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Vista Security
(PC World)
PC World - Though Windows Vista may be safer than XP, Microsoft's far-from-impregnable new operating system is already proving to be vulnerable.
Microsoft's Vista sales boost 3Q profit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070426/capt.634f3175925e4a03a15c31968bedf867.earns_microsoft_corp__nybz132.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=S5hkCKgvkInga0UAjYxyzQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="South Koreans look at packages of Windows Vista as the Microsoft's first new operation system since 2001 goes on sale at a South Korean retailer during its unveiling ceremony and a promotional event in Seoul, South Korea, in this Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 file photo. Microsoft Corp. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Thursday, April 26, 2007. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Windows Vista buoyed Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly results, easing fears that the new operating system is too pricey, requires too many hardware upgrades and doesn't work with other companies' applications.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft profit tops Wall St view on Vista sales
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070427/bs_nm/microsoft_results_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070427/2007_04_26t165042_450x360_us_microsoft_results.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=vShGekvDHJMNFUrkim8JGg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="In this file photo Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates gestures during the opening of Microsoft's Global Technical Support Centre and the launching of Windows Vista and Office 2007 in Bucharest February 1, 2007. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. posted a 65 percent
rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, topping Wall Street
estimates due to better-than-expected demand for its new
Windows Vista operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Deferred revenue drives Microsoft to solid Q3
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Deferred revenue from the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 helped Microsoft increase revenue 32 percent year over year for its fiscal third quarter, with the company reporting $14.4 billion in revenue for the three months ended March 31.
Windows Vista Helps Microsoft Beat Views
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft easily beat Wall Street's forecast for its fiscal third quarter Thursday, thanks to a strong start for its Windows Vista and Office 2007 products.
Microsoft reports record-high earnings for recent quarter
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070426/bs_afp/usitsoftwareearnings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070426/capt.sge.syd27.260407222333.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=xnZ5VI6i4X89jcB_fzaciA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Microsoft logo at their offices in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft Corp. reported on Thursday that its profits soared to a record high in the first three months of the year due to sales of its new Vista operating system and Outlook software.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft Corp. reported on Thursday that its profits soared to a record high in the first three months of the year due to sales of its new Vista operating system and Office software.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Posts Record Third Quarter Profits, Credits Windows Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The company said it achieved record third quarter profits partly on the strength of sales of the new Windows Vista operating system.
Microsoft Releases First Public Beta of Longhorn Server
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - "Longhorn" is now out on the range. On Wednesday, Microsoft released the first publicly available test version of its new Windows Server software, which it has nicknamed after a highly distinguishable breed of cattle.
Microsoft Releases Windows Server Longhorn To Public Beta
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The server software includes more than 130 management tools, an integrated scripting language, and a built-in Web server that brings together numerous online publishing technologies.
Microsoft releases first Longhorn public beta
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is posting the final beta and first publicly available and feature-complete version of Windows Server "Longhorn," marking the final time the product will be available for testing and feedback before the long-awaited server update is available later this year.
Nintendo plans to boost Wii production
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_hi_te/japan_nintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070426/capt.xkan10104261041.japan_nintendo_xkan101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dCQZagJ3onpfv89ZkegfJQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man and youngsters play Nintendo's demonstration video games at a mass sales store specializing in electric appliances in Tokyo on Thursday April 26, 2007. Booming sales of the popular Wii and DS game machines lifted Nintendo Co.'s earnings 77 percent for the latest fiscal year, showing that the Japanese maker is holding its own against bigger rivals Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo reported group net profit of 174.29 billion yen (US$1.47 billion; euro1.08 billion) in the year through March, up dramatically from 98.38 billion yen a year earlier. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nintendo's president acknowledged Friday that the shortage of the hit Wii game machine was "abnormal," and promised production was being boosted to increase deliveries by next month.</p><br clear="all"/>
Schools banning iPods to beat cheaters
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_hi_te/ipod_cheating"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070427/capt.4221c55492d543e58e2328a21f4737ac.ipod_cheating_idtm401.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=_YKbwg4VbTm6CEmJewI5aQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Nick d'Ambrosia, 17, holds up his iPod inside a classroom at Mountain View High School in Meridian, Idaho Friday, April 13, 2007. In Idaho, Mountain View High School recently enacted a ban on iPods, Zunes and other digital media players. Some students were downloading formulas and other cheats onto the players, although none were ever caught. (AP Photo/Troy Maben)" border="0" /></a>AP - Banning baseball caps during tests was obvious — students were writing the answers under the brim. Then, schools started banning cell phones, realizing students could text message the answers to each other. Now, schools across the country are targeting digital media players as a potential cheating device.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft's Vista sales boost 3Q profit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070426/capt.634f3175925e4a03a15c31968bedf867.earns_microsoft_corp__nybz132.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=S5hkCKgvkInga0UAjYxyzQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="South Koreans look at packages of Windows Vista as the Microsoft's first new operation system since 2001 goes on sale at a South Korean retailer during its unveiling ceremony and a promotional event in Seoul, South Korea, in this Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 file photo. Microsoft Corp. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Thursday, April 26, 2007. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Windows Vista buoyed Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly results, easing fears that the new operating system is too pricey, requires too many hardware upgrades and doesn't work with other companies' applications.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hispanic social-networking sites prosper
(AP)
AP - Indie rocker Eric Monterrosa checks his ElHood.com Web page at least three times a day, answering fans, surfing for other new Latin artists and keeping in touch with friends from his native Colombia.
Infineon posts $15M loss in 2Q
(AP)
AP - German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG posted an unexpected net loss for the second quarter, dashing analyst forecasts for a profit, as lower sales and restructuring costs chipped away at its bottom line.
Baidu 1Q profit, sales soar
(AP)
AP - Baidu.com Inc., China's most popular Internet search engine, said Friday its first-quarter profits jumped 143 percent on strong traffic growth and higher advertising revenues.
Sony PlayStation architect to retire
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_hi_te/sony_playstation_chief"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070426/capt.427de0091cbc47398beff01d1f20acba.sony_playstation_chief_nybz144.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=4XelYUgz1WpA5yk.IGxCrQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="In this photo released by Sony Computer Entertainment, newly named president and chief operating officer of Sony's video game unit Kazuo Hirai is shown. The chief architect of Sony Corp.'s flagship PlayStation game console, Ken Kutaragi, will retire in June as the company struggles to retain dominance in the gaming industry. Kutaragi, 56, an icon among gamers, will retire as Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s chairman and group chief executive, Tokyo-based Sony said Thursday, April 26, 2007. Kutaragi will be replaced by Kazuo Hirai, who is now chief operating officer of Sony's entertainment division. (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment, HO, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The chief architect of Sony Corp.'s flagship PlayStation game console will retire in June as the company struggles to retain dominance in the video game industry and revive its flagging reputation as an electronics and entertainment pioneer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Horn-Smith steps down at Sage
(FT.com)
FT.com - Sir Julian Horn-Smith, the former deputy chief executive of the mobile phone giant Vodafone, on Friday stepped down unexpectedly as chairman of Sage, the UK's largest software group, less than one year after his appointment, citing "differences in culture and style".
'$100 laptop' to cost $175
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070426/capt.e87c019eae8348e3903af59eeb9b67e3.hundred_dollar_laptop_bx107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=117j1XWGh59FJjplZ5L5Hw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Co-Founder and Chairman of the MIT Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nicholas Negroponte shows off the new 'One Hundred Dollar Laptop' during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in this file photo taken Saturday Jan. 28, 2006. Negroponte revealed Thursday, April 26, 2007, that the machine now costs $175 (euro129), and will be able to run Windows in addition to its homegrown, open-source interface (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop" project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and it will be able to run Windows in addition to its homegrown, open-source interface.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vista Security
(PC World)
PC World - Though Windows Vista may be safer than XP, Microsoft's far-from-impregnable new operating system is already proving to be vulnerable.
Hispanic social-networking sites prosper
(AP)
AP - Indie rocker Eric Monterrosa checks his ElHood.com Web page at least three times a day, answering fans, surfing for other new Latin artists and keeping in touch with friends from his native Colombia.
Baidu 1Q profit, sales soar
(AP)
AP - Baidu.com Inc., China's most popular Internet search engine, said Friday its first-quarter profits jumped 143 percent on strong traffic growth and higher advertising revenues.
Data theft scam targets Google ads
(AP)
AP - Google Inc. yanked paid advertisements linked to some 20 search terms that online criminals had hijacked to steal banking and other personal information from Web surfers looking for the Better Business Bureau and other sites.
House bill would allow Internet gambling
(AP)
AP - The ban on Internet gambling enacted last fall would be overturned under legislation proposed Thursday by a senior House Democrat, but the bill faces long odds in Congress.
Experts: Google AdWords needs policing
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google could avoid future malware attacks carried out using advertisements posted on its Web sites if the company more thoroughly investigated customers of its AdWords system, according to security and legal experts.
Google Website Optimizer Simplifies Design
(PC World)
PC World - One Seattle company using a new site optimization service from Google Inc., introduced in beta to select users in October and to all AdWords customers earlier this month, is already seeing improvements on its site.
Broadband Service Providers Face Wiretapping Deadline
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The FCC ruled in 2005 that broadband and VoIP providers must be able to facilitate wiretaps used by intelligence authorities so that old eavesdropping practices can be applied to newer technology.
Google 'frantic' about Personalized Home Page glitch
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google's Personalized Home Page service, which lets users turn Google.com into a customized portal, is suffering from an apparently significant technical problem that is reverting some of the home pages to old versions or to their original default settings.
Lawsuit targets 'spam harvesters'
(AP)
AP - An anti-spam organization filed a federal lawsuit Thursday targeting so-called spam harvesters, who facilitate the mass distribution of junk e-mail by trolling the Internet and collecting millions of e-mail addresses.
IBM to Bring Together Mainframes, Game Chips
(PC World)
PC World - IBM Corp. has a plan to stop the computing delays familiar to users of virtual worlds and online games, simply by adding its Cell gaming chips to its mainframe servers, the company said Thursday.
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