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Microsoft offers fix for Visual Basic 2005 compiler
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Issues with use of Microsoft's Visual Basic 2005 compiler in large projects have prompted the company to release a QFE (Quick Fix Engineering) update to address major problems. 
Heading Off The Hackers
(BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - File it under the category of "be careful what you wish for." In early August at the Black Hat Conference, an annual meeting of computer security experts in Las Vegas, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT - News) handed out 3,000 test copies of its new operating system, Windows Vista, and challenged attendees to help spot security glitches. A short time later, Joanna Rutkowska obliged. In a packed ballroom at Caesar's Palace , the 25-year-old Polish programming whiz delivered a devastating presentation in how to hack an earlier but similar test version of Vista. ...
Vista Coupons Reportedly Set For October
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Hoping to jump-start the holiday season, Microsoft may begin offering some coupons that may encourage consumers to upgrade Windows XP computers bought in the fourth quarter to Windows Vista.
Microsoft Will Reopen Vista Test With RC1
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft says it will soon re-open Windows Vista to new testers.
Will MS Give Shoppers a Free Pass to Windows Vista?
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Industry watchers say Microsoft will offer holiday PC buyers a free upgrade to the new operating system to boost sales.
Italian team wins Microsoft technical contest
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060811/tc_afp/indiaithealthcontest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060811/capt.sge.dub95.110806163919.photo00.photo.default-437x512.jpg?x=110&y=130&sig=0NZefdvQT2SHLC3OBLQyMg--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Members of Brazilian team during Imagine Cup contest in Agra, India on 08 August 2006. Brazil came in second in the key software design section of the competion, with a navigation system for the visually impaired. An Italian team won an annual Microsoft technology contest with a device that helps doctors access more complete information about forgetful patients.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Italian team won an annual Microsoft technology contest with a device that helps doctors access more complete information about forgetful patients.</p><br clear="all"/>
Will Microsoft Offer Vista Upgrade Coupons?
(PC World)
PC World - Rumors spread that well-known PC makers will offer buyers a coupon for a free upgrade to Vista.
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/tc_afp/usitinternetattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060811/capt.sge.drv36.110806120255.photo00.photo.default-354x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=dfBjbxKdyLUUs3knHj.W_Q--" 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"/>
Rights Group Blasts Internet Companies Over China Policies
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The international activist group charges that companies like Google, Microsoft MSN, and Yahoo would rather please Beijing than protect Internet users.
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"/>
Images of Katrina aftermath alive on Web
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060813/ap_on_hi_te/katrina_videos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060810/capt.0573396383b047ce81562597726a1274.katrina_videos_msny102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=U6R7bp_.hZAKx_wOboAPPw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Nearly one year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the small beach town of Long Beach, Miss, fabric and plastic bags remain wrapped around old oak trees, gutted homes are abandoned and native shrubs are taking over slabs where manicured lawns used to be on Wednesday Aug. 9, 2006. Andrew Preston, 18, a Long Beach resident created a video showing the damage of his hometown hoping it will serve as a reminder of Katrina's wrath. (AP Photo/Nicole LaCour Young)" border="0" /></a>AP - When friends ask Bill Tyler what Hurricane Katrina did to his cottage in Bay St. Louis, he sends them a link to the online video sharing site YouTube.</p><br clear="all"/>
Judge: Unabomber items to be sold online
(AP)
AP - A federal judge has ordered personal items seized in 1996 from Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski's Montana cabin to be sold online.
Systems exist to find liquid explosives
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_on_hi_te/explosives_technology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.922cb49e4577497ca01e25613eaaf051.explosives_technology_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=123&sig=37c.6Ys3zBsn73GbHq_OrQ--" align="left" height="123" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo released by Rapiscan Systems shows the Rapiscan Secure 1000 Explosives and Weapons Detection People Screening System. This system inspects passengers for metallic and non-metallic weapons, solid explosives, liquids, and other contraband using low energy X-rays. Rapiscan is developing four kinds of devices _ some based on technologies more than 10 years old _ that can detect liquid or gel-based explosives. Two that would work on carry-on bags already have been tested by the Transportation Security Administration and 'could be deployed this afternoon,' said Peter Kant, the company's vice president for government affairs. (AP Photo/Rapiscan Systems)" border="0" /></a>AP - While the process isn't perfect, scanning machines do exist to detect liquid explosives like the ones purportedly at the heart of the terrorist plot broken up this week.</p><br clear="all"/>
Feds to continue BetOnSports prosecution
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_on_hi_te/online_gambling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.3e823605841a446da8f6e237129d3fec.costa_rica_online_gambling_money_sjo101.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=16JBEr6ZPmzNANc2._G0rA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The office of the online gambling company BetOnSports is shown in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday, August 11, 2006. BetOnSports is closing because of legal problems in the United States and is laying off approximately 2,000 employees. BetOnSports faces a 22-count indictment on fraud and racketeering charges in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis. David Carruthers, the firm's former chief executive, remains in jail in the United States after being arrested while changing planes in Texas. (AP Photo/Kent GIlbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - Federal prosecutors said Friday they will continue prosecuting BetOnSports PLC even though the online gambling company is shutting down its operations that take bets from U.S. customers.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. to roll out electronic passports
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/electronic_passports"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060724/capt.sge.tlt40.240706203505.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=T8Ebz3M9QbG5f6eseCbTww--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A picture taken in April 2006 at the French international airport of Roissy Charles de Gaulle, near Paris, shows France's new electronic passports system. Ottawa will employ new biometric technology by late 2007 to scan faces of passport applicants and weed out possible crooks and terrorists, a spokesman for Passport Canada said.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Despite ongoing privacy concerns and legal disputes involving companies bidding on the project, the U.S. State Department plans to begin issuing smart chip-embedded passports to Americans as planned Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indian village uploads itself onto Internet
(Reuters)
Reuters - An Indian village has uploaded
itself onto the Internet, giving the outside world a glimpse of
life in rural India.
Dell to refund laptop customers in China
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dell Inc. is offering
refunds to customers in China who sued the company saying their
laptops had different microprocessors than advertised.
Fear factor underwhelming in "Pulse"
(Reuters)
Reuters - A horror film dealing with
the terrors lurking via our computers, cell phones and other
electronic devices, "Pulse" isn't nearly as scary as watching
your hard drive crash or having your BlackBerry conk out in the
middle of a vital call.
Researchers: OpenOffice.org Security 'Insufficient'
(PC World)
PC World - French researchers say it may be more susceptible to viruses than Microsoft Office.
Oracle User Survey Finds Open Source Making Inroads
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Open source software is making inroads into Oracle database installations, but there are some unexpected twists about where it is.
Images of Katrina aftermath alive on Web
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060813/ap_on_hi_te/katrina_videos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060810/capt.0573396383b047ce81562597726a1274.katrina_videos_msny102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=U6R7bp_.hZAKx_wOboAPPw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Nearly one year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the small beach town of Long Beach, Miss, fabric and plastic bags remain wrapped around old oak trees, gutted homes are abandoned and native shrubs are taking over slabs where manicured lawns used to be on Wednesday Aug. 9, 2006. Andrew Preston, 18, a Long Beach resident created a video showing the damage of his hometown hoping it will serve as a reminder of Katrina's wrath. (AP Photo/Nicole LaCour Young)" border="0" /></a>AP - When friends ask Bill Tyler what Hurricane Katrina did to his cottage in Bay St. Louis, he sends them a link to the online video sharing site YouTube.</p><br clear="all"/>
Indian village uploads itself onto Internet
(Reuters)
Reuters - An Indian village has uploaded
itself onto the Internet, giving the outside world a glimpse of
life in rural India.
Judge orders online sale of Unabomber goods
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060812/wr_nm/crime_unabomber_court_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20060812/2006_08_12t153105_360x450_us_crime_unabomber_court.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=kSdi62nDqlfw48o8grnPTA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="Theodore Kaczynski is shown in his booking mugshot from April 1996 in this file photo. Also known as the 'Unabomber', Kaczynski's journal, as well as axes, typewriters and books seized from his Montana cabin will be sold in an Internet auction to help pay restitution to his victims, a federal judge has ordered. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski's
journal, as well as axes, typewriters and books seized from his
Montana cabin will be sold in an Internet auction to help pay
restitution to his victims, a federal judge has ordered.</p><br clear="all"/>
Feds to continue BetOnSports prosecution
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_on_hi_te/online_gambling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060811/capt.3e823605841a446da8f6e237129d3fec.costa_rica_online_gambling_money_sjo101.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=16JBEr6ZPmzNANc2._G0rA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The office of the online gambling company BetOnSports is shown in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday, August 11, 2006. BetOnSports is closing because of legal problems in the United States and is laying off approximately 2,000 employees. BetOnSports faces a 22-count indictment on fraud and racketeering charges in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis. David Carruthers, the firm's former chief executive, remains in jail in the United States after being arrested while changing planes in Texas. (AP Photo/Kent GIlbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - Federal prosecutors said Friday they will continue prosecuting BetOnSports PLC even though the online gambling company is shutting down its operations that take bets from U.S. customers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Adds Video Link To Homepage
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The homepage now shows links to search the Web, images, video and news, and a link to its mapping service.
Amazon Proposes Using Customer Info for 'Gift Clustering'
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The online retail company files a patent for a new method of recommendations that could potentially allow customers to find out other customer's locations, religions and sexual orientations.
Google to keep storing search requests
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_on_hi_te/google_schmidt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060809/capt.b1f7bab917c14910aaf8cc1b31838987.google_schmidt_caps101.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=YSoJMlXwAeAoJw5mB.hrgw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Google CEO Eric Schmidt gestures during a news conference in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006. Schmidt discussed the online search engine's latest business moves and future strategy during an appearance at an industry conference, Seach Engines Strategies. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Although he was alarmed by AOL's haphazard release of its subscribers' online search requests, Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday the privacy concerns raised by that breach won't change his company's practice of storing the inquiries made by its users.</p><br clear="all"/>
BetOnSports Folds Its U.S. Business
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - BetOnSports said Friday that it will shutter its online gaming operation in the U.S., leaving the fate of some customers' accounts unknown.
Symantec Bars Norton Users From Confidential Beta
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Symantec opens the preview of its online transaction security software, but users must uninstall the company's flagship security products to try it.
Internet Explorer Loses More Ground to Firefox
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A white paper just released by Janco Associates shows that IE's share of the browser market has dropped 16.51 percentage points since its January 2003 peak.
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