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Microsoft Japan appoints VP Darren Huston new CEO (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft Corp's Japan unit said Darren Huston, a Microsoft Corp. vice president, has been appointed new president and chief executive officer, effective July 1.
In Brief: PowerBasic makes upgrade offer to Visual Basic developers (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - PowerBasic, a provider of enterprise programming tools, is offering a competitive upgrade offer to Visual Basic developers who may feel abandoned by Microsoft's decision to discontinue support for Visual Basic 6 and earlier versions. To ease their migration to the Basic platform, PowerBasic is offering Visual Basic developers special discount pricing on select PowerBasic tools. The company is offering the PowerBasic Power Migration Pack, which includes the PowerBasic 8 Compiler for Windows and PowerBasic Forms visual designer, for an upgrade price of $248, a savings of $50 off the regular price. Also on offer at a special discount is the PowerBasic PowerMigration Bundle, which includes the PowerMigration Pack as well as the PowerBasic Console Compiler, for an upgrade price of $387, an $80 savings off the regular price. To qualify, VB developers must provide their original VB registration code or a scanned copy of their original VB installation CD.
Microsoft Japan Names New Chief (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s Japanese subsidiary said Wednesday that Darren Huston, a Microsoft executive for small business services in the United States, will become its new president and chief executive.
Microsoft Ready to Release Patching Tool (PC World)
PC World - New Microsoft Update service will be delivered in June, software giant says.
Microsoft to Make Business IM Mobile (PC World)
PC World - Access to Live Communications Server will beta test later this year.
Red Hat exec criticizes software patents, Microsoft (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Santa Clara, Calif. -- A Red Hat executive speaking at the MySQL Users Conference 2005 event here on Tuesday heaped scorn on the issuance of software patents, saying they stifle innovation.
Microsoft Outlines Systems-Management Road Map (TechWeb)
TechWeb - It may be IT's 'most boring discipline,' but better systems management is vital to lower costs and greater simplicity that companies need.
Research In Motion teams up with Microsoft, IBM on BlackBerry messaging (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - WATERLOO, Ont. (CP) - Canada's Research In Motion Ltd. is teaming up with heavyweights Microsoft and IBM to bolster its BlackBerry e-mail device services.
Tool Will Connect Microsoft's Visual Studio To Eclipse (TechWeb)
TechWeb - A small, grass-roots development effort could presage better connections between Microsoft and the open-source community.
Norway's Opera Ups Security in New Web Browser (Reuters)
Reuters - Norway's Opera Software added
tighter security against Internet fraud and new voice
technology to a browser unveiled on Tuesday in a struggle to
win users away from market leader Microsoft .
Review: VoIP Offers Low-Cost Phone Service (AP)
AP - When I signed up for Internet phone service from Vonage in 2003, the company's reputation for quality, reliable connections had finally accorded respectability to a technology previously associated with weird beeps, echoes and static. I needed a low-cost second phone line and, I admit, my inner geek was intrigued by VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol.
200,000 Ameritrade Client Files Lost (AP)
AP - Leading online discount broker Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Tuesday it has informed about 200,000 current and former customers that a backup computer tape containing their personal information has been lost.
Google Lets Users View Search Histories (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is experimenting with a new feature that enables the users of its online search engine to see all of their past search requests and results, creating a computer peephole that could prove as embarrassing as it is helpful.
Opera Software Upgrades Hacker Defenses (AP)
AP - Better security and the automatic scaling of Web pages to fit screens of any width are among the features included with a new browser released by Opera Software ASA on Tuesday.
Tokyo Edge: Hot Phones and Music Players (PC World)
PC World - A wealth of talented gadgets, including a cell phone with a hard drive and a music player with VoIP.
EBay Profit Rises, Shares Up Slightly (Reuters)
Reuters - Web marketplace eBay Inc.
posted on Wednesday a better-than-expected 28 percent
increase in quarterly net profit, but it forecast future
profits at or below Wall Street estimates.
Report: Sony, Toshiba Discuss Single DVD Standard (Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Toshiba Corp.
(6502.T) are working on an agreement that could come as early
as this month to jointly develop a new unified standard for
next-generation DVDs, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its
Thursday online edition.
Motorola 1Q Earnings Rise 14 Percent (AP)
AP - Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest mobile-phone maker, reported a better-than-expected 14 percent increase in first-quarter earnings Wednesday, continuing its comeback on another solid rise in sales.
MySQL CEO touts open source as an alternative (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Santa Clara, Calif. -- With its open source database, MySQL represents the economy class of databases, which can be a sufficient alternative to more expensive products, according to Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL.
VeriSign Doubles Profit on Higher Sales (Reuters)
Reuters - VeriSign Inc. reported on
Wednesday that quarterly profit more than doubled on strong
demand for its software products, which manage Internet
addresses and facilitate online transactions.
Google Lets Users View Search Histories (AP)
AP - Google Inc. is experimenting with a new feature that enables the users of its online search engine to see all of their past search requests and results, creating a computer peephole that could prove as embarrassing as it is helpful.
EBay Profit Rises, Shares Up Slightly (Reuters)
Reuters - Web marketplace eBay Inc.
posted on Wednesday a better-than-expected 28 percent
increase in quarterly net profit, but it forecast future
profits at or below Wall Street estimates.
India-Based Internet Pharmacy Indicted by U.S. (Reuters)
Reuters - An Internet pharmacy based in
India that sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of drugs
without prescriptions has been indicted by U.S. authorities,
federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Report: Sony, Toshiba Discuss Single DVD Standard (Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Toshiba Corp.
(6502.T) are working on an agreement that could come as early
as this month to jointly develop a new unified standard for
next-generation DVDs, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its
Thursday online edition.
From devotional objects to T-shirts: the new pope goes on virtual sale (AFP)
AFP - Thousands of devotional objects, T-shirts and photographs of the new pope, Benedict XVI, were on sale on the Internet, the day after the election of German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
Review: VoIP Offers Low-Cost Phone Service (AP)
AP - When I signed up for Internet phone service from Vonage in 2003, the company's reputation for quality, reliable connections had finally accorded respectability to a technology previously associated with weird beeps, echoes and static. I needed a low-cost second phone line and, I admit, my inner geek was intrigued by VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol.
Google Feature Logs Users' Histories (PC World)
PC World - Password-protected My Search History stores search results on Google servers.
Google Rolls Out Test of Personalized Search Tool (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. on Wednesday
debuted a test service called My Search History that analysts
said is a move closer to personalized search, which is widely
considered the Holy Grail for the Web search leader and its
rivals.
BenedictXVI.com Owner Promises No Porn or Gambling (Reuters)
Reuters - An American who registered the Internet
name BenedictXVI.com before the new Pope was chosen said on
Wednesday he had not worked out what to do with it but was
pretty sure it would be a sin to sell it to a pornographer.
AOL Launches Anti-Phishing Campaign (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - America Online is adding new weapons to its arsenal for fighting Internet phishing attacks with the introduction of a 24/7 Web site monitoring service and an effort to improve the ability to identify and block phishing operations.
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