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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Kaz to look to overall value for Vista sell   Google sets aside $200m+ war chest for YouTube indemnification   Symbian OS passes 100 million mark   Toshiba debuts second-gen HD DVD players   'Teardown' finds Sony taking a bath on each PS3   Google, Yahoo, Microsoft agree on website mapping standard   Dell delays earnings report, SEC to begin investigation   Microsoft keeps software update services alive until July   Extended warranties unwarranted, except for Apple's   Study shows 95 percent of IT pros happy with their jobs   WinZip 11 launches; bug found in version 10   Sony PlayStation 3 is a geek's dream   Hutchison scraps Indian unit's listing   Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo get ready to rumble
Friday, 17th November 2006
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This afternoon, despite Microsoft’s hype about Vista’s TCO savings, services outfit Kaz says it will have to take more than just a TCO pitch when trying to sell the new operating system to its customers.

Also making news, Google set aside more than US$200 million to cover any losses or damages stemming from the acquisition of video-sharing site YouTube.

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Kaz to look to overall value for Vista sell
Despite Microsoft’s hype about Vista’s TCO savings, services outfit Kaz says it will have to take more than just a TCO pitch when trying to sell the new operating system to its customers.



Google sets aside $200m+ war chest for YouTube indemnification
The fund will likely be used to protect Google against YouTube copyright fights.


Symbian OS passes 100 million mark
37 million smartphones using the Symbian operating system have shipped so far in 2006 - 13 million in Q3 alone.


Toshiba debuts second-gen HD DVD players
Toshiba announced the second generation HD DVD players to be shipped in December, aiming at total of as many as 600,000 units sales by March.


'Teardown' finds Sony taking a bath on each PS3
Sony is taking a considerable loss of more than US$240 per unit on each PlayStation 3 video gaming console, according to a "teardown" analysis conducted by market research firm ISuppli.


Google, Yahoo, Microsoft agree on website mapping standard
Sitemaps .90 provides a unified format for publishers to submit content to search engines.


Dell delays earnings report, SEC to begin investigation
Dell, along with rival Hewlett-Packard, had been expected to announce its third-quarter earnings today, but Dell now says it will release its numbers by the end of the month.


Microsoft keeps software update services alive until July
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Extended warranties unwarranted, except for Apple's
For most products, extended warranties are a "notoriously bad deal" because products seldom break within the three-year window specified by most offers, <i>Consumer Reports</i> says.


Study shows 95 percent of IT pros happy with their jobs
IT workers are satisfied enough with their jobs to recommend IT as a career to others, according to a study by an online recruiting service.


WinZip 11 launches; bug found in version 10
The update adds thumbnail images users can browse before extracting digital photos and support for the popular RAR file format.


Sony PlayStation 3 is a geek's dream
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