the Orange County Register, which reported their story. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Leonard Ortiz)" border="0" /></a>AP - When a California woman recently gave birth to a healthy baby just two days after learning she was pregnant, the sudden change to her life was challenging enough. What April Branum definitely didn't need was a deluge of nasty Internet comments.</p><br clear="all"/>
Privacy for Internet names moves forward
(AP)
AP - Many owners of Internet addresses face this quandary: Provide your real contact information when you register a domain name and subject yourself to junk or harassment. Or enter fake data and risk losing it outright.
Computing pioneer Backus dies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_hi_te/obit_backus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070320/capt.40d1e0e3c65849cd9a7b2876237de8f9.obit_backus_nybz108.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=GRVnihkOawF_NDPopEwDNg--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="This 1984 handout photo provided by IBM shows John Backus. Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82. Backus died Saturday in Ashland, Ore., according to IBM Corp., where he spent his career. (AP Photo/IBM)" border="0" /></a>AP - John Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82.</p><br clear="all"/>
Skype to allow PayPal money transfers on Internet phone service
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070321/tc_afp/usitinternettelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070321/capt.sge.hfb59.210307001657.photo00.photo.default-504x360.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=u6nqR_QOQrvIqVqpnhBXpA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Skype said on Tuesday that users of its Internet telephone service will soon be able to transfer money to each other using PayPal.(Skype)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Skype said on Tuesday that users of its Internet telephone service will soon be able to transfer money to each other using PayPal.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo's mobile search now available to all
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Yahoo opened up its mobile oneSearch offering to anyone with a phone who can access the Internet. The service, which aims to offer more than a simple list of search results, was previously available as part of Yahoo Go for Mobile, a mobile phone-optimized content offering that is compatible with only certain handsets.
Small Screens The Next Big Thing? Web Portals Bet On Mobile Phones
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - If the mobile Web ad market ever takes off, Google and Yahoo are poised to cash in.
Oracle CEO: Linux support program working
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Oracle has gotten off to a "very strong start" with its support program for users of Red Hat's Enterprise Linux, according to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
Oracle 3Q profit up 35 percent on growth
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_oracle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070320/capt.e5a6cadd31dd4ea99ef4aca072421fa4.earns_oracle_fx103.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=LNLV5Xwsnwa31vZDo_T01g--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, center, smiles with Oracle CFO Safra Catz, left, and Oracle president Charles Phillips, second from right, during the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco, in this Oct. 25, 2006 file photo. Business software maker Oracle Corp. is expected to report quarterly earnings, Tuesday, March 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oracle Corp.'s fiscal third-quarter profit climbed 35 percent amid surprisingly strong sales growth that provided the business software maker with an additional boost as it heads into its busiest time of the year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Manny Ramirez auctions grill on eBay
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_hi_te/bba_manny_s_grill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070317/capt.8b4caae384d14e52acd4f440bc959a27.reds_red_sox_spring_baseball_flck103.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=uPUF_hfnDx1JCy4tKTXgCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="With his colorful dreadlocks poking out of his batting helment, Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez steps into the batter's box during a spring training baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday March 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)" border="0" /></a>AP - How much would you pay to cook up a few steaks on a fancy grill? If you buy it from Manny Ramirez, prepare to shell out more than $20,000 — but it comes with an autographed baseball.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online anonymity lets users gets nasty
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_hi_te/cruel_and_anonymous"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070320/capt.7d648d1922244801ac36e53168de718b.cruel_and_anonymous_caanr201.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=lcgGfhi4saZ5UNreW2U3gw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Walter Scott Edwards II, right, holds his newborn son Walter Scott Edwards III as his fiancee April Branum, who gave birth to the full-term baby just two days after learning she was pregnant, rests on the couch, Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at their home in Garden Grove, Calif. What the couple didn't need or expect was the deluge of nasty — and anonymous — public comments posted on the Web site of the Orange County Register, which reported their story. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Leonard Ortiz)" border="0" /></a>AP - When a California woman recently gave birth to a healthy baby just two days after learning she was pregnant, the sudden change to her life was challenging enough. What April Branum definitely didn't need was a deluge of nasty Internet comments.</p><br clear="all"/>
Privacy for Internet names moves forward
(AP)
AP - Many owners of Internet addresses face this quandary: Provide your real contact information when you register a domain name and subject yourself to junk or harassment. Or enter fake data and risk losing it outright.
Skype to allow PayPal money transfers on Internet phone service
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070321/tc_afp/usitinternettelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070321/capt.sge.hfb59.210307001657.photo00.photo.default-504x360.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=u6nqR_QOQrvIqVqpnhBXpA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Skype said on Tuesday that users of its Internet telephone service will soon be able to transfer money to each other using PayPal.(Skype)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Skype said on Tuesday that users of its Internet telephone service will soon be able to transfer money to each other using PayPal.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. judge throws out defamation suit against Google
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070320/wr_nm/google_defamation_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070321/2007_03_20t184812_450x289_us_google_defamation.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=MDrCL_yx02J1jjKNUzcRvg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California August 18, 2004. GA U.S. judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the fairness of how Web search leader Google Inc. calculates the popularity of Web sites in determining search results, court papers show.. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. judge has thrown
out a lawsuit challenging the fairness of how Web search leader
Google Inc. calculates the popularity of Web sites in
determining search results, court papers show.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hollywood and Silicon Valley -- online allies?
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Digital content is bringing Hollywood and Silicon Valley together for the common goal of creating a better online experience for consumers -- and a more attractive opportunity for advertisers, representatives of the two industries say.
Doctor pleads guilty in Internet steroid ring
(Reuters)
Reuters - A former doctor pleaded guilty
on Tuesday for her role in a suspected ring that prosecutors
say sold at least $40 million worth of steroids over the
Internet.
Speculation of Palm buyout rises
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070320/ap_on_hi_te/palm_buyout_speculation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070320/2007_03_20t082824_450x336_us_palm_takeover.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=_QiFN4FpLSxdIiCnkkBK6w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A Palm Treo 700p smartphone in an undated file photo. Palm Inc. could be sold for at least $20 per share this week and at least four bidders are interested, including private equity firm Texas Pacific Group, according to unnamed sources cited by technology news Web site Unstrung.com. (Palm, Inc./Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Speculation of a buyout of Palm Inc. heightened Tuesday after an industry online publication reported a deal could occur this week.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo's mobile search now available to all
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Yahoo opened up its mobile oneSearch offering to anyone with a phone who can access the Internet. The service, which aims to offer more than a simple list of search results, was previously available as part of Yahoo Go for Mobile, a mobile phone-optimized content offering that is compatible with only certain handsets.
Carriers predict boom in managed security services
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Telecommunications companies ranging from Internet service providers to wireless carriers are betting that a new wave of managed security services can help generate additional opportunities with enterprise customers.
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