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Microsoft Storage OS Could Go To System Builders With Longhorn
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft plans to bring its Windows Storage Server operating system, now available only to OEMs, to a wider range of custom system builders with the rollout of its upcoming Longhorn version of Windows.
Microsoft Takes Windows Live Toolbar Out Of Beta
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft has taken its Windows Live Toolbar out of beta.
Microsoft Readies New Office 2007 Beta Updates
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Beta 2 Technical Refresh is taking shape. Expect the updated Office 2007 client and SharePoint Server 2007 code in the 'not too distant future,' according to the Redmond software maker.
Yahoo, Symantec unveil security service
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060725/wr_nm/yahoo_symantec_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060725/2006_07_25t005146_357x450_us_yahoo_symantec.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=RxKtaPJHccfepY9R75bnfQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2006 software. Yahoo Inc. and Symantec Corp. unveiled a joint consumer Internet security service on Monday that will help the two companies compete against major rivals such as Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. and Symantec Corp.
unveiled a joint consumer Internet security service on Monday
that will help the two companies compete against major rivals
such as Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp..</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft releases test version of new Exchange Server software
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060725/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060725/capt.sge.tqn95.250706130926.photo00.photo.default-352x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=zVEYTPtEsSqvpA1z1vHDKg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="A street worker rests outside a computer shop in Ho Chi Minh city. Microsoft released test versions of its Exchange Server 2007 e-mail managing software and a security package designed to complement it(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft released test versions of its Exchange Server 2007 e-mail managing software and a security package designed to complement it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft.com Preview Shuns Firefox
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - There's a preview of Microsoft's revamped home page at microsoft.com, but Firefox users need not even try.
Microsoft Releases Public Beta for New Exchange Server
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft announced today the second public beta launch of its Exchange Server 2007, as well as the test version of its anti-virus and anti-spam companion product, Forefront Security for Exchange. Now available for download, Microsoft expects to ship both products concurrently by the end of the year or early in 2007.
Analysis: Microsoft Bets Big on Vista Security
(PC World)
PC World - On the eve of two major hacker conferences, Microsoft talks about Vista security.
Microsoft Partners Could Miss Out On Zune Party
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft partners iRiver, Creative and others, not iPod-creator Apple Computer Inc., could take the first hit from Microsoft's plan to sell a portable media player.
Microsoft's Zune May Not Carry the Day
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Analysts praise Microsoft's early moves in the digital music player market, but warn that the company will have to work hard to overtake Apple's iPod.
Sun worries? Let your bikini do the talking
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060725/tc_nm/life_bikinis_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060725/2006_07_25t160618_450x310_us_life_bikinis.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=9dQLVg0as14GdxcDna8CrQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A bikini-clad woman in Australia. As the bikini turns 60, it's entering the electronic age with a new model featuring a built-in alarm to warn wearers to get out of the sun -- and ease concerns that the scanty swimsuits damage the health. (Will Burgess/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As the bikini turns 60, it's entering
the electronic age with a new model featuring a built-in alarm
to warn wearers to get out of the sun -- and ease concerns that
the scanty swimsuits damage the health.</p><br clear="all"/>
New ballgame for YES, DirecTV
(Reuters)
Reuters - Satellite broadcaster
DirecTV has thrown out the first pitch in its new deal with YES
Network, offering YES subscribers an interactive baseball
application that gives live statistics and scores of other
games on demand and a camera angle available only to YES
viewers.
EA to offer second online game in China
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/tc_nm/leisure_china_ea_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060726/2006_07_26t011833_450x317_us_leisure_china_ea.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=QcBETqb2nESAdc0gIiOMOw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Electronic Arts executive vice president Frank Gibeau is shown posing for Reuters at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, in this May 11, 2006 file photo. Electronic Arts said on Wednesday it had licensed its first online game for distribution in China, a top market for such products. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Electronic Arts , the world's
largest video game publisher, said on Wednesday it had licensed
its first online game for distribution in China, a top market
for such products.</p><br clear="all"/>
Laptops in tow, more Americans work on vacation
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/tc_nm/life_work_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060726/2006_07_25t103116_450x302_us_life_work.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=aGPfNmHg9RP5YLGfrC7udw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Tourists stroll on the beach of the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, December 27, 2004. The number of Americans who work during their vacations has nearly doubled in the last decade, with the laptop computer replacing the cellular phone as the most useful tool for working on holiday. (Str/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The number of Americans who work
during their vacations has nearly doubled in the last decade,
with the laptop computer replacing the cellular phone as the
most useful tool for working on holiday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Motorola unveils 9mm phone
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/tc_nm/telecoms_motorola_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060726/2006_07_26t032401_181x450_us_telecoms_motorola.jpg?x=52&y=130&sig=XcparJ_ZrRfgkitbE5xQxw--" align="left" height="130" width="52" alt="Motorola's Motofone handset. Motorola Inc. said on Tuesday it would start selling the Motofone, its thinnest phone yet in high-growth emerging markets in a bid to compete better against bigger rival Nokia. (Motorola/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Motorola Inc. said
on Tuesday it would start selling the Motofone, its thinnest
phone yet in high-growth emerging markets in a bid to compete
better against bigger rival Nokia (NOK1V.HE).</p><br clear="all"/>
Amazon Japan mulling virtual shopping mall
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/wr_nm/japan_amazon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060726/2006_07_26t020226_450x321_us_japan_amazon.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=qUoHdowVQtWvzP.oAO_dqg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Amazon.com employee John Ortman stacks ready-to-mail packaged copies of the book 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' in Nevada in this June 16, 2003 file photo. The Japan unit of Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it was considering launching a virtual shopping mall on its Web site to attract more shoppers by offering a wider variety of products. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Japan unit of Amazon.com Inc. said on
Wednesday it was considering launching a virtual shopping mall
on its Web site to attract more shoppers by offering a wider
variety of products.</p><br clear="all"/>
Facebook to give away iTunes samplers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Facebook, the No. 2 online social
networking site, on Tuesday said it would give away 10 million
music samplers to Macintosh and PC users from the iTunes Music
Store in a back-to-school promotion.
AT&T profit rises on Web, wireless
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060725/bs_nm/telecoms_att_earns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060725/2006_07_25t083150_450x349_us_telecoms_att_earns.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=A5iwQEwWzNj8o7.EQ.nWvA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="The AT and T headquarters building in San Antonio, Texas is seen in this undated handout photo. AT and T Inc. on Tuesday posted higher quarterly profit, bolstered by strong growth in wireless and high-speed Internet services. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - AT&T Inc. , the largest U.S.
phone company, posted a better-than-expected rise in quarterly
profit on Tuesday, bolstered by growth in its Cingular Wireless
joint venture and high-speed Internet services.</p><br clear="all"/>
Next Debian Release to Support AMD64 Chips
(PC World)
PC World - GNU/Linux 4.0 operating system, also known as "Etch," is scheduled for release in December.
HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5 bln
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/bs_nm/mercuryinteractive_hp_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060726/2006_07_25t172423_450x298_us_mercuryinteractive_hp.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=yWkP2b_aAAjJd6F_jTj3WA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Hewlett Packard French headquarters in Issy le Moulineaux, western Paris, September 16, 2005. Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Tuesday it agreed to buy Mercury Interactive Corp. for $52 per share, or an enterprise value of $4.5 billion, in a bid to expand its business software operations. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co.
agreed on Tuesday to buy Mercury Interactive Corp.
for about $4.5 billion in stock, or $52 per share, in a bid to
expand the computer maker's business software operations.</p><br clear="all"/>
Amazon Japan mulling virtual shopping mall
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/wr_nm/japan_amazon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060726/2006_07_26t020226_450x321_us_japan_amazon.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=qUoHdowVQtWvzP.oAO_dqg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Amazon.com employee John Ortman stacks ready-to-mail packaged copies of the book 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' in Nevada in this June 16, 2003 file photo. The Japan unit of Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it was considering launching a virtual shopping mall on its Web site to attract more shoppers by offering a wider variety of products. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Japan unit of Amazon.com Inc. said on
Wednesday it was considering launching a virtual shopping mall
on its Web site to attract more shoppers by offering a wider
variety of products.</p><br clear="all"/>
Time Inc. to stop publishing Teen People magazine
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/media_nm/media_teenpeople_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060726/2006_07_26t015107_450x245_us_media_teenpeople.jpg?x=130&y=70&sig=bvbd_MbazXrWx.d2l3Qg5w--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="People walk in front of the Time Warner Inc. headquarters building at Columbus Circle in New York October 13, 2005. Publisher Time Inc., a unit of Time Warner, said on Tuesday it would stop publishing Teen People magazine after nearly a decade, but keep the Web site, www.teenpeople.com. (Nicholas Roberts/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Magazine publisher Time Inc. said on
Tuesday it would stop publishing Teen People magazine after
nearly a decade, but keep the Web site, www.teenpeople.com.</p><br clear="all"/>
Warner Bros offers TV shows on iTunes
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/wr_nm/media_warnerbros_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060726/2006_07_26t013711_450x300_us_media_warnerbros.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=udrOEOKHBqOJlCsVtFdnUw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The cast of the comedy television series 'Friends,' are pictured on a giant billboard promoting the series finale, in Burbank, California, in this May 3, 2004 file photo. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group on Tuesday became the latest division of a major Hollywood studio to offer television shows, including 'Friends,' for sale on Apple Computer Inc's iTunes Web site. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Group on Tuesday became the latest division of a major
Hollywood studio to offer television shows, including the hit
sitcom "Friends," for sale on Apple Computer Inc's iTunes Web
site.</p><br clear="all"/>
EA to offer second online game in China
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/wr_nm/leisure_china_ea_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060726/2006_07_26t011833_450x317_us_leisure_china_ea.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=QcBETqb2nESAdc0gIiOMOw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Electronic Arts executive vice president Frank Gibeau is shown posing for Reuters at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, in this May 11, 2006 file photo. Electronic Arts said on Wednesday it had licensed its first online game for distribution in China, a top market for such products. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Electronic Arts, the world's largest
video game publisher, said on Wednesday it had licensed its
first online game for distribution in China, a top market for
such products.</p><br clear="all"/>
Time suspends Teen People publication
(AP)
AP - Time Inc., a major magazine publisher, said Tuesday it would stop publishing Teen People but keep the magazine's Web site operating.
Philadelphia Newspaper Group Teams up with Monster.com
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Philadelphia Media Holdings, the new owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News, has struck up a deal with online recruitment site Monster.com. Its the first alliance between Monster and a major newspaper company.
Internet gambling bill seen delayed in Senate
(Reuters)
Reuters - A bill to outlaw most forms of
Internet gambling appears unlikely to win U.S. Senate passage
before senators begin a month-long recess on August 4, two
Republican leadership aides said on Tuesday.
Yahoo To Push Norton AntiVirus Software
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Yahoo will provide an extra measure of protection to its customers by offering Norton Internet security software. The Norton software, produced by Symantec, includes protection against the most common cyber threats, such as spyware, spam, and identity theft. It is intended to be used while users shop online, handle their e-mail messages, or do their online banking.
Facebook to give away iTunes samplers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Facebook, the No. 2 online social
networking site, on Tuesday said it would give away 10 million
music samplers to Macintosh and PC users from the iTunes Music
Store in a back-to-school promotion.
AOL founder says he is "sorry" for Time Warner merger
(Reuters)
Reuters - Steve Case, co-founder of the one-time
biggest online service AOL, apologized for the company's merger
with media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. in an interview with
U.S. journalist Charlie Rose.
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