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11/20/2008 12:58 AM
Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes (AP)

In this file image provided by Microsoft Corp, the Zune 16 media player is shown. (AP Photo/Microsoft, file)AP - Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee.


11/19/2008 06:25 PM
Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (AP)

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addresses the annual Microsoft shareholder's meeting Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in Bellevue, Wash. Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be 'very open' to a collaboration on Internet search. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving more than 20 percent.


11/20/2008 12:02 AM
Review: New BlackBerrys cool but can't beat iPhone (AP)
AP - With the recent releases of three new BlackBerrys across three different wireless providers, Research In Motion Ltd. has fired back at Apple Inc. in the Great Smart Phone Skirmish of 2008.
11/19/2008 11:20 AM
China's Baidu.com fights to rescue reputation (AP)
AP - Baidu.com has been the star of China's Internet world. But now the search engine dubbed "China's Google" is scrambling to rescue its reputation after state TV accused it of letting unlicensed suppliers of medical products pay for higher rankings on its results page — without alerting users.
11/19/2008 09:30 PM
Guns N' Roses album to debut on MySpace (CNET)
CNET - Updated at 8:55 p.m. PST to reflect that NPR Music had the streaming debut of Paul McCartney's album.
11/20/2008 05:03 AM
Woman posed as teen online in suicide case: attorney (Reuters)

A computer keyboard is seen in this 2005 file photo. (Catherine Benson/Files/Reuters)Reuters - A Missouri woman established a fake identity online to torment a vulnerable teenage girl who later committed suicide, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday in a trial that is being closely watched by the burgeoning social networking industry.


11/20/2008 02:38 AM
Microsoft modifies Zune subscription model (Reuters)

Microsoft's Zune media player is shown for the first time to the media in Redmond, Washington September 14, 2006. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp on Thursday announced a new music subscription plan for owners of its Zune players, which would allow them to keep 10 tracks per month and add them to their permanent collection.


11/20/2008 12:38 AM
Yahoo, T-Mobile announce mobile search deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Inc announced an expansion of its mobile Web portals to T-mobile, so its smart phone users who get data will have Yahoo search by default.
11/19/2008 01:42 PM
Microsoft, Novell eye Moonlight beta, system management (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Marking the two-year anniversary of their controversial interoperability agreement, Microsoft and Novell this week are announcing upcoming availability of both the beta version of Moonlight, which puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application technology on Linux, and the general release of Advanced Management Pack for Suse Linux Enterprise for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.
11/19/2008 09:20 PM
Microsoft: New software not Symantec, McAfee rival (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's upcoming security software is not designed to take sales from Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc as it is a stripped-down, free product that focuses purely on anti-virus protection, a Microsoft executive said.
11/19/2008 05:05 PM
Ruby hailed as economic solution, offering smaller investment and less risk (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Advocates for the Ruby programming language on Wednesday hailed its usefulness as an enterprise application development option, especially in a down economy.
11/20/2008 03:40 AM
Japan's top filmmaker takes swipe at comic-mad PM (Reuters)

Japan's animation movie director Hayao Miyazaki speaks at a news conference in Tokyo November 20, 2008. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)Reuters - Japanese Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki criticized Prime Minister Taro Aso's penchant for "manga" comic books Thursday and said children should spend more time experiencing nature than getting engrossed in video games and TV.


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