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EU set to fine Microsoft: sources
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is expected to be hit
with a fine of between 200 million and 300 million euros on
Wednesday for failing to carry out antitrust sanctions imposed
by the European Commission, sources familiar with the situation
said.
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Microsoft CEO pledges quicker upgrades for Windows
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve
Ballmer pledged on Tuesday to never again wait so long between
releases of its Windows operating system.
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Microsoft warns of 5 "critical" security flaws
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned
of five "critical" security flaws in its Windows operating
system and Office software that could allow attackers to take
control of a computer.
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Microsoft stops supporting Windows 98 and Millennium Edition operating systems
(AFP)
 AFP - Microsoft said that it had stopped supporting its Windows 98 and Millennium Edition (ME) operating systems, effectively abandoning the old version of its software.
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Microsoft releases Windows security fixes
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released four security fixes to patch flaws in its Windows operating system. Two of the vulnerabilities carried the highest danger rating.
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Does Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage Program Qualify as Spyware?
(PC World)
PC World - Security experts disagree, but say Microsoft could have done a better job with controversial WGA program.
Key dates in EU action against Microsoft
(AP)
AP - Key dates in the European Union's antitrust proceedings against Microsoft Corp.:
EU expected to levy new Microsoft fines
(AP)
AP - Thousands of pages of technical documentation could cost Microsoft Corp. hundreds of millions of dollars in fines on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Patches 'Critical" Excel, Office Bugs
(PC World)
PC World - Patches expected to fix widely reported flaws.
Ballmer: Future Windows to arrive faster
(AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday. Meanwhile, Chairman Bill Gates said the company's much-delayed Vista operating system is likely — but not guaranteed — to reach the market by January.
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EU set to fine Microsoft: sources
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is expected to be hit
with a fine of between 200 million and 300 million euros on
Wednesday for failing to carry out antitrust sanctions imposed
by the European Commission, sources familiar with the situation
said.
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Microsoft CEO pledges quicker upgrades for Windows
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer pledged on Tuesday to never again wait
so long between releases of its Windows operating system.
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State Dept. investigating computer 'anomalies'
(Reuters)
Reuters - The State Department is
investigating "anomalies" in its unclassified computer system,
the agency said on Tuesday, declining to comment on a report
that the department's computers had been hacked.
Time Warner to disclose future AOL strategy soon
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Time Warner Inc. said on
Tuesday it would soon disclose its business strategy for
Internet unit AOL, dismissing a Wall Street Journal report that
it will lose up to $1 billion through 2009 as it offers more
free services.
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Sony pulls controversial Dutch PSP ad
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on Tuesday
it had pulled a Dutch billboard advertising campaign for the
new white version of its PlayStation Portable video game player
and apologized to anyone offended by the ad, which critics
dubbed racist.
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TNT, Veoh wake to 'Nightmares' in on-demand venture
(Reuters)
Reuters - Turner Network
Television is set to unveil Wednesday (July 12) the fruits of a
partnership with Internet broadcasting company Veoh Networks
that will deliver free movies, interviews and other content
tied to TNT's upcoming anthology series "Nightmares &
Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" on demand.
Japanese gadget records, replicates odor
(AP)
AP - People stopping to smell the roses can now take that sweet floral fragrance home with them or even send it to a faraway grandmother thanks to a new gadget in Japan that records and replicates the world's odors.
Internet, Media Outfits Not In Wireless Auction
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Federal regulators have given 81 companies a green light to take part in the next big auction of wireless airwaves, slated to begin Aug. 9.
Microsoft Looks to New Partners to Drive HPC, Security Offerings
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The Redmond-based software giant is late to market with some of its latest offerings and is looking to new partners, who are already successful in those markets, even if that success was achieved on competitor platforms like Linux, to drive adoption.
Indian software major Infosys Q1 net profit up 50.3 percent
(AFP)
 AFP - Indian software giant Infosys first-quarter net profit jumped 50.3 percent from a year earlier as it won more clients amid an ongoing outsourcing boom.
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TNT, Veoh wake to 'Nightmares' in on-demand venture
(Reuters)
Reuters - Turner Network
Television is set to unveil Wednesday (July 12) the fruits of a
partnership with Internet broadcasting company Veoh Networks
that will deliver free movies, interviews and other content
tied to TNT's upcoming anthology series "Nightmares &
Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" on demand.
MySpace top single US Web site: report
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Online hangout MySpace.com has
overtaken Yahoo Inc.'s e-mail gateway as the single
most-visited U.S. Web site, although Yahoo's network of sites
retains a broader audience, according to a report issued on
Tuesday.
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Time Warner to disclose future AOL strategy soon
(Reuters)
Reuters - Time Warner Inc. said on Tuesday it
would soon disclose its business strategy for Internet unit
AOL, dismissing a Wall Street Journal report that it will lose
up to $1 billion through 2009 as it offers more free services.
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Wired pays Lycos to recover Wired.com site
(Reuters)
Reuters - Wired magazine, the publication
that helped popularize the Internet craze during the 1990s, is
poised to recover the online business it lost when the company
was divided in half eight years ago.
Kabu.com to launch after-hours trading system
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japanese online brokerage kabu.com
Securities said on Wednesday it would set up a proprietary
trading system (PTS) for after-hours trading, and its shares
rose by nearly 8 percent in the morning.
Google plans to open facility in Michigan
(AP)
 AP - Google Inc. plans to open a new facility in the Ann Arbor, Mich., area that will employ 1,000 people within five years to handle advertising generated by the search engine, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and company officials said Tuesday.
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Political networkers to get new Web site, HotSoup
(Reuters)
Reuters - A team of U.S. political strategists
is creating an Internet forum for debating hot-button issues,
hoping to connect the politically obsessed the way MySpace.com
hooks up hypersocial teens.
House OKs bill to rein in online gambling
(AP)
 AP - The House passed legislation Tuesday that would prevent gamblers from using credit cards to bet online and could block access to gambling Web sites.
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Teen-oriented MySpace ranks as most popular US website: market tracker
(AFP)
AFP - The MySpace website deemed a virtual clubhouse where teenagers bare details of their lives has eclipsed Internet oldster Yahoo as the most popular US website, a research firm said.
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Agency works on emergency alert system
(AP)
AP - The government will soon be pinging cell phones and posting on Web sites to warn Americans of impending disasters as it updates its Cold War-era emergency alert system.
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