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Western Internet firms "act as censors" in China
(Reuters)
Reuters - A rights group accused Western Internet
companies on Thursday of complicity with censorship in China
and called on Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. to
resist Beijing's demands.
Microsoft Breaks Patch Records
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - It is already a record year. We could celebrate expect that the record is for critical vulnerabilities that Microsoft has patched thus far this year. Not a time for champagne toasts.
Resigning Microsoft Developer Cites 'Paralysis' In Windows Live Effort
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - One key developer on the Windows Live initiative got fed up with the job, which just happens to be a major component of Microsoft's product strategy. That IT guy tells all on his blog and in an interview.
Microsoft Defends IE 7's RSS Security
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft punches back against criticism leveled at Internet Explorer 7's implementation of RSS.
Microsoft releases 12 security fixes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060809/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060809/capt.sge.dcp81.090806162229.photo00.photo.default-512x394.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=dYlYAzfNDf5eIE6sEr72vQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="South African President Thabo Mbeki (L) greets US billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates (R), July 2006. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged half a billion dollars to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released 12 security fixes for its Windows operating system and Office business software.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to Tighten the Genuine Advantage Screws
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In a further expansion of its anti-piracy program, Microsoft is building more 'Genuine' checks directly into Windows Vista, and is expanding the program to target not just consumers, but PC makers and system builders.
Microsoft Updates Fix PowerPoint, Windows Flaws
(PC World)
PC World - Nine of twelve security patches address critical vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.
Microsoft Fixes a Dozen Security Flaws, Nine Critical
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Of the 12 vulnerabilities reported by the software maker, nine were identified as critical issues, including problems in Explorer, Outlook Express and PowerPoint.
Microsoft Fixes 23 Flaws, Including Bug With MSBlast Potential
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - It isn't the usual "Patch Tuesday" at Microsoft. Rather, it's a record-breaker. Both the number of bugs disclosed and the tally of critical fixes broke previous records.
Microsoft's Communication Products Shift Sparks Mixed Reaction
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's latest move with Speech Server is a good news/bad news situation, analysts say, and it may be partners that take the bad news hit.
Google sees privacy threats
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/tc_nm/google_privacy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060810/2006_08_09t201844_450x308_us_google_privacy.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=BgcTh_.VXLgGTRJN.o3nJw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A laptop screen shows the homepage of Google.cn. in Beijing June 8, 2006. Web search leader Google Inc., which stores vast amounts of data on the Web surfing habits of its users, sees government intrusions rather than accidental public disclosures of data as the greatest threat to online privacy, its chief executive said on Wednesday. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web search leader Google
Inc., which stores vast amounts of data on the Web surfing
habits of its users, sees government intrusions rather than
accidental public disclosures of data as the greatest threat to
online privacy, its chief executive said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Sopranos" DVD set coming out in hi-def
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060810/tc_nm/sopranos_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060808/2006_08_08t035229_360x450_us_baldwin.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=TifnTcRlG4ahhAgOGODHYg--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Daniel Baldwin is seen in this May 10, 2005 file photo. Baldwin has been hired for a potential recurring role in the final episodes of HBO's Emmy-winning mob drama 'The Sopranos.' (Michael Buckner/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "The Sopranos" is poised
to become the first TV series to be released on high-definition
video discs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Alltel to offer XM radio channels on cellphones
(Reuters)
Reuters - Alltel Corp. said on Thursday
it is starting to offer cellphone customers radio channels from
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. as part of a bid to
boost revenue with new services.
Viacom to buy Atom Entertainment
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/tc_nm/media_viacom_atom_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060809/2006_08_09t154306_406x450_us_media_viacom_atom.jpg?x=117&y=130&sig=WxCjAtuKpyfgspILNQ8WGg--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="A screen grab of Atom Films' web site. Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks on Wednesday said it would buy Internet video and games company Atom Entertainment Inc. for $200 million amid a rush by big media companies to compete with upstart online video leader YouTube.com. (www.atomfilms.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks on
Wednesday said it would buy Internet video and games company
Atom Entertainment Inc. for $200 million as big media companies
move to compete with online upstarts such as video leader
YouTube.com.</p><br clear="all"/>
French Wi-fi bunny hopes to conquer America
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060810/tc_nm/nabaztag_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060810/2006_08_09t213311_450x300_us_nabaztag.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=tBkSghbF9sQHYVTVo1CCsA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Rafi Haladjian, chairman of French company Violet, displays the company's latest creation, a Wi-Fi bunny called 'Nabaztag', in Paris August 4, 2006. The plastic bunny with ears like TV antennae can read out e-mails and mobile phone text messages, tell children to go to bed, alert one to a stock collapse and give traffic updates by receiving Internet feeds via a wireless Wi-Fi network. Picture taken August 4, 2006. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In the Darwinian evolution of electronic
companions, first came the speaking doll, then the Tamagotchi
virtual pet, then Sony's short-lived AIBO dog.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vietnam's online censors target politics not porn, says study
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/tc_afp/vietnaminternetcensorship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060810/capt.sge.dgz26.100806072640.photo00.photo.default-381x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=bIqRwkwdJCnvnAMV4yM5kg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="An Internet shop in downtown Hanoi. Vietnam's increasingly sophisticated Internet censors mostly block political rather than pornographic content, a new study by several of the world's top universities has found.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Vietnam's increasingly sophisticated Internet censors mostly block political rather than pornographic content, a new study by several of the world's top universities has found.</p><br clear="all"/>
AOL To Offer Personal Email Domains
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - AOL said it would start offering next month personalized email domains at no charge.
Satellite, cable battle wireless in US FCC auction
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. wireless carriers battled with
satellite and cable operators on Wednesday for valuable
licenses for advanced wireless services -- like high-speed
Internet access -- on the first day of an auction that so far
has raised $933.5 million.
Portable Linux Pact Quietly Fades Away, Leaving Questions
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - A much-hyped partnership of two fast-growing Linux software makers has quietly fizzled, raising questions about the free operating system's appeal beyond servers.
Interactive Intelligence Upgrades Unified Communications Software
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Interactive Intelligence has released an upgraded version of its unified communications software, Communite, which offers unified messaging, interactive voice response, and real-time communications services.
Vietnam's online censors target politics not porn, says study
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/tc_afp/vietnaminternetcensorship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060810/capt.sge.dgz26.100806072640.photo00.photo.default-381x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=bIqRwkwdJCnvnAMV4yM5kg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="An Internet shop in downtown Hanoi. Vietnam's increasingly sophisticated Internet censors mostly block political rather than pornographic content, a new study by several of the world's top universities has found.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Vietnam's increasingly sophisticated Internet censors mostly block political rather than pornographic content, a new study by several of the world's top universities has found.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rights group urges Western laws to curb China web censorship
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/tc_afp/chinaitrightsinternetus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060810/capt.sge.dga10.100806051627.photo00.photo.default-512x344.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=zMoA87uSiNiJPyActV1dig--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A laptop computer screen in Beijing shows the homepage of Google.cn. The United States and Europe must introduce laws to stop Yahoo, Google and other Western companies helping China censor the Internet, a leading human rights group has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States and Europe must introduce laws to stop Yahoo, Google and other Western companies helping China censor the Internet, a leading human rights group has said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Western Internet firms "act as censors" in China
(Reuters)
Reuters - A rights group accused Western Internet
companies on Thursday of complicity with censorship in China
and called on Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. to
resist Beijing's demands.
Survey: Online sexual solicitations down
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060810/ap_on_hi_te/online_predators"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060809/2006_08_09t160838_450x295_us_crime_sex.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=8vjMfSd_eofgNGxVMNvlQA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A girl plays at a computer in Thousand Oaks, California in a file photo. Fewer young Americans are receiving unwanted sexual advances over the Internet than five years ago, thanks to high-profile education and media campaigns, a survey released on Wednesday said. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fewer youths are receiving sexual solicitations over the Internet as they become smarter about where they hang out and with whom they communicate online, researchers said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Satellite, cable battle wireless in US FCC auction
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. wireless carriers battled with
satellite and cable operators on Wednesday for valuable
licenses for advanced wireless services -- like high-speed
Internet access -- on the first day of an auction that so far
has raised $933.5 million.
Duran Duran uses 21st century marketing tools
(Reuters)
Reuters - The 1980s pop group Duran Duran is
trying to repackage itself as a band for the 21st century,
using a virtual reality Web site, in what it says is a
promotional first.
Software Mines Internet To Identify Music Piracy
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Identity Systems will soon roll out software that lets media companies search through unstructured text on the Internet to identify piracy.
TNT goes broadband with Dramavision
(Reuters)
Reuters - TNT is joining cable's
broadband brigade, spinning off an ad-supported online
programming pipeline next week entitled Dramavision.
AOL's Unprecedented Release
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The fallout from AOL's unintended release of personal search data of 658,000 subscribers is only just beginning. Legal experts envision fines, court cases, changes in law and policy regarding search queries.
Wired News pulls freelancer's stories
(AP)
AP - Online technology publication Wired News removed three articles from its Web site Wednesday after editors couldn't confirm the authenticity of at least one source.
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