EC wins appeal, but Microsoft dominates market ... T-Mobile buys wireless operator SunCom ... Wikis hit the streets

TOP STORY
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EC wins appeal, but Microsoft dominates market
The European Commission won an appeals court challenge from Microsoft Corp. on Monday, but its 2004 antitrust decision has done little to change the competitive landscape for media players in Europe


IN THE NEWS
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Microsoft loses appeal against E.U. antitrust ruling
Microsoft Corp. failed Monday in its bid to overturn a European Commission antitrust ruling against it, when the European Union's second highest court dismissed the company's appeal and ordered it to pay the bulk of the Commission's legal expenses.

T-Mobile buys wireless operator SunCom for $2.4 billion
Expanding its U.S. turf, T-Mobile USA Inc. announced Monday that it will buy SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. for $2.4 billion in cash and assumed debt.

Former sales rep convicted for E-Rate fraud
A California woman who had positions with two tech vendors has been convicted on 22 counts related to fraud, collusion and conspiracy in connection with E-Rate projects at schools in seven states.

Nokia buys mobile advertising company
Nokia Corp. intends to boost its mobile ad business through the acquisition of Enpocket, which provides cell phone marketing technology and services to advertisers, Web publishers and carriers.

Symantec: Bank account details fetch $400 online
Stolen bank account numbers are commanding the highest price in an underground trade of personal details stolen by hackers, according to a survey released Monday by security vendor Symantec Corp.

Barracuda buys Web security vendor NetContinuum
Barracuda Networks Inc. has acquired NetContinuum, a vendor of Web firewall appliances. Barracuda already sells Web filtering devices that prevent Web surfers from visiting malicious sites, but the NetContinuum products can be used to protect Web sites themselves.

AOL unveils unified ad platform, heads for NYC
AOL LLC has integrated its various ad networks into a single platform which it hopes will jumpstart its online advertising business, whose weak growth in the second quarter has led to sharp criticism of this Time Warner Inc. subsidiary.

Report: OLPC's '$100 laptop' now costs $188
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has raised the price of its XO laptop to $188, according to an Associated Press report.

Business Objects offers BI software on-demand
Business Objects SA has started to roll out a full suite of business intelligence (BI) software in the form of an online service, initially for customers using Salesforce.com Inc. applications.


WINDOWS TIP
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Widening Outlook search
By Mitch Tulloch

By default, when I type a search query into the Instant Search box in Outlook 2007, it searches the contents of the current folder only. So if I'm reading emails in my Inbox and I type the word "test" in the search box, the search results will display any emails in my Inbox that have the word "test" in the subject, in the From field, or in the message body.

What if I want to find such messages in any message folder and not just my current folder?



OPINION
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Wikis, the Semantic Web head to the streets
While drivers are accustomed to using traffic reports to assess road conditions, pedestrians who navigate cities are typically left without aid to determine the best route. But researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology using wikis and the Semantic Web look to change the way people map and navigate their cities.


GADGET GIVEAWAY
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ITWHIRLED
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Is the kilogram shrinking?
The kilogram is one of the few units of measure based on an actual phyisical object: a cylinder made of platinum and iridium, kept under triple-locked protection in Sevres, France. But the reference kilogram now weighs 50 micrograms less than copies that were made at the same time and are stored elsewhere. Is the kilogram shrinking -- or are the copies somehow becoming more massive?

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POLL
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How many channels are available on your TV?

- I've got a tricked-out satellite dish grabbing every English-language
station, plus soccer from Serbia
- I've got your top-of-the-line digital cable package
- I've just got basic cable - can't live without ESPN and the History
Channel
- On a clear day, my bunny ears can pick up CBS and NBC
- You know you can get all that on the Internet now, right?

Enter your vote now!