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New Xbox details leak out ahead of launch (Reuters)
Reuters - Extensive details of Microsoft
Corp.'s newest video game console leaked out on the
Internet on Monday, three days ahead of the console's formal
worldwide unveiling on MTV.
IBM's New Enterprise Patterns Show Similarities to Microsoft's Line (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The set of new enterprise patterns is intended to help make developers more productive and promote the reuse of code and other assets; the patterns are integrated with tools to automate the development of enterprise applications.
Buzz Grows for Microsoft's Mobile 'Magneto' (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Gates is expected to reveal details about the new mobile operating system, which is poised to challenge BlackBerry.
Microsoft Readies New Mobile OS (PC World)
PC World - Magneto OS, revamped version of Office for PDAs expected to be announced this week.
Microsoft's 64-Bit Moment (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Opinion: Microsoft, unique among it vendors, has shown the ability to shepherd mass movements to new computing technology.
Jail for 'Robin Hoods' who cost Microsoft millions (Reuters)
Reuters - Four Britons were jailed on Friday for
being part of a global gang described as "Robin Hoods" who
stole expensive software from rich companies and gave it away
for free over the Internet.
Microsoft Will Back Gay Rights Legislation (AP)
AP - After being criticized for quietly dropping support for a state gay rights bill, Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer told employees Friday that management would publicly back such legislation in the future.
Big media companies weigh blog strategies (Reuters)
Reuters - Internet blog Engadget created a stir
among digital game lovers when it wrote that Microsoft Corp
will give away thousands of its new Xbox video game
consoles in a promotion with soda maker PepsiCo <PEP.N.
Microsoft Revamps Security Hole Approach (PC World)
PC World - Timely advisories to monthly Security Bulletins now in pilot program.
Microsoft Gives Pirates Free XP Or Price Break (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft made changes to its Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy program this week, and dangled the carrot of a legit free or reduced-priced copy of Windows to those using a bogus operating system.
Navy Cyber Cafes Help Keep Many in Touch (AP)
AP - Since the Navy began setting up "Internet cafes" for soldiers overseas to keep in touch with their loved ones, almost 200 of the high-tech tents have sprung up in war zones.
Faults Found in Online Reporter's Stories (AP)
AP - An investigation over the sourcing and accuracy of roughly 160 news stories by a freelance journalist at a leading Internet news site concluded that the existence of more than 40 people quoted in the articles could not be confirmed.
For Some Techies, an Interminable Workday (AP)
AP - The traffic jam ended hours ago, the parking lot is nearly empty and fluorescent lights are dimmed at PortalPlayer Inc., where the nightly brainstorming session is about to begin.
Engineers Say Device Has Multiple Uses (AP)
AP - Two Sandia National Laboratories engineers working on a way to make natural gas drilling equipment better say it also can help make lighter weight airplanes, better electric cars and earthquake monitoring systems.
Will Spyware Be Spitzer's Next Big Thing? (AP)
AP - The windowless, cluttered 10-by-15-foot storeroom on the third floor of a Manhattan government building seems an unlikely setting for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's next big thing. But purveyors of spyware and adware and even the major companies that advertise in the surreptitious downloads fear exactly that from the Democrat dubbed the "Sheriff of Wall Street."
Napster, Dwango pair up to offer song ringtones (Reuters)
Reuters - Online music service Napster Inc.
and Dwango Wireless on Monday unveiled a pact to offer music
ringtones and other features in a new service that Napster
hopes will widen its reach.
New Xbox details leak out ahead of launch (Reuters)
Reuters - Extensive details of Microsoft
Corp.'s newest video game console leaked out on the
Internet on Monday, three days ahead of the console's formal
worldwide unveiling on MTV.
PalmOne : handheld with audio,video features (Reuters)
Reuters - PalmOne Inc. is expected next
week to unveil a digital media device to rival the iPod, as the
maker of hand held computers and mobile phones shoots for a
piece of the growing market for portable music and video.
Novell Loses Another Open-Source Aficionado (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Richard Seibt, the former president of SuSE Linux before its acquisition, leaves his post as president of Novell EMEA. A spokesman says his departure does not relate to two other recent executive resignations.
IBM offers software development patterns (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Focusing on code reuse, IBM on Monday is making available four enterprise software development patterns intended to ease application-building for users of the IBM Rational Software Architect tool.
Faults Found in Online Reporter's Stories (AP)
AP - An investigation over the sourcing and accuracy of roughly 160 news stories by a freelance journalist at a leading Internet news site concluded that the existence of more than 40 people quoted in the articles could not be confirmed.
Napster, Dwango pair up to offer song ringtones (Reuters)
Reuters - Online music service Napster Inc.
and Dwango Wireless on Monday unveiled a pact to offer music
ringtones and other features in a new service that Napster
hopes will widen its reach.
New Xbox details leak out ahead of launch (Reuters)
Reuters - Extensive details of Microsoft
Corp.'s newest video game console leaked out on the
Internet on Monday, three days ahead of the console's formal
worldwide unveiling on MTV.
Taking Cue from Web, 'Boston Globe' to Auction Prime Sunday Ad Spot (Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Taking a page from Web sites like Google, The Boston Globe announced today that it has started auctioning off the front half-page ad in its Sunday recruitment section.
Gaining Confidence: 'N.Y. Times' Releases Key Internal Report (Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK An internal committee at The New York Times has recommended steps to increase readers' confidence in the newspaper, including reducing errors, increasing coverage of religion, "rural areas" and "middle America," making reporters and editors more accessible, and possibly starting a blog.
Google, experts say outage not related to hackers (AFP)
AFP - Google and security experts said a brief weekend outage of the Internet search giant's website was not due to a hacker attack, despite fears it was linked to a new type of Web hijacking.
E*Trade interested in Ameritrade--report (Reuters)
Reuters - E*Trade Financial Corp. has
expressed an interest in buying rival Ameritrade Holding Corp.
in a $5.5 billion deal that could further consolidate
the shrinking world of online trading, according to newspaper
reports on Monday.
Sober-N Virus: Now It's All About Money (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Back in the good old days of computer viruses, malicious hackers wrote them for notoriety alone. Getting some code to run and then proliferate across the Internet still held some cachet in the online community.
Canadian Telcos May Lose VoIP Regulation Battle (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced that it will release its decision on "The Regulatory Framework for Voice Communication Services using Internet Protocol" (VoIP) on May 12th.
Greek-born socialite Huffington joins battle of the blogs (AFP)
AFP - Greek-born socialite and political chameleon Arianna Huffington slapped a new website down on the virtual doorstep Monday -- dishing political pith from celebrity pals.
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