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Microsoft Releases Second Beta of Home Server OS
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. has released the second beta of a new server aimed at giving users a way to connect and manage Windows Vista PCs, devices and printers in their homes.
Microsoft releases BI tools for Dynamics CRM
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has taken another step to make it easier for customers and partners to customize its BI software suite.
Linux license delayed by Novell/Microsoft review
(Reuters)
Reuters - The partnership between Microsoft Corp.
and Novell Inc. has delayed completion of a
new license that will govern rights to key parts of the Linux
operating system.
Microsoft releases second beta of home server OS
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has released the second beta of a new server aimed at giving users a way to connect and manage Windows Vista PCs, devices, and printers in their homes.
Novell, Microsoft provide virtualization roadmap
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft and Novell will enable virtualization for each other's server operating systems as part of the companies' ongoing alliance to make Windows and Linux more interoperable.
Microsoft Preps Cognitive Radio Prototype For Use With TV Spectrum
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Dell, HP, Google, and others want the FCC to sign off on letting consumer devices utilize the "white space."
Microsoft Unveils DRM for Mobile Device
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. Monday unveiled a digital rights management platform designed to protect a wide range of mobile content.
MS boosts Windows Mobile 6.0 security
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. said it has boosted the security mechanisms built into its newest mobile phone operating system, responding to the needs of business customers who will use the phones to access sensitive corporate data.
Microsoft unveils DRM for mobiles
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. Monday unveiled a digital rights management platform designed to protect a wide range of mobile content.
Microsoft Touts Support for Windows Mobile
(PC World)
PC World - In an effort to show wide support for its newest Windows Mobile operating system, Microsoft Corp. is highlighting several announcements from handset makers on Monday at 3GSM in Barcelona.
Internet safety group broadens mission
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070213/ap_on_hi_te/online_safety"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20070213/capt.4592aae647e64528256239de3f408ee2.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=j41chzfo3pkQY8B6Tc3FQw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Teens use computers at the public library in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood June 24, 2003. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0" /></a>AP - The explosion of social networking sites such as MySpace.com and Second Life, along with free video sharing sites like YouTube.com, is making it increasingly difficult to protect children surfing the Internet, says Stephen Balkam, who founded a voluntary Web site rating system seven years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>
TV coming to your phone ... maybe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_hi_te/spain3gsm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070212/capt.pw80402121546.spain_3gsm_congress_pw804.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=HqQm65RCwJIT5QYQ_wLCqQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A man looks at a display of mobile phones at the annual 3GSM exposition in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 12, 2007. The wireless industry began meeting this week with a bevy of flashy new cell phones, faster networks and more entertainment geared for the small screen taking center stage at the 3GSM World Congress. (AP Photo / Manu Fernandez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mobile television is taking center stage at Europe's annual wireless industry show after years of largely unfulfilled hype, though differing technology standards still blur the picture.</p><br clear="all"/>
AT&T to use Qualcomm MediaFLO cell TV
(AP)
AP - AT&T Inc.'s Cingular Wireless will use Qualcomm Inc.'s new MediaFlo wireless network to deliver broadcast television to mobile phones by the end of this year, the companies announced Monday.
Veoh enters crowded online video market
(AP)
AP - Veoh Networks Inc. is launching a Web video syndication service Tuesday that uses peer-to-peer technology to distribute DVD-quality video and publish it on the Web's most popular sites, including MySpace and YouTube.
Omnifone unveils rival to iPhone, iTunes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070212/ap_on_hi_te/spain3gsm_music_downloads"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070207/capt.sge.pze13.070207175516.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=9GfRiD3ZoAkjyUqGLCXhgQ--" 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>AP - Omnifone, a British mobile music company, is unveiling a new music service Monday aimed at cell phone users who crave music while on the go, in the first of what is expected to be many challenges against Apple Inc.'s upcoming iPhone and its ubiquitous iTunes Store.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chip Makers Support Mobile TV for Smartphones
(PC World)
PC World - Smartphone users will be able to watch broadband television and snap high-resolution photos on their handsets in 2007, thanks to new processor and memory chips launched at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on Monday.
Groups Call for E-Voting Paper Trail Legislation
(PC World)
PC World - A coalition of voting rights groups on Monday called on the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that would require electronic voting machines to have printers attached as a way to audit the touch-screen results.
Nokia, Vodafone to start software cooperation
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mobile technology firm Nokia has
sealed a deal with operator Vodafone Group Plc on customizing
software for the operator's smartphones, the companies said in
a joint statement on Tuesday.
Sun pairs Unix with open-source stack
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - You've heard of LAMP, the popular open-source infrastructure stack featuring the Linux operating system, the Apache Web server, MySQL's database, and the Perl, Python and PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) scripting languages.
Borland smoothing out Silk apps testing line
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Borland Software on Tuesday will refresh the Silk application testing product line it acquired last year.
Internet safety group broadens mission
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070213/ap_on_hi_te/online_safety"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20070213/capt.4592aae647e64528256239de3f408ee2.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=j41chzfo3pkQY8B6Tc3FQw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Teens use computers at the public library in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood June 24, 2003. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0" /></a>AP - The explosion of social networking sites such as MySpace.com and Second Life, along with free video sharing sites like YouTube.com, is making it increasingly difficult to protect children surfing the Internet, says Stephen Balkam, who founded a voluntary Web site rating system seven years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chip Makers Support Mobile TV for Smartphones
(PC World)
PC World - Smartphone users will be able to watch broadband television and snap high-resolution photos on their handsets in 2007, thanks to new processor and memory chips launched at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on Monday.
Mexican drug wars find new battleground on YouTube
(Reuters)
Reuters - A vicious Mexican drug gang war has
moved onto Internet video site YouTube, where rivals taunt each
other with blood-soaked slideshows and film of their murder
victims.
Developing nations to test new $150 laptops
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070213/tc_nm/onelaptop_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070213/2007_02_12t085114_450x326_us_onelaptop.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=PcBkE0tLCD7WLlNNVlFF4w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A woman uses a hand-cranked laptop computer in the exhibition area of the second United Nation's World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) at the Kram Palexo in Tunis November 17, 2005. Founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology academics, the non-profit 'One Laptop per Child' project will roll out nearly 2,500 of its $150-laptops to eight nations in February. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the
world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide
this month -- reading electronic books, shooting digital video,
creating music and chatting with classmates online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo Mail gains IM integration
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Yahoo Inc. will soon start to fulfill a promise it made to users several months ago to tie its new Web mail service with its instant messaging application.
Chip makers support mobile TV for smartphones
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Smartphone users will be able to watch broadband television and snap high-resolution photos on their handsets in 2007 thanks to new processor and memory chips launched at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on Monday.
Veoh enters crowded online video market
(AP)
AP - Veoh Networks Inc. is launching a Web video syndication service Tuesday that uses peer-to-peer technology to distribute DVD-quality video and publish it on the Web's most popular sites, including MySpace and YouTube.
IBM Makes Headway In Defining Network Access Control Market
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - In concert with Mirage, the company's new ISS Proventia Management SiteProtector software stems from its recent acquisition of Internet Security Systems.
Verizon calls for new broadband incentives
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The U.S. government should launch a new program that provides grants and loans for broadband providers to extend service to rural areas, a top executive at Verizon said Monday.
Online Video Companies GoFish, Bolt Merge
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The combined company plans to develop made-for-the-Internet programming aimed at people from 18 to 34 years old, a prime demographic for advertisers.
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