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Novell-Microsoft deal targeted by software group
(Reuters)
Reuters - The non-profit group that owns rights to
much of the Linux operating system says it will seek to
undermine a controversial deal between Microsoft Corp.
and Novell Inc. through a new software licensing
agreement to be unveiled on Wednesday.
Microsoft: Vista Intro Outsold XP
(PC World)
PC World - Sales of Vista during the first month that the newest Windows operating system was available to consumers were more than double the sales that Windows XP racked up in twice the time, Microsoft Corp. said.
Microsoft Vista sells 20M copies in Feb.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070326/i/r2765176884.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=iYcsu98w3vI.tCbAd51Qjw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Customers walk in to a computer store on the first day of sale of Microsoft's new Vista system in Taipei, January 30, 2007. Microsoft said on Monday that it sold more than 20 million Vista licenses in the first month since the operating system's general debut on January 30. REUTERS/Richard Chung" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. said Monday it sold 20 million consumer copies of the new Windows Vista operating system worldwide in February, but analysts said the data shed little light on the program's popularity during its first month on the market.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft: Vista intro outsold XP
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Sales of Vista during the first month that the newest Windows operating system was available to consumers were more than double the sales that Windows XP racked up in twice the time, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft airs Orcas, Rosario dev tools visions
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft not only plans to release Orcas, a major upgrade to its Visual Studio software development platform, by the end of the year but also plans to follow up Orcas with the Rosario release of the platform a year later, a Microsoft official said on Monday.
Microsoft: Social Engineering To Blame For Xbox Account Thefts
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Last week, Microsoft said it was investigating reports of hackers breaking into Xbox Live accounts and stealing users' points and information. This week, it's laying the blame on users being duped.
Microsoft says Vista sales doubling Windows XP pace
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070326/tc_nm/microsoft_vista_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070326/2007_03_26t162230_450x335_us_microsoft_vista.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=x0iou3YSOxnRBjZQX_Jw2Q--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Customers walk in to a computer store on the first day of sale of Microsoft's new Vista system in Taipei, January 30, 2007. Microsoft said on Monday that it sold more than 20 million Vista licenses in the first month since the operating system's general debut on January 30. (Richard Chung/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Monday
that it sold more than 20 million Windows Vista licenses in the
first month since the operating system's general debut on
January 30.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU gives Microsoft three extra weeks to justify breach of order
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070326/bs_afp/eusoftwarecompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070326/capt.sge.jdf08.260307202348.photo00.photo.default-512x352.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=9CVYg7r1vJHcSw8QbDzlmw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Photo of Microsoft's logo. The European Commission has given US software giant Microsoft three extra weeks to explain why it has failed to comply with an EU anti-trust ruling from 2004, a spokesman said Monday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Commission has given US software giant Microsoft three extra weeks to explain why it has failed to comply with an EU anti-trust ruling from 2004, a spokesman said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Windows Vista Sales Top 20 Million In First Month
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The number includes consumer shrink-wrap, online upgrades, and preinstalled versions of the operating system.
Microsoft Investigating Vulnerability In Vista's Windows Mail
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Reports have begun circulating that the bug in Windows Mail could give a remote attacker access to the user's computer.
Yahoo seeks content for mobile service
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_mobile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070327/capt.sge.jex99.270307061105.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=DHFFBsPO7VLUbCGgSO7HGg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Yahoo! corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo and MobiTV announced on Tuesday that the Internet search titan will handle sales and delivery of video advertising for the mobile television and music firm.(AFP/HO/File/Brian McGuiness)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc. is recruiting other Web sites to help make its mobile search services more useful for consumers and advertisers, marking another step in the Internet portal's push to build a lucrative sales channel beyond the personal computer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Vista sells 20M copies in Feb.
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070326/i/r2765176884.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=iYcsu98w3vI.tCbAd51Qjw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Customers walk in to a computer store on the first day of sale of Microsoft's new Vista system in Taipei, January 30, 2007. Microsoft said on Monday that it sold more than 20 million Vista licenses in the first month since the operating system's general debut on January 30. REUTERS/Richard Chung" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. said Monday it sold 20 million consumer copies of the new Windows Vista operating system worldwide in February, but analysts said the data shed little light on the program's popularity during its first month on the market.</p><br clear="all"/>
EMI, Bertelsmann agree to settle lawsuit
(AP)
AP - British music company EMI Group PLC and German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG said Monday they have agreed to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit over Bertelsmann's connection with the original Napster online file-sharing service.
Alcatel-Lucent wins $6 bln Verizon Wireless deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070326/tc_nm/alcatellucent_verizon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070326/2007_03_26t121435_450x340_us_alcatellucent_verizon.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=n.6lB2e6NbdMlgLD3ZHL2A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Traffic passes a Verizon store in New York in a file photo. Alcatel-Lucent won a three-year contract worth $6 billion to supply Verizon Wireless with network equipment, software and services, the companies said on Monday, lifting shares of the Paris-based telecommunications equipment maker. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Alcatel-Lucent won a
three-year contract worth $6 billion to supply Verizon Wireless
with network equipment, software and services, the companies
said on Monday, lifting shares of the Paris-based
telecommunications equipment maker.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vonage says market overreacting to court ruling
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070326/tc_nm/vonage_injunction_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070326/2007_03_26t090410_450x336_us_vonage_injunction.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=GkmFzf29qbbs8Pksbz5lsQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A Vonage V-Phone in an undated file photo. A federal judge issued a permanent injunction on Friday barring Vonage Holdings Corp. from using Internet phone call technology owned by Verizon Communications Inc. (Vonage Marketing Inc./Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vonage Holdings Corp. said on
Monday the market had overreacted after a federal judge agreed
to bar the Internet phone company from using technology
patented by Verizon Communications Inc. .</p><br clear="all"/>
Start-up Zenzui makes mobile Internet more personal
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070327/tc_afp/usitinternettelecomcompanymicrosoftzenzui"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070327/capt.sge.jfp09.270307073224.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dSvjK3unZ85jzexkYJm2rw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="File photo shows a customer looking a mobile phone display at a store in New York City. US technology start-up ZenZui launched on Tuesday, offering a test version of software that lets people customize mobile telephones with tile-shaped icons that link quickly to favored websites.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US technology start-up ZenZui launched on Tuesday, offering a test version of software that lets people customize mobile telephones with tile-shaped icons that link quickly to favored websites.</p><br clear="all"/>
Premiere Pro CS3 to feature Blu-ray output
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - When Adobe first announced it would bring Premiere back to the Mac earlier this year, the company released very few details. With the release of Creative Suite 3 on Tuesday, more information is available on what Adobe has planned.
Sprint to cut mobile phone song price to 99 cents
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to
cut its digital music download fee to 99 cents per song,
matching prices at iTunes, the leading Internet music service
run by Apple Inc..
Novell-Microsoft deal targeted by software group
(Reuters)
Reuters - The non-profit group that owns rights to
much of the Linux operating system says it will seek to
undermine a controversial deal between Microsoft Corp.
and Novell Inc. through a new software licensing
agreement to be unveiled on Wednesday.
Adobe unveils new Creative Suite design software
(Reuters)
Reuters - Adobe Systems Inc. is
unveiling the first upgrade in two years of its flagship design
software -- including Photoshop -- which accounts for more than
half of the company's overall revenue.
Yahoo seeks content for mobile service
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_mobile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070327/capt.sge.jex99.270307061105.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=DHFFBsPO7VLUbCGgSO7HGg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Yahoo! corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo and MobiTV announced on Tuesday that the Internet search titan will handle sales and delivery of video advertising for the mobile television and music firm.(AFP/HO/File/Brian McGuiness)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc. is recruiting other Web sites to help make its mobile search services more useful for consumers and advertisers, marking another step in the Internet portal's push to build a lucrative sales channel beyond the personal computer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Start-up Zenzui makes mobile Internet more personal
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070327/tc_afp/usitinternettelecomcompanymicrosoftzenzui"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070327/capt.sge.jfp09.270307073224.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dSvjK3unZ85jzexkYJm2rw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="File photo shows a customer looking a mobile phone display at a store in New York City. US technology start-up ZenZui launched on Tuesday, offering a test version of software that lets people customize mobile telephones with tile-shaped icons that link quickly to favored websites.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US technology start-up ZenZui launched on Tuesday, offering a test version of software that lets people customize mobile telephones with tile-shaped icons that link quickly to favored websites.</p><br clear="all"/>
The Onion launches news videos
(Reuters)
Reuters - Satirical newspaper the
Onion has entered the world of online video, debuting three
Onion News Network clips on its site (http://www.onion.com).
Sprint to cut mobile phone song price to 99 cents
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to
cut its digital music download fee to 99 cents per song,
matching prices at iTunes, the leading Internet music service
run by Apple Inc..
Yahoo clinches video advertising deal with MobiTV
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070327/tc_afp/usitinternettelevisioncompanyyahoomobitv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070327/capt.sge.jfk87.270307071155.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=NgRPjpWWeeyBkYiBrvGeag--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Yahoo! corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo and MobiTV announced on Tuesday that the Internet search titan will handle sales and delivery of video advertising for the mobile television and music firm.(AFP/HO/File/Brian McGuiness)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Yahoo and MobiTV announced on Tuesday that the Internet search titan will handle sales and delivery of video advertising for the mobile television and music firm.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo signs first partners in mobile ad push
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070327/wr_nm/yahoo_mobile_advertising_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070327/2007_03_27t003519_287x450_us_yahoo_mobile_advertising.jpg?x=82&y=130&sig=KnYTrDSgQbkp76Yt0qNdug--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="A file photo of a V3xx Motorola phone shown with Yahoo! Go software at the Yahoo tent during the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 9, 2007. Yahoo on Tuesday will take the next step to bring advertising to mobile phones by offering publishers of Web sites aimed at cell phone users a set of tools for posting and managing ads via Yahoo. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday will take
the next step to bring advertising to mobile phones by offering
publishers of Web sites aimed at cellphone users a set of tools
for posting and managing ads via Yahoo.</p><br clear="all"/>
ZenZui lets cellphone users zoom into the Web
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070327/wr_nm/zenzui_mobile_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070327/2007_03_27t011649_450x345_us_zenzui_mobile.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=99BhVp0MuYHbxTeJw9HGvQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A screenshot of ZenZui.com, taken on March 27, 2007. ZenZui, a newly formed company spun out of Microsoft Corp.'s technology research, aims to help cellphone subscribers easily link to their favorite Web sites, even on tiny mobile phone screens. (www.zenzui.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - ZenZui, a newly formed company spun
out of Microsoft Corp.'s technology research, aims to help
cellphone subscribers easily link to their favorite Web sites,
even on tiny mobile phone screens.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tough rehab for China's fallen cyber-supermen
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070327/tc_afp/technologychinahealthaddictioninternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070327/capt.sge.jet54.270307053738.photo00.photo.default-512x360.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=xsiDLVD_bFqqZ3.dn0cgoQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Knees shaking, Chen Cheng explains why his parents have sent him to a clinic for Internet addicts.</p><br clear="all"/>
Code Posted for IE Attack
(PC World)
PC World - New software has been published on the Internet that could be used to exploit a known flaw in Internet Explorer.
The Onion brings fake news to Web video
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_hi_te/the_onion_video"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070326/capt.862f01f5215a4482851bd198014590f0.the_onion_video_nyrd101.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=dya46DBjLtnIdmO5aBBrSg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="The Jean Anne Wharton character of Onion Network News poses for photos on the set of the program, in New York, Thursday, March 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Having already blossomed as a newspaper, Web site and book publisher, The Onion — perhaps the most dominant provider of fake news anywhere — is bringing its brand of humor to the hot medium of the moment: Online video.</p><br clear="all"/>
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