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Microsoft Spins Out New Search And Advertising Group
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - With two execs leaving and market share down, it needs a change.
Microsoft puts brakes on Soapbox video sharing
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has put the brakes on its Soapbox video-sharing site while it implements new technology to detect videos uploaded by users that could have copyright restrictions.
Report: Apple Will Delay Leopard Launch To Ensure Windows Vista Compatibility
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A Taiwanese electronics publication reports that Apple will push back the launch of Mac OS X 10.5 to September.
EU concerned about Microsoft gaining market share
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/tc_afp/eusoftwareitcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070322/capt.sge.hxl73.220307180040.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=zha7ZyoHreKLDA4WkgVQrA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has expressed concern that US software giant Microsoft was gaining market share, even while failing to comply with an anti-trust ruling.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes expressed concern on Thursday that US software giant Microsoft was gaining market share, even while failing to comply with an anti-trust ruling.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Joins the OpenAjax Alliance
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In a move that could signal a general movement toward a standards-based Ajax, or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, Microsoft joined the OpenAjax Alliance on Wednesday.
Microsoft, Fuji Xerox Agree To Share Technology
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The patent contract includes integrating software based on Windows and Linux.
Microsoft Still Acting Like A Monopoly, EU Complains
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The focus shifts from Microsoft's influence on the desktop to its dominance of the workgroup server market.
Microsoft Denies Breach of Xbox Live Security
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Despite widespread and growing complaints from Xbox Live gamers, Microsoft insists that there is no evidence of any security breaches on its popular gaming platform.
Federal agency bans Microsoft Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070322/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_government"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070323/capt.beec7d2afbe6495cb62040aa683eb863.microsoft_new_sealand_prime_minister_wajn101.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=yAf8s9ZcT7mGiEsmfK_akQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, left, is greeted by Microsoft Corp. CFO Chris Liddell, CEO Steve Ballmer and Microsoft General Manager of New Zealand Helen Robinson, right, on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., Friday, March 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Joe Nicholson)" border="0" /></a>AP - At least two federal government agencies are refusing to upgrade their computers with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system, citing concern over costs and compatibility issues.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft mogul upbeat ahead of space mission
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070322/tc_nm/space_simonyi_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070322/2007_03_22t105945_450x328_us_space_simonyi.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=CvM5roAZadGmxdXHc2dKiA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Charles Simonyi (R), a former software developer at Microsoft, cosmonauts Oleg Kotov (C) and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia pose for an official photo at Star City, outside Moscow, March 20, 2007. Simonyi said on Thursday he was more nervous about public appearances than blasting off for a trip to the International Space Station aboard a Russian rocket. (Sergei Remezov/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Former Microsoft software
guru Charles Simonyi said on Thursday he was more nervous about
public appearances than blasting off for a trip to the
International Space Station aboard a Russian rocket.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wikipedia co-founder seeks to start over
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_hi_te/wikipedia_alternative"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070325/capt.85f23cc0693847899282dabf70dfb07b.wikipedia_alternative_co307.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=QqpwRKLNaGlQ.4tvfTqCHg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane. Through the stacks of reference books, Larry Sanger, a co-founder of Wikipedia and former philosophy professor, is seen, Friday, March 9, 2007 in Columbus, Ohio. Sanger started a Wikipedia alternative, Citizendium.com, a go-to destination for general information online. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)" border="0" /></a>AP - In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel announces plan for China factory
(AP)
AP - Intel Corp. announced Monday it will build a $2.5 billion chip factory in China, giving the U.S. company a bigger presence in the booming Chinese market and boosting Beijing's effort to attract high-tech investment.
Sanger says he co-started Wikipedia
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_hi_te/wikipedia_founders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070325/capt.d143954d8c694435b0f9e3c46180e3ef.wikipedia_alternative_co308.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=fPQIhSmLuXwx6SxSUoNawg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Among stacks of reference books, Larry Sanger, a co-founder of Wikipedia and former philosophy professor, is seen, Friday, March 9, 2007 in Columbus, Ohio. Sanger started a Wikipedia alternative, Citizendium.com, a go-to destination for general information online. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)" border="0" /></a>AP - The nascent Web encyclopedia Citizendium springs from Larry Sanger, a philosophy Ph.D. who counts himself as a co-founder of Wikipedia, the site he now hopes to usurp. The claim doesn't seem particularly controversial — Sanger has long been cited as a co-founder.</p><br clear="all"/>
Psychic chat drives fire marshal to quit
(AP)
AP - A fire marshal who admitted consulting online psychics at work didn't need a crystal ball to tell him it was time to resign.
Wash. state to test 'enhanced' licenses
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070325/ap_on_re_us/border_crossing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070323/capt.bb0a6602d3954b73b2b99ab9e4cf17db.border_crossing_wxs702.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=EMBPPqLpOwdPfAXm1s_c3Q--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="This image made available, Friday, March 23, 2007, by the Washington State Department of Licensing shows the flip side of a 'proposed design option' for the new drivers' licenses that is being presented to the Dept. of Homeland Security by the state of Washington. The enhanced driver's license is aimed at easing border crossings into British Columbia, possibly in lieu of a passport. (AP Photo/Washington State Dept of Licensing)" border="0" /></a>AP - High-security driver's licenses aimed at letting U.S. citizens return from Canada without a passport could be adopted elsewhere if Washington state's experiment works, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wireless piggybacking case sets precedent: experts
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070326/tc_afp/technologysingaporesecurityinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070326/capt.sge.ivd02.260307040426.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=FuiQ26eCzZxsWwL4dVDSww--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Singaporean computer users. Tech-savvy Singapore, one of Asia's most wired nations, appears to be the regional pioneer in clamping down on wireless network freeloaders, IT experts and lawyers said(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - When 17-year-old Garyl Tan Jia Luo piggybacked on his neighbour's unsecured wireless Internet network to chat online, he could not have imagined that in doing so he would make Asian legal history.</p><br clear="all"/>
Despite upgrades, security experts fear $100 laptops
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - WASHINGTON -- Despite a concerted effort on the part of the One Laptop per Child project to improve the overall security of its devices, researchers contend that the effort to distribute new teaching resources to the world's young and poor could create significant problems.
Kuwait's MTC eyes global growth in Saudi telecom move
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070325/bs_afp/kuwaittelecommtcsaudi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070325/capt.sge.iug59.250307214101.photo00.photo.default-288x187.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=3nBC1uyiOUH5qIWOdQ0irA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co said on Sunday it aims to build its operations globally if its consortium is confirmed as the winning bidder for Saudi's third mobile phone licence.(MTC)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co said on Sunday it aims to build its operations globally if its consortium is confirmed as the winning bidder for Saudi's third mobile phone licence.</p><br clear="all"/>
How To Revive An Old PC With Linux
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Here's a short guide to getting your old clunker up and running again with a free Linux download and a reasonably quick installation.
Google Building Software, Not Mobile Phone: Analyst
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says that Google appears to be building software for Web
search on mobile phones and location-finding services to work
with Apple's iPhone.
Wireless piggybacking case sets precedent: experts
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070326/tc_afp/technologysingaporesecurityinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070326/capt.sge.ivd02.260307040426.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=FuiQ26eCzZxsWwL4dVDSww--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Singaporean computer users. Tech-savvy Singapore, one of Asia's most wired nations, appears to be the regional pioneer in clamping down on wireless network freeloaders, IT experts and lawyers said(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - When 17-year-old Garyl Tan Jia Luo piggybacked on his neighbour's unsecured wireless Internet network to chat online, he could not have imagined that in doing so he would make Asian legal history.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Building Software, Not Mobile Phone: Analyst
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says that Google appears to be building software for Web
search on mobile phones and location-finding services to work
with Apple's iPhone.
HP To Buy Web-Based Software Developer Tabblo
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Tabblo's technology helps consumers arrange and print text,
graphics and photos from the Internet using AJAX.
NBC.com To Offer Social Networking Functions
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - BC.com users will be able to share NBC videos with friends
and post them on other blogs or social networking sites\.
Research from ShmooCon: JavaScript flaws peril Web
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - WASHINGTON -- JavaScript coding errors and Web developers who are inexperienced at working with emerging programming techniques represent serious threats to the security of many Internet sites and the people who visit them, according to malware researchers.
How Google Could Lose $2.1 Billion. Or Not.
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Online advertisers can spend 30% less and still get the same results, says the head of a search engine marketing firm.
Vonage Ordered To Stop Using Verizon VoIP Technology
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A U.S. District judge on Friday ordered Internet phone service provider Vonage to stop using Verizon technology to connect to standard phone lines.
Many Americans See Little Point To Web: Survey
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A little under
one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not
plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for
it in their lives, according to a new survey.
Oracle Cries 'Thief'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - SAP is accused of stealing support data from an Oracle Web site by pretending to be customers. It's a nasty turn in a hard-fought rivalry.
Child Protection Act Nixed
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The American Civil Liberties Union and Focus on the Family agree on little. But both say it will be difficult for U.S. lawmakers to craft new legislation to keep children away from online porn after a judge last week ruled a 1998 act unconstitutional.
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