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Microsoft hit with patent suit over .Net
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Vertical Computer Systems is suing Microsoft for patent infringement related to Microsoft's .Net framework for building Windows-based software.
Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 2.0
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Over the past year, Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser has been slowly but steadily nibbling away at the overwhelming dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. According to the Web analyst firm Net Applications, Firefox had 15 percent of the browser market in March 2007, five percentage points more than a year ago. All of the increase has come at the expense of Internet Explorer.
Windows XP Redux: Dell Revives Predecessor To Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Dell said it would add Windows XP as an option for its Inspiron 1405, 1705, 1505, and 1501 notebook PCs and its Dimension E520 and E521 desktops.
Microsoft Teams With Unisys for Free Exchange Trial
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. has partnered with Unisys Corp. to offer a free trial of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that enables enterprise customers to evaluate the software's e-mail, calendaring and unified-messaging features.
Bill Gates says China to remain largest broadband market
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070420/bs_afp/chinausitinternetcompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070420/capt.sge.qsm67.200407080657.photo00.photo.default-369x512.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=ivHCUjPs5OQQ4JO1yN_4Rw--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="China is set to remain the world's largest broadband market after recently overtaking the US, Bill Gates, seen here, chairman and co-founder of Microsoft Corp, told a forum in Beijing(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China is set to remain the world's largest broadband market after recently overtaking the US, Bill Gates, chairman and co-founder of Microsoft Corp, told a forum in Beijing.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft discounts student software in developing countries
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070420/tc_afp/uschinaitinternetsoftwarecompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070420/capt.sge.qre45.200407030436.photo00.photo.default-369x512.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=lTH4S33UvIpKuRLmCVmAwA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates speaks at Beijing's Tsinghua University. Microsoft announced a new commitment to help close the digital divide by creating new products and programs that will help bring social and economic opportunity to an estimated 5 billion people who are not yet enjoying the benefits of technology.(AFP/STR)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft is offering a low-cost, scaled-down version of its student software in developing countries to help billions of poor people access computer technology, the company said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell once again offers Windows XP
(AP)
AP - Back by popular demand: Windows XP. PC maker Dell Inc. said on its Web site Thursday it will once again let home PC buyers choose between Microsoft Corp.'s older operating system and Windows Vista when they purchase certain new machines.
Microsoft teams with Unisys for free Exchange trial
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has partnered with Unisys to offer a free trial of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that enables enterprise customers to evaluate the software's e-mail, calendaring, and unified-messaging features.
Correction: April 18 barcode story
(AP)
AP - In an April 18 story about a barcode invented by a Microsoft researcher, The Associated Press misspelled his last name. He is Gavin Jancke, not Jenke.
Correction: Microsoft barcode story
(AP)
AP - In an April 18 story about a barcode invented by a Microsoft researcher, The Associated Press misspelled his last name. He is Gavin Jancke, not Jenke.
System update led to BlackBerry outage
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070421/ap_on_hi_te/blackberry_outage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070419/i/r191265550.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Y5R4WSJTGAZYv5RuhjtvaA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Blackberry devices are used in Los Angeles March 3, 2006. A system failure at Research In Motion has affected Blackberry users in the Western Hemisphere, a news channel reported on its Web site late on Tuesday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>AP - After two days of silence about a lengthy outage in its BlackBerry e-mail service, the company that makes the addictive mobile device issued a jargon-laden update indicating that a minor software upgrade had crashed the system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google-DoubleClick deal complaint filed
(AP)
AP - A consumer group asked the Federal Trade Commission Friday to investigate and block Google Inc.'s proposed $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. unless the companies improve consumer privacy protections.
PC to leapfrog standalone game consoles
(AP)
AP - From the movie-like graphics in the action game "Gears of War" to the nearly photorealistic racer "MotorStorm," video games have come a long way since the bouncing blocks of "Pong."
Napster to power Circuit City music site
(AP)
AP - Online music retailer Napster Inc. said Friday it is teaming up with electronics retail chain Circuit City Stores Inc. to launch a new digital music service.
Anheuser-Busch will push Bud.TV
(AP)
AP - Cyberspace can be a rough neighborhood, even for the king of beers.
Fed breach leaks Social Security numbers
(AP)
AP - The Social Security numbers of 63,000 people who received Agriculture Department grants have been posted on a government Web site since 1996, but they were taken down last week. Free credit monitoring is being offered to those affected.
Music blogs traffic in mainstream MP4 videos
(Reuters)
Reuters - By now the practice has become old
hat: an eagerly anticipated album gets distributed and devoured
by MP3 bloggers before it ever hits stores. But when Columbia
Records released Beyonce's "B'Day Anthology Video Album" on
April 3, it marked a rare instance of a similar phenomenon
happening with a music DVD.
Google exec says innovations coming in mobile
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google is looking beyond text ads as it seeks to make money from the increasing number of people who are turning to their cell phones to find information, an executive said on Friday.
Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 2.0
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Over the past year, Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser has been slowly but steadily nibbling away at the overwhelming dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. According to the Web analyst firm Net Applications, Firefox had 15 percent of the browser market in March 2007, five percentage points more than a year ago. All of the increase has come at the expense of Internet Explorer.
Microsoft hit with patent suit over .Net
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Vertical Computer Systems is suing Microsoft for patent infringement related to Microsoft's .Net framework for building Windows-based software.
Fed breach leaks Social Security numbers
(AP)
AP - The Social Security numbers of 63,000 people who received Agriculture Department grants have been posted on a government Web site since 1996, but they were taken down last week. Free credit monitoring is being offered to those affected.
Privacy groups challenge Google's DoubleClick deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070421/wr_nm/doubleclick_advertising_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070421/2007_04_20t221017_450x294_us_doubleclick_advertising.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=WY4qrCk2fBpYboACFTLpow--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside its headquarters building in Mountain View, California August 18, 2004. Consumer privacy groups on Friday sought to derail Google's $3.1 billion deal to buy online ad supplier DoubleClick, filing a complaint with U.S. regulators to block the merger on privacy grounds. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Consumer privacy groups on Friday
sought to derail Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion deal to buy online
ad supplier DoubleClick Inc., filing a complaint with U.S.
regulators to block the merger on privacy grounds.</p><br clear="all"/>
Music blogs traffic in mainstream MP4 videos
(Reuters)
Reuters - By now the practice has become old
hat: an eagerly anticipated album gets distributed and devoured
by MP3 bloggers before it ever hits stores. But when Columbia
Records released Beyonce's "B'Day Anthology Video Album" on
April 3, it marked a rare instance of a similar phenomenon
happening with a music DVD.
Ticketmaster takes legal action against eBay's StubHub
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070420/wr_nm/ticketmaster_ebay_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070421/2007_04_20t131006_450x285_us_ticketmaster_ebay.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=c7IiQPLXnoMKGY04L38E0Q--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Online auction company EBay Inc.'s Chief Executive Meg Whitman addresses a news conference in Brussels in this February 7, 2006 file photo. Ticketmaster is suing eBay Inc. in Los Angeles, accusing the Internet auction company's subsidiary StubHub of fraudulently obtaining premium tickets to sell online. . (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ticketmaster is suing eBay Inc. in
Los Angeles, accusing the Internet auction company's subsidiary
StubHub of fraudulently obtaining premium tickets to sell
online.</p><br clear="all"/>
Former magazine editor sentenced for U.S. sex crime
(Reuters)
Reuters - A former editor at the entertainment
magazine Us Weekly was sentenced on Friday to six years in
prison for attempting to seduce an undercover FBI agent posing
as a minor on the Internet.
U.S. newspaper Web sites deliver slower growth
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. newspaper publishers are betting
the Internet is the key to their survival, but a worsening
classified advertising slump is hampering efforts to make good
on their digital strategies.
AnywhereCD sues Warner Music
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070420/media_nm/anywherecd_warnermusic_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070421/2007_04_20t183413_450x313_us_anywherecd_warnermusic.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=g_5lgpwgdWnDE3I_92y7bw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="In this file photo Warner Music Group chairman and CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr. speaks during the 'Media Convergence and the Revolution in Marketing and Brand Building' session at the 2006 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills April 24, 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - AnywhereCD, a two-week-old online
music retailer, filed a lawsuit against Warner Music Group on
Friday, alleging breach of contract, business defamation and
trade libel.</p><br clear="all"/>
Army clamped down after Tillman's death
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070420/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/tillman_information_clampdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070410/capt.1f600d19fa414f41af324a2d2f49790c.tillman_lynch_gacol501.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=rson9aVbkJSckej_s74HlA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Specialist Pat Tillman marches as he performs the honor of being the guidon bearer during graduation ceremonies in this Friday, Oct. 25, 2002 file photo on Sand Hill at Fort Benning, Ga. A House committee has scheduled hearings on the string of misleading statements by the military following the friendly fire death of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan and the kidnapping and rescue of Pvt. Jessica Lynch in Iraq, congressional officials said Tuesday, April 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Columbus Ledger Enquirer, Mike Haskey, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Within hours of Pat Tillman's death, the Army went into information-lockdown mode, cutting off phone and Internet connections at a base in Afghanistan, posting guards on a wounded platoon mate, and ordering a sergeant to burn Tillman's uniform.</p><br clear="all"/>
Stat Fight Erupts Between Online Ad Groups
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Two leading Internet metrics firms are asked to submit to a third-party audit of their measurement processes.
USDA Admits Exposing 26 Years Of Social Security Numbers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - As many as 150,000 people have had their ID numbers exposed from an online database, one savvy farmer discovered.
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