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Microsoft Inks Mobile Search Deal With Sprint

Microsoft is flexing its muscles this week with strong moves against its rivals. The software giant on Monday released the Zune digital media player hoping to take a bite out of Apple. Three days later, the company inked a mobile search deal with Sprint Nextel, leaving Google out in the cold ...

Microsoft Patches Address Five Critical Security Flaws

Microsoft on Tuesday released six security fixes to address a diversity of bugs in Windows and Office. The security flaws range from important to critical, the company said ...

Microsoft Jumps on Municipal WiFi Bandwagon

Microsoft is beating the WiFi drum in a pilot project designed to push MSN content and services to wireless users -- and to generate advertising revenue ...

AMD Mothballs Low-End Personal Internet Communicator

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will cease manufacturing the money-losing Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) in the third quarter of 2006, according to a fiscal report filed with the SEC last week. The line of inexpensive PCs was designed to help consumers in developing countries gain Internet access ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Quintum CTO Tim Thornton on Remote VoIP Deployments

Internet telephony, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is well beyond the "what's that" phase, but not yet into the mainstream phase ...

E-Discovery Amendments: Save Your Old Voice Mail

Save those voice mails. That's the legal takeaway regarding new e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that will become law on December 1, 2006 ...

Nintendo Unleashes $200 Million Wii Ad Campaign

Nintendo plans to invest at least US$200 million inmarketing its new Wii video game console in an effort to regain the market crown fromSony's PlayStation ...

Lycos Launches ‘Watch and Chat’ Cinema

For those who can't resist chatting in the midst of a movie, Lycos Cinema is offering a way to help them express themselves -- to folks who will listen ...

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Perrigo Recalls 11 Million Bottles of Acetaminophen

In a move reminiscent of the Tylenol scare of the 1980s,Perrigo on Thursday recalled 11 million bottles of store-brand acetaminophen caplets. There were traces of metal in some of the products, according to the U.S.U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Vista Finally Released to Manufacturing

Microsoft on Wednesday released Windows Vista to manufacturing after multiple delays, backlash from security vendors and European Commission wrangling ...

AOL Acquires Financial News Search Company

In its fifth acquisition of 2006, AOL on Wednesday said it has purchased a financial news and information search technology company. The Relegence Corporation will now join the AOL family ...

Microsoft Chases Google With 3D Mapping

In a move to catch up with search rival Google, Microsoft on Monday added an online mapping interface to its Live Search offering ...

Microsoft Forges IPTV On-Demand Content Deals for Xbox

Microsoft on Monday announced content partnerships that will transform the Xbox 360 into an on-demand IPTV device ...

Microsoft Backpedals on Vista Licensing Restrictions

In the wake of heated criticism,Microsoft on Thursday eased restrictions on Windows Vista licensing. The controversial policy would have limited the number of times a user would be able to transfer the operating system software to a different PC ...

Universities to Research Web Growth, Long-Term Impact

TheUniversity of Southampton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Tuesday announced the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI), a long-term research collaboration that will identify scientific, technical and social challenges necessary to guide the future design and use of the World Wide Web ...

Google Revamps Gmail for Mobile Devices, Partners With Sprint

Google on Thursday released an enhanced version of Gmail for Mobile Devices, a free Java-based application that allows users to access their Gmail via a cell phone. The interface looks and feels like Web-based Gmail, but with features that are optimized for handheld devices ...

Cingular Launches Mobile Music Onslaught

Cingular Wireless on Thursday threw down the mobile music gauntlet with several digital media partnerships and the launch of Cingular Music. However, it may be too little too late when it comes to competing with the market leading iPod ...

Nintendo Announces Wii Lineup, Supply Shortages

Nintendo is pulling out all the stops for the launch of its next-generation video console. Nintendo will make about 4 million Wii systems available globally during the next six weeks, beginning with the Nov. 19 launch in the Americas ...

Holiday Scammers’ E-Greeting Card Tactics

As e-tailers prepare for a booming online shopping season, e-scammers are already making moves to gather stolen identities ...

Microsoft Adds 85 Features to Xbox Live

In a move to one-up the competition during the peak season for video game console sales, Microsoft on Tuesday launched its fall Xbox Live Update complete with more than 85 new features ...

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