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Microsoft piracy check draws complaints
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_s_piracy_check"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060803/capt.1f83b20c33d6473796c70d457c114839.microsoft_hacker_challenge_nvjk101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=jmk8l5Ji2CEcjGcPhL3xQQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Andrew Cushman, Microsoft's director of security outreach, talks about the security for Microsoft Windows operating system at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Jane Kalinowsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Microsoft Corp. said it planned to begin checking for pirated copies of its Windows operating system using the method it set up to send people security fixes, even some of the company's traditional critics could sympathize.</p><br clear="all"/>
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 in 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"/>
Hackers meet to exploit computer flaws
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_on_hi_te/hacker_games"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.0e275d24d89f42c2a26e5d4e1e415fa2.computer_security_research_nvjk102.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=ElfP0TOxpZxz7O7Pb6FQ2g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Marc Tobias demonstrates a bumping technique to open a post office lock during DEFCON 14 at the Riviera in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug., 5, 2006. Tobias, a South Dakota lawyer who authored a textbook for locksmiths, showed how a simple technique can allow a person to secretly pick the locks of most homes, businesses and post office mailboxes. (AP Photo/Jane Kalinowsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a dimly lit room off the main drag of a computer-security conference, programmers guzzle caffeine-laced drinks and wolf pizza while methodically hunting for cryptic messages hidden in the bowels of enemy territory.</p><br clear="all"/>
Besieged Lebanese turn to Internet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_on_hi_te/mideast_fighting_blogging_the_war"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.fb91d7296d35484e93037f2f02d90fae.lebanon_israel_mideast_fighting_raids_bei138.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=0dk8QiD73VOPGUKdzjgnoQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A Lebanese man inspects the scene where Israeli jets fired missiles in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006. Israeli jets fired six missiles into Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday afternoon, Lebanese security officials said. Loud explosions shook the capital, and a column of white smoke rose over the horizon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like many of her compatriots, artist Zena el-Khalil has turned to blogging on the Internet to express her longings and fears amid the fighting in Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to distribute MTV clips with ads
(AP)
AP - In a further reach for online video, Google Inc. will begin distributing clips from MTV Networks' shows to other Web sites through its budding video service in a model that offers content creators a new source of distribution and revenue.
Hospitals now offer high-speed Internet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_on_hi_te/interactive_hospitals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.b9566baea8a245cca0059cfdb491d42e.interactive_hospitals_dn105.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=AuZ1VEuaSKRSGfSZj1Xpng--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="The control to a television set is seen in a patients room at the Baylor Regional Medical Center in Plano, Texas, Friday, Aug. 4, 2006. For years, hotels have offered such amenities with a phone call or a few clicks of the TV remote. Now, a growing number of U.S. hospitals are also offering instant gratification through interactive television, high-speed Internet and other comfort-oriented perks designed to make patients feel like hotel guests. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Feel like watching a movie? Need an extra blanket or some food? For years, guests at hotels have gotten these amenities with a phone call or a few clicks of the TV remote.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft piracy check draws complaints
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_s_piracy_check"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060803/capt.1f83b20c33d6473796c70d457c114839.microsoft_hacker_challenge_nvjk101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=jmk8l5Ji2CEcjGcPhL3xQQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Andrew Cushman, Microsoft's director of security outreach, talks about the security for Microsoft Windows operating system at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Jane Kalinowsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Microsoft Corp. said it planned to begin checking for pirated copies of its Windows operating system using the method it set up to send people security fixes, even some of the company's traditional critics could sympathize.</p><br clear="all"/>
Topix.net expands news archive
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/wr_nm/media_topix_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060807/2006_08_07t050002_450x316_us_media_topix.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=1aduoo_3wkA8SmCMNC8gtg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Key market indexes are displayed on an electronic board at a dealing room in Tokyo August 7, 2006. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online news service Topix.net on
Monday said it has expanded its local news archive to provide a
year's worth of articles from thousands of news Web sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
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/nm/20060807/2006_08_07t045816_450x282_us_google.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=1QkJoJnEMLn6rwAnh4pGrg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="The Google booth is seen at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 5, 2006. Google used a keynote slot at the annual NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) conference to quash rumors of a so-called 'Gtunes' store -- much to the delight of retailers attending the confab. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" 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.
People the Achilles' heel of computer security: hackers, pros
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060807/tc_afp/afplifestyleitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060807/capt.sge.cjc69.070806092613.photo00.photo.default-512x365.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=E.lJsyR4l0LcL_dTe1PJsw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Youngsters at an Internet cafe in downtown Hanoi, June 2006. The most vexing weakness in computer security is not in the hardware or the software, it is in the people who use the machines, according to top hackers and cyber safety specialists.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The most vexing weakness in computer security is not in the hardware or the software, it is in the people who use the machines, according to top hackers and cyber safety specialists.</p><br clear="all"/>
Iraqi woman's blog taken on stage
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Is it time to wash our hands of the
country and find a stable life somewhere else?"
Topix.net expands news archive
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/wr_nm/media_topix_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060807/2006_08_07t050002_450x316_us_media_topix.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=1aduoo_3wkA8SmCMNC8gtg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Key market indexes are displayed on an electronic board at a dealing room in Tokyo August 7, 2006. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online news service Topix.net on
Monday said it has expanded its local news archive to provide a
year's worth of articles from thousands of news Web sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
MTV, Google deal makes video AdSense
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/wr_nm/media_mtv_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060807/2006_08_07t045445_450x308_us_media_mtv.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=BdyYvXKe0SrjLDTNLzdQ.A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A laptop screen shows the homepage of Google.cn. in Beijing June 8, 2006. Google has enlisted Viacom's MTV Networks in an ambitious expansion of the Internet giant's advertising network and video portal, the companies said Sunday. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google has enlisted
Viacom's MTV Networks in an ambitious expansion of the Internet
giant's advertising network and video portal, the companies
said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hospitals now offer high-speed Internet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_on_hi_te/interactive_hospitals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.b9566baea8a245cca0059cfdb491d42e.interactive_hospitals_dn105.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=AuZ1VEuaSKRSGfSZj1Xpng--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="The control to a television set is seen in a patients room at the Baylor Regional Medical Center in Plano, Texas, Friday, Aug. 4, 2006. For years, hotels have offered such amenities with a phone call or a few clicks of the TV remote. Now, a growing number of U.S. hospitals are also offering instant gratification through interactive television, high-speed Internet and other comfort-oriented perks designed to make patients feel like hotel guests. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Feel like watching a movie? Need an extra blanket or some food? For years, guests at hotels have gotten these amenities with a phone call or a few clicks of the TV remote.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to distribute MTV clips with ads
(AP)
AP - In a further reach for online video, Google Inc. will begin distributing clips from MTV Networks' shows to other Web sites through its budding video service in a model that offers content creators a new source of distribution and revenue.
Viacom, Google aim ad-backed videos at Web sites
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060806/tc_nm/media_viacom_google_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060807/2006_08_07t044057_450x308_us_media_viacom_google.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=72LYl3lP6HM2YYN4gzUVWQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A laptop screen shows the homepage of Google.cn. in Beijing June 8, 2006. Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks has agreed to distribute clips from its cable networks over Google Inc.'s advertising network, in a test of what could become a new economic model for Web-based video delivery, the companies said on Sunday. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Viacom Inc.'s MTV
Networks (VIAb.N) has agreed to distribute clips from
its cable networks over Google Inc.'s advertising
network, in a test of what could become a new economic model
for Web-based video delivery, the companies said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Besieged Lebanese turn to Internet
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_on_hi_te/mideast_fighting_blogging_the_war"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.fb91d7296d35484e93037f2f02d90fae.lebanon_israel_mideast_fighting_raids_bei138.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=0dk8QiD73VOPGUKdzjgnoQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A Lebanese man inspects the scene where Israeli jets fired missiles in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006. Israeli jets fired six missiles into Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday afternoon, Lebanese security officials said. Loud explosions shook the capital, and a column of white smoke rose over the horizon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like many of her compatriots, artist Zena el-Khalil has turned to blogging on the Internet to express her longings and fears amid the fighting in Lebanon.</p><br clear="all"/>
International crime rings, not hackers, true Internet villains
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060806/tc_afp/afplifestyleinternetithack"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060806/capt.sge.ccq27.060806021334.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ArJKSfVULySv6.roi8kfKg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Organized crime is winning the Internet security war, specialists warned at the world's foremost gathering of computer hackers in Las Vegas. The online peril is no longer brilliant young social outcasts penetrating networks for notoriety; it is international crime rings swiping billions of dollars with keystrokes and malicious computer codes, cyber cops agreed.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Organized crime is winning the Internet security war, specialists warned at the world's foremost gathering of computer hackers in Las Vegas.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online poker players face legal issues
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_on_hi_te/online_poker_s_future"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060804/capt.64bde1118e2b417dabf2a13362017291.pokers_future_nccb101.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=K8IgqrTG3ESq3vUPvPMW5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="PokerTek CEO Lou White demonstrates one of his PokerPro tables at the company's headquarters in Matthews, N.C., Friday, Aug. 4, 2006. The company hopes to hit the jackpot with a fully electronic table that has already won converts in cruise ships and on Indian reservations.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the nightclub Tao swathed in red and black, music pulsated and go-go dancers gyrated on raised platforms along the wall. Everything from the "reserved" signs to the billiard table felt to the models' Chinese-style dresses bore the same label: "bodog.com." The only thing missing was the online gambling site's flamboyant founder, 45-year-old Canadian Calvin Ayre, who was nowhere to be found.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ringleader of Dutch-based Internet scam is arrested in Nigeria
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060805/tc_afp/netherlandsnigeriaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060805/capt.sge.cbv97.050806194536.photo00.photo.default-512x359.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=3t.ltMpgfZoUd.CE7Zyxvg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Computer at an Internet cafe. The ringleader of a Dutch-based Internet scam that raked in up to two million dollars (1.67 million euros) has been arrested in Nigeria, police in Amsterdam said.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The ringleader of a Dutch-based Internet scam that raked in up to two million dollars (1.67 million euros) has been arrested in Nigeria, police in Amsterdam said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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