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Microsoft Asserts Patents, Wants Weaker System
(PC World)
PC World - To some observers, Microsoft Corp. seemed to have an odd sense of timing when it complained recently that open-source projects have allegedly violated 235 of its patents.
Microsoft asserts patents, wants weaker system
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - To some observers, Microsoft Corp. seemed to have an odd sense of timing when it complained recently that open source projects have allegedly violated 235 of its patents.
Microsoft, Clinton Develop Emissions Tracking Software
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. will work with the Clinton Foundation to develop free Web-based software and services that cities around the world can use to monitor their carbon emissions and share ideas about environmental protection.
Microsoft backs adding ODF to ANSI standards
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Days after declaring its intention to aggressively collect patent royalties from open-source distributors, Microsoft backed adding ODF (Open Document Format for XML), the document file format used widely in open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office, to a list of business standards.
Microsoft, Clinton develop emissions software
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft will work with the Clinton Foundation to develop free Web-based software and services that cities around the world can use to monitor their carbon emissions and share ideas about environmental protection.
Bill Gates Sees End Of 'Device Categories' As PCs, Phones Merge
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft's chairman predicts phones will lead the way toward a common platform on which users will talk, text, work and play games.
Hilf: Microsoft won't sue over Linux, for now
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft ignited hostility following its assertion in Fortune magazine on Monday that Linux and other open-source software infringe on 235 of the company's patents.
Can Microsoft Beat The Set-Top Box?
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft is setting the groundwork to challenge cable companies with Home Server, Vista, and the Xbox video game console, which can play Internet content and high-definition DVDs on a TV.
New software to track cities' carbon emissions
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070517/tc_nm/microsoft_clinton_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070517/2007_05_17t073656_450x299_us_microsoft_clinton.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=GlwOLTGtx9a7OEAnLyl6LA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Former US President Bill Clinton (C), and London Mayor Ken Livingstone (R) listen to New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg speak about programs to reduce energy use therefore improving the climate, in New York, May 16, 2007. The Clinton Foundation and Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced a partnership to develop new technology tools to help large cities create, track and share strategies to reduce carbon emissions. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Clinton Foundation and Microsoft
Corp. on Thursday announced a partnership to develop
new technology tools to help large cities create, track and
share strategies to reduce carbon emissions.</p><br clear="all"/>
WinHEC: Day Two Wrapup
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On day two we learned more about the Vista driver rollout, HomePlug networking, and the Windows Home Server product.
Camera phone pioneer ponders the impact
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_hi_te/candid_camera"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070515/capt.7e06826a9fab483ba254825116869bfc.motorola_new_handsets_nybz102.jpg?x=69&y=130&sig=K7Lnxi.pwiRrJHICEictUw--" align="left" height="130" width="69" alt="In this undated handout photo provided by Motorola Inc. the Razr 2 is shown. Seeking to reverse a financial tailspin, Motorola Inc. is revamping the Razr cell phone that has defined the company's rise and fall of the past few years. The Razr 2 was unveiled Tuesday, May 15, 2007 with a number of upgrades to other top-line handsets. Executives stressed that the best path to success was to add features and improve performance with more robust software and hardware within an already stylish device. (AP Photo/Motorola Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - The chilling sounds of gunfire on the Virginia Tech campus; the hateful taunts from Saddam Hussein's execution; the racist tirade of comedian Michael Richards. Those videos, all shot with cell phone cameras and seen by millions, are just a few recent examples of the power now at the fingertips of the masses. Even the man widely credited with inventing the camera phone in 1997 is awed by the cultural revolution he helped launch.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube founders unfazed by challenges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_founders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.4c0bfab575b04bc5b4d5d7f8a1ddfc5e.youtube_founders_nybz113.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=Cu9oyqOIWLhSB32LkySwCQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="YouTube co-founders Steve Chen, left, and Chad Hurley, right, during an interview at the Assoicated Press' bureau in San Francisco, Thursday, May 17, 2007. While major television and movie studios have been scrambling to assemble their own online video channels, Internet pioneer YouTube Inc. has been examining ways to move its content into the living room, co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen said in an interview with The Associated Press. Hurley and Chen also discussed YouTube's plans to make money from video ads and introduce technology to protect copyright holders. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - The media's recent legal and competitive challenges to Internet video pioneer YouTube haven't fazed co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who have diligently sought to make money for new owner Google Inc., as well as the creators of the content that fuels their Web site's whirlwind growth.</p><br clear="all"/>
Study finds 25 countries block Web sites
(AP)
AP - At least 25 countries around the world block Web sites for political, social or other reasons as governments seek to assert authority over a network meant to be borderless, according to a study out Friday.
Alcatel-Lucent workers' info missing
(AP)
AP - A computer disk containing personal information on thousands of Lucent employees and retirees has been missing for at least 10 days, Alcatel-Lucent said Thursday.
Review: 3 ways to adjust your HDTV
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_hdtv_calibration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.ca494d4aa8884b93b5462bbeb80dba0a.tech_test_hdtv_calibration_nyml101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=wjxvBbhsrSvOKAuI0AeYUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Datacolor SpyderTV colorimeter is held in front of an HDTV showing 'The Holiday' on Thursday, May 17, 2007 in New York. The $220 puck attaches to the screen and is used with computer software to adjust the picture on the set. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - High-definition TV sets are big sellers these days, and no wonder, since the picture can be amazing. But a lot of people seem to care more about how cool the flat panels look on the wall than what the picture looks like: It's common to see the image stretched horizontally to fill the screen, giving even the most attractive anchor a bloated look, or the color is off, giving everyone the reddish skin tone of the recently boiled.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hong Kong man loses Internet piracy appeal
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070518/tc_afp/lifestylehongkonginternetpiracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070518/capt.sge.emn93.180507075523.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=BIDn8d6NbHhagAnx9VEOyw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Central district of Hong Kong. The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against a jail sentence in Hong Kong(AFP/File/Samanatha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against a jail sentence in Hong Kong.</p><br clear="all"/>
AMD details plans for mobile PC chip platform
(Reuters)
Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
detailed on Thursday plans for its first-ever chip
platform designed specifically for notebook personal computers,
in a bid to regain ground lost to rival Intel Corp. .
Motorola: Razr 2 phone debuts in SKorea
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_motorola_new_handset"><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. will start selling the next generation of its popular and ultra-slim Razr cell phone next month in South Korea ahead of a global launch in July, the president of the company's South Korean operations said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Asserts Patents, Wants Weaker System
(PC World)
PC World - To some observers, Microsoft Corp. seemed to have an odd sense of timing when it complained recently that open-source projects have allegedly violated 235 of its patents.
Dell Sharpens Market Approach to Match HP, IBM
(PC World)
PC World - Dell Inc. will try to shake its reputation as a simple pusher of computer boxes with a new program for enterprise customers that combines hardware, software and services, as well as a focus on energy efficiency and virtualization.
Hong Kong man loses Internet piracy appeal
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070518/tc_afp/lifestylehongkonginternetpiracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070518/capt.sge.emn93.180507075523.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=BIDn8d6NbHhagAnx9VEOyw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Central district of Hong Kong. The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against a jail sentence in Hong Kong(AFP/File/Samanatha Sin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against a jail sentence in Hong Kong.</p><br clear="all"/>
Study finds 25 countries block Web sites
(AP)
AP - At least 25 countries around the world block Web sites for political, social or other reasons as governments seek to assert authority over a network meant to be borderless, according to a study out Friday.
New study renews click fraud debate
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_hi_te/click_fraud"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070514/capt.a628827e30724478892d4a2eac81f8cf.richardson_2008_cams102.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=uOljtTRC10oQvhkRcr3Xog--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, right, addresses Google employees along with Elliot Schrage, the company's Vice President for Global Communications and Public Relations, during a visit to the Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, May 14, 2007.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Deceptive clicks on Internet advertising links distributed by Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and other online marketing vehicles are probably occurring far more frequently than the network operators acknowledge, according to a study by fraud detection specialist Fair Isaac Corp.</p><br clear="all"/>
Court: Google didn't infringe copyright
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_hi_te/google_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070516/capt.nyol96805162237.google_universal_search_nyol968.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=TjNHFAJrXCVqC2qG6m1MGg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Google workers walk by a Google sign at company headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., in this 2006 file photo. In its latest technological leap, Google will begin showing videos on its main results page along with photos, books and other content previously separated into different categories. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal appeals court said Google Inc. does not infringe the copyrights of adult entertainment company Perfect 10 Inc. by displaying small versions of its images in search results.</p><br clear="all"/>
Phone co. Embarq does well in first year
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_hi_te/embarq_year_one"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.dcc96caaccf049e598fb2df1473451b0.embarq_one_year_kscr102.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=_c8wBIzQxqtm34x5enUy6A--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Embarq company headquarters in Overland Park, Kan. Thursday, May 17, 2007. Signs are encouraging for the nation's fourth-largest local telephone provider a year after spinning off from Sprint Nextel Corp. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Embarq Corp. was spun off by Sprint Nextel Corp. a year ago this week, it was expected to follow the troubling example of most traditional telephone companies — a steady decline amid the growing flight of customers to phone service from cable TV, cellular and Internet providers.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube pioneers challenge Pentagon
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_military"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.7398e14edf4a46cda999c9f143ead248.youtube_founders_fx101.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=bBs4aivkrE7kQ4IRmu14nA--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley, left, and Steve Chen, right, pose for a portrait after an interview at the Associated Press' bureau in San Francisco, Thursday, May 17, 2007. While major television and movie studios have been scrambling to assemble their own online video channels, Internet pioneer YouTube Inc. has been examining ways to move its content into the living room, the co-founders said in an interview with The Associated Press. Hurley and Chen also discussed YouTube's plans to make money from video ads and introduce technology to protect copyright holders. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - YouTube's co-founders on Thursday challenged the Pentagon's assertion that soldiers overseas were sapping too much bandwidth by watching online videos, the military's principal rationale for blocking popular Web sites from Defense Department computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube founders unfazed by challenges
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_founders"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070517/capt.4c0bfab575b04bc5b4d5d7f8a1ddfc5e.youtube_founders_nybz113.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=Cu9oyqOIWLhSB32LkySwCQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="YouTube co-founders Steve Chen, left, and Chad Hurley, right, during an interview at the Assoicated Press' bureau in San Francisco, Thursday, May 17, 2007. While major television and movie studios have been scrambling to assemble their own online video channels, Internet pioneer YouTube Inc. has been examining ways to move its content into the living room, co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen said in an interview with The Associated Press. Hurley and Chen also discussed YouTube's plans to make money from video ads and introduce technology to protect copyright holders. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - The media's recent legal and competitive challenges to Internet video pioneer YouTube haven't fazed co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who have diligently sought to make money for new owner Google Inc., as well as the creators of the content that fuels their Web site's whirlwind growth.</p><br clear="all"/>
National Lampoon starts online network
(AP)
AP - National Lampoon Inc. has expanded its Web video offerings by establishing an online network that will be distributed on several Web sites, including Veoh, Joost and YouTube.
"Shrek 3" advance sales on par with "Shrek 2"
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070518/media_nm/shrek_sales_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070518/2007_05_17t210917_450x350_us_shrek_sales.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=Ylthlzaz9HCJkYtr9nVRmA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Cast member Mike Myers (L), who gives the voice to 'Shrek', smiles with co-star Cameron Diaz, who gives the voice to 'Princess Fiona', at the premiere of 'Shrek the Third' at the Mann's Village theater in Los Angeles May 6, 2007. Advance ticket sales for 'Shrek the Third' are on track to equal or exceed the previous film in the blockbuster 'Shrek' franchise a day before the film opens in theaters, the two largest U.S. movie-ticketing Web sites said on Thursday. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Advance ticket sales for "Shrek the
Third" are on track to equal or exceed the previous film in the
blockbuster "Shrek" franchise a day before the film opens in
theaters, the two largest U.S. movie-ticketing Web sites said
on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Anti-gay church parodies video
(AP)
AP - A church known nationally for picketing soldiers' funerals is being accused by a music company of violating copyright laws with an Internet video parody of the 1980s song, "We Are the World."
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