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Crack in Microsoft Windows worries US anti-terror officials
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060811/pl_afp/usitinternetattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060811/capt.sge.dop39.110806015442.photo00.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=6u0R9wfAKnu8Kin5Jd8xdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Microsoft co-founder shadow falls on the company logo during a press conference. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urged personal computer owners to immediately fix a dangerous vulnerabililty in Microsoft's Windows operating systems.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urged personal computer owners to immediately fix a dangerous vulnerabililty in Microsoft's Windows operating systems.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft tech contest in India picks finalists
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/tc_afp/indiaithealthcontestmicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060810/capt.sge.dmn06.100806171423.photo00.photo.default-437x512.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=vEUmmJW1yiYirKgQ9CfL1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Members of Brazilian team during Imagine Cup contest in Agra, India on 08 August 2006. Advanced mobile technology for monitoring medical patients emerged as the top idea as six finalists were named at a technology contest being held for students from around the world.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Advanced mobile technology for monitoring medical patients emerged as the top idea as six finalists were named at a technology contest being held here for students from around the world.</p><br clear="all"/>
Latest Microsoft Patch Prompts Government Warning
(PC World)
PC World - The Department of Homeland Security says Windows vulnerability could threaten critical infrastructure.
Microsoft Hosts Project to Run PHP on .Net
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The software giant's push to better support dynamic languages continues with Phalanger, a project to deliver a PHP compiler on .Net.
Western Internet firms "act as censors" in China
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060810/wr_nm/china_internet_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060810/2006_08_10t094945_450x308_us_china_internet.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=cRgNl71_DgPOOcO5o93buQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Visitors surf the web at a free internet zone in Shanghai, April 27, 2004. A rights group accused Western Internet companies on Thursday of complicity with censorship in China and called on Microsoft, Google and Yahoo to resist Beijing's demands. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>
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/20060811/capt.sge.dop39.110806015442.photo00.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=6u0R9wfAKnu8Kin5Jd8xdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Microsoft co-founder shadow falls on the company logo during a press conference. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urged personal computer owners to immediately fix a dangerous vulnerabililty in Microsoft's Windows operating systems.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)" 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.
Stalemate seen in high-definition DVD war
(Reuters)
Reuters - The battle between two hyped formats for
high-definition DVD will confuse shoppers and turn many of them
off the whole technology, a London-based research firm
predicted on Friday.
Researchers chase goal of non-hijackable plane
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060810/tc_nm/security_air_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060811/2006_08_10t204843_450x251_us_security_air.jpg?x=130&y=72&sig=s9TCaEyUrmFZiwNxZdhvtg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="Aircraft are parked around the control tower at Heathrow Airport in London, August 10, 2006.. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - On Thursday, British police said they had foiled a plot to
blow up aircraft mid-flight between Britain and the United
States in what Washington said might have been an attempted al
Qaeda operation.</p><br clear="all"/>
Security tech firms may benefit from foiled plot
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060810/tc_nm/security_scanners_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060810/2006_08_10t165149_450x364_us_security_scanners.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=KWYs1X4eV0GcgcPoFk8OzQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="A Washington Dulles Airport Police officer patrols with his dog near the security lanes at the Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, August 10, 2006. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Makers of security equipment are the
most likely to benefit from the heightened alert at airports
after British police foiled a plot to blow up planes flying
between Britain and the United States.</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"/>
Major cellphone outage reported in New York
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060810/tc_nm/telecoms_newyork_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060810/i/r2785710293.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=1TVV9jfPlXsQT7OdGibt7A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A Sprint logo on the Sprint store in Manhattan in a file photo. Sprint Nextel said on Thursday that it had secured a $1 million settlement from 1st Source Information Specialists in a suit over the sale of phone call records. REUTERS/Mike Segar MS/SV" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. said an
outage of its cellphone service in parts of the New York
borough of Queens on Thursday was caused by water damage to
network equipment due to a burst pipe.</p><br clear="all"/>
BetOnSports bettors seek return of money
(AP)
AP - Since BetOnSports PLC started accepting wagers online, gamblers played the odds on plenty of sporting events. But they also gambled on whether U.S. prosecutors would one day target the Costa Rica-based company for possibly violating federal law.
Kodak Offloads Camera Manufacturing, Distribution
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Eastman Kodak Company announced that it has forged an agreement with Flextronics International Ltd., in which Flextronics will take over the manufacturing and distribution of Kodak's consumer digital cameras.
Warner Music, VimpelCom Group sign deal
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060810/ap_en_mu/warner_music_vimpelcom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060806/capt.32cf5efe4e864a398762318b8740aec2.italy_madonna_concert_gb106.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=KmdIjwxeqroFLKW8v0G0yg--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="U.S. pop star Madonna performs on stage during her 'Confessions Tour' concert at Rome's Olympic stadium Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)" border="0" /></a>AP - Warner Music International has licensed songs from its catalog of music by Madonna, Green Day and other artists to Russian mobile carrier VimpelCom Group, the companies said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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.
Lattix offers software architecture management for .Net
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Lattix is extending its software architecture management product, which examines architectural dependencies, to .Net projects.
BetOnSports bettors seek return of money
(AP)
AP - Since BetOnSports PLC started accepting wagers online, gamblers played the odds on plenty of sporting events. But they also gambled on whether U.S. prosecutors would one day target the Costa Rica-based company for possibly violating federal law.
Clients Dive Into CGC, But Not Without Risks
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - The videos were typical YouTube fare: a handheld digital camera, bad lighting and a goofy subject matter. They featured "Dave B.," a bored office worker, doing seemingly amazing tricks with a rolled up wad of paper as a soccer ball. Thanks to his "fingerskilz," chronicled on a blog (www.fingerskilz.tv) and seeded on video-sharing sites, Dave B. attracted more than 230,000 viewers.
Upcoming Jill Carroll Series Tops 'CSM' Syndicated Sales
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK The upcoming 11-part series by Christian Science Monitor reporter Jill Carroll, which will recount her 82-day ordeal at the hands of Iraqi kidnappers, has already become the best-selling syndicated story for the paper's news service since it was brought in-house four years ago. The project is being heavily promoted on the newspaper's Web site, promising photo galleries, a video interview, even a podcast, launching this Sunday night.
Officials probe Lieberman Web site crash
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060810/ap_on_hi_te/lieberman_web_site"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060810/capt.6cfff0b7f4144abb94ae538e35a3cca1.lieberman__ctmm102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dMPHscBOqZxrRMInPZVnCQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., makes his first public appearance since losing Tuesday's primary in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday Aug. 10, 2006. Stripped of Democratic Party support and with most of his staff gone, Lieberman launched a new campaign as an independent Thursday with a pizza party in a city where voters supported him and the mayor understands his unusual position. (AP Photo/Michelle McLoughlin)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign Web site remained offline Thursday, and federal and state authorities were investigating why it crashed on the eve of this week's defeat in a high-profile primary.</p><br clear="all"/>
BetOnSports to shut down Costa Rican operations: source
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/tc_afp/costaricabritainus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060811/capt.sge.dom58.110806011216.photo00.photo.default-245x165.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=952fr3seJ9ebOKbeNuB9PA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="BetOnSports, an Internet gaming website that attracts billions of dollars in bets a year, told its 2,000 employees at its main operations center in Costa Rica that it was shutting down the hub from Friday, a company official told AFP.(BetOnSports)" border="0" /></a>AFP - BetOnSports, an Internet gaming website that attracts billions of dollars in bets a year, told its 2,000 employees at its main operations center in Costa Rica that it was shutting down the hub from Friday, a company official told AFP.</p><br clear="all"/>
Will AOL Goof Trigger New U.S. Law?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The news that AOL released the search histories of 658,000 of its users is renewing calls for federal legislation to protect consumer privacy online.
UC Opens Its Books to Google
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Millions of books held by the University of California are being added to the vast online library being compiled by search giant Google so that Web surfers can browse through UC's works ranging from history, to art, to special editions.
Google to put one of the world's largest libraries online
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/tc_afp/afplifestyleusit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060810/capt.sge.dml65.100806170744.photo00.photo.default-512x317.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=1U4c5N9YjW7GOKZIRvPUDA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A man browses through books at the Cecil H. Green Stanford University Campus Library in California in 2004. .Google announced a deal to make the books from the University of California library available online.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google announced a deal to make the books from the University of California library available online.</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/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/tc_afp/vietnaminternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060810/capt.sge.dmj82.100806170042.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=hZ.HXEURAA8Qpb2f3aDDEQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Youngsters play online games at 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/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"/>
Internet, Activists Help Topple Lieberman
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Liberal grass-roots and Internet activists on Wednesday claimed their most significant political victory—the defeat of Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman.
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