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Microsoft foresees more suits in Japan
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/japan_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t052402_450x275_us_cbs_web_deals.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=qMW6C0wCAFSYUuY8M0EMZA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Footage of 'CBS Evening News' with Katie Couric is shown at the Red Sky bar in New York, September 5, 2006. CBS Corp. is close to announcing deals to distribute TV shows to various Web sites, including Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Thursday. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A legal battle between Microsoft and Japanese anti-monopoly authorities is likely to conclude next year and might lead to lawsuits or other patent infringement complaints against the U.S. software company, an executive said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google draws 64 pct of U.S. search queries: Hitwise
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/wr_nm/google_search_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_11t123844_450x289_us_google_search.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=1BIYNV6Qc5XNzGJcskOj8Q--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An internet surfer views the Google home page at a cafe in London, in this August 13, 2004 file photo. Web search leader Google Inc.'s market share inched up to 64 percent of all queries among U.S. Internet searchers in March, gaining further ground against Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. a survey released on Wednesday by Hitwise found. (Stephen Hird SH/ASA/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc.'s market
share inched up to 64 percent of all queries among U.S.
Internet searchers in March, gaining further ground against
Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp., a survey released on Wednesday
by Hitwise found.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bill Gates Planning Space Trip?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft pioneers, having conquered Planet Earth, may be shooting for the stars. A Soviet cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) said Wednesday that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, otherwise known as the richest man on our orbital object, is planning a trip into space.
Microsoft Contests New Office Flaw Reports
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. is disputing reports of new three flaws in its Office software while also taking issue in how the alleged flaws were disclosed, the company said Wednesday.
Bill Gates Headed For Space, Says Cosmonaut
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Rumor revealed during live interview on Russian TV, based on a report from a former Microsoft engineer aboard the International Space Station.
New Office Flaws Overshadow Patch Tuesday
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft and security researchers are investigating reports of several potentially serious bugs affecting Microsoft Office, made public just as Microsoft patched critical flaws in Windows XP, Vista and other software on Tuesday.
Update: Microsoft contests reports of new Office flaws
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. is disputing reports of new three flaws in its Office software while also taking issue in how the alleged flaws were disclosed, the company said Wednesday.
Microsoft Issues Five Security Updates
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - One week after issuing the out-of-cycle ANI cursor flaw patch, Microsoft released five additional security updates to fix eight vulnerabilities as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday cycle. Redmond also corrected problems that last week's emergency patch caused customers.
Microsoft Investigates Reports of New Office Flaws
(PC World)
PC World - Security experts have discovered more vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and other software, although hackers do not appear to be exploiting them yet. The flaws have been reported just as Microsoft Corp. releases its latest round of security patches.
Microsoft investigates reports of new Office flaws
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Security experts have discovered more vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and other software, although hackers do not appear to be exploiting them yet. The flaws have been reported just as Microsoft releases its latest round of security patches.
Candidates to post videos on YouTube
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/campaign_videos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070412/capt.b37e4cf9c4e9493889a991e662f78933.romney_2008_txtg105.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=2ylyKn2E0.6tuFz2mT1fPw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney holds a plaque incorporating a fake squirrel, during his speech at the Reagan Day Dinner Gala in Dallas, Wednesday, April 11, 2007. Romney was dogged recently about his hunting activities after he remarked at a campaign stop that he has been a hunter nearly all his life. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - YouTube, the popular video Web site, wants you to have a little face time with the presidential candidates. Virtually speaking, that is.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM develops chip-stacking technique
(AP)
AP - IBM has found a way to connect chips inside products ranging from cell phones to supercomputers, an advance that promises to prolong battery life in wireless devices and eventually speed data transfers between the processor and memory chips in computers, the company said Thursday.
Apple enthusiast has quite a collection
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/collecting_apples"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070411/capt.820b0d451e9e4444bdbfec1c02dd759e.collecting_apples_mojr101.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=1YiZj93zwuCjgYTKYqTAHA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Jeremy Mehrle, a collector of Macintosh and other Apple computers, poses for a photo with 12 of the iMac computers in his basement collection Friday, March 16, 2007, in O'Fallon, Mo. Mehrle owns dozens more Apple computers on display in the collection creating a techie's dream party pad. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Step down the stark, white stairs into Jeremy Mehrle's basement and meet his Apple computer collection. He's got 99 computers. No, wait. Make that 100. He just got another last night, he said during a recent visit to his home about 35 miles west of St. Louis. Dozens of his Apple Macintosh computers are on display down here, a techie's dream party pad.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft foresees more suits in Japan
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/japan_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t052402_450x275_us_cbs_web_deals.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=qMW6C0wCAFSYUuY8M0EMZA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Footage of 'CBS Evening News' with Katie Couric is shown at the Red Sky bar in New York, September 5, 2006. CBS Corp. is close to announcing deals to distribute TV shows to various Web sites, including Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Thursday. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A legal battle between Microsoft and Japanese anti-monopoly authorities is likely to conclude next year and might lead to lawsuits or other patent infringement complaints against the U.S. software company, an executive said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
IRobot to sell pool cleaner device
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/robotic_pool_cleaner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070411/capt.08152c8f7d834d70b371ec31736bcbc0.techbits_bx104.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=yckf.TB2g99epssOfU3V.Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="This photo released by iRobot, Corp., Wednesday April 11, 2007, shows the iRobot Verro 300, one of two robot swimming pool cleaners the company manufactures. (AP Photo/iRobot, Corp.)" border="0" /></a>AP - IRobot Corp., the maker of robots to clean carpets and hard floors, has decided the water is warm enough in the pool-cleaning market to take a swim there, too.</p><br clear="all"/>
CBS close to Web distribution deals: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/media_nm/cbs_web_deals_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t052402_450x275_us_cbs_web_deals.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=qMW6C0wCAFSYUuY8M0EMZA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Footage of 'CBS Evening News' with Katie Couric is shown at the Red Sky bar in New York, September 5, 2006. CBS Corp. is close to announcing deals to distribute TV shows to various Web sites, including Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Thursday. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - CBS Corp. is close to announcing deals
to distribute TV shows to various Web sites, including
Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, according to
a report on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
VoIP market not hit by Vonage patent woe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070411/ap_on_hi_te/vonage_rivals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070407/capt.sge.mvh28.070407010331.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8kQQuWQfi04.zO9UKKLsdA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Attendees at Vonage display booths at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show January 2007 in Las Vegas. A US federal appeals court on Friday blocked a judge's decision to bar Internet telephony firm Vonage from signing up new customers as punishment for violating patents of rival Verizon(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AP - The legal trouble threatening Vonage Holdings Corp. doesn't yet appear to be rippling across the Internet phone industry, a stark contrast to last year's BlackBerry patent dispute that spooked existing and would-be users of the popular e-mail device.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sprint investor builds stake, calls for changes: WSJ
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Sprint Nextel Corp.
shareholder has built up a stake of nearly 1 percent in the
wireless carrier and called for major changes at the company,
the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.
Palm Will Create Its Own Linux Platform
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Amid talk of a possible buyout of the company, Palm CEO Ed Colligan announced Tuesday at an analysts' meeting in New York that Palm will combine a new Linux-based platform with the Garnet OS for new products released later this year. The move means that Palm will have its own OS, rather than having to rely on the OS it has licensed from Access.
Microsoft Contests New Office Flaw Reports
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. is disputing reports of new three flaws in its Office software while also taking issue in how the alleged flaws were disclosed, the company said Wednesday.
CBS close to Web distribution deals: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/media_nm/cbs_web_deals_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_12t052402_450x275_us_cbs_web_deals.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=qMW6C0wCAFSYUuY8M0EMZA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Footage of 'CBS Evening News' with Katie Couric is shown at the Red Sky bar in New York, September 5, 2006. CBS Corp. is close to announcing deals to distribute TV shows to various Web sites, including Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Thursday. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - CBS Corp. is close to announcing deals
to distribute TV shows to various Web sites, including
Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, according to
a report on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Candidates to post videos on YouTube
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/campaign_videos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070412/capt.b37e4cf9c4e9493889a991e662f78933.romney_2008_txtg105.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=2ylyKn2E0.6tuFz2mT1fPw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney holds a plaque incorporating a fake squirrel, during his speech at the Reagan Day Dinner Gala in Dallas, Wednesday, April 11, 2007. Romney was dogged recently about his hunting activities after he remarked at a campaign stop that he has been a hunter nearly all his life. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - YouTube, the popular video Web site, wants you to have a little face time with the presidential candidates. Virtually speaking, that is.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google draws 64 pct of U.S. search queries: Hitwise
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/wr_nm/google_search_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070412/2007_04_11t123844_450x289_us_google_search.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=1BIYNV6Qc5XNzGJcskOj8Q--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An internet surfer views the Google home page at a cafe in London, in this August 13, 2004 file photo. Web search leader Google Inc.'s market share inched up to 64 percent of all queries among U.S. Internet searchers in March, gaining further ground against Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. a survey released on Wednesday by Hitwise found. (Stephen Hird SH/ASA/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc.'s market
share inched up to 64 percent of all queries among U.S.
Internet searchers in March, gaining further ground against
Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp., a survey released on Wednesday
by Hitwise found.</p><br clear="all"/>
MGM offering films at Apple's iTunes store
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070412/media_nm/apple_mgm_dc"><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>Reuters - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and
Apple Inc. announced that MGM is now offering titles from its
catalog of feature films for purchase and download on the
iTunes Store.</p><br clear="all"/>
Major Search Engines Improve Sitemaps Protocol
(PC World)
PC World - The rare collaboration between search rivals Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. over site maps has yielded its first result.
Trade group: Beware of IRS site confusion
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - U.S. taxpayers rushing to meet next Tuesday's tax-filing deadline should be aware of Web sites with URLs similar to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's IRS.gov site that may charge for services available for free elsewhere, a tech trade group warned.
Beware of IRS Site Confusion
(PC World)
PC World - U.S. taxpayers rushing to meet next Tuesday's tax-filing deadline should be aware of Web sites with URLs similar to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's IRS.gov site that may charge for services available for free elsewhere, a tech trade group warned.
MGM Offers Film Classics on iTunes
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Now coming to a tiny screen near you: Robocop! Dances with Wolves! The Thomas Crown Affair! The Great Train Robbery!
Utah plans to create trademark registry
(AP)
AP - Over Google Inc.'s objections, Utah plans to set up a trademark registry to prevent rival advertisers from capturing the attention of people who type a search query on another company or its products.
Major search engines improve Sitemaps protocol
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The rare collaboration between search rivals Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft over site maps has yielded its first result.
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