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Microsoft To Add Firefox Support To AdCenter
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - AdCenter is Microsoft's attempt to catch up with Google and Yahoo in the multi-billion-dollar search advertising market.
Analyst: Microsoft Missed Vista Opportunity By A Mile
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Most businesses aren't champing at the bit to upgrade to Windows Vista, says one survey, and that may not bode well for Microsoft's overall financial picture, which depends a lot on Vista sales.
Oracle Upgrades Tools For Visual Studio, Competes On Microsoft's Turf
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Oracle Developer Tools work inside Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 instead of just Visual Studio 2003.
Peak Performance: Can Microsoft Make BI Stand Still?
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's announcement of PerformancePoint Server 2007 could signal major changes to the business intelligence landscape. But the Redmond giant has many challenges and realizations to face if it wants to gain a solid grasp in the BI market.
Ballmer Analyzes Microsoft's 'One Big' Vista Mistake
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft made one big, wrong decision that led to Vista's delays, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts during his meeting with them last week. The company took a Big Bang approach and tried to overhaul all of its operating system's core components simultaneously, an approach that eventually led to a fiery development crash.
Microsoft To Charge For Office Beta Download
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft will soon charge $1.50 to users who download Office 2007 Beta 2.
Microsoft's Sets New Strategy: Charge for Office 7 Download
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - If you were hoping to get a free beta version of Microsoft Office 2007, you have until
6 pm PDT on Wednesday to keep the "free" part.
Microsoft to Charge for Office 2007 Beta 2
(PC World)
PC World - Users will have to pay $1.50 to download a copy of the software.
EU makes no decision on Microsoft fines
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060731/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060801/2006_07_31t062846_450x305_us_microsoft_eu.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=RpieJd77BbAdoGrzJEnMtA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The general counsel of software giant Microsoft, Brad Smith, arrives at the Court of First Instance, the European Union's second-highest court, in Luxembourg April 28, 2006. Microsoft Corp has submitted documents required by the European Commission in an effort to avoid further fines for breaching an antitrust ruling, a spokeswoman for the European Union regulator said on Monday. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. has given the European Union more documents in response to a 2004 antitrust order, but regulators said they do not know yet whether the company will avoid additional fines.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft submits documents in bid to avoid fine
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060731/tc_nm/microsoft_eu_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060801/2006_07_31t062846_450x305_us_microsoft_eu.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=RpieJd77BbAdoGrzJEnMtA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The general counsel of software giant Microsoft, Brad Smith, arrives at the Court of First Instance, the European Union's second-highest court, in Luxembourg April 28, 2006. Microsoft Corp has submitted documents required by the European Commission in an effort to avoid further fines for breaching an antitrust ruling, a spokeswoman for the European Union regulator said on Monday. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp has submitted documents
required by the European Commission in an effort to avoid
further fines for breaching an antitrust ruling, the European
Union regulator said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Canon unveils HD camcorder HV10
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060802/tc_nm/japan_canon_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060802/2006_08_02t044615_450x296_us_japan_canon.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=THrNijmZx8pkmGrt9d7.ZA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Models hold Canon's new 'HDV Video Camcorder iVIS HV10' during the camcorder's launch event in Tokyo August 2, 2006. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Canon Inc. unveiled a digital video
camera for home users on Wednesday that can record
high-definition movies, matching a product offered by rival
Sony Corp.</p><br clear="all"/>
Technology is a girl's best friend: study
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060802/tc_nm/life_technology_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060802/2006_08_02t010044_450x319_us_life_technology.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=gLTX.NBWOVMNGfobAH3OIA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Models show off a Panasonic 103-inch plasma TV, the world's largest, during a launch event of its new plasma TVs in Tokyo July 19, 2006. Diamonds are no longer a girl's best friend, according to a new U.S. study that found three of four women would prefer a new plasma TV to a diamond necklace. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Diamonds are no longer a girl's best
friend, according to a new U.S. study that found three of four
women would prefer a new plasma TV to a diamond necklace.</p><br clear="all"/>
TBS set to debut interactive TV game show
(Reuters)
Reuters - TBS is preparing to
launch U.S. television's first fully interactive live game
show.
Huge European iTunes giveaway
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060802/tc_nm/media_coke_apple_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060802/2006_08_02t021356_450x302_us_media_coke_apple.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=Yg_dfv9kbZJ6gC.aXz7Wfg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="People shop inside an Apple store in central London in this March 29, 2006 file photo. Apple is teaming up with Coca-Cola in Europe to give away about 70 million songs on its market-leading iTunes Music Store -- more than a third of the total number of songs it has sold there to date. (Dylan Martinez/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple is teaming up with
Coca-Cola in Europe to give away about 70 million songs
on its market-leading iTunes Music Store -- more than a third
of the total number of songs it has sold there to date.</p><br clear="all"/>
China intellectuals decry closure of Web site
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dozens of Chinese writers and
dissidents have decried the closing of a Web site they said was
one of the few refuges for relatively unfettered views in their
censorship-bound country.
Web search engines to fight click fraud
(AP)
AP - The Internet's leading search engines are teaming up with an advertising trade group to find a better way to identify and measure "click fraud," a scam that has raised doubts about the Web's trustworthiness as a marketing vehicle.
SingTel's mobile subscriber base tops 92 million
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060802/tc_afp/singaporetelecomasiasingtelmobile"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060802/capt.sge.ayu24.020806045219.photo00.photo.default-457x512.jpg?x=116&y=130&sig=ExvbrJah3XUHpnQg3qr3Sg--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="SingTel advertisements in Singapore. Strong growth in India and Indonesia helped push Singapore Telecommunications' regional mobile phone user base above 92 million at the end of June(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Strong growth in India and Indonesia helped push Singapore Telecommunications' regional mobile phone user base above 92 million at the end of June.</p><br clear="all"/>
Verizon Wireless Launches Tasty New Chocolate Phone
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless introduced the VX8500, or LG "Chocolate" phone, which is a hybrid handset that is one part cell phone and one part MP3-player. The company is betting the new phone and changes in its V CAST service fees will sweeten the pot and attract new subscribers.
Novell Drops Proprietary Software From Linux Distributions
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Novell aims to provide companies with a Linux distribution free of any potential legal hassles.
McAfee Patches Critical Bug In Consumer Security Software
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - McAfee updates a buggy component of its consumer security software to quash a vulnerability that could let attackers hijack PCs.
China intellectuals decry closure of Web site
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dozens of Chinese writers and
dissidents have decried the closing of a Web site they said was
one of the few refuges for relatively unfettered views in their
censorship-bound country.
Huge European iTunes giveaway
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060802/wr_nm/media_coke_apple_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060802/2006_08_02t021356_450x302_us_media_coke_apple.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=Yg_dfv9kbZJ6gC.aXz7Wfg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="People shop inside an Apple store in central London in this March 29, 2006 file photo. Apple is teaming up with Coca-Cola in Europe to give away about 70 million songs on its market-leading iTunes Music Store -- more than a third of the total number of songs it has sold there to date. (Dylan Martinez/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple is teaming up with Coca-Cola in
Europe to give away about 70 million songs on its
market-leading iTunes Music Store -- more than a third of the
total number of songs it has sold there to date.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web search engines to fight click fraud
(AP)
AP - The Internet's leading search engines are teaming up with an advertising trade group to find a better way to identify and measure "click fraud," a scam that has raised doubts about the Web's trustworthiness as a marketing vehicle.
Publishers to boost CareerBuilder stake
(AP)
AP - Newspaper publishers Gannett Co. and Tribune Co. said Tuesday they will boost their stakes in CareerBuilder.com, the classified help-wanted advertising venture that has seen its corporate ownership change with the sale of Knight Ridder.
Microsoft To Add Firefox Support To AdCenter
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - AdCenter is Microsoft's attempt to catch up with Google and Yahoo in the multi-billion-dollar search advertising market.
Internet blogs explode with Castro rumors
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060801/wr_nm/cuba_castro_blogs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060802/2006_08_02t020041_302x450_us_cuba_castro_blogs.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=lY4INBEjAP1d4YxC_i.OWw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Cuba's President Fidel Castro smokes a cigar during a news conference at the Jose Marti airport in Havana in this January 15, 1976 file photo. While Cubans waited for word of Castro's condition, the online world outside Cuba burst alive with speculation about his surgery, health and atmosphere on the island itself. (Prensa Latina/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - While Cubans waited for word of
President Fidel Castro's condition, the online world outside
Cuba burst alive with speculation about his surgery, health and
atmosphere on the island itself.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple adds news and cartoons to iTunes online entertainment shop
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060801/tc_afp/afplifestyleinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060802/capt.sge.ayf17.020806001354.photo00.photo.default-512x266.jpg?x=130&y=67&sig=SO8VqFkhPT9wdTJi3PiT9A--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="Apple's iTunes website is reflected in an iPod. Apple Computer's popular iTunes online entertainment shop has added CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network programs to its virtual shelves, the iPod maker said.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Apple Computer's popular iTunes online entertainment shop has added CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network programs to its virtual shelves, the iPod maker said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vonage 2Q loss deepens 17 percent
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060801/ap_on_hi_te/earns_vonage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060801/capt.ed26584a91aa46c9a160f9028c820660.earns_vonage_nybz108.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=7iMZEINmJ7sc696oTi2s2Q--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Micro Center computer store saleswoman Christine Canasa fixes up a display of Vonage products in a Santa Clara, Calif. file photo from May 24, 2006. In its first earnings report as a public company, Internet phone provider Vonage Holdings Corp. said Tuesday its losses increased 17 percent in the second quarter as customer-acquisition costs stayed high. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - In its first earnings report as a public company, Internet phone carrier Vonage Holdings Corp. said Tuesday its losses increased 17 percent in the second quarter as customer-acquisition costs stayed high.</p><br clear="all"/>
Story Lines Abound On Eve Of Black Hat 2006
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - This year's Black Hat conference, which opens Wednesday in Las Vegas, will have a tough time living up to the drama of last year's event, where Internet Security Systems researcher Mike Lynn grabbed headlines with his controversial presentation on vulnerabilities in Cisco's IOS.
Google Toolbar Bug Warns Against Changing Search Engine Default
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - There appears to be a bug in the latest version of the Google toolbar for IE.
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