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Microsoft Gets Its Groove On With New Patent (PC World)
PC World - Hints at new technology for personalizing media searches.
Microsoft, France Telecom Sign VoIP Deal (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In a move that signals a continuing shift from traditional technology partnerships, software giant Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) yesterday announced an alliance that highlights Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products.
Microsoft To Patch Critical Holes In Windows, Office (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft will post three security bulletins, two for Windows and one for Office, next week, the software giant announced on Thursday. Two of the trio will be tagged as "critical," Microsoft's most dire threat label.
MS Patch Day: 3 Critical Bulletins on Tap (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Redmond plans to ship three high-priority security bulletins: two for the Windows operating system and one for Microsoft Office users.
Go revives Microsoft charges (SiliconValley.com)
SiliconValley.com - Microsoft, which has spent $4.5 billion in recent years to settle legal disputes, is facing a new lawsuit -- this one from Go Computer, the 1980s-era pen computing company founded by Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, Jerrold Kaplan.
What's Microsoft Growing in the 'Greenhouse'? (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The company's Information Worker unit is dabbling with search and other potential future products in its incubator.
Microsoft Launches Windows Server Bundle For Midmarket (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft touts Windows Server promotion for customers with 50 to 250 PCs; Windows Server, Exchange Server and other products are part of the deal.
Skype Plugs In to Outlook, IE (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The voice-over-IP company releases two plug-ins that allow users to chat from inside Microsoft e-mail and Internet programs.
Microsoft Offers Download Workaround For IE Bug (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft posts a temporary workaround to a bug in Internet Explorer that could let an attacker grab control of a PC. A patch to actually fix the problem, however, is not yet available.
MS Ships 'Killbit' Workaround for IE Security Hole (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The Microsoft Security Response Center pushes out a registry key update to mitigate a code execution threat to Internet Explorer users; zero day exploits have been publicly released.
Digital Imaging Tech Widens Newsgathering (AP)
AP - Among the more striking photos appearing online after Thursday's coordinated London explosions was one of a double-decker bus, its front intact but its sides and top ripped open. The image, on the BBC's Web site, came not from a staff photographer but from an amateur who happened on the scene with a digital camera.
Sprint Rolls Out Wireless Internet Plan (AP)
AP - Sprint Corp. announced its arrival onto the wireless broadband scene on Thursday, more than a year and a half after one of its top rivals, Verizon Wireless, started offering broadband Internet service.
Review: Video Camera Not Good for Photos (AP)
AP - Gadgets have been getting smaller as they get better, and such is certainly the case with video cameras, whose heft has dropped dramatically over the years. But there's such a thing as TOO small, as I found with the powerful but pint-sized Everio GZ-MC500 from JVC.
Blasts Rock Kosovo Capital, Hit U.N. HQ (AP)
AP - At least three blasts rocked the center of Kosovo's capital on Saturday, and one targeted the U.N. mission headquarters.
Fear of Spyware Changing Online Habits (AP)
AP - Internet users worried about spyware and adware are shunning specific Web sites, avoiding file-sharing networks, even switching browsers.
WatchGuard eyes H2 swing to profit as sales rise (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S-based Internet security firm
WatchGuard Technologies Inc. is targeting a revenue growth rate
of 12-15 percent over the next 9 months, bringing the
Nasdaq-listed firm close to break even.
Mobiles capture immediacy of London horror (AFP)
AFP - Mobile phone footage captured just seconds after the four attacks on London's transport network brought home the full horror of the worst attacks the British capital has ever known.
Cell Phone Cameras a New Tool for TV News (AP)
AP - The video was grainy, shaky but undeniably compelling: passengers standing in the aisle of a subway car, its windows shattered following one of the coordinated explosions in London.
Vendors Team on Debian-Based Enterprise Linux (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The new enterprise distribution, which sources say is the work of Mandriva, Progeny and Turbolinux, will compete with Red Hat and Novell/SuSE.
Siebel Says 2Q Revenue to Miss Outlook (AP)
AP - Business software maker Siebel Systems Inc.'s long-running slump continued in the second quarter as its financial results continued to lag the expectations of a management team brought in to engineer a turnaround.
WatchGuard eyes H2 swing to profit as sales rise (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S-based Internet security firm
WatchGuard Technologies Inc. is targeting a revenue growth rate
of 12-15 percent over the next 9 months, bringing the
Nasdaq-listed firm close to break even.
Digital Imaging Tech Widens Newsgathering (AP)
AP - Among the more striking photos appearing online after Thursday's coordinated London explosions was one of a double-decker bus, its front intact but its sides and top ripped open. The image, on the BBC's Web site, came not from a staff photographer but from an amateur who happened on the scene with a digital camera.
Sprint Rolls Out Wireless Internet Plan (AP)
AP - Sprint Corp. announced its arrival onto the wireless broadband scene on Thursday, more than a year and a half after one of its top rivals, Verizon Wireless, started offering broadband Internet service.
Yahoo Tries To Make Mobile Search Easier (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Yahoo launches a new mobile search service that uses shortcuts in order to make it easier to find local businesses, weather, stock quotes and other information.
David Lee Roth to replace Howard Stern (Reuters)
Reuters - Infinity Broadcasting isn't
commenting on an online report penned by a former Howard Stern
Show regular that suggests David Lee Roth will be one of the
personalities that ultimately replaces the ribald DJ on the
airwaves.
Web users flock to UK sites for London blast news (Reuters)
Reuters - Record numbers of visitors deluged
British Web sites on Thursday as people around the world sought
news of the blasts that rocked London's public transport.
Google invests in powerline Internet firm (Reuters)
Reuters - A company that provides high-speed
Internet access over electrical power lines on Thursday said it
has received a major investment from Google Inc. , the
Hearst Corp. and Goldman Sachs .
Intel And Actor Morgan Freeman Team Up On Internet Movies (TechWeb)
TechWeb - One of the biggest challenges Hollywood faces with Internet film distribution is piracy. The new venture, ClickStar, plans to use digital-rights management software to monitor downloads.
Microsoft, France Telecom Sign VoIP Deal (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In a move that signals a continuing shift from traditional technology partnerships, software giant Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) yesterday announced an alliance that highlights Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products.
Intel Makes Move into Film Business (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has hooked up with independent film studio Revelations Entertainment to create an online movie distribution company, dubbed ClickStar, that promises to deliver first-run movies and boost demand for Internet-based multimedia content.
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