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Hu to Meet With Microsoft, Boeing
(AP)
AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao will kick off his visit to the United States this week by meeting with two major corporations that embody both the difficulties and the opportunities for U.S. companies in China.
Home Research Site Zillow.com Partners With Microsoft
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The real estate research site provides 45-degree, low-altitude aerial views of property through integration with Microsoft Corp.'s Virtual Earth service.
Microsoft Patch Causing Lockups, Crashes
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Some IT administrators and partners said one of Microsoft latest critical security patches, MS06-015, is causing IE lock ups, Windows hangs and crashes after installation. Microsoft said MS06-015's new Verclsid.exe file conflicts with HP printers, scanner and cameras
Microsoft Updates Anti-Spyware Defender
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft refreshes its anti-spyware Microsoft Defender software with improvements to the user interface and signature updating.
AMD Subpoenas Microsoft In Intel Antitrust Case
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Advanced Micro Devices is asking for a variety of documents, E-mail, and other correspondence related to Microsoft's software development plans, inclusion of AMD in technology planning, and financial discussions about AMD, according to the subpoena.
Microsoft Hooks World Cyber Games
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft has signed on to sponsor the World Cyber Games competition through 2008, the WCG gaming commission said.
Microsoft Updates Atlas Framework With New Web Tools
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft released a new preview this week of its Atlas framework, along with two related tool sets, part of a push to continue the Web developer-tools momentum Microsoft stoked at its Mix06 conference last month
First Look: Windows Live Search Offers New Tools
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft seeks to challenge Google with new beta search service.
Microsoft Office Live Beta Gets Traffic Spike
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Look out, domain registrars, Microsoft has seen more than a 50% spike in the number of users of Office Live beta.
Is Your OS a Pre-XP Version? Kiss Tech Support Good-Bye
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft will discontinue support for Windows 98 and Me in July.
Professional Video Gaming Set for TV Debut
(AP)
 AP - Professional video gaming is set to debut on cable television later this year, potentially paving the way for the kings and queens of game controllers to become as familiar to American households as the faces of Johnny Chan or Annie Duke in televised poker.
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Web Site Rates Health Care Journalism
(AP)
AP - Newspaper and magazine health coverage will be reviewed online at a new Web site beginning Monday.
Blog Shows Dark Side of Okla. Slay Suspect
(AP)
 AP - In an online diary entry from January, Kevin Ray Underwood said he was embarrassed about how many gifts his mother bought him at Christmas and how his father was proud of him for helping him assemble a computer desk for his sister.
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NYPD Deploys First of 500 Security Cameras
(AP)
 AP - Along a gritty stretch of street in Brooklyn, police this month quietly launched an ambitious plan to combat street crime and terrorism. But instead of cops on the beat, wireless video cameras peer down from lamp posts about 30 feet above the sidewalk.
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Cell phones ready to start dialing for dollars
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Forget about cash and credit cards.
There's a new payment alternative for buying CDs, DVDs and
other such entertainment pleasures -- your cell phone.
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AOL in new tie-up with China firm
(Reuters)
 Reuters - AOL, the online unit of media giant
Time Warner Inc., said on Monday it has formed a tie-up with
China's number two media company, one of its first such
pairings since it withdrew from the Chinese market in 2003.
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Rum and Coke mixing it up with digital tunes
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Beverage giants Coca-Cola and
Bacardi -- regular glass-mates at bars around the globe -- have
launched separate marketing campaigns that use digital music to
connect with consumers.
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Salesforce.com buys Sendia and goes mobile
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The long-heralded promise of wireless access to enterprise applications got a boost last week when Salesforce.com announced the acquisition of wireless infrastructure provider Sendia and the launch of AppExchange Mobile using Sendia’s technology.
Open source goes big time with Red Hat-JBoss Deal
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Red Hat’s surprise announcement that it’s acquiring JBoss could upend accepted wisdom about both the size and function of open source software companies. Still, some customers are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the deal.
Borland offers software requirements definition
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Not to be confused with requirements management, Borland Software on Monday is introducing a requirements definition package as part of the company's application lifecycle management arsenal.
AOL in new tie-up with China firm
(Reuters)
Reuters - AOL, the online unit of media giant
Time Warner Inc., said on Monday it has formed a tie-up with
China's number two media company, one of its first such
pairings since it withdrew from the Chinese market in 2003.
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AOL, Shanghai Media to Air Chinese Shows
(AP)
AP - AOL and Shanghai Media Group's broadband unit will jointly broadcast programs about Chinese culture and society to viewers worldwide, the Shanghai company said Monday.
Man Trading Up From Paper Clip to House
(AP)
 AP - Kyle MacDonald had a red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else — and so on and so on until he had a house?
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Web Merchants Fighting Costs of Fraud
(AP)
 AP - Talk about buyer's remorse: A man who had purchased a $4,500 custom-made engagement ring over the Internet abruptly called off the wedding just days before the big day — then called his credit card company to get his money back.
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Internet Agency Weighs New Domain Name
(AP)
 AP - Reaching out and touching someone used to be as simple as dialing a string of numbers. But now there are home, cell and work phone numbers from which to choose, and sometimes work extensions to remember.
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Thousands of British credit card details traded online
(AFP)
 AFP - The credit card details of thousands of Britons are being sold on the Internet by hackers intent on committing identity fraud.
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Report says Rumsfeld allowed Guantanamo abuse
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld allowed an "abusive and degrading" interrogation of an
al Qaeda detainee in 2002, the online magazine Salon reported
on Friday, citing an Army document.
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Sirius and EMI Music N.A. reach deal: report
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. has
reached a deal with EMI Music North America, settling a dispute
over a portable-music player sold by the satellite broadcaster
that enables users to store digital copies of music, the Wall
St. Journal reported on its Web Site on Friday.
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Janet Jackson Tunes Leaked to Internet
(AP)
 AP - That new Janet Jackson music making the rounds on the Internet is apparently not as new as you might think. The pop superstar, who is working on a new album, says someone has leaked songs she recorded at least two years ago when working with hitmaking producer Rich Harrison.
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China students prep for study abroad
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Chinese students are putting the
"world" back into the Worldwide Web, using the Internet to prep
each other in ultra-fine detail on the unfamiliar and often
laborious process of applying to study abroad.
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