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Apps not 'certified' for Vista may still work on the OS
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Although some widely used applications from top software vendors haven't been certified for use with Windows Vista, they may nonetheless work with the Microsoft OS.
Apps Not 'Certified' for Vista May Still Work
(PC World)
PC World - Although some widely used applications from top software vendors haven't been certified for use with Windows Vista, they may nonetheless work with the Microsoft Corp. OS.
VMware Rails Against Microsoft's 'Premier' Windows Strategy
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The virtualization software vendor takes issue with the way that Microsoft supports high-roller customers using Virtual Center and VMotion.
Symantec: Vista Fairly Secure but Still Full of Holes
(PC World)
PC World - Windows Vista delivers on some of the security improvements Microsoft Corp. promised for it, but there are still a host of ways attackers can exploit the OS and leave users open to threats, according to findings by Symantec Corp.
Symantec offers mixed grades for Vista security
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Symantec published a series of four research reports on Feb 28 that critique various security elements of Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system, including the software's ability to ward off existing malware threats.
Microsoft Tackles 'False Positives' in Antipiracy Tool
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. will start to give some customers the benefit of the doubt with an updated version of its software antipiracy tool, Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications.
Run Windows on Your Mac, Sans Reboot
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Windows Vista hype isn't over just yet, thanks to the latest software from Parallels. On Tuesday, Parallels released a new version of its virtualization software that lets Intel-powered Macs run Windows and Linux -- without the need for a reboot.
Windows Vista's Color-Coded Security Messages Can Be Spoofed, Symantec Warns
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A Symantec security researcher says malicious code can "trick" Windows Vista into generating a green light when it should be holding up the stop sign.
Microsoft tackles 'false positives' in antipiracy tool
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft will start to give some customers the benefit of the doubt with an updated version of its software antipiracy tool, Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications.
Symantec: Vista Blocks Almost All Malware, For Now
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On Wednesday, Symantec Security Response released several whitepapers on security in Windows Vista, concluding that the operating system isn't secure, just more secure. The paper also noted that the 64-bit version of Vista adds an additional security feature.
YouTube to give politicians video boost
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_politics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_21t221617_450x344_us_google_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=M9U34Bn7pf1DrSe_mwlTzg--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on February 21, 2007. Google Inc., racing to head off a media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube, will soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all copyright holders thwart unauthorized video sharing, its chief executive said on Wednesday. (www.youtube.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Politicians have not cherished most of their YouTube moments, those snippets of candid camera video posted on the popular Internet site. Now comes a friendlier YouTube politics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell opens call center in Philippines
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_hi_te/philippines_dell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070301/capt.mla10903010655.philippines_dell_mla109.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=KwfQ58epWHsH1BLAvTrBGw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, center, stands beside Richard Hunter, Dell's vice president for customer experience, right, and Peter Favila, Philippine Trade and Industry secretary during ceremonies in Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines, on Thursday March 1, 2007. American computer maker Dell Inc. opened its second customer call center in the Philippines bringing the number of local employees to 2,600, a company official said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0" /></a>AP - American computer maker Dell Inc. opened its second customer call center in the Philippines Thursday, bringing the number of local employees to 2,600, a company official said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Australian state bans YouTube in schools
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_hi_te/australia_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070301/capt.sge.bol62.010307033238.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=TMIWJmCsT1BzBOYuwMiPeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A web page of www.youtube.com. An Australian state has banned the popular internet film-sharing website YouTube from school computers in a bid to clamp down on cyber-bullying. The move follows public outrage after a group of schoolboys filmed themselves sexually abusing and degrading a teenage girl and uploaded the video onto YouTube.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Australian state has banned the video Web site YouTube from government schools in a crackdown on cyber-bullying, a minister said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
New NASCAR 'on-track' technology a hit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070228/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_fan_tastic_technology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070228/capt.cadw10202281856.nascar_fan_tastic_technology_cadw102.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=WYmS_ikFbu6_obzyJGa98A--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="NASCAR fan Dawn Sanders, of Ridgecrest Calif., monitors the race with headphones as she photographs the Auto Club 500 race in Fontana, Calif. Feb. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Dave Waters)" border="0" /></a>AP - What sports fan wouldn't love to listen to Peyton Manning in the huddle or talking strategy with his coaches on the sideline?</p><br clear="all"/>
Japan mixes robotics with tea time
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070228/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_tea_serving_robot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070228/capt.tok12002281157.japan_tea_serving_robot_tok120.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=DgfHv22UtsE7aRPMITl5eA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="A humanoid wearing an apron picks up a cup of tea after University of Tokyo Professor Tomomasa Sato drank it during a demonstration at the campus in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007. In the demonstration led by Sato, a robot with camera eyes made by Japanese machinery maker Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea into the cup and another robot on wheels, shown in this photo, delivered it to Sato, then rinsed the cup after taking it back to the kitchen sink in an experimental room, which includes sensors embedded in the floor and sofa, as well as monitor cameras on the ceiling, to simulate living with robotic technology. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japan is pretty serious about robotics. If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox affiliate Web sites ready for primetime
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fox Broadcasting Co. is
set to announce Thursday that it will make select primetime
series available for download-to-own on the Web sites of more
than 200 of its affiliated stations during the next few months.
The Transition to Digital TV
(PC World)
PC World - A group of broadcasters, consumer electronics vendors and civil rights groups pledged Wednesday to leave no television viewers behind as the U.S. transitions to digital over-the-air broadcasts by February 2009.
Lawmakers working to ban hacked RFID door cards
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - There's already an RFID security brouhaha brewing in Washington, and if some people have their way, it won't be the last legal fight waged in the nation's capital over use of the wireless technology.
U.S.-CERT Warns Of Rogue Code For Firefox Flaw
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A new proof-of-concept code is circulating for a Firefox vulnerability that was fixed in Mozilla's security update that was released last week.
IBM To Pipe Google Gadgets Into Company Sites
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - IBM has reached a
deal with Google Inc. to bring the consumer Internet
into the office by piping YouTube and thousands of other Web
programs into IBM software used by millions of office workers.
YouTube to give politicians video boost
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_politics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070223/2007_02_21t221617_450x344_us_google_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=M9U34Bn7pf1DrSe_mwlTzg--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on February 21, 2007. Google Inc., racing to head off a media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube, will soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all copyright holders thwart unauthorized video sharing, its chief executive said on Wednesday. (www.youtube.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Politicians have not cherished most of their YouTube moments, those snippets of candid camera video posted on the popular Internet site. Now comes a friendlier YouTube politics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Fox affiliate Web sites ready for primetime
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fox Broadcasting Co. is
set to announce Thursday that it will make select primetime
series available for download-to-own on the Web sites of more
than 200 of its affiliated stations during the next few months.
Australian state bans YouTube in schools
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_hi_te/australia_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070301/capt.sge.bol62.010307033238.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=TMIWJmCsT1BzBOYuwMiPeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A web page of www.youtube.com. An Australian state has banned the popular internet film-sharing website YouTube from school computers in a bid to clamp down on cyber-bullying. The move follows public outrage after a group of schoolboys filmed themselves sexually abusing and degrading a teenage girl and uploaded the video onto YouTube.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Australian state has banned the video Web site YouTube from government schools in a crackdown on cyber-bullying, a minister said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google says advertisers face minimal click fraud
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070301/wr_nm/google_fraud_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070228/2007_02_28t142548_450x289_us_google_ibm.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=XDc4QQWa2j.UgJBynsWb3A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California in a file photo from August 18, 2004. IBM (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google, on Wednesday disclosed
data showing that while its pay-per-click Web advertising
system is under regular attack from fraudsters, virtually all
such tricks are automatically detected, rebuffing critics who
say its online ads are a magnet for fraud.</p><br clear="all"/>
Australian state bans YouTube in schools to stop bullying
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070301/tc_afp/afplifestyleaustraliaeducationinternetyoutube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070301/capt.sge.bol62.010307033238.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=TMIWJmCsT1BzBOYuwMiPeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A web page of www.youtube.com. An Australian state has banned the popular internet film-sharing website YouTube from school computers in a bid to clamp down on cyber-bullying. The move follows public outrage after a group of schoolboys filmed themselves sexually abusing and degrading a teenage girl and uploaded the video onto YouTube.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Australian state has banned the popular internet film-sharing website YouTube from school computers in a bid to clamp down on cyber-bullying.</p><br clear="all"/>
RIAA Pressures Students To Stop Illegal Downloads
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The U.S. recording industry has stepped up efforts to stop college students from downloading pirated music online and offered students a way to settle the disputes out of court.
IBM To Pipe Google Gadgets Into Company Sites
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - IBM has reached a
deal with Google Inc. to bring the consumer Internet
into the office by piping YouTube and thousands of other Web
programs into IBM software used by millions of office workers.
Recording industry urges students to stop downloads
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070301/wr_nm/college_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070301/2007_02_28t195143_450x296_us_college.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=5sYDEODr4n2Rsmn75szlAA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A customer checks out Apple's iTunes at an Apple store in Tokyo in this August 25, 2006 file photo. The U.S. recording industry on Wednesday stepped up efforts to stop college students from downloading pirated music online and offered students a way to settle the disputes out of court. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. recording industry on
Wednesday stepped up efforts to stop college students from
downloading pirated music online and offered students a way to
settle the disputes out of court.</p><br clear="all"/>
Andreessen wants to social network
(AP)
AP - Web browser pioneer Marc Andreessen helped bring the Internet to the masses during the 1990s. Now the Netscape Communications co-founder is trying to help Web surfers build online communities outside the walls of social networking leaders MySpace.com and Facebook.com.
Andreessen gets into social networking
(AP)
AP - Web browser pioneer Marc Andreessen helped bring the Internet to the masses during the 1990s. Now the Netscape Communications co-founder is trying to help Web surfers build online communities outside the walls of social networking leaders MySpace.com and Facebook.com.
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