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Microsoft exec hails .Net, cites advantage over Java
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft officials at the VSLive conference in San Francisco this week elaborated on where the company is headed with its software development tools, noting the planned Orcas and Rosario releases of Visual Studio, due later this year and a year afterward, respectively.
Microsoft Challenges IT Systems Management Leaders
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft introduced System Center Operations Manager 2007, announced new partnerships, and disclosed details of its System Center roadmap.
Microsoft Says Longhorn Virtualization Technology On Schedule
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Despite reports the technology, code-named Viridian, would be late, Microsoft says it will be on schedule: available within 180 days of the company's release of Longhorn.
InfoNow Drops MapQuest for Microsoft
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it will replace MapQuest Inc. as the mapping service supplier to InfoNow Corp., a provider of online store locator technology.
Scholarship Offered For 'Coolest Technology' Essay Winner
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - After Microsoft Windows and the Apple iPod, CompTIA wants to know, "What's next?"
'M' comes to NYSE, as Macy's, not Microsoft
(Reuters)
Reuters - "M" is coming to the New York Stock
Exchange.
Microsoft Unveils the Xbox 360 Elite
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Another salvo in the heated video game console wars has been launched, with Microsoft's unveiling of a new version of its Xbox 360 console.
Microsoft Releases Attack Advisory For WPAD Protocol
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - An attacker could gain access to the client's traffic by routing it through a malicious proxy server.
DoubleClick eyes sale, talks with Microsoft: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070328/bs_nm/doubleclick_suitors_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070328/2007_03_28t042517_450x337_us_doubleclick_suitors.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=skB86lOPCgnOb4p5UO8CFA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A screenshot of DoubleClick.com, taken on March 28, 2007. Online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. is exploring a sale and is in talks with Microsoft Corp. and other potential suitors, according to people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site. (www.doubleclick.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Online advertising firm DoubleClick
Inc. is exploring a sale and is in talks with Microsoft Corp.
and other potential suitors, the Wall Street Journal
reported on its Web site on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nortel, Microsoft expand communications pact
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070328/tc_nm/nortel_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070328/2007_03_28t075953_450x317_us_nortel_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=DZ2CH_1hVMvX_AV_Gxvvcg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Flags fly outside the Nortel Networks Corporation head office in Brampton, January 10, 2005. Nortel Networks Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are expanding their existing partnership and will sell jointly developed products to telephone companies that serve business clients. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nortel Networks Corp.
and Microsoft Corp. are expanding their existing
partnership and will sell jointly developed products to
telephone companies that serve business clients, the two
companies said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel plans new generation of chips
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070329/tc_nm/intel_chips_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070329/2007_03_29t014707_348x450_us_intel_chips.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=rtbtyPROlK5DZEe229DdhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="A file photo of the Intel logo seen at the company booth at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 4, 2006. Intel said it is developing a new generation of chips that will achieve a significant increase in performance without consuming more power. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Intel Corp. said it is
developing a new generation of chips that will achieve a
significant increase in performance without consuming more
power.</p><br clear="all"/>
Visa talks up mobile payments, invests in wireless
(Reuters)
Reuters - Visa USA sees cell phones as
the best way to expand electronic payments, Chief Executive
John Philip Coghlan said at the CTIA wireless show, where he
also revealed ties with several wireless technology companies.
Regal, DreamWorks CEOs see 3D transforming movies
(Reuters)
Reuters - Three-dimensional film technology
could transform the movie business, with viewers willing to pay
a premium for it, the heads of the top U.S. movie theater chain
and largest independent animation studio said on Wednesday.
Web-watching the widget way
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070328/tc_nm/internet_widget_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070328/2007_03_28t152656_450x338_us_internet_widget.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=W81JrE8Gg6uLCQCdwX8snQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A desktop display of Yahoo Widgets in an image courtesy of Yahoo. From tracking stock portfolios and mortgage rates to menstrual cycles and baby due dates, widgets are the latest Web wonder to hit desktops. (Yahoo/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - From tracking stock portfolios and
mortgage rates to menstrual cycles and baby due dates, widgets
are the latest Web wonder to hit desktops.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to sell Xbox 360 with larger hard drive
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070328/tc_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070328/2007_03_28t035755_339x450_us_microsoft_xbox.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=fhP2SX31uBydUxFn60NF0A--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="An undated handout photo shows the Xbox 360 Elite, which has a 120 gigabyte hard drive and other features including a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) port and a high-definition cable. Microsoft Corp late on March 27, 2007, said it will begin selling the Xbox 360 Elite, a revved up version of its new video game console with a hard drive six times bigger than its current high-end machine. (Microsoft/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it
will begin selling a new version of its Xbox 360 console that
transmits high-definition video and comes with a larger hard
drive in its latest effort to position the video game machine
as a digital media hub.</p><br clear="all"/>
McClatchy to provide world news to Yahoo
(AP)
AP - McClatchy Co., the nation's third largest newspaper publisher, will begin providing international news coverage and commentary to online powerhouse Yahoo Inc. in a partnership that further underscores the media industry's shifting balance of power.
Nielsen's top 20 prime-time TV shows
(Reuters)
Reuters - Following are the top 20 prime-time
programs on broadcast TV for the week ended March 25, as
measured in average total audience, according to Nielsen Media
Research. (Data include same-day DVR playback.)
Ericsson CEO sees more multimedia buys: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070329/bs_nm/ericsson_ceo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070329/2007_03_29t040546_450x330_us_ericsson_ceo.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=dUnlo1br08GLBgPZjpvv6g--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Ericsson Chief Executive Carl-Henric Svanberg gestures during a news conference in Stockholm, October 19, 2006. Mobile networks giant Ericsson expects to make more acquisitions to boost its multimedia arm, Svanberg was quoted as saying on Thursday. (Anders Wiklund/Scanpix/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mobile networks giant Ericsson
(ERICb.St) expects to make more acquisitions to boost its
multimedia arm, the chief executive of the company was quoted
as saying on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell promises Linux on notebooks and desktops
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Thanks to requests by its customers, Dell is going to start offering Linux pre-installed on its PCs and notebooks, the company said Wednesday.
Microsoft exec hails .Net, cites advantage over Java
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft officials at the VSLive conference in San Francisco this week elaborated on where the company is headed with its software development tools, noting the planned Orcas and Rosario releases of Visual Studio, due later this year and a year afterward, respectively.
MTV to pimp "Ride" online
(Reuters)
Reuters - MTV Networks said Wednesday
it will launch a virtual world next week for "Pimp My Ride" to
complement its online "Laguna Beach" and "Virtual Hills"
offerings.
McClatchy to provide world news to Yahoo
(AP)
AP - McClatchy Co., the nation's third largest newspaper publisher, will begin providing international news coverage and commentary to online powerhouse Yahoo Inc. in a partnership that further underscores the media industry's shifting balance of power.
Startup aims to keep network security vendors honest
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With the help of one of the world's best-known hackers, a little-known Austin startup hopes to give Internet service providers and enterprises a way to tell if their networking hardware is living up to its promises.
NBCU, News Corp. Forget The 'You' In YouTube
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - NEW YORK Peter Chernin, president of News Corp., gushed that his company's partnership with NBC Universal to launch a video service for their programming is "one of the most exciting alliances in the history of the Internet." Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal president, said it would be "the largest ad platform on Earth."
Surprise: Study Finds Online Users Finish More Stories Than Print Readers
(Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - WASHINGTON In a surprise finding, online readers finish news stories more often than those who read in print, according to the Poynter Institutes Eyetrack study released Wednesday at the American Society of Newspaper Editors conference here.
TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest
(Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - Have you ever met anyone in your life that truly inspires you and has the magical gift for gab? Move over OprahNanaAmerica's new girlfriendis here. And her goal is to inspire metro professionals in the 18-34 demographic. For more information, go to www.TalkingWithNana.tv or call 313/915-5794.
Gold rush is on for virtual worlds
(AP)
AP - Companies are flocking to market themselves in virtual worlds, game-like and usually three-dimensional online universes, but the long-term shape of this fledgling industry is far from clear.
Bush cites upbeat bloggers from Baghdad
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070328/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_say_what"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070328/capt.67ad26fa2f0840da88c957fdd7b21f92.bush_dcpm108.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=8g3Kbr5YWwBBARSIitTimw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="President Bush gestures while addressing the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - To back up his point that pulling out of Iraq would be a disaster, President Bush has quoted opinions from the secretary of defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top U.S. general in Iraq — and now, two bloggers from Baghdad.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dialing for Idols; impatient fans turn to Internet
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070328/en_nm/americanidol_dialidol_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070329/2007_03_28t164431_450x352_us_americanidol_dialidol.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=xIgDOVsB3lw9RZJS5Vj3aA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="'American Idol' contestant Sanjaya Malakar in a photo courtesy of FOX. The 17-year-old better known for his flowing locks than his singing ability has clung on to reach the final 10. (FOX/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jim Hellriegel can't sing and is
too old to compete on "American Idol" but his home-grown Web
site is attracting hordes of fans who can't wait 24 hours to
find out which aspiring pop star is going home each week.</p><br clear="all"/>
IPv6 to power the 'city of the future'
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The city of Harrisonburg, Virginia, will experience a wide variety of new Internet-based services, such as mobile-phone commerce and clear Internet video, with the rollout of citywide IPv6, people working with the city said Wednesday.
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