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Windows Vista Not Available In Some Custom-Built Dell's
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Compatibility issues with some peripherals are forcing customers to take Windows XP or wait for their build-to-order PC to become Vista ready.
Google Apps aims beyond Microsoft Office
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Following Google's announcement on Thursday that it would offer an enhanced version of its Google Apps, dubbed Google Apps Premier Edition, the company left no doubt about the direction in which it was heading.
Microsoft MP3 verdict music to lawyers' ears: analysts
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070223/tc_afp/usfranceitpatent"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070223/capt.sge.afe51.230207224344.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=7il9m88eqe8zMmxVuuEzLQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The digital music industry could be at risk of a fundamental shake-up after Microsoft was found guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents on the ubiquitous MP3 format.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The digital music industry could be at risk of a fundamental shake-up after Microsoft was found guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents on the ubiquitous MP3 format.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Will Fight to Keep Office Live Name
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. said it will seek to invalidate claims by a California company that has sued it for trademark infringement over the "Office Live" name.
Microsoft ruling weighs on Wall Street
(FT.com)
FT.com - US stocks sagged this week in thin trading as investors fretted over a small but unexpected rise in inflation, higher oil prices and troubles for mortgage lenders.
Microsoft ponders Ruby language
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is "very interested" in the Ruby programming language and also plans to expand its Expression design tools line, a Microsoft official said this week.
MP3 ruling could haunt music tech firms
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_alcatel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070223/capt.sge.uxm28.230207003407.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=LI5.HmbXTluirtfO0q0K2A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. A US jury found Microsoft guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents and ordered the software giant to pay the French-US firm 1.5 billion dollars.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal jury's ruling that Microsoft infringed on two MP3 patents and must pay $1.52 billion in damages could turn into a major sour note for other technology companies in the digital music business.</p><br clear="all"/>
First Microsoft Office 2007 Vulnerability Uncovered
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A remotely exploitable vulnerability that exists within Office's Publisher 2007 allows a hacker to remotely execute arbitrary code as a logged-in user, security firm eEye says.
Microsoft's List Of 800 Windows Vista-Compatible Apps Excludes IBM, Adobe
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The list doesn't include several companies that are becoming increasingly competitive with Microsoft in the desktop applications market.
Microsoft will fight to keep Office Live name
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft said it will seek to invalidate claims by a California company that has sued it for trademark infringement over the "Office Live" name.
Security scanner can see through clothes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_on_hi_te/airport_x_ray_screening"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azet10702231944.airport_xray_screening_azet107.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=xtT1PmkXHrtIy3XdlLDhFQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A TSA officer looks over the image taken from an X-ray security scanner in a demonstration of the device at Sky Harbor International Airport, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, in Phoenix, Ariz. The scanner that can see through clothing was scheduled to be put into its first operational use later Friday there and could be rolled out to two other major airports by year's end. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sky Harbor International Airport became the country's first to begin testing a controversial new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies in an effort to find concealed explosives and other weapons.</p><br clear="all"/>
Philly teacher assaulted over iPod
(AP)
AP - A high school teacher was assaulted by two students and hospitalized with broken vertebrae after he took an iPod away from one of them during class, officials said.
Sony woos buyers with PS3 freebies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_hi_te/sony_playstation_freebies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070222/capt.nyr10202221938.tech_test_hd_player_nyr102.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=64ySsIFd_.M2SNItXMIk9A--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="The $599 PlayStation 3 from Sony is shown Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sony is handing out freebies to buyers of its PlayStation 3 as its hefty price appears to be scaring away shoppers. The latest giveaway will take place in Australia, where the gaming console launches March 23. The first 20,000 buyers will receive a copy of the James Bond movie "Casino Royale."</p><br clear="all"/>
Text messages land teacher in hot water
(AP)
AP - A middle school teacher trying to buy pot was arrested after she sent text messages to state trooper instead of a dealer, police said.
Who will win the next high-tech jackpot?
(AP)
AP - As Facebook.com's mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg is sitting on a potential gold mine that could make him the next Silicon Valley whiz kid to strike it rich.
Confiscated airline carry-on items become big sellers on eBay
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070224/tc_afp/usattacksairlinetravelinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070224/capt.sge.afy52.240207070344.photo00.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=S7QyLckDn0UhvA4gHxufFw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A worker holds a manual slicer at the Commonwealth Garage and Warehouse in Harrisburg, PA. The State Agency for Surplus Property (SASP) at the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania airport collects confiscated items like scissors, knives, lighters and the occasional machete from 12 different airports, including JFK and LaGuardia in New York, but also at Boston, Philadelphia and Syracuse, then sorts it, photographs it and puts up for sale on eBay as part of a program started in 2004 to raise new state revenues(AFP/File/Mannie Garcia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - What happens to those scissors, lighters and the occasional machete confiscated at US airports? Some land in an Ali Baba-style cave here, to be auctioned on eBay.</p><br clear="all"/>
Skype Asks FCC to Force Open Mobile Networks
(PC World)
PC World - Skype Ltd. is looking to a 1968 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to open up the country's mobile phone industry for "unlocked" devices and third-party applications-- such as Skype.
Music and Video Players Add Wi-Fi Access
(PC World)
PC World - Devices from AOL, iRiver, and Sandisk will let you acquire tunes without a PC.
Browser vulnerabilities and attacks will continue to mount
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Window Snyder, chief security officer at open source browser maker Mozilla, is caught in the crosshairs of the raging browser vulnerability battle.
Early Bird Consumers Lean On Software, Net To File Taxes
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Taxpayers who want to do more than one thing with their refunds can divide the money and deposit it directly in up to three accounts this year.
Confiscated airline carry-on items become big sellers on eBay
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070224/tc_afp/usattacksairlinetravelinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070224/capt.sge.afy52.240207070344.photo00.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=S7QyLckDn0UhvA4gHxufFw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A worker holds a manual slicer at the Commonwealth Garage and Warehouse in Harrisburg, PA. The State Agency for Surplus Property (SASP) at the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania airport collects confiscated items like scissors, knives, lighters and the occasional machete from 12 different airports, including JFK and LaGuardia in New York, but also at Boston, Philadelphia and Syracuse, then sorts it, photographs it and puts up for sale on eBay as part of a program started in 2004 to raise new state revenues(AFP/File/Mannie Garcia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - What happens to those scissors, lighters and the occasional machete confiscated at US airports? Some land in an Ali Baba-style cave here, to be auctioned on eBay.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube fans prefer home-made video: HitWise
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070224/tc_afp/usitinternetfilmcopyrightcompanygoogleyoutube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070224/capt.sge.afw40.240207055730.photo00.photo.default-348x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=rsZhVnRpSWxr18pGSZUGnQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="User logs onto YouTube. Despite much public ado about piracy at YouTube, research released on Friday showed that the Google-owned website is thriving and many visitors are looking for homemade works(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Despite much public ado about piracy at YouTube, research released on Friday showed that the Google-owned website is thriving and many visitors are looking for homemade works.</p><br clear="all"/>
Racy Web photos linked to 'Idol' singer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_en_mu/tv_american_idol"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.49a819da60a947f98393ee3a511aeb6d.tv_american_idol_nyol915.jpg?x=130&y=77&sig=zBZ6HVZHT0Faj1rFDZLi5A--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="'American Idol' judges Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul trade barbs during the 2007 Fox Winter Press Tour in this January file photo in Pasadena, Calif. Four saw the door as the Fox talent show whittled its semifinalists down to 20. (AP Photo/Rene Macura, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Internet was abuzz Friday over a series of racy photos linked to an "American Idol" contestant. The pictures, posted on several Web sites, included one with four women posing topless at the beach, their hands covering their breasts, and others with a woman engaged in a sex act.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Gets Hand In Trademark Dispute
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Previously critical of the search engine, the Electronic Frontier Foundation supports Google's argument that sponsored links do not constitute infringing uses of trademarks.
Imprisoned Blogger's Supporters Say Egypt No Place For U.N. Internet Talks
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Several human rights groups have condemned the sentencing of Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman to four years in prison.
Second Google Desktop attack reported
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google's PC search software is vulnerable to a variation on a little-known Web-based attack called anti-DNS pinning that could give an attacker access to any data indexed by Google Desktop, security researchers said this week.
Second Google Desktop Vulnerability Reported
(PC World)
PC World - Google's PC search software is vulnerable to a variation on a little-known Web-based attack called anti-DNS (Domain Name System) pinning, that could give an attacker access to any data indexed by Google Desktop, security researchers said this week.
Tech Vendors Look To Cash In On Google's New App Offering
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Several companies are jumping on the Google Apps bandwagon because they see an opportunity to offer add-on products to the search king's office software products.
Jaman aims for video niche markets
(Reuters)
Reuters - Imagine attending the world's film
festivals and hobnobbing with fellow cinephiles without moving
from your armchair, and you've got the idea behind a Web site
called Jaman.com.
Now Introducing: Scott McNealy, Podcaster
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The wisecracking chairman of Sun Microsystems has launched his own podcast on the company's Web site.
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