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Microsoft responds to latest EU charges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070424/2007_04_23t172706_450x289_us_advertising_rankings.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=jMdp3J.X9v_VegfdAEXr_A--" 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. Google Inc. has knocked Microsoft Corp. from its perch as the world's top-ranked brand, according to findings released on Monday. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft responded Monday to European Union allegations that it is overcharging rivals for information that would make their products work better with Windows. The software maker also repeated its request for more guidance on what regulators consider to be an acceptable price.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft answers latest EU antitrust concerns by Monday deadline
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070423/bs_afp/euussoftwarecompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070423/capt.sge.rti31.230407191219.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=R1DPJIPwo0MKQ4.a.tUlPA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Microsoft logo at their offices in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft has responded to EU regulators' latest concerns in their antitrust standoff with only hours to go before the European Commission's deadline for the US software giant ran out.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft responded Monday to concerns raised by EU regulators in an antitrust standoff just hours before the European Commission's deadline for the US software giant ran out.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft requests guidance on protocol pricing
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft asked the European Commission on Monday how much it should charge for protocol information, in an attempt to defuse the latest crisis between the regulator and the software giant.
EU considers new kind of Microsoft antitrust action
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/tc_nm/microsoft_eu_response_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070423/2007_04_23t120747_450x351_us_microsoft_eu_response.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=G6Hjs5bwrnlveYfa4ZTo3A--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes addresses a news conference in Brussels, April 18, 2007. Microsoft may face a new kind of antitrust punishment from the European Union if the company, already hit by multi-million-dollar fines, continues to defy it, Kroes hinted last week. (Thierry Roge/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft may face a new kind of
antitrust punishment from the European Union if the company,
already hit by multi-million-dollar fines, continues to defy
it, the bloc's top competition official hinted.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bill Gates says Asia to spawn tech breakthroughs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/tc_nm/china_gates_innovation_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070423/2007_04_23t094705_450x285_us_china_gates_innovation.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=sev9aqJbP3BtrAgOVH44yA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="(From L-R) Microsoft chairman Bill Gates; Philippine President Gloria Arroyo; Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress; and Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz attend the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference in Boao, Hainan province April 21, 2007. (China Daily/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Asia will increasingly become a
source of technological innovation, Microsoft Corp.
Chairman Bill Gates said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
RIM to roll out "virtual BlackBerry" software
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/wr_nm/rim_blackberry_software_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070423/2007_04_23t085910_450x335_us_rim_blackberry_software.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=vSlh1pdV5pvGo.pvLgXfPA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Visitors look at the BlackBerry 8800 during the 3GSM World Congress at the Feria of Barcelona, February 12, 2007. Research In Motion Ltd. is set to roll out new software that will let users turn smartphones running on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile platform into virtual BlackBerries. (Gustau Nacarino/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Research In Motion Ltd. is set to roll
out new software that will let users turn smartphones running
on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile platform into virtual
BlackBerries.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cyberspies exploit Microsoft Office
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SEATTLE - Cyberspies have a new secret weapon: tainted Microsoft Office files. A rising number of cyberattacks are taking aim at specific individuals at critical government agencies and corporations - enticing them to unwittingly open a corrupted Word, Excel or PowerPoint file sent as an e-mail attachment.
No News Is Big News for Sana Security
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Sana Security today announced version 2.2 of the Primary Response SafeConnect anti-malware utility, which works exactly the same in Vista as in Windows XP.
Patent Suit Hits Microsoft
(PC World)
PC World - Vertical Computer Systems Inc. is suing Microsoft Corp. for patent infringement related to Microsoft's.Net framework for building Windows-based software.
Microsoft Wants To Double The Number Of PCs In The World By 2015
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - And most of them will run Windows if $3 software deal takes off in developing countries.
Activist groups drop suit against Viacom
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_viacom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070419/capt.sge.qqm77.190407220536.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=QZ2ZWv45eEjbMfFxRQoWmw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="YouTube webpage. Google said Thursday that it is building a tool for television and film studios to get copyrighted video clips quickly removed from its superstar website YouTube.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Activist groups dropped a federal lawsuit against Viacom Inc. on Monday after the parent of Comedy Central acknowledged it made a mistake by asking YouTube to yank a parody of the cable network's "The Colbert Report."</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft responds to latest EU charges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070424/2007_04_23t172706_450x289_us_advertising_rankings.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=jMdp3J.X9v_VegfdAEXr_A--" 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. Google Inc. has knocked Microsoft Corp. from its perch as the world's top-ranked brand, according to findings released on Monday. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft responded Monday to European Union allegations that it is overcharging rivals for information that would make their products work better with Windows. The software maker also repeated its request for more guidance on what regulators consider to be an acceptable price.</p><br clear="all"/>
Data startup wins GE, reveals hot market
(AP)
AP - A 25-employee startup in Utah has snared a multimillion-dollar contract to provide massive General Electric Co. with software that automatically backs up files on office computers, jolting a market that appears to be getting hot.
Foreign sites get scoop on France vote
(AP)
AP - To be among the first to know the result of France's presidential election, you had to be ... surfing Web sites in Switzerland or Belgium, or watching British TV.
London financial district goes wireless
(AP)
AP - The heart of London's financial district has gone wireless.
MySpace test launches sites for Hispanic users
(Reuters)
Reuters - News Corp.'s popular Internet social
network, MySpace, plans to launch a test version of its U.S.
site in Spanish and another that targets users in Latin
American countries on Tuesday, as part of a rapid global
expansion that will see the service operate in about 20 global
regions by June.
AT&T to aim the iPhone at enterprises
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - AT&T plans to market the iPhone to business users in addition to consumers, but analysts aren't recommending that enterprises supply workers with the phones.
Texas Instruments posts 1Q earnings drop
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_texas_instruments"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070423/capt.ce10536bab214eeb88a9af34104c36a5.earns_texas_instruments_nybz197.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=FueFQvzpgb7qHTJYuvdTZA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An entrance to Texas Instruments Inc., in Dallas is shown in this April, 18, 2006 file photo. Texas Instruments Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Monday, April 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Texas Instruments Inc. reported a 4 percent drop in first quarter earnings Monday as the world's leading maker of chips for cell phones dealt with a glut of inventory and shifting demand in the wireless market toward lower-end phones with less-expensive chips.</p><br clear="all"/>
IBM Introduces x86 Linux Virtualization On System P Servers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - IBM hopes the software will capitalize on its customers' needs to use Linux for their back-end server functions, as well as implementing virtualization in the data center.
Ukrainians Use Opera Mini More Than Apple Safari
(PC World)
PC World - For the first time, the Opera Mini has infiltrated desktop browser rankings in a European country, indicating that the use of mobile browsing software may be gaining momentum overseas, according to Opera Software ASA and market-share data.
MySpace test launches sites for Hispanic users
(Reuters)
Reuters - News Corp.'s popular Internet social
network, MySpace, plans to launch a test version of its U.S.
site in Spanish and another that targets users in Latin
American countries on Tuesday, as part of a rapid global
expansion that will see the service operate in about 20 global
regions by June.
Newspaper Web Site Traffic Sets New Record
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK As spring print circulation numbers are due out in a week -- they are supposedly just as terrible as they have been in periods past -- its encouraging to see that newspaper Web sites are growing. The Newspaper Association of America said today that during Q1 newspaper Web site traffic advanced 5.3% hitting a new record high.
Honoring the Virginia Tech Student Paper
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - WASHINGTON The folks at the Pulitzer Prize office say they don't recall a college newspaper ever winning the coveted awards. Well come next spring, that may need to change. Given everything the student-run Collegiate Times of Virginia Tech has accomplished in the past week, from online scoops to poignant, thoughtful print presentations, the daily paper may deserve some consideration, even if a special category is required.
Feds abuse transit vouchers
(AP)
AP - Federal employees are going online to sell the mass transit fare cards the government buys them, congressional auditors say.
Blogs Now Infested With Offensive Content
(PC World)
PC World - The Internet's blog sites have become overgrown with a variety of unpleasant content, including porn, offensive language, hate posting, and malware, a new threat analysis has suggested.
Yahoo, Slate join Huffington U.S. presidential debate
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/wr_nm/huffington_debate_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070423/2007_04_23t140457_450x347_us_huffington_debate.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=XS8zn4UstBIPApw3qNpqtA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A screenshot of HuffingtonPost.com, taken on April 23, 2007. The Huffington Post political blog has signed on Web media company Yahoo Inc. and online news site Slate to help host two debates among presidential hopefuls ahead of the 2008 election. (www.huffingtonpost.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Huffington Post political blog has
signed on Web media company Yahoo Inc. and online news site
Slate to help host two debates among U.S. presidential hopefuls
ahead of the 2008 election.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fon helps people share their broadband connections
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Subscribers to Time Warner Cable's cable modem service in the U.S. can now share their broadband Internet connection with others through Fon Technology, which provides a special public/private router.
Report: ID breach smaller than feared
(AP)
AP - A final review concluded Monday that the Social Security numbers of 38,700 recipients of Agriculture Department grants had been posted on a government Web site since 1996.
Presidential Debates Go Online
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The 2008 election is already shaping up to be the most cyber-savvy presidential contest in the brief history of the Web. Now three major Web sites -- Yahoo Elections 2008, The Huffington Post, and Slate -- have announced that they will collectively host two online-only debates, one for the announced Democratic candidates and one for Republicans.
Time-Warner Cable Joins FON Free Wi-Fi Network
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Spanish network provider FON and Time Warner Cable announced a new partnership on Monday that will allow that latter company's broadband subscribers to also access the FON Wi-Fi network for free.
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