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Microsoft cuts virtualization features
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft today announced it will shed functionality from its Windows Server virtualization software in an effort to make good on the company's recent promise of a second-half release.
Microsoft Invites Hackers Back for Blue Hat
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. is once again inviting members of the hacking community into its Redmond, Washington, campus to show the software giant where it's gone wrong.
Microsoft buys into CareerBuilder
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft announced that it has purchased a minority stake in CareerBuilder.com while also extending its agreement with the job classifieds site to serve as an exclusive content provider for the MSN online network.
VMware Workstation 6 Supports Windows Vista
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Virtualization software provider VMware announced the release of Workstation 6, the first of the company's product line to offer support for Windows Vista, Microsoft's newest operating system.
Microsoft to sell over $1 bln in software to Lenovo
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070510/bs_nm/microsoft_lenovo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070510/2007_05_10t073836_450x297_us_microsoft_lenovo.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=pdMsDObWmWNafXA5n0VTZw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Computer monitors show the logo of Lenovo during a news conference for its interim results announcement in Hong Kong November 9, 2006. Lenovo Group Ltd. has signed a deal with Microsoft Corp. to buy Windows, Office and other software suites for its personal computers in a deal worth as much as $1.3 billion. (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK) has
signed a deal with Microsoft Corp. to buy Windows,
Office and other software suites for its personal computers in
a deal worth as much as $1.3 billion.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft invites hackers back for Blue Hat
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is once again inviting members of the hacking community into its Redmond, Washington, campus to show the software giant where it's gone wrong.
Microsoft opts to build, not buy, business software
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070510/tc_nm/microsoft_business_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070510/2007_05_09t220726_450x311_us_microsoft_business.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=EwH665Bcq8MmHkZkocdD.g--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivers a speech at Peking University in Beijing April 20, 2007. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. looked at
possible acquisitions to gain a foothold in the market for
so-called business intelligence software, but decided to build
its own business and compete on price against industry leaders,
the company's business division president said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft CEO says large deals "conceivable"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070510/bs_nm/microsoft_mergers1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070510/2007_05_09t200751_450x349_us_microsoft_mergers.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=CDwZk9G4cszUd3UAUIst3A--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during his keynote speech at the Software 2007 conference in Santa Clara, May 9, 2007. (Lou Dematteis/Microsoft Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. sees
mergers as a way to fill gaps or enter new markets, mostly via
small deals, but larger deals are also "conceivable," Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft buys stake in CareerBuilder
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it has acquired a minority stake in job-listings partner CareerBuilder.com and will use that job-search engine on MSN sites overseas in a bid to capture more of the classified advertising money migrating to the Web.
Microsoft CEO says large deals are "conceivable"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070509/bs_nm/microsoft_mergers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070510/2007_05_09t200751_450x349_us_microsoft_mergers.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=CDwZk9G4cszUd3UAUIst3A--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during his keynote speech at the Software 2007 conference in Santa Clara, May 9, 2007. (Lou Dematteis/Microsoft Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. sees
mergers as a way to fill gaps or enter new markets, mostly via
small deals, but larger deals are also "conceivable," Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
LEDs emerge to fight fluorescents
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_on_hi_te/led_lighting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070510/capt.cbb88c7aebf5474d82aa98f46156cb98.led_lighting_nyml125.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=KAJwUhgrKoXdMg4zz58BaA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Nippo's Linear T6 Fluorescent System illuminates attendees at the Lightfair International trade show Tuesday, May 8, 2007 in New York. The light bulb, the symbol of bright ideas, doesn't look like such a great idea anymore, as lawmakers in the U.S. and abroad are talking about banning the century-old technology because of its contribution to global warming. But what comes next? Compact fluorescent bulbs are the only real alternative right now, but 'bulbs' that use light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are quickly emerging as a challenger. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - The light bulb, the symbol of bright ideas, doesn't look like such a great idea anymore, as lawmakers in the U.S. and abroad are talking about banning the century-old technology because of its contribution to global warming.</p><br clear="all"/>
Calif. Web site outsources reporting
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_on_bi_ge/outsourcing_the_news"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070510/capt.4c8380def21c49519f188b144248c151.outsourcing_the_news_la101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=vWfswFx.JfaVJlILcG9ZSQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="James Macpherson, editor and publisher of pasadenanow.com, a two-year-old Web site devoted to news about Pasadena, poses in his home office, Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in Pasadena, Calif. Macpherson acknowledges the irony of covering from India the block-by-block doings in this wealthy city just east of Los Angeles, but says it makes business sense. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - The job posting was a head-scratcher: "We seek a newspaper journalist based in India to report on the city government and political scene of Pasadena, California, USA."</p><br clear="all"/>
NYC taxi cabs offer high-tech hardware
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_on_hi_te/taxi_technology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070509/capt.f967d28283114f15bb9467e30a815fe3.taxi_technology_nyr105.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=iT2HFsZLFi_ugMedXtLVog--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This undated image supplied by TaxiTech, shows an example of the company's e-Taxi technology for a touch-screen monitor. New York City's Taxi & Limousine Commission has approved four touch-screen systems and may soon require all cabs to offer one of them so customers can use them to pay by credit card and view news stories, restaurant reviews and an electronic map of their cab's progress. (AP Photo/TaxiTech)" border="0" /></a>AP - To taxi officials, the touch-screen monitors popping up in cabs help passengers make the most of the 13 New York minutes spent on an average ride.</p><br clear="all"/>
New domain names could come in mid-2008
(AP)
AP - New Internet addresses for general use could start appearing in the summer of 2008 under a timeline the Internet's key oversight agency announced Thursday.
Apple meeting tackles options issue
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_on_hi_te/apple_shareholders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070510/capt.f225172e6b4c422d83feb8f85569c6fa.apple_shareholders_caps107.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=NRG1NIViwlzLigAOD_ILKw--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures during his keynote address about Apple's iPhone at MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, in this file photo from Jan. 9, 2007. Jobs defended the company's handling of its stock options-backdating scandal and suggested that a former employee's accusations of his role in the matter were off-the-mark when he met with shareholders Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs defended the company's handling of its stock options-backdating scandal Thursday and suggested a former employee's accusations about his role in the matter were wrong.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online game sells pawnshop licenses
(AP)
AP - Online games give players roles like warriors, space explorers and wizards. Now, there's an exciting new profession: pawnbroker.
After the Treo 755p, whither the Palm OS?
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Is the Palm OS really ready for the scrap heap?
Qualcomm talks tough on patents, 4G
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The race to define and build next-generation broadband wireless networks is in full swing. And though Qualcomm doesn't like to use the term "4G," the company -- a key supplier of chip technology for today's 3G networks -- is already moving to stake its claim in the emerging market for superfast wireless services.
GPL incompatibilities with Apache to be ironed out
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The Free Software Foundation, in upgrading the GNU General Public License, intends to iron out any incompatibilities with similar licenses from organizations such as the Apache Software Foundation.
Building trust in downloads no simple feat
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The Truste group's goal of creating an online ecosystem through which software makers are held accountable for the functions of their programs and end users are given the power to keep unwanted applications off their devices won't be achieved easily, according to security researchers and participants in the nonprofit's Trusted Downloads project.
Online game sells pawnshop licenses
(AP)
AP - Online games give players roles like warriors, space explorers and wizards. Now, there's an exciting new profession: pawnbroker.
Joost raises $45 million in funding
(AP)
AP - Joost, an Internet-based TV service being launched by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, said Thursday it has raised $45 million from five investors including CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. and an influential Hong Kong telecommunications executive.
Google maintains it won't split stock
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_on_hi_te/google_annual_meeting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070511/capt.tok10305110632.thailand_youtube_tok103.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=5.16auSOnHGPDfUENpabRg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej arrives at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok in this July 20, 2006 file photo. The Thai government abruptly scrapped plans to sue Google after the U.S. company agreed to remove from a Web site video clips deemed insulting to the country's revered king, an official said Friday, May 11, 2007. (AP Photo/ Sakchai Lalit, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc.'s stock price has been lagging the overall market so far, but that didn't seem to bother several hundred mostly festive shareholders who attended the online search leader's annual meeting Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
New domain names could come in mid-2008
(AP)
AP - New Internet addresses for general use could start appearing in the summer of 2008 under a timeline the Internet's key oversight agency announced Thursday.
Building trust in downloads no simple feat
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The Truste group's goal of creating an online ecosystem through which software makers are held accountable for the functions of their programs and end users are given the power to keep unwanted applications off their devices won't be achieved easily, according to security researchers and participants in the nonprofit's Trusted Downloads project.
Qualcomm talks tough on patents, 4G
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The race to define and build next-generation broadband wireless networks is in full swing. And though Qualcomm doesn't like to use the term "4G," the company -- a key supplier of chip technology for today's 3G networks -- is already moving to stake its claim in the emerging market for superfast wireless services.
Google to focus on software: CEO
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070510/tc_nm/google_software_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070510/i/r1500035134.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=6umATrAWuX7QoZj5u8cKJw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt speaks at a conference in Bournemouth, southern England in this file photo from October 3, 2006. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc.'s
corporate tagline has become "Search, Ads and Apps," reflecting
a shift beyond search and advertising into online software
applications, its chief executive said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Calif. Web site outsources reporting
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070510/ap_on_hi_te/outsourcing_the_news"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070510/capt.4c8380def21c49519f188b144248c151.outsourcing_the_news_la101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=vWfswFx.JfaVJlILcG9ZSQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="James Macpherson, editor and publisher of pasadenanow.com, a two-year-old Web site devoted to news about Pasadena, poses in his home office, Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in Pasadena, Calif. Macpherson acknowledges the irony of covering from India the block-by-block doings in this wealthy city just east of Los Angeles, but says it makes business sense. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - The job posting was a head-scratcher: "We seek a newspaper journalist based in India to report on the city government and political scene of Pasadena, California, USA."</p><br clear="all"/>
Qualcomm Talks Tough on Patents, 4G
(PC World)
PC World - The race to define and build next-generation broadband wireless networks is in full swing. And though Qualcomm Inc. doesn't like to use the 4G (fourth-generation) term, the company-- a key supplier of chip technology for today's 3G (third-generation) networks-- is already moving to stake its claim in the emerging market for super-fast wireless services.
U.S. probes Moore's Cuba trip
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070510/en_nm/michaelmoore_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070510/2007_05_10t153322_342x450_us_michaelmoore.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=CI.RVeHmWCjDmUj8EWpRWA--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Documentary film maker Michael Moore is interviewed in Toronto, September 9, 2006. Federal officials are investigating whether Moore, whose 2004 film 'Fahrenheit 9/11' attacked the Bush administration, broke laws when he went to Cuba for a new movie about U.S. health care, according to a letter posted on Moore's Web site. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. government has launched a
probe into whether maverick director Michael Moore, whose 2004
documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" skewered the Bush administration,
broke laws when he went to Cuba for a new movie about U.S.
health care.</p><br clear="all"/>
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