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Microsoft Acquires Idaho Analysis Co.
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Monday it is buying ProClarity Corp., a business analysis software developer, for an undisclosed sum.
Powerful New PCs Will Get 'Vista Capable' Stickers
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In the wake of concerns about PCs not being powerful enough to handle the Windows Vista operating system when it hits the streets, Microsoft has launched a program that will identify new computers that are capable of running it when it ships.
Microsoft building out hosted CRM capabilities
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft announced a new version of its Dynamics CRM 3.0 product last week, dubbed the Professional Edition for Service Providers. Unveiled at Convergence, the Microsoft Business Solutions Group’s annual customer show, the new release includes application connectors to Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, and Siebel, as well as to Microsoft’s own Dynamics GP, NAV, and AX business applications.
Microsoft stock alluring despite product delays: Barron's
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The quality of new products and a
strategy to promote them make shares in Microsoft Corp
an attractive bet despite a delay in rolling out its Windows
Vista and Office 2007, Barron's April 3 edition said.
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Microsoft Warns Against Outside Fixes
(AP)
AP - When Microsoft Corp. researchers learned recently that a software flaw had been made public and could prompt Internet attacks, the company ordered a team to devote all its time to fixing the flaw and making the repair work with other products.
Microsoft Makes Progress in Antitrust Case
(AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. said Friday it had made a breakthrough in its antitrust case with the European Union after an independent monitor outlined what it could do to stave off daily fines of $2.4 million.
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Latest Web Scam Uses BBC News as Bait
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Bogus e-mails containing real BBC News stories are tricking PC users into visiting a fake Web site that installs password-stealing software onto their computers. The e-mails are exploiting a newly discovered flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, according to Websense Security Labs, a San Diego-based company that uncovered the problem on Thursday.
Keeping Up With The Googles
(BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - The delay of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system until next year makes the software giant look like a dinosaur stuck in the tar, but that's not the whole picture. Its efforts to match the Googles of the world with fast online innovations seem to be paying off. In the five months since Microsoft announced its Windows Live strategy, it has released no fewer than 20 new services that are attracting millions of consumers. "They now gain some of that agility that Google has enjoyed," says analyst Van Baker of researcher Gartner Inc. ...
Vista Poses Danger To Security Product Vendors: Analyst
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Could it be that Microsoft's vision for security in Vista will aggravate security product vendors? One longtime Windows watcher thinks Microsoft, hoping to fly under antitrust radar, will sprinkle security throughout the OS.
Microsoft lawyer sees breakthrough in EU hearing
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft's top lawyer said on Friday
he believed there had been a breakthrough in the software
company's dispute with the European Commission at a hearing
into the antitrust fines ordered by Brussels.
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Poll: Youth Find Many Uses for Cell Phones
(AP)
 AP - Young adults and minorities are leading a revolution in how Americans use their cell phones. People from age 18 to 29 and minorities are more likely to use their phones as personal computers, digital music players, cameras and more, an AP-AOL-Pew poll found.
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Big Easy May Face Showdown Over Internet
(AP)
 AP - A showdown may be looming over a free wireless Internet network that New Orleans set up to boost recovery after Hurricane Katrina pummeled the city.
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Amazon.com Jumps Gun on NCAA Winner
(AP)
 AP - College basketball fans may have been surprised to turn on their computers Monday morning and find an e-mail from Amazon.com Inc. proclaiming, "UCLA Wins."
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Micron Markets Digital Photo, Video Chips
(AP)
AP - Micron Technology Inc. is now marketing to makers of surveillance and security cameras its line of digital photo and video chips used in cell phone, medical and automotive applications.
McDonald's Unveils 'Online Casting Call'
(AP)
 AP - Want to get your face in front of 50 million people? Here's your big chance — have it featured on a McDonald's cup or bag.
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Music industry unleashes more lawsuits in Europe
(Reuters)
Reuters - The music industry launched a new wave
of lawsuits and criminal proceedings against file-sharers
across Europe on Tuesday, part of its drive to curb online
piracy and encourage the use of legal music services.
Hollywood leaps into same-day DVD and Internet digital film sales
(AFP)
 AFP - Hollywood will make a transcendent leap onto the Internet when the Oscar-winning "Brokeback Mountain" becomes the first blockbuster available for permanent download on the same day its DVDs hit the shelves.
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NTL agrees to acquire Virgin Mobile
(Reuters)
Reuters - UK cable company NTL said on
Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Virgin Mobile in a
deal that values Richard Branson's mobile phone carrier's share
capital at 962.4 million pounds ($1.66 billion).
SFLC Establishes Conservancy to Give Aid to Developers
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The Software Freedom Law Center has set up the Conservancy to provide financial and administrative services to open-source developers.
India's MphasiS falls as EDS's bid price lower
(Reuters)
Reuters - Shares in MphasiS BFL Ltd.
fell on Tuesday after Electronic Data Systems Corp. made a $380
million bid at a discount to the market price for a controlling
stake in the Indian software services firm.
Music industry unleashes more lawsuits in Europe
(Reuters)
Reuters - The music industry launched a new wave
of lawsuits and criminal proceedings against file-sharers
across Europe on Tuesday, part of its drive to curb online
piracy and encourage the use of legal music services.
Hollywood leaps into same-day DVD and Internet digital film sales
(AFP)
AFP - Hollywood will make a transcendent leap onto the Internet when the Oscar-winning "Brokeback Mountain" becomes the first blockbuster available for permanent download on the same day its DVDs hit the shelves.
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Clear Channel Radio, Google in search deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Clear Channel Communications Inc. has
struck an exclusive deal to use Google Inc.'s search engine on
its radio station Web sites, according to a internal memo
obtained by Reuters.
Yahoo brings user ratings to Finance postings
(Reuters)
Reuters - Internet media company Yahoo Inc. on
Monday introduced a ranking system on its popular Yahoo Finance
site, allowing users to select the most useful tidbits of
information from its message boards.
Atom refurbishes game sites, opens studio
(Reuters)
Reuters - Atom Entertainment Inc. said on
Monday it has started its own video game studio and overhauled
its family of Web sites as part of a push to become the premier
online gaming service.
Cookery caper wins inaugural Blooker Prize for blogs-turned-books
(AFP)
 AFP - A year-long tale of struggles in the kitchen to master tricky French recipes won the inaugural Blooker Prize for books which started life as weblogs, the organisers announced.
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Hollywood leaps into digital downloads as 'King Kong', 'Geisha' go online
(AFP)
 AFP - Hollywood made a transcendental leap into online movie distribution with the launch of two digital services that will allow fans to download films online films as they are released on DVD.
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Big Easy May Face Showdown Over Internet
(AP)
AP - A showdown may be looming over a free wireless Internet network that New Orleans set up to boost recovery after Hurricane Katrina pummeled the city.
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Hollywood Embraces Download-To-Own Model
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Hollywood's major studios are now selling movie downloads, with releases on the Internet coinciding with the release of titles on DVD. Until now, most movies were available online as rentals only, with a 24-hour viewing limit imposed on them.
AOL Introduces New Mobile Services
(PC World)
PC World - Effort is connected to rise in use of cell phones for Web browsing.
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