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Microsoft's Hejlsberg touts .Net, C-Omega technologies (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Anders Hejlsberg is chief architect of the Visual C# language and has been a key developer of the company's .Net application development technology. Previously, Hejlsberg wrote TurboPascal when he was with Borland Software. He also was chief architect of Borland's Delphi technology. InfoWorld editor-at-large Paul Krill talked with Hejlsberg at the Microsoft TechEd 2005 conference in Orlando, Fla., this week about a range of application development topics.
Microsoft's online music plans hit rivals' shares (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest
software maker, said on Friday it was interested in offering an
online music subscription service, sending shares of online
music rivals lower on Friday.
Ballmer tells of "New World of Work" (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - At the Microsoft TechEd 2005 conference last week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touted the company’s vision of a “New World of Work” for information workers, with a focus on information access, business processes, and collaboration.
Microsoft nears movie deal for 'Halo' videogame (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. was near a deal on
Friday to sell the rights to make a movie based on hit video
game series "Halo" after a recent round of Hollywood talks in
which a high asking price and demands for creative input drew
the ire of some parties, sources said.
Update: Microsoft-Sun Pact, One Year Later (TechWeb)
TechWeb - It's been just over a year since tech giants Microsoft and Sun Microsystems buried the hatchet in their extended feud over Java. Fast-forward to today, where the Ballmer/McNealy relationship seems to flow naturally, and the first payoff is all interoperability.
Top CEOs Describe Future Technologies (AP)
AP - Too much wine with dinner? In the future, your car might not start if you're drunk — and it might automatically call a cab, notify your spouse and even reschedule business appointments early the next morning. That sobering vision of things to come could also include the ability to read important e-mails and other vital messages on television, wireless telephone or computers at work and at home.
Microsoft works with BI vendor to embed analytics in SQL 2005 (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - SPSS, a provider of software for predictive analytics, unveiled the results of its behind-the-scenes work with the Microsoft database development team this week. SPSS announced a version of its statistical analysis toolset that can be embedded into the next version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
Monthly Update Time: Microsoft Plans to Issue 'Critical' Fixes (PC World)
PC World - Also expect update to company's Malicious Software Removal Tool.
Microsoft Plans 10 Patches Next Tuesday (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Next week Microsoft will roll out ten security bulletins, at least one marked "Critical," the Redmond, Wash.-based developer says.
Microsoft Schedules EU XP (TechWeb)
TechWeb - After more than a year wrangling with the European Union, Microsoft announces the release schedule of a version of Windows XP sans Windows Media Player.
ICANN Creating Virtual Red-Light District (AP)
AP - A red-light district tentatively cleared for construction on the Internet — the ".xxx" domain — is being billed by backers as giving the $12 billion online porn industry a great opportunity to clean up its act.
Services Expand World of the Internet (AP)
AP - Next time you're walking down a city sidewalk, look out for the Internet. It's all around you — and not just in the phone lines and cables running under the streets or in the airborne Wi-Fi streams. In recent months, several services have sprung up to allow a communion of the real world with the Internet, with cell phones acting as the medium.
Hong Kong Plans to Enact Anti-Spam Law (AP)
AP - Hong Kong plans to enact an anti-spam law next year to crack down on companies that send unsolicited e-mails or make automated telemarketing calls to consumers, an official has said.
Apple Chip Switch Opens New World for Macs (AP)
AP - In the late 1990s, Apple Computer Inc. ran TV ads mocking the Intel Corp. chips in rival Windows-based PCs: The Pentium II glued to a snail and the toasted bunny suit were supposed to suggest that Apple's Macintosh computers were simply faster.
Tech Tools Used to Charge for Open Highway (AP)
AP - Interstate 15 running north from San Diego is more than a ribbon of asphalt carrying up to 295,000 vehicles a day. It's a glimpse at the future — a highway that combines traditionally free lanes with toll lanes to give drivers an option when the traffic gets bad. It is, at once, a solution for easing the worst traffic congestion, raising money for cash-starved roads and a big step toward bringing more timesaving, high-technology tools to daily driving.
T-Mobile: 450,000 People Paid to Use Wi-Fi (AP)
AP - T-Mobile USA disclosed user statistics from its Wi-Fi business for the first time Monday, reporting that 450,000 customers have paid to access the wireless Internet service in the past three months.
Singapore's Creative struggles to rival iconic iPod in booming MP3 market (AFP)
AFP - After boldly stating he intended to rival Apple's Steve Jobs as the world's leading maker of portable music players, analysts say Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo is now facing his toughest challenge.
Top CEOs Describe Future Technologies (AP)
AP - Too much wine with dinner? In the future, your car might not start if you're drunk — and it might automatically call a cab, notify your spouse and even reschedule business appointments early the next morning. That sobering vision of things to come could also include the ability to read important e-mails and other vital messages on television, wireless telephone or computers at work and at home.
Bits & Bites v24n11 (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The Mozilla Firefox Web browser now commands almost 9 percent of the global browser market, according to OneStat.com
Rosetta is a key to Apple's Intel shift (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Apple Computer is making the leap to Intel thanks in part to a software translation technology from a 65-person company in Los Gatos.
T-Mobile: 450,000 People Paid to Use Wi-Fi (AP)
AP - T-Mobile USA disclosed user statistics from its Wi-Fi business for the first time Monday, reporting that 450,000 customers have paid to access the wireless Internet service in the past three months.
U.S. report criticizes UN, urges reforms-NY Times (Reuters)
Reuters - A panel appointed by Congress will
issue a report this week criticizing the United Nations for
poor management, low staff morale and lack of accountability
and professional ethics, but back changes proposed by U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the New York Times reported on
its Web site on Sunday.
ICANN Creating Virtual Red-Light District (AP)
AP - A red-light district tentatively cleared for construction on the Internet — the ".xxx" domain — is being billed by backers as giving the $12 billion online porn industry a great opportunity to clean up its act.
Summary: Virtual Red-Light District (AP)
AP - VIRTUAL RED-LIGHT DISTRICT: Backers of a proposed ".xxx" domain say it will help keep Internet users from accidentally stumbling upon porn sites.
Services Expand World of the Internet (AP)
AP - Next time you're walking down a city sidewalk, look out for the Internet. It's all around you — and not just in the phone lines and cables running under the streets or in the airborne Wi-Fi streams. In recent months, several services have sprung up to allow a communion of the real world with the Internet, with cell phones acting as the medium.
Podcasting lures wary music biz (Reuters)
Reuters - Podcasting has emerged as the
Internet's hottest fad, but is it more than just a passing
fancy?
Nokia, Intel to Cooperate on Connections (AP)
AP - Nokia Corp., the world's leading mobile phone maker, announced Friday that it will join forces with the world's largest chip maker, Intel Corp., to provide handset users faster voice and data services, including high-speed broadband connections to the Internet.
Microsoft's online music plans hit rivals' shares (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest
software maker, said on Friday it was interested in offering an
online music subscription service, sending shares of online
music rivals lower on Friday.
Virtual Currency (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - For the over 800,000 subscribers to Sony Online Entertainment's Everquest II game, life in a virtual world follows a familiar pattern...
VeriSign Wins Renewal of .Net Control (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - ICANN gives VeriSign the go-ahead to manage the popular Internet domain for another six years.
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