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Microsoft releases emergency software patch
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070404/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarehackercompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070404/capt.sge.lwl93.040407043948.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=SREG8OV52DJE9OqqaaHzYA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Boxes of Windows Vista software sit on a shelf at a store in New York City, January 2007. Microsoft on Tuesday released a high-priority software patch intended to fix a dangerous vulnerability in its Vista and Windows operating systems.(AFP/GettyImages/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday released a high-priority software patch intended to fix a dangerous vulnerability in its Vista and Windows operating systems.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft sues over diverted student software
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070404/tc_afp/usjordanitsoftwaretradeeducationcompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070404/capt.sge.lwi18.040407031727.photo00.photo.default-512x344.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=myIqN6uGD_HxvGUj7mmIVw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="US software giant Microsoft's stand at the CeBIT computer, digital IT and telecommunications fair at the fair grounds in Hanover, Germany, March 2007. Microsoft said Tuesday that it fired a legal salvo against traffickers of its software discounted for students overseas.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft said Tuesday that it fired a legal salvo against traffickers of its software discounted for students overseas.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft adds Expression tools to MSDN
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is making changes to the distribution model of its Expression application design tools and also is fending off a challenge to the recent discontinuance of the Visual FoxPro developer tool.
Microsoft patches Windows vulnerability
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070403/capt.sge.lqc82.030407110549.photo00.photo.default-322x512.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=u0GdcLjkj2jCmclbKLd_ig--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates (R) and his wife Melinda leave after a meeting in Hanoi. Gates hopes methods from Vietnam's childhood immunisation programme can help fight killer diseases in Africa, state media have reported.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. released an emergency security patch Tuesday to plug a hole in several versions of Windows — including Vista, which the software maker has touted as its most secure operating system ever.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Patches .ANI Flaw, But More Attacks Expected
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft released a security update to fix seven vulnerabilities, but security researchers expect the .ANI attacks to continue.
Class Action Suit: Microsoft Used Deceptive Marketing
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. unfairly labeled PCs "Windows Vista Capable" even when the computers could only run the most basic form of the operating system, according to a lawsuit filed against the software giant on Thursday.
Microsoft Sued Over 'Windows Vista Ready' Sales Campaign
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The lawsuit claims some computers sold as Vista-ready were capable of only running a basic version of the operating system.
Microsoft issues emergency Windows patch
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With attackers finding more ways to exploit a critical flaw in its Windows operating system, Microsoft has published an emergency software patch.
Class action suit: Microsoft used deceptive marketing
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft unfairly labeled PCs "Windows Vista Capable" even when the computers could only run the most basic form of the operating system, according to a lawsuit filed against the software giant on Thursday.
Microsoft sues student software sellers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_lawsuits"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070329/capt.sge.kip67.290307210956.photo00.photo.default-512x352.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=aY4yZDwsB6j3DkARbJoBvg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Photo of Microsoft's logo. US software colossus Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a prototype of a mobile Internet browser designed to mirror the ease of going online via a desktop computer.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. has filed five new lawsuits against U.S. companies and individuals it claims sold deeply discounted Windows and Office software intended for students.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft patches Windows vulnerability
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070403/capt.sge.lqc82.030407110549.photo00.photo.default-322x512.jpg?x=81&y=130&sig=u0GdcLjkj2jCmclbKLd_ig--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates (R) and his wife Melinda leave after a meeting in Hanoi. Gates hopes methods from Vietnam's childhood immunisation programme can help fight killer diseases in Africa, state media have reported.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. released an emergency security patch Tuesday to plug a hole in several versions of Windows — including Vista, which the software maker has touted as its most secure operating system ever.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU starts probe into Apple's iTunes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_hi_te/eu_apple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070403/capt.sge.lqq03.030407115442.photo00.photo.default-512x330.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=h6PjgB4UEvnCTdygKV8dvg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Apple's iTunes website is reflected in an iPod. After launching action against Microsoft and Intel, the European Union's competition watchdog has taken aim at another US computer giant, Apple, over the price of songs on its online music store.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)" border="0" /></a>AP - The deals Apple Inc. struck with record labels to stock its European iTunes stores may violate EU competition rules, regulators said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
FCC says 'no' to cell phones on planes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_go_ot/cell_phones_airplanes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070329/i/r903190274.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=g07Yc1MXqSTU7onC0T6GXQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A man uses a cell phone in a file photo. Visa USA sees cell phones as the best way to expand electronic payments, Chief Executive John Philip Coghlan said at the CTIA wireless show, where he also revealed ties with several wireless technology companies. REUTERS/Will Burgess" border="0" /></a>AP - Striking a blow for cell phone haters everywhere, a government agency on Tuesday said it will keep a rule in place that requires the divisive devices to be turned off during airline flights.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft sues student software sellers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_lawsuits"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070329/capt.sge.kip67.290307210956.photo00.photo.default-512x352.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=aY4yZDwsB6j3DkARbJoBvg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Photo of Microsoft's logo. US software colossus Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a prototype of a mobile Internet browser designed to mirror the ease of going online via a desktop computer.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. has filed five new lawsuits against U.S. companies and individuals it claims sold deeply discounted Windows and Office software intended for students.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mexico City explores wireless Internet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_hi_te/mexico_wireless_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070402/capt.mogb10104021423.mexico_city_biking_mogb101.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=p3pS427aT3WsZU6nolphCg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, center, leads a group of cyclists to work in downtown Mexico City, Monday, April 2, 2007. In a city famous for its teeming traffic, the new mayor has vowed to ride his bike to work once a month, and is asking his fellow city workers to do the same. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /></a>AP - The city's new mayor said he hopes to offer high-speed wireless Internet to all 8.7 million residents of this sprawling metropolis, even as it struggles to supply basic services such as water and electricity.</p><br clear="all"/>
What's that house's story? Zillow users can ask
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070404/wr_nm/zillow_questions_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070404/2007_04_04t021113_450x318_us_zillow_questions.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=IiGyiFPXYvx1MrFMPNooLA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="An undated handout image of the Zillow.com homepage. U.S. property comparison Web site Zillow.com is giving home owners, prospective buyers and real estate agents a new way to discuss property valuations via a question-and-answer format, the company said on Tuesday. (Zillow.com/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. property comparison Web site
Zillow.com is giving home owners, prospective buyers and real
estate agents a new way to discuss property valuations via a
question-and-answer format, the company said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
FCC kills plan to examine use of phones on planes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/tc_nm/fcc_cellphones_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070404/2007_04_03t185410_450x328_us_fcc_cellphones.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=Bi06xGL85b6poWO_IIByXA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A passenger jet prepares to land at Gaurulhos Internatonal airport in Sao Paulo, March 27, 2007. The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that it has terminated a proceeding that considered the use of cellular phones on airplanes. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Federal Communications
Commission said on Tuesday that it has terminated a proceeding
that considered the use of cellular phones on airplanes.</p><br clear="all"/>
Question: Do phone chargers waste power?
(AP)
AP - Q: Does my cell-phone charger consume electricity if I leave it plugged in to the wall when it's not charging the phone?
Microsoft's Tech Summit: Redmond Still Trying To 'Get' Open-Source Software
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's love/hate relationship with the Mac, its uncertainly over the proper place for open-source software, and the surprisingly self-critical nature of the company's coders were on display at its recent Technology Summit.
Microsoft releases emergency software patch
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070404/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarehackercompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070404/capt.sge.lwl93.040407043948.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=SREG8OV52DJE9OqqaaHzYA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Boxes of Windows Vista software sit on a shelf at a store in New York City, January 2007. Microsoft on Tuesday released a high-priority software patch intended to fix a dangerous vulnerability in its Vista and Windows operating systems.(AFP/GettyImages/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday released a high-priority software patch intended to fix a dangerous vulnerability in its Vista and Windows operating systems.</p><br clear="all"/>
What's that house's story? Zillow users can ask
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070404/wr_nm/zillow_questions_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070404/2007_04_04t021113_450x318_us_zillow_questions.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=IiGyiFPXYvx1MrFMPNooLA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="An undated handout image of the Zillow.com homepage. U.S. property comparison Web site Zillow.com is giving home owners, prospective buyers and real estate agents a new way to discuss property valuations via a question-and-answer format, the company said on Tuesday. (Zillow.com/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. property comparison Web site
Zillow.com is giving home owners, prospective buyers and real
estate agents a new way to discuss property valuations via a
question-and-answer format, the company said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Studies Expose Online Video Gender Gap
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - SAN FRANCISCO While females make up a slight majority of the total U.S. online audience--97 million females to 90 million males--according to a report released by eMarketers last week, two recent studies suggest that men engage with online videos more than women.
FBI checks gambling in Second Life virtual world
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/wr_nm/secondlife_gambling_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070404/2007_04_04t021302_450x328_us_secondlife_gambling.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=5T_IbsUXoHTJv167B72QuA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Characters interact in the Second Life virtual world in this undated handout image. FBI investigators have visited Second Life's Internet casinos at the invitation of the virtual world's creator Linden Lab, but the U.S. government has not decided on the legality of virtual gambling. (Linden Research, Inc./Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - FBI investigators have visited Second
Life's Internet casinos at the invitation of the virtual
world's creator Linden Lab, but the U.S. government has not
decided on the legality of virtual gambling.</p><br clear="all"/>
Software Helps TurboTax Address Tax Filers' Complaints
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - At online tax filing site TurboTax, new content management software is in place that's designed to prioritize customer problems and get them resolved faster.
EU starts probe into Apple's iTunes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_hi_te/eu_apple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070403/capt.sge.lqq03.030407115442.photo00.photo.default-512x330.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=h6PjgB4UEvnCTdygKV8dvg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Apple's iTunes website is reflected in an iPod. After launching action against Microsoft and Intel, the European Union's competition watchdog has taken aim at another US computer giant, Apple, over the price of songs on its online music store.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)" border="0" /></a>AP - The deals Apple Inc. struck with record labels to stock its European iTunes stores may violate EU competition rules, regulators said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
After search, Google finds snake in NY office
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/wr_nm/snake_google_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070403/capt.sge.lts37.030407165446.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=7tUCK9Jp3qjqD.CTWYNAPQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The logo of web search engine Google is seen behing a computer keyboard. Google's search engine proved unable to help the company this week when a staffer's pet python went missing in the Internet giant's massive New York offices.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. may be famous for instant
searches, but it took a bit longer to find a 3-foot (one meter)
python that escaped in its massive Manhattan offices.</p><br clear="all"/>
World Bank gives Africa $164.5 mln for internet connections
(Reuters)
Reuters - The World Bank has approved financing
worth $164.5 million for Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar for
high-speed internet connections, the bank said on Tuesday.
EU says record firms force iTunes to limit access
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/wr_nm/apple_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070404/2007_04_03t204103_450x296_us_apple_eu.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=_Wb8abCCNXA7XuEpOHbrtQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="An Apple store in Tokyo, August 25, 2006. Major record companies are forcing Apple to curtail access to iTunes online stores across borders, leading to higher prices and less choice, the European Commission said on Tuesday. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Major record companies are forcing
Apple to curtail access to iTunes online stores across borders,
leading to higher prices and less choice, the European
Commission said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU competition watchdog bites Apple over iTunes prices
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070403/tc_afp/euusmusicitcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070403/capt.sge.lti28.030407161621.photo00.photo.default-512x371.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=gbjccmRnkfYo2XWvI5LTcQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A man holds an iPod as he searches for music using the iTunes online music store. After launching action against Microsoft and Intel, the European Union's competition watchdog has taken aim at another US computer giant, Apple, over the price of songs on its online music store.(AFP/DDP/File/Oliver Stratmann)" border="0" /></a>AFP - After launching action against Microsoft and Intel, the European Union's competition watchdog has taken aim at another US computer giant, Apple, over the price of songs on its online music store.</p><br clear="all"/>
Polish storks battle it out -- live via webcam
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070403/tc_afp/polandinternetwildlife"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070403/capt.sge.lst63.030407152553.photo00.photo.default-512x371.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=7sb.Fk2dFOjJWWY4mX0eEw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Two storks sitting on their nest. Tens of thousands of bird lovers are homing in on a nest on top of a chimney in western Poland thanks to a webcam giving an online glimpse of the trials and tribulations of two pairs of storks.(AFP/DDP/File/Theo Heimann)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Tens of thousands of bird lovers are homing in on a nest on top of a chimney in western Poland thanks to a webcam giving an online glimpse of the trials and tribulations of two pairs of storks.</p><br clear="all"/>
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