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Microsoft weighs strong app IDs for Windows future
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has plans to introduce stronger security for third-party applications that run on future versions of Windows, including "Vienna," the planned successor to Windows Vista. 
Gates to step down from Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With the planning and forethought that seem to accompany most of Microsoft’s big corporate shifts (think “The Trustworthy Computing” memo), Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates’ surprise announcement that he plans to leave his position to focus more on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation came as a major surprise.
Microsoft announces Office Line of Business service
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - “People-Ready” is the latest slo-gan Microsoft is trotting out to describe its business vision. Like its predecessors (remember Win 95’s “Where do you want to go today?”), the catchy phrase, which CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled in March, is supposed to help us conceptualize Microsoft’s vast arsenal of software products and, presumably, make us feel good about using them.
Microsoft looks to future without Bill Gates
(AFP)
 AFP - Microsoft is mapping plans for a future without visionary Bill Gates as the world's biggest software giant gears for battle with Google and others to be the dominant high-technology company.
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Gates' step-back pressures Microsoft execs
(AP)
 AP - Bill Gates' decision to give up day-to-day duties at Microsoft Corp. puts more pressure on Steve Ballmer, Ray Ozzie and other executives to figure out the company's place in an industry increasingly focused on Internet-based services championed by Google Inc. and others.
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Exploits Circulating for Unpatched Windows PCs
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Although Microsoft released a string of patches to fix security flaws in Windows and Microsoft Office earlier this week, security experts are warning of several "in-the-wild" exploits that are targeting unpatched systems.
Microsoft developing rival to iPod: sources
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is developing a music
and video device to compete with Apple's iPod and creating its
own music service to rival Apple's iTunes, sources familiar
with the plans said on Friday.
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Bill Gates' Departure: What It Means
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The announcement Thursday that Bill Gates will downsize his role at Microsoft in 2008 to focus on his philanthropic endeavors came as a surprise to many in the tech industry. Immediately following the news, industry observers began to speculate how Gates' absence will affect Microsoft and its long-standing dominance in the software market.
Microsoft eyes new tech leaders for post-Gates era
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. picked two
well-respected technical minds to fill the void from founder
Bill Gates' pending departure in two years, but it also
identified a next tier of leaders charged with reinventing the
software giant to compete against younger, agile rivals.
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Bill Gates Gets Schooled
(BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - What does a troubled public school do when Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, come knocking with $1 million and a rescue plan? Manual High School, a hulking, 112-year-old brick edifice serving several poor neighborhoods in Denver, faced that question back in 2000. It had been a respected school for many years, with a mix of middle-class white kids, most of whom were bused in, and less-well-off minorities. The school scored well on tests overall and fielded outstanding sports teams. ...
Blimp company produces 'TV in the sky'
(AP)
 AP - Imagine a drive-in movie screen that floats 1,000 feet in the air — and travels 15 mph. An Orlando-based blimp company called The Lightship Group has effectively made one, and it could be coming to a night sky near you.
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Nokia, Siemens to merge mobile networks
(AP)
 AP - Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG said Monday they will combine their mobile-network operations to create a joint venture with annual revenue of about $20 billion, a move that will help them compete with market leader Ericsson AB.
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Laptop with D.C. workers' data stolen
(AP)
AP - A laptop containing the Social Security numbers and other personal data of 13,000 District of Columbia employees and retirees has been stolen, officials said.
Research explores data mining, privacy
(AP)
 AP - As new disclosures mount about government surveillance programs, computer science researchers hope to wade into the fray by enabling data mining that also protects individual privacy.
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Encryption can save data in laptop lapses
(AP)
 AP - Reports of data theft often conjure up images of malicious hackers breaking into remote databases to filch Social Security numbers, credit card records and other personal information.
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Dutch site linking to MP3 files loses court case
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Dutch music website which links to
MP3 files had to stop promoting the infringement of artist
rights and copyrights, the Dutch court of appeal said in a
ruling that overturned an earlier one in favor of the site.
Yahoo worm demonstrates AJAX threat
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - There are few of us in life who really want to dig into the nitty gritty details of how things work -- to visit the proverbial “sausage factory” that makes our favorite food, assembles our cars, or puts cheap gadgets on the shelves at Best Buy and Target.
Review of Qualcomm-favored technology on hold: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - A standard-setting organization has
put on hold its review of an advanced wireless technology
favored by Qualcomm Inc. due to a squabble involving Intel
Corp., The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Red Hat Acquisition Just Start For JBoss
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Fans and foes alike use a host of carefully chosen words when describing the famously combative JBoss founder Marc Fleury. One not heard very often: "peaceful."
Gates to step down from Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With the planning and forethought that seem to accompany most of Microsoft’s big corporate shifts (think “The Trustworthy Computing” memo), Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates’ surprise announcement that he plans to leave his position to focus more on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation came as a major surprise.
Dutch site linking to MP3 files loses court case
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Dutch music website which links to
MP3 files had to stop promoting the infringement of artist
rights and copyrights, the Dutch court of appeal said in a
ruling that overturned an earlier one in favor of the site.
Eyespot in the mix with legal video mash-ups
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Consumers are remixing
videos by several emerging bands, then posting the mash-ups
online at Eyespot to share with the world. What makes this site
different from others is that here the art form is legal.
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Sen. Stevens offers deal on Net neutrality
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Senate Commerce Committee Chairman
Ted Stevens has offered a compromise in the fierce fight over
legislation on Internet network neutrality, but stopped short
of demands sought by content companies like Google Inc.
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Internet powerhouse Yahoo revamps rock star Bono's anti-poverty website
(AFP)
 AFP - Yahoo has joined rock superstar Bono's war on poverty, using its Internet prowess to transform the U2 singer-endorsed One.org website into an online platform for community organizing.
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Web auctions, the new jackpot for middle Americans
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Al Losey, a corporate trainer at a
Detroit auto parts maker, lost his job six weeks ago in what
could be another down-and-out story from a hard luck corner of
the American economy.
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South Korea game makers eye global expansion
(Reuters)
 Reuters - South Korea, home to the world's
most sophisticated online games, is preparing an assault on
North America, Japan and Europe, setting the stage for an
international scrum in an industry poised to nearly triple in
value in the coming years.
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iTunes at center of digital rights protest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Anti-digital rights management
activists dressed in bright yellow toxic waste suits staged
what can best be described as sparsely attended protests at
seven Apple Computer stores nationwide on June 10.
Ancient City Goes High-Tech With IBM Gear
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Big Blue is creating a fully immersive, interactive, three-dimensional online environment that corresponds to the grounds and cultural artifacts of such places as China's Hall of Supreme Harmony.
EBay Launches Wiki and Blog Sites
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - EBay has rolled out two new auction tools -- a blogging site and a Wiki -- to give its members new ways to help one another use eBay as well as share information about their experiences.
Microsoft developing rival to iPod: sources
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is developing a music
and video device to compete with Apple's iPod and creating its
own music service to rival Apple's iTunes, sources familiar
with the plans said on Friday.
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