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Microsoft: Not behind Russia piracy case
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp., responding to a plea from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, said Tuesday it had no role in Russia's investigation of a school principal on charges of buying pirated Windows software.
Gates: Secure data remains key challenge
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070206/ap_on_hi_te/gates_computer_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070206/capt.caps10702061722.gates_computer_security_caps107.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=xXi4zpR7EKIXCmTSwiQf0g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates gestures during the keynote address in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, at the RSA Conference, the world's largest computer security conference. Gates talked about Microsoft launching Vista on Jan. 30, 2007, its first major overhaul to the Windows operating system in five years. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Keeping information secure in this age of laptop-lugging workers is the tech industry's most formidable challenge, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Pledges Support for OpenID
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. has thrown its weight behind OpenID, an emerging Web authentication standard.
Microsoft pledges support for OpenID
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. has thrown its weight behind OpenID, an emerging Web authentication standard.
Pirated Vista dirt cheap on Latin American streets
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070206/wr_nm/microsoft_piracy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070206/2007_02_06t151826_450x283_us_microsoft_piracy.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=izPyG2owy8VsiLSd_IhpYA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at a news conference to introduce Windows Vista and Office 2007 in New York in this January 29, 2007 file photo. Vista retails for $400 for the premium version, but Latin American street vendors are hawking pirate copies for under $10. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Days after a beaming Bill Gates
unveiled his much-vaunted Windows Vista software at a retail
price of $400 for the premium version, Latin American street
vendors are hawking pirate copies for under $10.</p><br clear="all"/>
Bill Gates calls for more powerful computer security
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070206/tc_afp/usitsoftwaresecurity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070206/capt.sge.ppa91.060207182558.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=K0EGMvt7tZ_bPAyEgwUhmw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates(R) speaks as Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie listens during their keynote address at the RSA Conference 2007 in San Francisco. Gates addressed thousands of computer security specialists gathered at a San Francisco conference, calling for a "powerful paradigm" to thwart online crime.(AFP/Microsoft-HO/Lou Dematteis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates addressed thousands of computer security specialists gathered at a San Francisco conference, calling for a "powerful paradigm" to thwart online crime.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Warns of New Excel Vulnerability
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is investigating another zero-day vulnerability in its Office suite of productivity applications after confirming that a critical, unpatched flaw exists in Excel.
Microsoft Sidesteps Gorbachev Appeal
(PC World)
PC World - Company says Russian authorities decided to prosecute school principal.
Gorbachev asks Microsoft for leniency in piracy case
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is sidestepping an appeal from a former leader of the Soviet Union to intervene in a piracy case involving a school principal.
Testers Shine Light on CA-Vista Vulnerability
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Researchers at penetration testing specialist Core Security have isolated a vulnerability in CA's BrightStor backup software when used with Microsoft's new Vista OS—circumventing the operating system's on-board security features.
Hackers attack key Net traffic computers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_hi_te/internet_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070206/capt.5902cd01630b4dbf8fe45f6c973ca0e1.internet_attacks_nyol991.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=J9pqoUx7e4Qiud3fbAeKlA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002. (AP GRAPHIC)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple: Record labels should drop DRM
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_hi_te/apple_copyrighted_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070205/capt.caps10102051700.apple_beatles_caps101.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=QDbSFa2j_WKUX4zjwfRWGg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Apple CEO Steve Jobs plays a Beatles Song from a Beatles album playing on iTunes as he introduces the new iPhone at the MacWorld in San Francisco, Jan. 9, 2007. Apple said Monday, Feb. 5, 2007, it settled long-simmering trademark issues with The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. company about the use of the name 'Apple' and apple logos. The new settlement replaces the companies' 1991 agreement, and gives Apple Inc. ownership of all the trademarks related to 'Apple.' In addition, Apple Inc. will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc. indicated it would open its iTunes store to other portable players besides its ubiquitous iPod if the world's major record labels abandoned the anti-piracy technology that serves as the industry's security blanket.</p><br clear="all"/>
Facebook moves into TV with Comcast's Ziddio
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/wr_nm/comcast_facebook_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070207/2007_02_06t205517_411x450_us_comcast_facebook.jpg?x=118&y=130&sig=yYW5.xsytq7PnYhH7nigow--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="A Facebook profile page is seen in an undated handout image. Facebook.com, the social networking Web site, said on Tuesday it is moving into television by teaming up with cable operator Comcast's online video site Ziddio to produce a new series from users' clips called 'Facebook Diaries'. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Facebook.com, the social networking
Web site, said on Tuesday it is moving into television by
teaming up with cable operator Comcast's online video site
Ziddio to produce a new series from users' clips called
'Facebook Diaries'.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube to post warnings in Japanese
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070206/ap_on_hi_te/japan_youtube_copyrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070207/capt.sge.prx75.070207050316.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=s1lVzijnFL5CnZCr_FPgxA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A web page of www.youtube.com. Japanese copyright holders have urged YouTube to do more to tackle unauthorised uploads after the popular video-sharing website agreed to post an infringement warning in Japanese.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AP - YouTube has agreed to post warnings in Japanese against uploading copyrighted material onto its popular video-sharing Web site, a group of Japanese companies said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Report: 17.7 million PDAs shipped in '06
(AP)
AP - Global shipments of handheld computers rose 18.4 percent to 17.7 million in 2006, with Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry showing strong growth, but Palm Inc. suffering a steep decline in sales and market share, Gartner Inc. reported Tuesday.
Google CEO: Internet's Role in Freedom Still Expanding
(PC World)
PC World - The Internet has an ever-growing role to play in allowing free expression across the globe, but only if attempts to reign it in are unsuccessful, Google Inc. Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt, said Tuesday.
RIM Stays Atop PDA Market Despite Slow Sales
(PC World)
PC World - Research in Motion Ltd. held onto its spot as the world's largest PDA (personal digital assistant) vendor, thanks to swelling demand for wireless e-mail, according to a market report released Tuesday.
Sony Ericsson Launches New Walkman Phones
(PC World)
PC World - Responding to demand for ultra-thin designs, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB has announced a new Walkman music phone-- its slimmest handset yet. The product is one of several announced Tuesday ahead of the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona next week.
Java IDE shines on Ruby
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - JetBrains is now accommodating Ruby developers with the company's IntelliJ Idea Java IDE. A beta plug-in released Feb. 1 enables the product to serve as an IDE for developing Ruby and Ruby on Rails applications, the company said. Ruby is a popular dynamic scripting language; Ruby on Rails is an open source Web framework that leverages Ruby.
Steve Jobs urges record companies to set online music free
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070207/tc_afp/usitinternetmusic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070207/capt.sge.pri23.070207005018.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=sFgHZSpS.nLKfGP_.Vk8LA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Apple chief executive Steve Jobs unveils the "iPhone" at the Macworld Conference 09 January 2007 in San Francisco, California. Jobs posted an open message to record studios, asking them to do away with security software that prevents music bought online from playing on different types of MP3 players.(AFP/File/Tony Avelar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Steve Jobs posted an open message to record studios, asking them to abolish security software that prevents music bought online from playing on different types of MP3 players.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google CEO: Internet's Role in Freedom Still Expanding
(PC World)
PC World - The Internet has an ever-growing role to play in allowing free expression across the globe, but only if attempts to reign it in are unsuccessful, Google Inc. Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt, said Tuesday.
Apple: Record labels should drop DRM
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_hi_te/apple_copyrighted_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070205/capt.caps10102051700.apple_beatles_caps101.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=QDbSFa2j_WKUX4zjwfRWGg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Apple CEO Steve Jobs plays a Beatles Song from a Beatles album playing on iTunes as he introduces the new iPhone at the MacWorld in San Francisco, Jan. 9, 2007. Apple said Monday, Feb. 5, 2007, it settled long-simmering trademark issues with The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. company about the use of the name 'Apple' and apple logos. The new settlement replaces the companies' 1991 agreement, and gives Apple Inc. ownership of all the trademarks related to 'Apple.' In addition, Apple Inc. will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc. indicated it would open its iTunes store to other portable players besides its ubiquitous iPod if the world's major record labels abandoned the anti-piracy technology that serves as the industry's security blanket.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hackers Slow Internet Root Servers With Attack
(PC World)
PC World - Online attackers have briefly disrupted service on at least two of the 13 "root" servers that are used to direct traffic on the Internet.
Hackers attack key Net traffic computers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_hi_te/internet_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070206/capt.5902cd01630b4dbf8fe45f6c973ca0e1.internet_attacks_nyol991.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=J9pqoUx7e4Qiud3fbAeKlA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002. (AP GRAPHIC)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.</p><br clear="all"/>
Facebook moves into TV with Comcast's Ziddio
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/wr_nm/comcast_facebook_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070207/2007_02_06t205517_411x450_us_comcast_facebook.jpg?x=118&y=130&sig=yYW5.xsytq7PnYhH7nigow--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="A Facebook profile page is seen in an undated handout image. Facebook.com, the social networking Web site, said on Tuesday it is moving into television by teaming up with cable operator Comcast's online video site Ziddio to produce a new series from users' clips called 'Facebook Diaries'. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Facebook.com, the social networking
Web site, said on Tuesday it is moving into television by
teaming up with cable operator Comcast's online video site
Ziddio to produce a new series from users' clips called
'Facebook Diaries'.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hackers slow Internet root servers with attack
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Online attackers have briefly disrupted service on at least two of the 13 "root" servers that are used to direct traffic on the Internet.
Singer Keith Urban sues Keith Urban over Web site
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/en_nm/urban_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070207/2007_02_06t195010_450x300_us_urban.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ANfE0cz.MvjhjI11mf3M4A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this file picture country singer Keith Urban performs during the German television show 'Wetten, dass..?' (Bet it..?) in the southern German town of Friedrichshafen, January 20, 2007. (Alexandra Beier/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Country singer Keith Urban has
filed a lawsuit against a painter of the same name, claiming
that the lesser known Keith Urban's Web site infringes
trademark and cyber-squatting laws.</p><br clear="all"/>
Steve Jobs urges record companies to set online music free
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070207/tc_afp/usitinternetmusic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070207/capt.sge.pri23.070207005018.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=sFgHZSpS.nLKfGP_.Vk8LA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Apple chief executive Steve Jobs unveils the "iPhone" at the Macworld Conference 09 January 2007 in San Francisco, California. Jobs posted an open message to record studios, asking them to do away with security software that prevents music bought online from playing on different types of MP3 players.(AFP/File/Tony Avelar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Steve Jobs posted an open message to record studios, asking them to abolish security software that prevents music bought online from playing on different types of MP3 players.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple's Jobs calls on music industry to drop DRM
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/tc_nm/apple_itunes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070207/2007_02_06t160147_450x300_us_apple_itunes.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=j8Tnl9pSHglVcqEPkMctxQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Apple Corporation Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs introduces a new operating system at the Apple 2006 Worldwide Development Conference in San Francisco, California, in this August 7, 2006 file photo. Jobs on Tuesday called on the four major record companies to start selling songs online without copy protection software known as digital rights management (DRM). (Dino Vournas/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple Inc.
Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday called on the four major
record companies to start selling songs online without copy
protection software to thwart piracy known as digital rights
management (DRM).</p><br clear="all"/>
Despite lawsuits, digital music downloads grow
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070207/wr_nm/piracy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070207/2007_02_06t200437_450x299_us_piracy.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=FB.gMCc9_OnYuxFVOzImTw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A customer (2nd L) discusses an Apple product with a shop assistant (C) while customers shop at an Apple store in Tokyo in this August 25, 2006 file photo. Despite success in suing people who download music illegally and in reaching deals with personal networking sites like YouTube, the music industry is still bleeding millions of dollars in sales to online piracy. (Kiyoshi Ota/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Despite success in suing people who
download music illegally and in reaching deals with personal
networking sites like YouTube, the music industry is still
bleeding millions of dollars in sales to online piracy.</p><br clear="all"/>
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