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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2087 Microsoft en-us Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:55:23 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2087 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_doj ap/20070831/microsoft_doj Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:55:23 GMT AP - Microsoft Corp. has submitted a test version of its Windows Vista operating system with features that make it easier to use non-Microsoft programs to search PC hard drives, according to a report issued by the Justice Department Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070901/tc_cmp/201803565 cmp/20070901/201803565 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:58:00 GMT TechWeb - While no one is saying the update is fixing flaws, HP said it decided to wait until the better version of the software was available. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070831/tc_pcworld/136676 pcworld/20070831/136676 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:00:00 GMT PC World - Rumors that Microsoft Corp. may purchase BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. are likely just that because of RIM&#39;s high price tag, though there would be benefits for both parties if a deal were struck, analysts said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_settlement ap/20070831/microsoft_settlement Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:59:02 GMT AP - A district court judge on Friday approved the $179.95 million settlement in the Iowa class-action lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070831/tc_infoworld/91487 infoworld/20070831/91487 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:55:59 GMT InfoWorld - Rumors that Microsoft may purchase BlackBerry maker Research in Motion are likely just that because of RIM&#39;s high price tag, though there would be benefits for both parties if a deal were struck, analysts said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070831/bs_nf/55040 nf/20070831/55040 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:01:50 GMT NewsFactor - An eight-year court battle between Microsoft and Eolas Technologies has come to an end. The software giant settled with Eolas for an undisclosed amount to put the case in the annals of intellectual property war history. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070831/bs_nf/55034 nf/20070831/55034 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:48:24 GMT NewsFactor - On the same day that Microsoft announced that the first service pack for Windows Vista would come out later than some had expected, it also quietly announced that the release of Windows Server 2008 has been pushed back to the first quarter of next year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070901/tc_cmp/201803457 cmp/20070901/201803457 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:00:00 GMT TechWeb - Shareholders of the closely held company will receive a per-share dividend of between $60 and $72 as a result of the deal with Microsoft, although terms of the settlement are confidential. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070831/tc_zd/214451 zd/20070831/214451 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:32:21 GMT PC Magazine - Hewlett-Packard will delay the launch of its MediaSmart server for several months in order to incorporate recently released Windows Home Server (WHS) updates from Microsoft. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/tc_nm/microsoft_decree_dc nm/20070831/microsoft_decree_dc Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:16:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/tc_nm/microsoft_decree_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_30t205214_450x305_us_microsoft_decree.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=DnkSN.xuC8GuiprkjeNskA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer smiles during a discussion with John Chambers (not pictured), Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, in New York August 20, 2007. A group of state attorneys general said on Thursday that the consent decree that settled the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp has failed to reduce the company's monopoly, disagreeing with the assessment of U.S. antitrust officials. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A group of state attorneys general said on Thursday that the consent decree that settled the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp has failed to reduce the company&#39;s monopoly, disagreeing with the assessment of U.S. antitrust officials.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/tc_nm/microsoft_decree_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_30t205214_450x305_us_microsoft_decree.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=DnkSN.xuC8GuiprkjeNskA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer smiles during a discussion with John Chambers (not pictured), Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, in New York August 20, 2007. A group of state attorneys general said on Thursday that the consent decree that settled the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp has failed to reduce the company's monopoly, disagreeing with the assessment of U.S. antitrust officials. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070831/tc_pcworld/136628 pcworld/20070831/136628 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:00:00 GMT PC World - The 2002 antitrust settlement between Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. government has yielded several benefits for consumers, with competing Web browsers, multimedia applications and Web-based services flourishing since the agreement, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/bs_nm/microsoft_decree_corrected_dc nm/20070831/microsoft_decree_corrected_dc Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:18:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/bs_nm/microsoft_decree_corrected_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_30t170847_450x300_us_microsoft_decree.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8d2WAKMZPWB_hoJjjhkDPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A technician adjusts a spotlight at the exhibition stand of Microsoft in preparation for the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover March 12, 2007. A report filed on Thursday by seven attorney generals said the consent decree that settled the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - (Corrects length of extension in paragraph 4 to two years from one year)</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/bs_nm/microsoft_decree_corrected_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_30t170847_450x300_us_microsoft_decree.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=8d2WAKMZPWB_hoJjjhkDPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A technician adjusts a spotlight at the exhibition stand of Microsoft in preparation for the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover March 12, 2007. A report filed on Thursday by seven attorney generals said the consent decree that settled the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070831/tc_infoworld/91467 infoworld/20070831/91467 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:11:18 GMT InfoWorld - When Microsoft unveiled the long-awaited details of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on Wednesday, the company also quietly pushed back the release date for another highly anticipated product, Windows Server 2008. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust ap/20070830/microsoft_antitrust Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:50:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_30t205214_450x305_us_microsoft_decree.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=DnkSN.xuC8GuiprkjeNskA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer smiles during a discussion with John Chambers (not pictured), Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, in New York August 20, 2007. A group of state attorneys general said on Thursday that the consent decree that settled the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp has failed to reduce the company's monopoly, disagreeing with the assessment of U.S. antitrust officials. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ending court oversight of Microsoft's business practices in November would not allow enough time to consider the antitrust implications of the new Windows Vista operating system, a group of states said in a filing Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_30t205214_450x305_us_microsoft_decree.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=DnkSN.xuC8GuiprkjeNskA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer smiles during a discussion with John Chambers (not pictured), Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, in New York August 20, 2007. A group of state attorneys general said on Thursday that the consent decree that settled the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp has failed to reduce the company's monopoly, disagreeing with the assessment of U.S. antitrust officials. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_eolas_settlement ap/20070830/microsoft_eolas_settlement Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:43:27 GMT AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it settled a patent dispute with Eolas Technologies Inc. over Web browser patents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070830/tc_zd/214408 zd/20070830/214408 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:59:12 GMT PC Magazine - Seven state attorneys say key provisions of the final antitrust judgment have had little impact on competition with Microsoft. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/wr_nm/rim_microsoft_shares_dc nm/20070830/rim_microsoft_shares_dc Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:41:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/wr_nm/rim_microsoft_shares_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t140555_450x335_us_rim_microsoft_shares.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=fd7GQWx_QAxTg6C6iQIaTA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A shareholder uses his Blackberry while waiting for the Research In Motion annual meeting to begin in Waterloo, July 17, 2007. Research in Motion moved higher on Thursday on renewed market speculation that Microsoft could be interested in buying the BlackBerry maker. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Research in Motion Ltd moved higher on Thursday on renewed market speculation that Microsoft Corp could be interested in buying the BlackBerry maker.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/wr_nm/rim_microsoft_shares_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070830/2007_08_30t140555_450x335_us_rim_microsoft_shares.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=fd7GQWx_QAxTg6C6iQIaTA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="A shareholder uses his Blackberry while waiting for the Research In Motion annual meeting to begin in Waterloo, July 17, 2007. Research in Motion moved higher on Thursday on renewed market speculation that Microsoft could be interested in buying the BlackBerry maker. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070830/tc_infoworld/91457 infoworld/20070830/91457 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:21:32 GMT InfoWorld - The 2002 antitrust settlement between Microsoft and the U.S. government has yielded several benefits for consumers with competing Web browsers, multimedia applications, and Web-based services flourishing since the agreement, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070830/tc_pcworld/136627 pcworld/20070830/136627 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:00:00 GMT PC World - Microsoft Corp. admitted Wednesday that an employee at its Swedish subsidiary offered monetary compensation to partners for voting in favor of the Office Open XML document format&#39;s approval as an ISO standard. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070830/tc_infoworld/91455 infoworld/20070830/91455 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:58:18 GMT InfoWorld - Microsoft and Eolas&#160;have settled their long-running legal battle, according to a letter sent to Eolas shareholders.