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In Brief
(PC World)
PC World - Sony's Alpha A100 is the company's first single-lens reflex digital camera; Bill Gates plans to vacate his architect role at Microsoft.
Top Microsoft Exec Exits, Spawning Speculation
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Martin Taylor, a top Microsoft executive, has abruptly departed the company, less than a week after Bill Gates declared that he would be backing off from his day-to-day role as chief software architect. Taylor, who was appointed in March to the position of corporate vice president of Windows Live and MSN marketing, was considered to be the right-hand man of CEO Steve Ballmer.
Entry By Microsoft Called Endorsement For Robotics Field
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft marked its entry into the robotics business late Tuesday, unveiling software that can be used to create robotic applications for a variety of computing platforms.
Third Microsoft Excel Attack Posted
(PC World)
PC World - One week, three flaws in Microsoft's spreadsheet software.
Microsoft touts Entities to link business, data
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is working on a data mapping substrate for its Visual Studio developer tool platform called ADO.Net Entities, which will provide a data model focused on business terminology, a Microsoft executive said in his blog.
Microsoft Plans Link Between Directory, Live Services
(PC World)
PC World - Users would get a single sign-on for both the company's Active Directory and its Windows Live Web-based services.
Microsoft Adds Licensing Tool To Office
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft add-in for Office hooks people up with Creative Commons.
Yahoo Messenger Gets an Overhaul
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In the same week that Microsoft formally launched a complete overhaul to MSN Messenger, called Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo rolled out a beta version of its own next-generation instant-messaging application.
Rival Calls Microsoft's Security Pricing 'Predatory,' 'Ruthless'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's low security software prices are putting the entire security software ecosystem at risk, the chief executive of a Florida company said Wednesday.
Gates allowed to skip NJ casino probe
(AP)
AP - New Jersey casino regulators exempted Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Executive Steve Ballmer from filing disclosure forms because they already have top-secret clearance from the U.S. Defense Department.
Toshiba says to launch HD DVD recorder in July
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp.
said on Thursday it would launch the next-generation,
high-definition optical disk recorder based on the HD DVD
format on July 14 in Japan.
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AT&T revises privacy policy
(Reuters)
 Reuters - AT&T Inc. said on Wednesday it
was revising its privacy policy, explaining to customers that
it owns their phone records and can hand them over to law
enforcers if necessary.
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Motorola leads Bluetooth headset market: survey
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Global sales of wireless Bluetooth
headsets for mobile phones rose 153 percent to 33 million units
in 2005, representing a wholesale value of $1 billion, and are
expected to grow 70 percent in 2006, according to a survey
released on Thursday.
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Adobe to be Google's latest Web search distributor
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Adobe Systems Inc. said
on Wednesday Google Inc. had agreed to pay the
multimedia software maker a "significant" amount to distribute
the Web search leader's software.
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Symantec tests new Web-security service
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Symantec Corp. said on
Wednesday the release of its new Web-based security service
would depend on response to user trials and would be held back
if required tweaks meant it would miss the key holiday period
in the United States.
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Web Phone Woes
(PC World)
PC World - Lured by the prospect of saving money, callers
are signing up for Internet phones in droves. But watch out for snags that are
unheard of with landlines.
Digital Gear: New Versions of Old Favorites
(PC World)
PC World - TiVo, Shure deliver new, improved products. Also: a look at O ROKR glasses with digital audio player, and a digital video camera for the rest of us.
Nokia ends Sanyo venture plan, to ramp down CDMA
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's largest
mobile phone maker, said on Thursday it had ended talks to form
a joint venture with Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. (6764.T) to
produce phones using the CDMA standard.
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New Xandros Linux Desktop Arrives
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Xandros 4.0, the first new version of Xandros' desktop Linux distribution in a year and a half, has arrived. It includes the newest editions of the KDE application family, Firefox, Thunderbird, and the OpenOffice.org 2.0 office suite.
Top Microsoft Exec Exits, Spawning Speculation
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Martin Taylor, a top Microsoft executive, has abruptly departed the company, less than a week after Bill Gates declared that he would be backing off from his day-to-day role as chief software architect. Taylor, who was appointed in March to the position of corporate vice president of Windows Live and MSN marketing, was considered to be the right-hand man of CEO Steve Ballmer.
Web Phone Woes
(PC World)
PC World - Lured by the prospect of saving money, callers
are signing up for Internet phones in droves. But watch out for snags that are
unheard of with landlines.
Adobe to be Google's latest Web search distributor
(Reuters)
Reuters - Adobe Systems Inc. said on
Wednesday Google Inc. had agreed to pay the multimedia software
maker a "significant" amount to distribute the Web search
leader's software.
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Jump the Shark swallowed whole by Gemstar-TV Guide
(Reuters)
Reuters - Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.
said on Wednesday it has bought Jumptheshark.com, a Web site
where television fans debate whether popular programs have
passed their prime.
Internet phones must pay into subsidy fund
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Consumers who use wireless or
Internet-based telephones could see their bills rise, as the
U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved on Wednesday an
interim new plan for funding phone service subsidies.
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Vietnam cracks down on Internet gaming craze
(AFP)
 AFP - Communist Vietnam is cracking down on a new social evil, medieval swordsmen with supernatural powers who have cast a spell over the nation's youth.
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Safety experts: MySpace changes not enough
(AP)
 AP - New security measures for young users of MySpace.com won't be enough to stop online child predators, safety experts warned Wednesday.
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Ancestry.com boosts database with census
(AP)
AP - An Internet company is adding U.S. Census records to boost its archive of searchable names to 5 billion, which it says is the most comprehensive genealogical database ever compiled.
Adobe-Google sign distribution deal
(AP)
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. said late Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Google Inc. to distribute the Google Toolbar with various Adobe products.
Microsoft touts Entities to link business, data
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is working on a data mapping substrate for its Visual Studio developer tool platform called ADO.Net Entities, which will provide a data model focused on business terminology, a Microsoft executive said in his blog.
Review: FeedRinse filters RSS feeds
(AP)
 AP - One of the best weapons against Internet information overload has been Really Simple Syndication. It's a technology that feeds you updates from blogs or news sites as they're available, keeping you from having to troll Web sites to find what you're interested in.
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