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Microsoft Dares Hackers To Test Vista
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - "Think you can break Vista's security? Go ahead and try." That was Microsoft's challenge to some 3,000 attendees at the Black Hat security conference after handing over the beta version of its new operating system.
Microsoft and Yahoo Merge Messaging Services
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft and Yahoo will be launching the full version of their merged instant messaging services worldwide within the next few months. But will it be enough to compete against Google?
Microsoft Says Report On Zune Video Delay 'Speculative'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft tries to dispel a report that its upcoming Zune media player might be delayed.
MS Watches as Vista Gets 0wn3d by Rootkit
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Black Hat Briefings: Microsoft security chief Ben Fathi responds to a standing-room-only demo of a new technique used to plant an offensive rootkit on Windows Vista.
Microsoft Readies 12 Windows, Office Patches For Next Week
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - It's almost Patch Tuesday again, and Microsoft is planning to release 10 security patches for Windows and two for Office.
Microsoft Takes LSD to Test Vista Security
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft recruits some high-profile third-party security consultants to simulate attacks against Windows Vista. Among the pen testers are members of the "Last Stage of Delirium" hacking group that discovered the flaw that caused the Blaster worm.
Microsoft Heads for Another Big Patch Tuesday
(PC World)
PC World - Malicious Software removal tool update, Office and Windows fixes expected.
Microsoft Sways Black Hatters with Vista Security Pledge
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Attendees of the Black Hat security conference appeared impressed with Microsoft's work to lock down the Windows Vista operating system, but agree that the proof will be in the pudding.
Microsoft stumbles rolling out revamped weblog service
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060803/tc_afp/afplifestyleinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060803/capt.sge.bpf31.030806214648.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=nfoIPLkOBXpVilSrYorueA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="the logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft was trying to make amends to bloggers irked by problems with a revamped social networking service the US computer software giant rolled out this week.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft was trying to make amends to bloggers irked by problems with a revamped social networking service the US computer software giant rolled out this week.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft invites hackers to test Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060803/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_hacker_challenge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060729/capt.sge.aaw34.290706163421.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=4Yj0cbciye2_VgBl6DPqsA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Don Lionetti demonstrates Windows Vista in July 2005. Microsoft hedged its bets on the promised release date of its heralded Vista operating system, leaving a cloud of uncertainty in the investment community, analysts said.(AFP/Microsoft-HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting some of the world's best-known computer experts to try to poke holes in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
AOL likely to tap video, IM to seek edge
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_on_hi_te/aol_s_crumbling_walls"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060804/capt.494111ec572841bcb6f721480f9e8690.aol_nyr103.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=duw9_Lu.7E.0WZEWqARH0w--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="AOL's home page is shown on a computer screen Friday, Aug. 4, 2006 in New York. AOL will shed as many as 5,000 employees, a quarter of its global work force, within six months as the company seeks more than $1 billion in savings to offset its decision to give more services away for free. That decision, analysts say, may not be enough to draw new visitors. Key to AOL's success will be how well it taps its strengths in video and instant messaging. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Giving high-speed Internet users its services for free may help AOL stop an erosion of customers, but analysts say that alone won't be enough to draw new visitors and break into the Web's top three.</p><br clear="all"/>
Defcon aims to thwart counterfeit badges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_hi_te/conference_counterfeits"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060801/capt.2a448cb3a09345d9af6e1932733e5ad1.vegas_hacker_confabs_nvjk103.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=eLei0JcujWejHpcg0nY1iQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="James Aubley, left, and Troy Landry plays with the phone to learn how to attack a secured popular Cisco Systems Inc. router that sends telephone calls over the Internet during the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. About 6,000 people will attend the Black Hat and Defcon conference, which runs Wednesday through Sunday. (AP Photo/Jane Kalinowsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - The thousands of people who waited an hour or more to get into Defcon drove home what a hot ticket this 14-year-old computer-hacking event has become.</p><br clear="all"/>
Advertisers, eBay to test ad sales idea
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_hi_te/advertising_ebay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060726/capt.22cda2f1966049c3a76972b12b88ee31.ebay_cams103.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=1gPBk._.RmZFl8dDOJjRDA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Employees walks the halls at eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif. on Tuesday, July 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Several major advertisers are teaming up with online auctioneer eBay Inc. to test an idea for selling television advertising in an electronic marketplace, the group announced Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google, AP disclose news payment deal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_hi_te/google_ap_fixed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060804/capt.sge.bxl97.040806212645.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=XvxMQqLqmuuMPX2PgPD80w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Headquarters of the internet search engine company Google in Mountain View, California. Google, which has been locked in copyright disputes with several content providers, has struck a deal to buy news stories and photographs from the US agency Associated Press.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. is paying The Associated Press for stories and photographs, settling a dispute with a major provider of the copyright news that the online search engine finds and displays on its popular Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wikipedia founder seeks more quality
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_hi_te/wikimania"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060804/capt.140e89cdeed9401dbd15708c6e9c66af.wikimania_malp102.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=d13VMtPoIXZ9Aq0ga_ntmg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikimedia, speaks Friday, Aug. 4, 2006 during a Wikimani 2006 conference at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0" /></a>AP - The founder of Wikipedia on Friday urged contributors to the free Internet encyclopedia to put more emphasis on quality instead of quantity.</p><br clear="all"/>
Senate ratifies cybercrime treaty
(AP)
AP - The Senate has ratified a treaty under which the United States will join more than 40 other countries, mainly from Europe, in fighting crimes committed via the Internet.
Google quashes talk of expansion into music sales
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060805/tc_nm/google_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060804/capt.sge.bxu52.040806233222.photo01.photo.default-494x264.jpg?x=130&y=69&sig=LuHQQL91ViDfx7yHX9Z.eQ--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="Google, which has been locked in copyright disputes with several content providers, has struck a deal to buy news stories and photographs from the US agency Associated Press. The deal comes as Google faced lawsuits from the international news agency Agence France-Presse and other content providers which complained the Internet giant had used their material without permission or compensation.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Don't look for Google to
get into digital music sales anytime soon.</p><br clear="all"/>
Mobile WiMAX Launched For Wide Area Of Mexico
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Ultranet2go, a unit of Zoma Telecomm, officially launches mobile broadband wireless to cover a wide swath of Mexico.
Lenovo to Load Linux on ThinkPad Laptop
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The PC maker is set to announce a plan to offer its ThinkPad T60p with SUSE Linux pre-installed.
Record labels sue LimeWire
(Reuters)
Reuters - Some of the world's biggest record
labels sued the makers of the file-sharing program LimeWire on
Friday, saying the software allows users to download music
without paying for it.
Senate ratifies cybercrime treaty
(AP)
AP - The Senate has ratified a treaty under which the United States will join more than 40 other countries, mainly from Europe, in fighting crimes committed via the Internet.
AOL likely to tap video, IM to seek edge
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_on_hi_te/aol_s_crumbling_walls"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060804/capt.494111ec572841bcb6f721480f9e8690.aol_nyr103.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=duw9_Lu.7E.0WZEWqARH0w--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="AOL's home page is shown on a computer screen Friday, Aug. 4, 2006 in New York. AOL will shed as many as 5,000 employees, a quarter of its global work force, within six months as the company seeks more than $1 billion in savings to offset its decision to give more services away for free. That decision, analysts say, may not be enough to draw new visitors. Key to AOL's success will be how well it taps its strengths in video and instant messaging. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Giving high-speed Internet users its services for free may help AOL stop an erosion of customers, but analysts say that alone won't be enough to draw new visitors and break into the Web's top three.</p><br clear="all"/>
Counterfeit Oscar withdrawn from online auction
(Reuters)
Reuters - An online auction of an Oscar
statuette expected to sell for more than $100,000 was cancelled
on Friday after investigators discovered it was a "high
quality" counterfeit, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and
Sciences said.
Virtual ID Card Designed For Children
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - An online security entrepreneur has designed a virtual ID card to keep children safe while surfing the Internet.
MTV finds growing hunger for shows on the Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - While mainstream media focused on
MTV's 25th anniversary this week, Internet watchers could look
back at the first year of offspring MTV Overdrive, which is
leading a rush of video programmers onto the Web to find new
audiences.
Advertisers, eBay to test ad sales idea
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_hi_te/advertising_ebay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060726/capt.22cda2f1966049c3a76972b12b88ee31.ebay_cams103.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=1gPBk._.RmZFl8dDOJjRDA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Employees walks the halls at eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif. on Tuesday, July 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Several major advertisers are teaming up with online auctioneer eBay Inc. to test an idea for selling television advertising in an electronic marketplace, the group announced Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wikipedia to Strive for Higher Quality Content
(PC World)
PC World - Free online reference source wants to avoid false, misleading entries.
When MySpace Away, Adult, Dating Sites Get Better Play
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Where do people go when MySpace is down? The go looking elsewhere, of course. An Internet traffic sleuth tracked their digital footprints.
Google, AP disclose news payment deal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_hi_te/google_ap_fixed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060804/capt.sge.bxl97.040806212645.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=XvxMQqLqmuuMPX2PgPD80w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Headquarters of the internet search engine company Google in Mountain View, California. Google, which has been locked in copyright disputes with several content providers, has struck a deal to buy news stories and photographs from the US agency Associated Press.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. is paying The Associated Press for stories and photographs, settling a dispute with a major provider of the copyright news that the online search engine finds and displays on its popular Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Correction: Google-AP story
(AP)
AP - In an Aug. 2 story on a commercial agreement between Google Inc. and The Associated Press, an AP executive was quoted as saying online sources account for about 20 percent of AP's total revenue. The company subsequently said that the correct figure is about 14 percent.
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