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Microsoft sets launch date for "Halo 3" video game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on
Tuesday it will release its "Halo 3" video game on September
25, a hugely anticipated event that the software giant hopes
will help drive sales of its Xbox 360 gaming console.
Microsoft details patent breaches
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_open_source"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070511/2007_05_11t091703_450x360_us_microsoft_sandisk.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=C92_MBLpemQSeHabOd0zwg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="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. Microsoft Corp. and flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. said on Friday they would develop advanced computer memory cards that allow consumers to easily take their data with them in one small device. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. has given the most detailed description to date of the number of open-source computer programs it says infringe on its patents, but the company says it still prefers licensing deals with open-source developers, software distributors and users instead of legal action against them.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo hires Blake Jorgensen as new CFO
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_new_cfo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070515/capt.0730db3ce25649a2b32876f2d7df559e.yahoo_new_cfo_fx111.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=Pq_FKfd8A.1nuQ7AXJin4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="In this undated image provided by Yahoo Inc., newly hired Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen is seen. Yahoo Inc. has hired veteran investment banker Blake Jorgensen as its new chief financial officer, an indication that the Internet icon is more interested in expanding through acquisitions than selling to potential suitors like Microsoft Corp. With the appointment announced Tuesday, May 15, 2007, Yahoo Inc. finally designated a replacement for Susan Decker, who has been the Sunnyvale-based company's CFO for seven years. (AP Photo/Yahoo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc. has hired veteran investment banker Blake Jorgensen as its new chief financial officer, the latest indication that the Internet icon is more interested in expanding through acquisitions than selling to potential suitors like Microsoft Corp.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Betas Halo 3 for Xbox 360
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - With 14.5 million units of the first two 'Halo' games already sold, Microsoft is counting on the third chapter of the Halo trilogy to provide a solid holiday revenue stream later this year, and also to help bolster sales of the company's Xbox 360 next-gen gaming platform -- the only platform for which Halo 3 will be released.
Research: Microsoft Windows Vista Worth $120 Billion To Economy
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Microsoft-sponsored report from IDC estimates that for every $1 of revenue coming in to Microsoft, around $18 will be available for "as many as 200,000" other companies to divvy up.
Microsoft says open-source violates 235 patents
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/tc_nm/microsoft_opensource_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070516/2007_05_15t170655_450x296_us_microsoft_opensource.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=QTFPLheziFbZ4c_aCMr86w--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivers his keynote address to the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles May 15, 2007. (Lee Celano/Microsoft Corp/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. made its
broadest challenge to date against open-source software,
including Windows rival Linux, claiming that such programs
violate 235 Microsoft patents and saying it will seek license
fees.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft says Vista sales at nearly 40 million
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/tc_nm/microsoft_vista_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070515/2007_05_15t122134_450x297_us_microsoft_vista.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=GXav0O0.MzWguf0WPWk3Bg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates attends the opening of Microsoft's Global Technical Support Centre and the launching of Windows Vista and Office 2007 in Bucharest February 1, 2007 file photo. Microsoft Corp. has sold nearly 40 million Windows Vista licenses in the 100 days following the introduction of the latest version of the operating system, Gates said on Tuesday. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. has sold
nearly 40 million Windows Vista licenses in the first 100 days
that the latest version of the operating system has been
available, Chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft expands sales channel for home server
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. has signed up more vendors to build hardware for its forthcoming Windows Home Server, expanding the sales channel for the company's first server OS aimed at home PC users.
Linus Torvalds Responds To Microsoft Patent Claims
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The holder of the Linux trademark suggests Microsoft should name the patents it alleges have been violated so the claims can be tested in court.
Novell Sides with Open Source in Microsoft Dispute
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The tech world is ablaze with speculation over what Microsoft plans to do in the wake of its public claim that open-source software infringes on more than 200 of its patents.
Motorola revamps popular Razr cell phone
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_hi_te/motorola_new_handsets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070515/capt.71309da7f0d6401a8106946be69922c2.motorola_razr2_prn3.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=GTbt__M9LRVE8xKNkIDpOA--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Ed Zander, Motorola's chairman and chief executive officer, introduces a sleeker outside, more powerful inside next-generation RAZR, RAZR2, along with the company's comprehensive 2007 mobile devices product portfolio, Tues., May 15, 2007, in New York. The iconic RAZR2 debuts in July 2007, and new products including MOTO Z8, MOTO Q9 and ROKR Z6, will begin shipping in Europe and Asia in June 2007. (PRNewsFoto/Motorola,Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire )" border="0" /></a>AP - Motorola Inc. is revamping the Razr cell phone that has defined the company's seesaw fortunes, jamming more technological and user-friendly substance into a handset best known for its looks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cable customers' choices being debated
(AP)
AP - Sports fans everywhere want to know: "Why do I have to subscribe to the soap opera channel when all I really want is ESPN?"
IBM loses retirees' personal info
(AP)
AP - IBM Corp., one of the world's leading providers of encryption and other data-management technologies, is in the uncomfortable position of trying to solve its own mystery involving missing computer tapes with sensitive information about employees and records of customer transactions.
Microsoft details patent breaches
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_open_source"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070511/2007_05_11t091703_450x360_us_microsoft_sandisk.jpg?x=130&y=104&sig=C92_MBLpemQSeHabOd0zwg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="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. Microsoft Corp. and flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. said on Friday they would develop advanced computer memory cards that allow consumers to easily take their data with them in one small device. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. has given the most detailed description to date of the number of open-source computer programs it says infringe on its patents, but the company says it still prefers licensing deals with open-source developers, software distributors and users instead of legal action against them.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace expands video offerings
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_video_channels"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070514/i/r2224407079.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=B1iHHZiIW5vXHRmXj67a7A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. Eight U.S. attorneys general on Monday demanded that MySpace hand over to authorities the names and addresses of thousands of convicted sex offenders they say are using the social networking Web site to contact children. REUTERS/www.myspace.com" border="0" /></a>AP - Social networking site MySpace is launching video channels that will feature news and lifestyle video from partners including The New York Times and National Geographic, the company announced Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
MySpace deletes sex offender profiles
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070516/wr_nm/myspace_sexoffender_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070516/2007_05_15t193728_450x337_us_myspace_sexoffender.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=3eXodB.w9ECcmth32mkAlA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. Popular online social network MySpace says it has identified, removed and blocked 'a few thousand' user profiles of convicted sex offenders among its 175 million profiles on its service as part a previously announced program to protect its youth members from adult predators. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Popular online social network MySpace
said on Tuesday it has identified, removed and blocked "a few
thousand" user profiles of convicted sex offenders, as part of
a program to protect its young members from adult predators.</p><br clear="all"/>
Verizon Wireless to offer ESPN mobile application
(Reuters)
Reuters - Verizon Wireless, the second biggest
U.S. mobile phone service, said on Wednesday it had an
exclusive deal with sports network ESPN to bring everything
from video highlights to score updates to cell phones.
Mozilla service opens up mobile Web
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Mozilla developers are experimenting with a service that lets users store online content on a remote server and access that information on cell phones.
Mozilla Service Opens Up Mobile Web
(PC World)
PC World - Mozilla Corp. developers are experimenting with a service that lets users store online content on a remote server and access that information on cell phones.
Microsoft sets launch date for "Halo 3" video game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on
Tuesday it will release its "Halo 3" video game on September
25, a hugely anticipated event that the software giant hopes
will help drive sales of its Xbox 360 gaming console.
MySpace deletes sex offender profiles
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070516/wr_nm/myspace_sexoffender_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070516/2007_05_15t193728_450x337_us_myspace_sexoffender.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=3eXodB.w9ECcmth32mkAlA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. Popular online social network MySpace says it has identified, removed and blocked 'a few thousand' user profiles of convicted sex offenders among its 175 million profiles on its service as part a previously announced program to protect its youth members from adult predators. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Popular online social network MySpace
said on Tuesday it has identified, removed and blocked "a few
thousand" user profiles of convicted sex offenders, as part of
a program to protect its young members from adult predators.</p><br clear="all"/>
Warner Music sues social network site for piracy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Music Group Corp. sued Imeem
Inc., a music-based social networking Web site, on Tuesday for
infringing the copyright of its artists including Madonna, Red
Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day.
Mozilla service opens up mobile Web
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Mozilla developers are experimenting with a service that lets users store online content on a remote server and access that information on cell phones.
Mozilla Service Opens Up Mobile Web
(PC World)
PC World - Mozilla Corp. developers are experimenting with a service that lets users store online content on a remote server and access that information on cell phones.
Sling Media to let users boost net speed
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/tc_nm/summit_slingmedia1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070516/2007_05_15t181551_450x233_us_summit_slingmedia.jpg?x=130&y=67&sig=lKPLPoLyCRM7HCgIldCg7g--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="A Slingbox AV box in an undated file photo. Gadget maker Sling Media, whose device relays home television programs to laptops and cell phones, plans to resell fast Internet service and may start showing ads later this year. (Sling Media/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Gadget maker Sling Media, whose device
relays home television programs to laptops and cell phones,
plans to resell fast Internet service and may start showing ads
later this year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo hires Blake Jorgensen as new CFO
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_new_cfo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070515/capt.0730db3ce25649a2b32876f2d7df559e.yahoo_new_cfo_fx111.jpg?x=113&y=130&sig=Pq_FKfd8A.1nuQ7AXJin4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="In this undated image provided by Yahoo Inc., newly hired Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen is seen. Yahoo Inc. has hired veteran investment banker Blake Jorgensen as its new chief financial officer, an indication that the Internet icon is more interested in expanding through acquisitions than selling to potential suitors like Microsoft Corp. With the appointment announced Tuesday, May 15, 2007, Yahoo Inc. finally designated a replacement for Susan Decker, who has been the Sunnyvale-based company's CFO for seven years. (AP Photo/Yahoo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yahoo Inc. has hired veteran investment banker Blake Jorgensen as its new chief financial officer, the latest indication that the Internet icon is more interested in expanding through acquisitions than selling to potential suitors like Microsoft Corp.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cisco developing social network tech tools
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. is
developing offerings to help create social networking Web sites
that let groups communicate, Chief Development Officer Charlie
Giancarlo said on Tuesday.
PayPal granted banking license in Europe
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - PayPal expects to accelerate the adoption of its online payment services in Europe now that it has obtained a banking license that will give it more freedom to market its services to merchants throughout the Continent.
Court to review Internet straight or gay query
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/wr_nm/internet_roommates_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070516/2007_05_15t172526_450x404_us_internet_roommates.jpg?x=130&y=116&sig=shBIQ.7eyTaXD_mpaO0ExA--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Roommates.com, taken on May 15, 2007. A district court should decide whether an Internet service pairing roommates violates U.S. fair housing laws by including categories such as straight or gay only, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. (www.roommates.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A district court should decide
whether an Internet service pairing roommates violates U.S.
fair housing laws by including categories such as straight or
gay only, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Clean technology bigger than Internet: software guru
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070515/wr_nm/climate_energy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070515/2007_05_15t103230_450x300_us_climate_energy.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=j3HZxIn4i3KYb9oZnqO.eA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A fuel cell hybrid SUV sits on display at the New York International Auto Show in New York April 4, 2007. A global response to climate change will spur a business revolution bigger than the internet, said co-founder of Sun Microsystems Bill Joy. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A global response to climate change
will spur a business revolution bigger than the internet, said
co-founder of Sun Microsystems Bill Joy.</p><br clear="all"/>
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