Friday, February 9, 2007

Given latest in OO-XML vs. ODF, Microsoft must reconsider its ...
ZDNet - USA
OO-XML is a new Microsoft-authored XML-based productivity format that Microsoft would prefer to see the world adopt as a standard. Its position of strength ...
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Microsoft: Not Behind Russia Piracy Case
ENT News - USA
Microsoft Corp., responding to a plea from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, said Tuesday it had no role in Russia's investigation of a school ...

Note to Microsoft: Marketing is Supposed to Help Your Brand
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Carl Howe (Blackfriars Communications) submits: OK, I am often pretty harsh on Microsoft (MSFT), mostly because the Zune launch and the Vista restrictions ...
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Microsoft and Symantec Controversy
TMCnet - USA
The release of Vista by Microsoft (News - Alert) recently has raised more concerns than the “Wow” factor that the company advertises. ...
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HP Enhances the Microsoft Windows Vista Experience with New ...
Enterprise Networks & Servers - USA
HP has announced Microsoft Windows Vista is available across its consumer and business product portfolios beginning with the new operating system's launch ...
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Microsoft ignores Vista upgrade loophole
iT News - Australia
Microsoft will not close a loophole that offers consumers a cheaper way to upgrade to Windows Vista. As vnunet.com reported last week, users can install the ...
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Microsoft judge hopes to publish EU antitrust ruling before his ...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The judge due to rule on Microsoft Corp.'s appeal against the European Commission's antitrust order said Monday he hoped to publish ...
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Dow rises after Wal-Mart, Nasdaq sags on Microsoft
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Renewed merger and acquisition activity would have normally boosted the major indexes, but Microsoft's drop below $30.00 made it the biggest negative ...
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Microsoft steers clear of Russian piracy case
MarketWatch - USA
Secondary-school teacher Alexander Ponosov is accused of possessing pirated versions of Microsoft software. Gorbachev and Russian Parliament member ...
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Microsoft's Live OneCare and McAfee software fails to secure Vista
Mobile Digest - London,England,UK
Independent research released last week suggests that several of pieces of anti-virus software, including Microsoft's own latest offering, fail to fully ...
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Microsoft push on XML irks industry
Times of India - New Delhi,India
BANGALORE: Microsoft is now being accused of monopoly of a different nature. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant has put the Microsoft Office Open ...
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Ulanoff: Microsoft Windows Vista's Nine Most Annoying Features
FOX News - USA
30: Japanese retail employees hold up copies of Windows Vista as the new Microsoft operating system goes on sale at midnight local time. ...
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Microsoft Offers To Share Ad Revenue With Game Developers
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Under the program, Microsoft will pay as much as 20% of the gross revenue, depending on the kind of game developed. By Sharon Gaudin ...
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US-CERT Alert: Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Unpatched ...
Internet Ad Sales (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
February 5, 2007 -- Microsoft has released Security Advisory 932553 to address a new vulnerability that affects multiple versions of Microsoft Office. ...
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Upgrading to Microsoft's latest OS may cause issues for Apple ...
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA
Apple is recommending that iTunes users wait before upgrading their PCs to Windows Vista, the latest operating system from Microsoft. ...
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Microsoft bumps support prices for Windows, Office
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
Microsoft's per-incident customer support prices were quietly bumped last week as the company rolled out the newest version of its operating system, ...
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Alternative network to Google, Microsoft
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
... will market AdMomentum as an option for Web sites that want to be less dependent on Google and other large ad networks operated by Yahoo! and Microsoft. ...
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Microsoft Warns Excel Users of Zero Day Attacks
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
Following reports of zero day attacks, Microsoft has alerted both cross-platform Excel users to use caution when opening or saving file attachments. ...
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World: Microsoft extends hand-held lead
Ottawa Citizen (subscription) - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, took a bigger share of sales for mobile devices from Research In Motion Ltd. last year, ...
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Several digital music players are not functioning well with ...
High Tech Lounge - New York,NY,USA
Yes, this is exactly what Microsoft wants: an issue with one of the most popular portable electronics on the planet. Turns out that several digital music ...
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Can the FSF derail the Microsoft-Novell Suse pact?
ZDNet - USA
The crosscurrents are still swirling around Microsoft's deal with Novell to resell Suse Linux. And the Free Software Foundation may have found an avenue to ...
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Microsoft Courts OpenID
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Bill Gates touts collaboration with an open source identity framework to augment Microsoft's Windows CardSpace initiative and Web security standards. ...
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Apple Envy Seizes Microsoft
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Trends in the data that have to be massively disconcerting to Microsoft management (not to mention its external shareholders). Dripping, gloppy Apple (AAPL) ...
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Microsoft to Share Ad Revenue With Casual Game Developers
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA
Microsoft today unveiled plans to share a percentage of in-game advertising revenue from MSN Games with its casual game developers. ...
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Microsoft planning new wireless software
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
AP - Microsoft Corp. plans a launch this spring of its next-generation operating system for wireless devices, Windows Mobile 6, which is important for the ...
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Could Apple overtake Microsoft?
Scripps News - Washington,DC,USA
Not that long ago, anyone suggesting that Apple might some day be as large as _ or even larger than _ Microsoft would have been laughed out of the room. ...
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Vista most secure Microsoft software, not perfect
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
That's the metaphor Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gate evoked Tuesday while speaking to an annual get together of 15000 computer security experts in San ...
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Microsoft NZ cites privacy concerns in police investigation
CNET.com.au - Australia
Software giant Microsoft has been under the spotlight in New Zealand for refusing to promptly pass on to police information needed to crack a string of ...
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Sun ODF plug-in talks Microsoft Office
Computer Business Review - UK
Sun Microsystems Inc has always promoted StarOffice, and its open source cousin OpenOffice, has always compatibility with Microsoft Office. ...
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Microsoft plans twelve February fixes
What PC? - UK
Microsoft is planning to issue twelve security bulletins during this Tuesday monthly patch release, including a pair of fixes for vulnerabilities in Office ...
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Microsoft's OOXML Format Receives More Setbacks
Wired Blogs - USA
Microsoft has received another couple of setbacks in its bid to control office document formats. Microsoft’s Open Office XML document format has been ...
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Microsoft's own antivirus fails to secure Vista
ZDNet - USA
Microsoft's own antivirus software, Live OneCare, is unable to fully protect Vista users against viruses, and one of security firm McAfee's antivirus ...
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EU Microsoft Judge: Ruling by September
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The judge due to rule on Microsoft Corp.'s appeal against the European Commission's antitrust order said Monday he hoped to publish his ...
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Microsoft Promotes Bryan Trussel To XBLA Manager
Gamasutra - San Francisco,CA,USA
Following this morning's news that Xbox Live Arcade group manager Greg Canessa has joined casual game studio PopCap, a Microsoft spokesperson has told ...
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Microsoft raises Vista tech support costs for consumers
Macworld - San Francisco,CA,USA
Microsoft has significantly raised what it charges retail customers for technical support for its latest software, Windows Vista and Office 2007, ...
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Sea search for missing Microsoft scientist
Xinhua - Beijing,China
5 (Xinhuanet) -- The US Coast Guard called off its search, but friends and colleagues at Microsoft launched a massive private search over the weekend for ...
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Security headaches for Excel users as Microsoft warns of zero-day ...
TECH.BLORGE.com - Sydney,Australia
Microsoft is advising Excel users to “exercise extreme caution” when opening unsolicited attachments from known and unknown users. ...
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Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6
By Brad Linder
Microsoft's also attempted to clear up the confusion surrounding its naming conventions. No more Windows Mobile Smartphone, Pocket PC, and Pocket PC Phone Edition. Now you've got Windows Mobile 6 Standard (Windows Mobile phones without ...
Download Squad - http://www.downloadsquad.com

Microsoft puts the lid on an eBay power seller
By Gary E. Sattler
(NASDAQ:EBAY) has quickly responded and removed a percentage of listings by a seller known as ChicagoComputerBroker at the request of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). It seems that Microsoft has filed suit against the named eBay power ...
Blogging Stocks - http://www.bloggingstocks.com

Beta Updates available through Microsoft Update!
From now on, any new builds that are released for WLMd will also be available through Microsoft Update. So, in the next couple days, everyone should see a notification letting them know that an update is available. ...
Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta - http://morethanmail.spaces.live.com/

OpenID Gets a Boost From Microsoft
Microsoft Infocard Well, the headline comes from O'Reilly Radar, and it's true. But an alternative would be along the lines of "Microsoft comes to OpenID's rescue". The point is that OpenID was torpedoed below the waterline on January ...
Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog - http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/

Advance Notice-Microsoft Updates February 13, 2007
By Corrine(Corrine)
Microsoft is planning to release the updates described below on 13 ... Also included will be an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. ... Five Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. ...
Security Garden - http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/index.html

Microsoft's anti-virus failure (and V-day)
Microsoft's Windows Windows Live OneCare has already failed a major security test. Independent security certification body Virus Bulletin has revealed that Microsoft's much-touted antivirus product, Live OneCare, is one of four similar ...
Computerworld Blogs - Security - http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/taxonomy/term/2/all

Microsoft pledges support for OpenID
By Daniel Fleshbourne
Microsoft Corp. has thrown its weight behind OpenID, an emerging Web authentication standard. The announcement was made Tuesday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco during a joint keynote by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chief ...
Neowin.net - http://www.neowin.net

Space Giraffe is in Microsoft's hands now
By Richard Mitchell
According to the latest blog post on Jeff Minter's personal blog, Space Giraffe, the uber trippy Live Arcade shooter, is heading off to Microsoft, where its ultimate fate will be decided. As Minter puts it, "The release to MS is a ...
Xbox 360 Fanboy - http://www.xbox360fanboy.com

Office 2007 Training Fears Are Overblown, Microsoft Exec Says
Q&A: Microsoft executive Chris Capossela claims in an interview that despite fears among IT managers, companies won’t have to develop big end-user training programs for Office 2007.
Computerworld Breaking News - http://www.computerworld.com

Microsoft Search: Live.com Now 2+ Years - How They Doing?
By rustybrick
Microsoft officially launched their search product on November 11, 2004, almost two years and three months ago. A WebmasterWorld thread asks, "so after two years has MSN finally got it right?" So far, Webmasters are saying no. ...
Search Engine Roundtable - http://www.seroundtable.com/

Oxlo to Provide Integrations for Microsoft Next Generation DMS
Infonizer and Oxlo are both strategic Microsoft partners including participation in Microsoft's recently announced Automotive Retail Solutions program, with Infonizer developing and marketing the next generation Dealer Management System ...
Mobius Venture Capital, Inc. Headlines - http://www.mobiusvc.com

Microsoft Ignores Vista Upgrade Loophole
Microsoft will not close a loophole that offers consumers a cheaper way to upgrade to Windows Vista. Users can install the upgrade version of the new operating system as a fresh installation, even if they do not currently own a licensed ...
OSNews - http://www.osnews.com/

Microsoft offers up laptop totes for the ladies
By Evan Blass
Case in point: whenever we're in the market for a new operating system, Microsoft is always right up there among our top three finalists; however, when we're trying to pick up a new laptop bag for our sweetheart, a "Made in Redmond" ...
Engadget - http://www.engadget.com

Microsoft and OpenID
By Dick
This morning Microsoft announced they would support OpenID in future identity server products. Although this is a huge endorsement for OpenID, there will likely be many people that are fearful of what Microsoft’s involvement may do to ...
Identity 2.0 - http://identity20.com

Closure.
By Who da'Punk
The Microsoft launch event was fine, though everyone in Cafe 34 was gasping in pain as it appeared that the Uno Live demo was falling apart, only to have it re-appear working. Head shaking and groans turned into relatively shocked ...
Mini-Microsoft - http://minimsft.blogspot.com

Gorby steps into Microsoft trial
Former leader urges Bill Gates to stop teacher ending up in "Siberian prison camps".
AL JAZEERA - http://english.aljazeera.net

Microsoft & OpenID
By Brad Fitzpatrick(Brad Fitzpatrick)
Now people ask me what I think about Microsoft supporting it, using their InfoCards as the method of authentication.... I think it's great! ... Anyway, I and others at Six Apart are thrilled to see Microsoft supporting OpenID. Kudos! ...
brad's life - http://brad.livejournal.com/

Microsoft's RSA Keynote Conversation: Where's the beef?
By Mike Rothman
Part of me wonders whether Microsoft will ever be able to impress me with a keynote. ... Microsoft is trying to push the conversation forward, but they aren't balancing that ... Given that Microsoft controls most of the users out there, ...
Security Incite Rants - http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman

Greg Canessa leaves Microsoft for PopCap
By Richard Mitchell
Specifically, Canessa is leaving Microsoft to join PopCap, purveyors of fine casual games (including the recently released Heavy Weapon on XBLA). ... When asked about his departure from Microsoft, Canessa says that Live Arcade is now a ...
Xbox 360 Fanboy - http://www.xbox360fanboy.com

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Big Windfalls From YouTube, Google Pact
Durham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA
The Google deal also made instant millionaires out of at least 18 other YouTube employees, including Hurley's younger brother, Brent, and the office manager ...
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Google invites everyone to Mail
IT Week - London,UK
The Google spokesman explained that the move to open Gmail is part of an ongoing growth strategy for the company. "We have been doing this gradually to ...
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Google Incentives Fuel Debate About the Tactic
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
Raleigh — An incentive package that is valued at $260 million over the next 30 years and that landed a $600 million Google data center for Caldwell County ...
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Google wants some office action
TECH.BLORGE.com - Sydney,Australia
While Google’s dream of a world where we not only use Google to search, but also for word processing and number crunching, may be a little way off, ...
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Truphone Talks VoIP to Google Talk
PC World - USA
They also pop up as "online" to their friends on Google Talk, so it is clear to other people when they can make a free call to them. ...
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Google still searching for recognition in Washington
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
Two minutes before his introduction on stage Tuesday, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt walked across the ballroom of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel ...
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Google to Know You
Internet Search Engine Database - USA
Late last week, Google introduced personalized search results for all Google account holders. Whenever they are logged into a Google service, ...
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Reports: News Corp.-eBay talks slow Google-MySpace deal
Milwaukee Business Journal - Milwaukee,WI,USA
The potential deal is holding up a pact between Mountain View-based Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and MySpace, the Wall Street Journal reported. News Corp. ...
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Princeton University joins Google book-scan project
BizReport - USA
Princeton University has confirmed that it will be partnering with search engine giant, Google, to make 1 million books from its collection available for ...
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Google on the move...
By Victor Schiller
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) opened today at $468.05. So far, the stock has hit a low of $465.15 and a high of $468.94. As of 9:48 this morning, GOOG was trading at $467.95, down $2.06 (-0.44%) on about average volume. ...
Blogging Stocks - http://www.bloggingstocks.com

Beware: Competitor Hijacks Google Local Business Listing
By rustybrick
Google has the Google Local Business Center where you can add or edit your business listing in the Google Local results. I wrote about the edit business listing process before as well as wrote a really long one on How...
Search Engine Roundtable - http://www.seroundtable.com/

Google Docs & Spreadsheets Now in More Languages
By Librarian Central(Eric)
Since Google Docs & Spreadsheets launched last October, we've received a lot of ... All of my students are now using Google Docs & Spreadsheets for all of our ... What's more, yesterday we launched Google Docs & Spreadsheets in 13 ...
Google Librarian Central - http://librariancentral.blogspot.com/index.html

Google Posts North Carolina Job Openings
By Andy Beal
It’s been just a few weeks since Google confirmed their plans to build a ... Google is looking for an experienced data center facilities manager to provide day-to-day oversight and management of a Google-operated data center facility. ...
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim... - http://www.marketingpilgrim.com

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Behind Cisco's Catalyst Switch Mega Refresh
CertCities - USA
2/5/2007 -- Cisco Systems Inc. last week announced a bevy of new product and feature offerings, including new Catalyst 3750-E and 3560-E Series Switches and ...
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Cisco Raises Self-Defending Network's Power to a New Level
Market Wire (press release) - USA
Together, the enhancements mark the latest evolution of Cisco's Self-Defending Network -- a comprehensive framework incorporating various endpoint and ...
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Cisco Workers Test Real-Time Videoconference System
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Cisco Systems Inc. rolled out its real-time videoconference system for 50000 employees worldwide in January, inviting them to test equipment with far-flung ...

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Cisco Advertises it’s own iPhone
By greg@iphonematters.com(greg@iphonematters.com)
If the trademarked name, “iPhone” is a gorgeous trophy wife, Cisco just pranced ... Yesterday, Cisco put out a print advertisement for their iPhone in the New ... This is a huge move by Cisco who has been criticized in the past for not ...
iPhone Matters - http://www.iphonematters.com

Cisco: Bullish Notes Piling Up Ahead Of Earnings Report
By Eric Savitz
Fascinating how the research tide has shifted again on Cisco Systems ... Tim Daubenspeck, Pacific Crest: Competitor results and our contacts indicate that Cisco ... We believe Cisco will guide fiscal Q3 (April) revenue to approximately ...
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily... - http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily

Today’s Top Tech: Cisco Tries To Stick It To Apple With Full-Page ...
By David Ponce
So, you know Apple is being sued by Cisco for using the iPhone name, right? Technically, Cisco’s got a case. They do own the name… in theory. But, then again, maybe not. And the full-page ad you see above is their latest move in this ...
OhGizmo! - http://www.ohgizmo.com


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Nintendo and Southwest Airlines Gives Away 50 Nintendo DS Lites
Gametactics - USA
Nintendo and Southwest Airlines are giving some of the airline's most-traveled flyers a surprise gift, and we're not talking peanuts here. ...
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Holy Trinity Hits Nintendo Wii Virtual Console
NintendoRevolution.ca - Brantford,ON,Canada
Today, Nintendo Wii gamers have their choice between titles from Super NES, Sega Genesis, and TurboGrafx-16. Choose wisely. Super Mario World (Super NES, ...
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Konami remixes 15 classics in Konami Arcade Classics for Nintendo DS
EL33TONLINE - Durban,KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa
Konami has collected and remixed 15 of its most famous and classic arcade games, combining them in Konami Arcade Classics for the Nintendo DS. ...

Nintendo: Rolling with Kororinpa
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
... as you and a friend can both try to get to the finish as fast as possible. Keep an eye out for our Playtest in your VIP Lounge soon - Nintendo.

Nintendo denies failing to deliver Wii units
Afterdawn.com - USA
Nintendo has denied claims made by Virgin Megastores representatives that the company failed to deliver the promised number of Wii units for launch back on ...

Konami to rock DDR, Dewy to Nintendo Wii
Punch Jump - CA,USA
Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. on Fri. announced that it will release new game offerings for Nintendo Co.'s Wii. The game publisher will release music ...
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Feature: 'Can Nintendo Breathe New Life into Adventure Games?'
Gamasutra - San Francisco,CA,USA
There is no reason to think Nintendo couldn’t help usher in this era if they chose to do so; after all, they’ve changed the rules before. ...

Nintendo Wii Review
Hard OCP - Plano,TX,USA
[H] Console has just its review of the Nintendo Wii. If you are still on the hunt for one of these hard to find consoles, take a peek at what we had to say ...
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Nintendo drops three new classics to Wii
Punch Jump - CA,USA
Nintendo Co. on Mon. announced that it has released three new classic game offerings to the Wii's Virtual Console. The vintage offerings include Super Mario ...

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Steer clear of Vista, Apple warns
Australian IT - Australia
APPLE has warned Windows iTunes users not to rush to upgrade to the Vista operating system, saying compatibility issues could prevent iTunes from working ...
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Vista exploitable, researcher says
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
SAN FRANCISCO -- It's possible to elevate system privileges by exploiting a flaw in Microsoft's newly-released Windows Vista, according to one well-known ...
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You dictate, Windows Vista will obey
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
Vista's speech recognition works relatively reliably, the experts claim. It is not really suited to professional users, however, meaning that users who ...
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Microsoft's Vista debut not nearly so wow
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
Television commercials for Microsoft's new Vista operating system show a spaceship taking off, a reindeer appearing in the middle of a suburban neighborhood ...

Move over, Vista: Apple will debut new Leopard
Buffalo News - Buffalo,NY,USA
Microsoft's Windows Vista may be getting all the buzz, but it's not the only operating system update that will hit store shelves this year. ...
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VISTA and Ingenta Merge to Create Publishing Technology plc
EContent (press release) - Wilton,CT,USA
VISTA International, a provider of software systems and support services for the publishing industry, and Ingenta, a provider that connects the publishing ...

HP makes Vista available across product portfolio
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
DUBAI — HP yesterday announced Microsoft Windows Vista is available in the Middle East across its consumer and business product portfolios beginning with ...
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Windows Vista can take 'dictation'
Times of India - New Delhi,India
MUNICH: Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system comes with integrated speech recognition software. This allows users to perform standard tasks ...

With Vista, Microsoft jacks up tech support costs for consumers
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
30, customers who buy full retail copies of Vista and Office 2007 will get unlimited calls, e-mails and Web chats with Microsoft technical support during ...
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The wonderful world of Vista
Hamline University Oracle Online - St. Paul,MN,USA
Microsoft claims that this new version of the time-tested Windows software, titled Vista, is easier and more intuitive to use than previous editions. ...
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Windows Vista SuperFetch / ReadyBoost analyzed
By Darren Murph
While we're certain that you out there eager to get Vista up and running effectively on your new (or old) PC have ... Doing a bit of analysis on Vista's ability to use excess memory (and USB 2.0 flash drives in particular) to speed up ...
Engadget - http://www.engadget.com

Microsoft Vista: Gamers Should Consider Waiting
By Kezins
Microsoft Vista has boasted claims that it is a superior gaming environment over XP ... Currently, there are no real benefits of running to the store and upgrading to Vista. Rob Williams of Techgage has been running tests of Vista vs. ...
1P Start - http://www.1pstart.com

Security watchers lambast Vista
Malware blocking credentials questioned. Windows Vista has only just left the starting blocks but security watchers have wasted no time in challenging claims that it provides improved security defences.…
Channel Register - http://www.channelregister.co.uk/

Vista ultimate
By Alexis Midon
The Windows Vista Ultimate Element. Tired of your job? Need to hire developers? Visit DZone Jobs: great people, great opportunities.
JRoller - http://jroller.com

Apple: Vista Compatibility Patch For iTunes, Problems Remain
By Emil Protalinski
The computer maker warns users should not to upgrade to Windows Vista because of more serious compatibility issues between iTunes, its iPod digital music player and Windows Vista that the patch does not yet address. ...
Neowin.net - http://www.neowin.net

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Local Ads Now Appearing in Google Earth
Marketing Vox News - USA
Brad Geddes, while poking around Google Earth, apparently spotted the ads, prompting Search Engine Land's Barry Schwartz to attempt to recreate the findings ...

Yahoo! Panama Migration Past Q1?
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
It will take several hours for it to roll out across serving centers in the US. For more information, take a look at my post on Search Engine Land.

Google Releases New Link Reporting Tools
Search Engine Land - Redding,CT,USA
That's showing about 3000 links to the Search Engine Land web site (note, for some people, you might see no results, due to an apparent glitch). ...

Yahoo And Microsoft Indexing Blogs Poorly
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
Search over at search engine land. The interview was pretty dry and talked a lot about higher click through rates for ads and how search positioned on ...

Google Personal Search Now More Personal
Marketing Vox News - USA
... Search History and Personalized Homepage automatically available for those who sign up for new Google accounts according to Search Engine Land. ...

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Connecting People to the World’s Knowledge through Social Search
By search-blog-admin@yahoo-inc.com(search-blog-admin@yahoo-inc.com)
I recently sat down with Gord Hotchkiss over at Search Engine Land for his column titled, “Just Behave” and talked about the power of the Yahoo! Search experience, as I see it. We honed in on social search because, quite frankly, ...
Yahoo! Search blog - http://www.ysearchblog.com/

New Panama Ranking System For Yahoo Ads Launches Today (Mona ...
Parts of Panama have already gone live in the past few weeks. But throughout today … Source: Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing Author: Mona Elesseily Link: http://searchengineland.com/070205-090623.php ...
Techmeme - http://www.techmeme.com/

Bill Slawski - Local Search Interview
By Michael Gray
I joined Search Engine Watch as a correspondent on search related patents and research in April of 2006, and moved over to Search Engine Land as a correspondent in December. Great just for a minute let’s pretend that you aren’t involved ...
Graywolf's SEO Blog - http://www.wolf-howl.com

Yahoo's New Ad Engine
By Todd Watson
Search Engine Land does a nice run down of the new features here, including a detailed breakdown of the new ranking algorithm that takes bids, ad quality, and other factors into consideration when ranking how ads appears on search ...
Todd Watson - http://www-03.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/Turbo?ca=drs-bl

New Panama Ranking System For Yahoo Ads Launches Today
By Mona Elesseily
Today, Yahoo will flip the switch for the new "Marketplace Design" algorithm in the US market, the system commonly known as Panama. Parts of Panama have already gone live in the past few weeks. But throughout today, Yahoo will be ...
Search Engine Land: News About... - http://searchengineland.com/

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Sony: PS3 Drives Blu-ray Sales, Format Beating HD-DVD
Gamasutra - San Francisco,CA,USA
Spurred in part by the sale of 2 million PlayStation 3 consoles, Sony officials have claimed that, according to research data, cumulative sales of Blu-ray ...
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PlayStation 3 drags down Sony profit
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription) - San Diego,CA,USA
The PS3 may see a cut in price this year in spite of Sony's (NYSE: SNE) recent disclosure that its game division had cost the company $440 million in the ...

Sony Ericsson rumoured to be launching N93 style handset
Esato - Oslo,Norway
Sony Ericsson's plan is to move away from the standard “candybar" format for their latest camera phone and could adopt a design along the lines of Nokia’s ...

Sony Defends Price of PlayStation 3 in the UK
PS3Center.net - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Sony has already started to defend the price of its upcoming Sony PlayStation 3 console when it launches in the on March 23, 2007 for the retail price of ...

Sony capitulates; begins making and selling Apple iPod accessories
MacDailyNews - USA
Enjoy rich, deep sound from your iPod in virtually any room of your home," Sony's SonyStyle.com website trumpets. Sony, trampled, abused, dominated, ...
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Sony revealed as buyer of Ipix patents
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Sony has bought $3.6 million in intellectual property from imaging technology company Ipix, a court has revealed. The auction for the Ipix intellectual ...
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Sony Trademarks Surface, Naughty Dog Game Titled?
1UP.com - New York,NY,USA
Encyclopedia Brown-like sleuthing from a NeoGAF poster named 'GoFreak' turned up a series of trademarks recently registered by Sony Computer Entertainment. ...

Sony gets the message on cheap horror
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
The latest in a string of horror hits from Sony, The Messengers bumped off the previous weekend's No. 1 flick, 20th Century-Fox's Epic Movie, which slipped ...
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Sony confirms Wipeout for PS3
GameSpot - USA
Last June, job adverts were spotted on recruitment consultant Datascope's Web site for a lead designer position at Sony. The ad was marked "urgent," and ...
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New from Sony: an iPod accessory
By Emil Protalinski
It seems Sony is following in Creative's footsteps: the company is getting into the iPod ... Sony decided to develop an iPod version when taking into account the needs of users, said Masayo Endo, a spokeswoman for Tokyo-based Sony. ...
Neowin.net - http://www.neowin.net

Sony Ericsson to develop N93 style camera phone
Sony Ericsson plan to move away from the standard “candybar” format for their latest camera phone and could adopt a design along the lines of Nokia’s N93 model, according to an insider. A patent filing from 2003 shows a device ...
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Sony's three new models of retractable headphones
By Thomas Ricker
Sony just loosed a bevy a new headsets in Japan. The ¥3098 ($26) MDR-LE30LW pictured above comes in the additional colors of blue, white, and black and offers a double-retraction system for both the headphones and audio player cable. ...
Engadget - http://www.engadget.com

Sony retractable headphones
By emily
This makes so much sense, no more tangled wires: retractable headphones from Sony. Spotted on Engadget and full color palette on Gizmodo. Add this this entry to your del.icio.us bookmarks. Digg This Technorati search results for this ...
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Sony Intros Three Low-Priced Earphones With Retractable Cables
Sony rolled out three cheap headsets today, all with retractable cables and available in multiple colors. Top of the line is the MRD-Q68LW ($30), bringing the best specs of this lowly bunch with a range that Sony claims spans 16Hz to ...
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Common Sense SEO
By Ryan
Have you ever wondered what makes certian people SEO experts? More than any other field, it seems like there is a ton of conflicting information out there about SEO. Is there a Google sandbox? It depends on where you’re reading about it ...
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Superbowl Ads – Where’s the URL?
Also, CBS promised ads on a special Superbowl Ads page at their Sportsline domain. Another article will follow this one which will discus the “SEO Scorecard” for those ads that did provide URLs.
Search Engine Watch Blog - http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/

Advanced Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Wordpress
By Alister Cameron
I can’t prove this, but I suspect that a search engine likes the sound of “sitemap” ... SEO gurus like Aaron Wall make a really big deal about “link authority“, ... Technorati Tags: seo, search engine optimization, optimizing wordpress, ...
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Most Deadly SEO Sins – Common mistakes even experts fail to notice
f you are initiating Search Engine Optimization of your website, you probably have done some study about SEO techniques through forums and articles. You may have somewhat worked out a roadmap of how to proceed with the site optimization ...
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EU telecom regulators face deadline
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
Several of the national regulatory bodies have failed to prove they are independent from their governments and incumbent monopoly phone companies. ...

Don't privatize future by selling state lottery
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
Rod Blagojevich says the state might take an estimated $10 billion in return for the right to run and profit from a monopoly-lottery for many years in the ...

BBC plans to lock viewers into Microsoft monopoly
SourceWire (press release) - London,UK
The UK's Open Source trade association has criticised the BBC's plans to limit access to their on-demand television services to Microsoft Windows. ...

Blockbuster threatens Netflix movie monopoly
LSU The Reveille - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
by Sarah Yokubaitis. Longtime movie rental giant Blockbuster is threatening to overtake Netflix in the online rental market, thanks to its network of retail ...

Govt bows under EU pressure on VDSL monopoly - report
Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands
The German government is backing down from providing Deutsche Telekom a monopoly position for its new VDSL network under pressure of the European Union, ...

Monday, February 5, 2007

Microsoft talks down speech recognition bug
iT News - Australia
Microsoft has admitted that the speech recognition feature in Windows Vista could be used to hijack a PC running the operating system. ...
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Romania built on pirated Microsoft, thanks Bill says President
iTWire - Australia
According to a Reuters report, President Traian Basescu last week told Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates that pirated Microsoft software had helped Romania ...
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Microsoft warns of new 0-Day exploit for Excel
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Microsoft recently released a new Security Advisory in regards to a new 0-Day exploit that is making its way across the web. The exploit affects Microsoft ...
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It’s going to be a Vista world after all
Manila Times - Manila,Philippines
Microsoft has been dominating the operating system for personal computers since the successful release of Windows 95 more than a decade ago. ...
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Microsoft Excel target of new zero-day exploit
SC Magazine - London,UK
Microsoft on Friday released an advisory warning users that it is investigating reports of "very limited" exploits of Excel in Microsoft Office 2000, ...
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Microsoft unveils IAG 2007 appliance
iT News - Australia
Microsoft has unveiled its Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 secure sockets layer virtual private networking appliance. ...
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Microsoft Announces $5 mln Software Grant for National Urban League
IT News Online - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft Corp., has announced a software grant worth $5 million for the National Urban League, the nation's oldest and largest ...
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Microsoft slow to turn on Vista tools
Reseller News - New Zealand
But Aebersold was disappointed to find that Microsoft has yet to release its Volume Activation Management Tool, which the school needs in order to use a ...

Microsoft 'most reputable company' in the US
PC Authority - Australia
This year's Annual RQ survey saw Microsoft jump seven places to reach number one with a Reputation Quotient of 80.74. The study is conducted by research ...

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Fun with lawsuits: Microsoft emails leaked
By Dave Rosenberg(dave_rosenberg@infoworld.com)
Microsoft lawsuit. One of the more fun ones is Microsoft's Kevin Johnson (now head ... Microsoft is an Iowa state court class action brought by consumers, small businesses, and other indirect purchasers of Microsoft software products. ...
Open Sources - http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/

Microsoft's Definition of Contradictions and The Art of Rewriting ...
By ditesh
Those that have been involved in National Bodies worldwide in the latest standardization exercise involving Microsoft OOXML may have been puzzled at first, then later amused, that Microsoft representatives have chosen to rewrite not ...
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Microsoft Preps Windows Server Beta Three
Microsoft is expected to release a beta three version of its next Windows Server, code-named Longhorn, ... Microsoft quietly released a CTP in December to select partners, ... Microsoft said it plans to ship Longhorn by the end of 2007, ...
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ZDNet: Becta: Educating Microsoft
As the government's advisory body for IT in schools, Becta has a challenging role balancing the needs of Westminster, local authorities, schools, teachers and pupils, while negotiating huge contracts with some of the world's biggest ...
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Microsoft's Entity Data Model
Disclosure : I have been a user of Microsoft's operating systems on and off for about 28 years (heh, yup). Currently my wife uses WinXP, ... See also: Microsoft Ultimate Wireless 7000 Keyboard Hands-On, National Fairground Archive.
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Google Shows Interest in Two SC Locations
Local Tech Wire - Fort Mill,SC,USA
CHARLESTON, SC — After being accused of bullying North Carolina officials into giving it millions of dollars in incentives, Google Inc. has released some ...
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Cell giants plot to rival Google
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
4: Europe’s biggest telecom groups are aiming to create a mobile phone search engine that could challenge Yahoo! and Google, the US giants. ...
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Microsoft nightmare continues - Google Docs to support Powerpoint
iTWire - Australia
As if Microsoft didn't have enough to worry about after the lukewarm response to Vista and Office 2007, Google's free online Office suite is set to do ...

Google experimenting with new forms of advertising
Financial Express - Bombay,India
Continuing the blockbuster growth of its search-driven advertising business, Google reported a sharp rise in both sales and profit in the fourth quarter. ...
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Viacom demands its videos removed from YouTube
Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand
YouTube and Google have failed to deliver efficient filtering tools, so that "vast amounts" of unauthorised Viacom video exist on the video-sharing site, ...
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Google steps in to CYF blog controversy
National Business Review - New Zealand
Google has moved to censor some content on an online forum which encourages people to post stories of their unsatisfactory dealings with Child, ...
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Google loses European claim to Gmail name
iT News - Australia
Google has lost its claim to register the Gmail trademark throughout Europe, following a court case brought by the German G-mail website. ...
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Google moves to censor CYF blog postings
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
Google has moved to censor content on an online forum that encourages people to post stories of their unsatisfactory dealings with Child, Youth and Family. ...

Google vs. Viacom: Good cop, bad cop?
ZDNet - USA
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said last August, “I've learned that the law is not as crisply defined in this area as you might want.” ...
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Google Earth to blur key India sites amid security concerns - report
Forbes - NY,USA
NEW DELHI (AFX) - Google's satellite image service will blur strategic Indian locations such as government buildings and military sites after security ...
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Google expands personalization
By Greg Linden
This change of the default will mean that many more people, anyone who has used a feature that requires a Google account, will see personalized web search results and the other personalization features when they go to Google. ...
Geeking with Greg - http://glinden.blogspot.com

Google may identify search engine spammers using historical data
By PSKoch
Search engines like Google will develop intuitive and memory skills that will make ... His point is that Google keeps copies of its own search index. ... However, that Google can use link-farms etc. to identify spammers is clearly the case.
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We Have Seen The End Of The Google Bomb
By Nathan Weinberg
Last week, Google pushed out an algorithm update that defused most of the great ... Because of the way that Google’s algorithm works, a page will be ranked ... A Google bomb is created if a large number of sites link to the page in this ...
InsideGoogle - http://google.blognewschannel.com

Google Presently
By Ionut Alex. Chitu(Ionut Alex. Chitu)
I'm sure many people wondered if Google will release a presentation tool, after building Google Docs&Spreadsheets. Well, the answer is yes, and the code-name of the tool is Presently (a play on Writely, the name of the online word ...
Google Operating System - http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/index.html

Google in Carolina
Google's veil of silence trembled a bit this weekend, as the company confirmed that it continues to explore the possibility of building two huge data centers in South Carolina, one near Charleston and one near Columbia, in addition to ...
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Nintendo Wii, DS Prepare For EA Attack
NintendoRevolution.ca - Brantford,ON,Canada
"On the Nintendo platforms, we think that we can be very a strong number two," said Electronic Arts' CEO Larry Probst. "Clearly, the big N will always be ...
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Zorro Slashing Nintendo's Wii?
Video Game Generation - Greensboro,NC,USA
According to Zorro.com, Pronto Games may be working on a new Zorro game for the Nintendo Wii. Although the article specifically mentions that Pronto is ...

Sony: Nintendo Wii an 'impulse buy'
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand
Sony has dismissed the Nintendo Wii system as an "impulse buy", while Nintendo claims it is selling twice as Wiis as Sony is Playstation 3s. ...
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Dewy’s Adventure Moistens Nintendo Wii
Revolution Portal - Beaconsfield,Quebec,Canada
Building on the success of the big E, the publisher has announced Dewy’s Adventure for Nintendo Wii. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced ...
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Nintendo News | Dragon Quest IX Becomes Famitsu's Most Wanted
Cubed3 - UK
By Ben Southam (dojo99). Quick News: Dragon Quest IX, the Square Enix developed RPG for the DS, has recently topped the Most Wanted Chart in Japan's Famitsu ...

Nintendo News | DK: Bongo Blast Update
Cubed3 - UK
Nintendo's Donkey Kong: Bongo Blast, one of the Gamecube's later titles, mysteriously found itself lost in the jungle. However, IGN's Matt has had something ...

Retro Nintendo dream machine
T3 - UK
Cooked up by Nintendo fans, it's perfectly legal as the patents on both NES and SNES systems have expired, and completely compatible with old peripherals ...
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Which Ipod?
Forum: The Lounge Posted By: Wii_Smurf Post Time: 02-04-2007 at 03:13 AM.
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Nintendo Wii: Wii Health Announced!
By sickr
Matt Casamassina Editor-in-chief at IGN, has brazenly revealed an integral forthcoming Nintendo release titled Wii Health. Though sensibly keeping tight-lipped regarding any direct game play details at present, Matt signifies that this ...
Sickr - http://sickr.wordpress.com

Retro, Gaming, and Oddities: Questions regarding them retro ...
Subject: Questions regarding them retro Nintendo consoles. Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:28 pm (GMT -4) Topic Replies: 0 I've recently acquired a N64 & a snes, plus I already have a nes laying around. All of them fully functional. ...
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New Games for Wii
By admin
DK bongo blast-spring 2007, Nintendo * Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix- July, EA ... Kirby- 2007 Nintendo * Legend of Dragon- 2007 * Lost- 2007, Ubisoft ... Mario Kart Wii- 2007, Nintendo * Pilot Wings -2007- Nintendo ...
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Cisco, Apple call truce
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
Cisco and Apple have declared a temporary truce in the legal battle over the iPhone trademark to give themselves until February 15 to resolve the matter ...
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Network access control: proceed with caution
Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand
Initially, NAC as defined by Cisco was a response to the Blaster worm that ravaged networks in 2003. The goal was to check that endpoints had proper patches ...

Cisco to Apple: "Your Underwear Has Skidmarks and Everybody Knows"
Gizmodo.com - Budapest,Hungary
According to the New York Post, Cisco bought a full page NYT ad yesterday, "Signaling it has no plans to give up its claim to the iPhone trademark..." ...

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Cisco takes out full-page NYT iPhone ad
By emily@netsurf.ch(emily@netsurf.ch)
Cisco has delivered a full-page ad promoting its version of the iPhone, according to The New York Post via Electronista "The ad, which appeared in the Thursday issue of the The New York Times, heavily promoted the networking company's ...
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Will Cisco and Apple’s new iPhone talks solve the iMess?
Want an iPhone? They’re on sale now, but from Cisco, not Apple, as a full page advertisement in the New York Times reminds us all, hot on the heels of...
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Apple and Cisco to Negotiate iPhone Name Rights
By techaddress
By Wayne Rash and Paula Musich Cisco Systems’ trademark lawsuit against Apple over the iPhone name went from “silly” to serious when Apple asked for a last-minute extension to the... Dedicated weblog for researching, exploring and ...
TechAddress - http://techaddress.wordpress.com

Cisco to Apple: "Your Underwear Has Skidmarks and Everybody Knows"
According to the New York Post, Cisco bought a full page NYT ad yesterday, "Signaling it has no ... Still, Cisco sets up their iPhone product in parallel to Apple's, ... If anything, this ad certifies Cisco never had earnest interest in ...
Gizmodo - http://www.gizmodo.com

Briefly: Arabic Mac OS X; Cisco sues in UK
Briefly: Apple IMC ME's localization department has said that the Arabic localization of Mac OS X is progressing: the core system Arabization of Mac OS X 10.4.8 Intel is expected to be completed at the end of March 2007, with a release ...
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Sony Ericsson taps India for cellphone production
Eetasia.com (subscription) - USA
Stepping up its leverage in the communications market, Sony Ericsson will manufacture mobile phones in Chennai, India through agreements with partners ...

Sony Playstation 3 with Blu-ray Remote (Import
DVDTimes.co.uk - UK
Sony's long-delayed Playstation 3 console finally launched in most major territories in late 2006, after a string of seemingly disastrous press. ...
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Sony offers well-rounded PC
Sauk Valley Newspapers - Dixon,IL,USA
Sony gives computer design a new spin with the launch of a spherical-shaped PC that's compact and stylish enough to fit in your living room. ...

Sony scores again on Super Bowl weekend
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The PG-13 movie, produced by Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures and released through Sony's youth-oriented Screen Gems label, hauled in a better-than-expected ...

Sony seeks to break even in gaming
Ventura County Star (subscription) - Ventura county,CA,USA
TOKYO — Although Sony is blaming its faltering profits partly on PlayStation 3 price cuts in Japan, a senior executive said last week that further ...

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Sony Ericsson completes acquisition of UIQ
By HULIQ
Sony Ericsson today completed the acquisition of the Swedish software company UIQ Technology AB from Symbian Ltd following full regulatory ratification. UIQ Technology, which uses Symbian OS, licen...
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Condescending Sony scorns Nintendo Wii's success, Finally: Acceptance
Sony, the builder of world's most powerful gaming console, the Playstation 3, apparently is as of late taking on a condescending tone towards the apparently more successful Nintendo Wii.
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Sony DSC-P200 Falsh Problem
By Eyad Samman(publisher@photo.net)
A friend of mine has an ultra compact (Sony DSC-P200) and has a problem with its built-in flash. When he tries to take a photo, the flash is not synchronized with the moment of capturing the photo. So,...
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Sony or Pioneer, building a built in this week & need to decide
By Granger(vBulletin)
Sony vs. Pioneer, which handles a SD picture better? 45% Cable HD, 25% DVD movies, ... Viewing angle: not a huge issue here but when I have a crowded house for football at what angle will I start to see the Sony picture dim? ...
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Online Advert Wars
By Freddie(Freddie)
Among other features, Panama will now address geographic and behavioral targeting, and customers’ interest in more intuitive tools. But Yahoo still needs to change its basic search algorithm to compete evenly against Google. ...
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System Doctor spyware
By bulletkid
Take note this is not Spyware Doctor. The interface of the website and logos are almost the same to Spyware Doctor's tho so don't ... I claims to deep cover spyware but I dunno if this is real or just another spyware, can someone confirm?
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PC-cillin 2007 Antivirus + Anti-spyware
By example@example.com (pipester)
I see Trend Micro has a new anti-malware product like AVG, has anyone tried this yet ? I haven't used a Trend Micro product in years, but thought about trying this one. I like the antivirus/spyware scanner combinations. ...
Wilders Security Forums - http://www.wilderssecurity.com

Have you seen the green bar yet? Hooray for High Assurance!
By sandi
High Assurance Certificates are up and running for IE7 (the green address bar). To test if it is working for you, go to www.paypal.com and see if the bar turns green (see screenshot below). If the bar doesn't turn green for you install ...
Spyware Sucks - http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/default.aspx

Windows Defender lets spyware onto Vista
Users who put their faith in Vista’s new security features and Microsoft’s Windows Defender anti-spyware product may find themselves under attack from spyware all the same, according to a study by anti-spyware vendor Webroot. ...
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IBM Highlights Initiatives to Bridge the Digital Divide in India
IT News Online - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
IBM, underscoring its commitment to enabling India to become an innovators nation and bridge the digital divide, announced that it imparted training on open ...
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IBM and Access Data Corp. Announce Partnership
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
"IBM's significant resources, including hardware, software and services, will assist us in providing our clients secure and scalable solutions required to ...

IBM taps local researchers to turn PlayStation 3 chip to science
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign/Urbana,IL,USA
IBM, which developed the Cell Broadband Engine technology with Sony and Toshiba, always intended it to be used outside game consoles. ...

Israeli expertise helps put the bang into Playstation3
Israel 21C - Cupertino,CA,USA
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Sun Microsystems partners with STS to launch Sun Authorized ...
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
Lina Ayesh, Director of SUN Microsystems Division at STS, said, “Sun Ray ultra-thin clients provide an interoperable desktop computing solution that reduces ...

Israel still shines for Sun Microsystems
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem,Israel
Sun Microsystems will continue to invest in Israel as a growth area despite a major restructuring at the network software provider, which helped it move ...

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Oracle reveals improved products
ITP.net - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Oracle has announced new versions of its five major product lines at its global Applications Unlimited event held on six continents over 24 hours. ...
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Outstanding Solution Architect Opportunity
CRN Australia - Australia
As a Technical Lead, you will we involved with designing integrated Oracle E-Business Suite solutions. This includes defining the guiding principles, ...

Oracle Joins AJAXWorld Conference & Expo As "Gold Sponsor"
MediaSyndicate (press release) - USA
SYS-CON Events announced today that Oracle joined AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 East as "Gold Sponsor." The leading Web 2.0 and RIA event will take place ...
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Oracle 10.2.0.3 CRS - Missed Heart Beats Format in ocssd.log
By Alex Gorbachev
Oracle CRS 10.2.0.3 patchset changed the logging of missed heartbeats by CSS. Here is example how heartbeats misses are logged in ocssd.log in 10.2.0.3: [ CSSD]2007-02-02 14:41:06.867 [1199618400] >WARNING: clssnmPollingThread: node ...
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INSIDE ORACLE 10g specail seminar
By lutz_hartmann
At the moment I am preparing a special two day seminar about Oracle 10g. ... Its title will be INSIDE ORACLE 10g and I will deliver it for the first time on February 19th. ... Order Form for for the two day seminar INSIDE ORACLE 10g ...
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BEA pointing fingers at Oracle
By jb@boyeit.dk(Janus Boye)(editor@cmswatch.com (Tony Byrne))
In a rather strange commentary, BEA Senior Product Manager Josh Lannin recently claimed on his blog that Oracle is leaving existing portal customers in the dust with its new WebCenter suite product. WebCenter Suite is Oracle's 2nd ...
CMS Watch Enterprise Portals Feed - http://www.cmswatch.com

Journey of a Thousand Miles
By fhasweh(fhasweh)
I look forward to hearing from you." And I would like to tell you the same; I look forward to hear form you, so please leave your comments. Finally, Oracle is not Magic, it just takes years of experience ;-) ...
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Installling 2 Oracle Softwares in diff users on same server on Unix
Installling 2 Oracle Softwares in diff users on same server on Unix Hi all, I have a requirment like this 1. There is Oracle 9.2.0.1.0 alerady installed on server under User Oracle9i(home is /user01/oracle9i) and has a database attached ...
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The biggest SEO contest
By globalwarming-Awareness2007(globalwarming-Awareness2007)
SEO (Searh Engine Optimisation) & SEM (Search Engine Marketing) people around the world are gathering at EastPoint website, an internet marketing company hosting the biggest SEO contest ever. With value of prizes and the amount of user ...
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After SEO - The 5 Laws of Website Lead Generation - Internet ...
By John Goad
Internet Search Engine Database - Feb 1, 2007 Brandon Cornett is an Austin, Texas SEO consultant specializing in real estate search engine optimization. Brandon has pioneered a new program to make ...
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6 SEO Must-Haves
When you intend to do professional search engine optimization services, you should have a clear idea of what to offer your visitors as well as to bots and crawlers. To guide you in doing search engine and SEO services,... Continue.
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31 Permanent Links Sale
By Aaron Nimocks
Ive finally opened up my directory network for sponsored links. What I am selling is a link on all 31 of my directories. These are sponsored links so your link will also be shown sitewide randomly. All directories are on unique IPs. ...
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SEO Consultant Claims that SEO Consulting is BULLCRAP!
There are some simple facts that I have learned from my many years of experience as a business consultant, and the owner of many businesses; before you hire an SEO consultant, or hold yourself out to be one, you should consider the ...
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Dell faces lawsuit over Intel pact
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Dell has for years used Intel microprocessors in all of its computers but began buying processors from AMD last year. Analysts said it is widely known that ...
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West Branch improving despite problems from past
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Williamsport,PA,USA
The report says AMD accounts for more than 57 percent of impairment in the basin, with acid drainage affecting 1153 miles of streams. ...

Nvidia piles on graphics pain
Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK
Intel's share was 49.8% (Q3 51.4%), AMD 23.4%, and Nvidia had a 22.9% share for this quarter and for this market. That must worry AMD a tad. ...

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Windows Vista is key to living today’s digital era, says Gates
Manila Bulletin - Manila,Philippines
Another new product, the Microsoft Office 2007, the latest version of its suite of productivity program, was launched together with Vista in a glitzy ...
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Vista sends Quanta laptop sales to new high in January
Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand
... an all-time high for a single month, due to strong orders ahead of the launch of Microsoft Windows Vista, says the company's president. ...
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HCL Ships PCs Pre-loaded with Vista
Techtree.com - Mumbai,India
HCL Infosystems has announced shipment of its notebooks and desktop PCs pre-loaded with Microsoft's latest operating system Windows Vista. ...
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Live Maps traffic gadget for Windows Vista sidebar
LiveSide - USA
For those of you running Windows Vista, a new sidebar gadget is soon to be released that displays Live Maps traffic data on your desktop. ...

Selkie Rescue Ready to Deal with Vista Crashes
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
"It is important to us to stay at the top of our field," Tugboat's Chief Technology Officer Jonathan Lyster remarked, "and with the launch of VISTA we had ...

The Vista iTunes Fiasco
GigaOm - San Francisco,CA,USA
Web Worker Daily has a post about Apple warning iTunes users that their software doesn’t work well with Microsoft Vista. ...
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Vista promotion, Gates interview and more
TechSpot - USA
For the past couple of weeks Bill Gates has been under the spotlight, or at least more so than usual, thanks to Windows Vista launch. ...
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Gadgets galore follow Vista
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
EYE IN THE SKY: Among the new gadgets spawned by the launch of Windows Vista is Trafficwatch, which will show live feeds from webcams overlooking major ...

Microsoft Windows Vista glitch causes undue panic
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Over the last few days, security mailing lists and news sites have started reporting about ‘hackers’ and the flaw in Windows Vista involving the voice ...
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I upgraded to Vista and all I got was kicked out of the social
By James Kendrick
This is day 4 of my experience upgrading my Fujitsu P1610 to Vista Ultimate. That’s right, day 4. In order to help other prospective upgraders I felt it wise to chronicle my experience to aid other upgraders in any way I can. ...
jkOnTheRun - http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/

Is the Windows Vista Family Discount a deal?
By Ed Bott
If I buy an OEM version of Vista Ultimate (full) will I still be able to do the two extra Home Editions (upgrades) for the $49.95 each? I have two existing machines, but I’ve just built a new machine and would like to do it this way. ...
Ed Bott's Windows Expertise - http://www.edbott.com/weblog

iTunes not recommended on Vista
By Chris Gilmer
If you are a web worker and can’t live without rocking some music while banging on the keys, like me, you might be a little upset at the latest Vista battle. Apple has released a statement saying that they are not recommending that ...
Web Worker Daily - http://webworkerdaily.com

Windows Vista Down
We haven’t been through a week of Vista’s retail release, and already folks are looking forward to the next version of Windows. The article also brings up the interesting point that Microsoft isn’t really competing against Apple or ...
[H]ardOCP News Feed - http://www.hardocp.com

ITN goes Vista
By stevecla01
Get the latest breaking home, world, showbiz, sports and business news and video from ITN Hub from your Vista desktop. The service also features the latest weather to any one of 300 UK locations specified by you and On This Day in ...
Steve Clayton: Geek In Disguise - http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/default.aspx

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StumbleUpon's New Webmaster Friendly Referral Page - Search Engine ...
By Webmaster Forums News Man
Search Engine Land, CT - Jan 31, 2007 I regularly check our traffic referral sources, and StumbleUpon is often a large one. Today I noticed that the StumbleUpon referral page has been changed to … ...
Webmaster Forums Blog - http://blog.rankingforums.com

National Pork Board Says Sorry About The Breastfeeding Thing
By Danny Sullivan
An Update on the "Pigsteria" and the Mother's Milk Bank Fundraiser from Jennifer Laycock covers that the National Pork Board has now apologized to her over the legal threat about her using "The Other White Milk" as a slogan on shirts ...
Search Engine Land: News About... - http://searchengineland.com/

Q&A With Marissa Mayer, Google VP, Search Products & User Experience
By Usernomics
Because a number of searches on Yahoo! and MSN were launched from their portal page, we wondered how that impacted the search experience." (Continued via Search Engine Land) [Usability Resources]
Usability In The News - http://www.usernomics.com/news/user-interface-design-news.html

What Google Search Personalization Means to SEO
By Everett
For some further background you could read the facts-type post at Search Engine Land or the more editorialized post by SEO Graywolf. Ekstreme has another good post about it. But FIRST, read this… Google has announced that search history ...
Health Care and Fitness Website... - http://www.firstpagefitness.com/blog