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More Annoying Vista Upgrade Hassles
(PC World)
PC World - Vista-compatible firewall keep us waiting, plus a free virtual PC tool from Microsoft and funny videos.
Microsoft to set up joint research centre with China's Lenovo
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/bs_afp/chinausitresearchinvestcompanymicrosoftlenovo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070418/capt.sge.pxu28.180407071146.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=NrzxibtiDPG83yKbbfAH_w--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A customer tries a laptop computer at a Lenovo computer store in Beijing, 19 May 2006. US software giant Microsoft plans to set up a multi-million-dollar joint research and development centre in Beijing with China's leading computer maker Lenovo, the Chinese company said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US software giant Microsoft plans to set up a multi-million-dollar joint research and development centre in Beijing with China's leading computer maker Lenovo, the Chinese company said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Denies it Will Sell Fuel Cells
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. won't resell the fuel-cell battery rechargers it is buying from Medis Technologies Ltd., the company said Tuesday.
Microsoft, Adobe, Yahoo, Tout Web 2.0 Hybrid Apps
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - With or without a browser, large-scale companies suggest partners get Rich Internet Applications or die tryin'.
Microsoft denies it will sell fuel cells
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft won't resell the fuel-cell battery rechargers it is buying from Medis Technologies, the company said Tuesday.
Google Apps to take on PowerPoint
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google is adding a presentations application to Docs & Spreadsheets, narrowing the competitive space between this productivity and collaboration hosted suite and Microsoft's Office suite.
Microsoft Can't Use Own Software To Pay Washington State Taxes
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Windows Vista is incompatible with the state's electronic filing system, according to a bulletin published by the State of Washington Employment Security Department.
Cognos Announces Dynamic Link to Microsoft Excel
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - To spread BI to ordinary business users, Cognos will introduce a persistent link between controlled data from its suite and the world's most popular spreadsheet.
Microsoft Releases Media Player for Firefox
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp., as part of its outreach to the open-source community, has released a new official Windows Media Player plug-in for Firefox 2.0 that resolves problems with the older one.
Adobe CEO Skeptical About Silverlight
(PC World)
PC World - The head of Adobe Systems Inc. has questioned Microsoft Corp.'s commitment to keeping its new Silverlight platform compatible with other operating systems besides Windows.
Late filers swamp TurboTax e-file system
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_hi_te/turbotax_trouble"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070417/capt.ab480e76e77541c3a0bb903e823444a1.tax_time_ilsp104.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=2b6iiD8XnSlxKb9TRmrXGQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Illinois Department of Revenue Store Keeper Danny Morres moves Illinois 1040 tax forms toward the Document and Control Center for processing at the Illinois Department of Revenue in Springfield, Ill., Monday, April 16, 2007. The Illinois Department of Revenue expects tp process 5.7 million individual income returns this season. Almost one half of of the returns are received within the last two weeks of filing. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)" border="0" /></a>AP - A flood of last-minute tax filers swamped the servers of the company that makes the popular TurboTax and ProSeries tax software Tuesday, forcing taxpayers to wait hours for confirmation that their electronic returns had been submitted successfully.</p><br clear="all"/>
AOL beats TV with word of upcoming shows
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_on_hi_te/aol_ad_showcase"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070417/capt.20de8cde7ce5478c987b692066611666.aol_ad_showcase_nysw109.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=.EvNT.Ln2n9krf5d6ZxMsw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Reality TV master Mark Burnett, left, speaks at the AOL 'First Look' event about the next season of the interactive 'Gold Rush' game show while models pose in New York, Tuesday, April 17, 2007. AOL held the event to announce their new programming, products and advertising strategies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - AOL stepped up its bid to capture advertising dollars normally spent on television by showcasing five new interactive programs a month before the broadcast networks announce their fall lineups.</p><br clear="all"/>
Technology becomes a coping mechanism
(AP)
AP - Horrible, real-world happenings are unfolding almost simultaneously in the virtual world, as Virginia Tech students and people from all over the world gather online to grieve and vent.
Wireless security puts IRS data at risk
(AP)
AP - Internal Revenue Service offices across the nation that use wireless technology are still vulnerable to hackers, according to the latest assessment of the agency's security policies released Tuesday.
Yahoo disappointing 1Q drags down stock
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_hi_te/earns_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070417/capt.70b9a853e15043ebb34ec6f2f4b296a3.earns_yahoo_caps102.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=9lFPznkKRqWhhXaDWN3fEQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Exterior view of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Monday night, April 16, 2007. Yahoo! Inc. is expected to release quarterly results on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Investors were falling in love with Yahoo Inc. again until the Internet icon's disheartening first-quarter results ruined the mood.</p><br clear="all"/>
Asian star shines brightly at international TV trade fair
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/tc_afp/entertainmentmediatelevisionasiamiptv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070418/capt.sge.pxe64.180407052641.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=l3mZ_Eq_khhLCz2jLU3lcg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People chat on the "Creative Korea" booth during the 44th edition of the MIPTV, the world's audiovisual and digital content market, in Cannes, southern France. TV, Internet, mobile phone, video game and advertising execs from around the globe gather in this Riviera seaside resort to brainstorm about how to propel their converging worlds into the future.(AFP/Eric Estrade)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Asia's star is shining brightly once again at this yearĀs MIPTV/MILIA international TV and digital content trade show as the digital revolution sweeping the audiovisual, Internet and cellphone worlds pushes the regionĀs hi-tech strengths to the fore.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony's games unit may cut 160 jobs in Europe
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/tc_afp/japaneuropeelectricalgamecompanycutssony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070418/capt.sge.pxj15.180407060909.photo00.photo.default-512x361.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=Bdr3smXjVNe1_0Mt6tA5_Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Copies of Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) are packed and ready to go on sale, March 2007, at the Sony Center in Berlin. Sony Corp.'s game division said Wednesday that it may cut up to 160 jobs in Europe to streamline its operations as the PlayStation 3 battles fierce competition from rival video game consoles.(AFP/DDP/File/Clemens Bilan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sony Corp.'s game division said Wednesday that it may cut up to 160 jobs in Europe to streamline its operations as the PlayStation 3 battles fierce competition from rival video game consoles.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel's Centrino Package to Get WiMax next year
(PC World)
PC World - Intel Corp. said Wednesday it plans to next year add WiMax to its Centrino platform, a long-expected move likely to boost demand for wireless broadband services.
Red Hat founder's Lulu promotes self-publishing
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In 1994, Bob Young founded Red Hat, the popular Linux distribution vendor, in his wife's sewing closet. Now, the entrepreneur is giving others a chance to create a successful business in the same do-it-yourself way -- by self-publishing their creative projects through his new venture, Lulu Inc.
Microsoft to set up joint research centre with China's Lenovo
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/bs_afp/chinausitresearchinvestcompanymicrosoftlenovo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070418/capt.sge.pxu28.180407071146.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=NrzxibtiDPG83yKbbfAH_w--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A customer tries a laptop computer at a Lenovo computer store in Beijing, 19 May 2006. US software giant Microsoft plans to set up a multi-million-dollar joint research and development centre in Beijing with China's leading computer maker Lenovo, the Chinese company said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US software giant Microsoft plans to set up a multi-million-dollar joint research and development centre in Beijing with China's leading computer maker Lenovo, the Chinese company said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Asian star shines brightly at international TV trade fair
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/tc_afp/entertainmentmediatelevisionasiamiptv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070418/capt.sge.pxe64.180407052641.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=l3mZ_Eq_khhLCz2jLU3lcg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People chat on the "Creative Korea" booth during the 44th edition of the MIPTV, the world's audiovisual and digital content market, in Cannes, southern France. TV, Internet, mobile phone, video game and advertising execs from around the globe gather in this Riviera seaside resort to brainstorm about how to propel their converging worlds into the future.(AFP/Eric Estrade)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Asia's star is shining brightly once again at this yearĀs MIPTV/MILIA international TV and digital content trade show as the digital revolution sweeping the audiovisual, Internet and cellphone worlds pushes the regionĀs hi-tech strengths to the fore.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel's Centrino Package to Get WiMax next year
(PC World)
PC World - Intel Corp. said Wednesday it plans to next year add WiMax to its Centrino platform, a long-expected move likely to boost demand for wireless broadband services.
Yahoo disappointing 1Q drags down stock
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_hi_te/earns_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070417/capt.70b9a853e15043ebb34ec6f2f4b296a3.earns_yahoo_caps102.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=9lFPznkKRqWhhXaDWN3fEQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Exterior view of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Monday night, April 16, 2007. Yahoo! Inc. is expected to release quarterly results on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Investors were falling in love with Yahoo Inc. again until the Internet icon's disheartening first-quarter results ruined the mood.</p><br clear="all"/>
V.I. Labs Adds Snooping to Antipiracy Product
(PC World)
PC World - Antipiracy tools vendor V.I. Laboratories Inc. has joined forces with Internet Crimes Group Inc. (ICG) to offer software developers and enterprise IT shops a way to keep track of criminals who are illegally publishing their software.
Campus nightmare recounted in blogs, photos, videos
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/tc_afp/uscrimeshootingblogsit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070418/capt.sge.pwu13.180407025540.photo00.photo.default-512x308.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=9l3eQMXTr0IXhmAXf65GgQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Students participate in a candle light vigil on Drill Field at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, one day after the university was turned into a killing field where 33 died, including the shooter, in the deadliest shooting rampage in America's history. As soon as news of the massacre broke, students turned to the web to communicate and journalists flocked to their weblogs in search of eyewitness accounts and cellphone and video reports.(AFP/Mannie Garcia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Until Monday, when a gunman shot dead at least 30 Virginia Tech students and professors, Bryce's Journal on the blogosphere was all pictures of friends and fun.</p><br clear="all"/>
Participation on Web 2.0 sites remains weak
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070418/wr_nm/web_participation_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070418/2007_04_17t225439_450x300_us_web_participation.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HjxcV3dJj.GuJslJx2mr5Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man looks at YouTube's web site in a file photo. Web 2.0, a catchphrase for the latest generation of Web sites where users contribute their own text, pictures and video content, is far less participatory than commonly assumed, a study showed on Tuesday. (Peter Jones/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web 2.0, a catchphrase for the
latest generation of Web sites where users contribute their own
text, pictures and video content, is far less participatory
than commonly assumed, a study showed on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo CEO says DoubleClick advertisers may defect
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070418/wr_nm/yahoo_doubleclick_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070418/2007_04_18t033816_450x371_us_yahoo_doubleclick.jpg?x=130&y=107&sig=UCRNJUhls7Q9WnAcBOgeaA--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="Terry Semel, CEO of Yahoo! Inc., speaks in Beverly Hills April 24, 2006. DoubleClick could see defections by advertisers put off by Google's $3.1 billion deal to buy the online advertising market maker, Semel predicted in an interview on Tuesday. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - DoubleClick could see defections
by advertisers put off by Google's $3.1 billion deal to buy the
online advertising market maker, Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive
Terry Semel predicted in an interview on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Intel Outlines Mobile Roadmap
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The company unveiled plans for processors for notebooks, ultra-mobile PCs, and smaller computers that Intel calls "mobile Internet devices."
Microsoft, Adobe, Yahoo, Tout Web 2.0 Hybrid Apps
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - With or without a browser, large-scale companies suggest partners get Rich Internet Applications or die tryin'.
Politicians fall behind in cyberspace race
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070418/wr_nm/internet_democracy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070418/2007_04_17t202559_450x328_us_internet_democracy.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=yhG.7WEuhtXqmvHkx0jDcw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) greets supporters as he arrives for a campaign rally at Yellow Jacket Park at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia April 14, 2007. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Politicians are lost deep in cyberspace,
struggling to reach a new generation of tech-savvy voters
through blogs, social networking sites and video-sharing.</p><br clear="all"/>
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