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Microsoft CEO visits Vietnam
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070521/ap_on_bi_ge/vietnam_microsoft_anti_piracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070521/capt.han10205210415.vietnam_microsoft_han102.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=jDekAigQjArhHSWL0.FgqA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, standing fifth from left, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, sixth from left, witness the signing of a Microsoft Office licensing agreement in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, May 21, 2007. Ballmer was in Vietnam for a one-day trip to help promote information technology in the country. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer witnessed the signing of an agreement Monday requiring all of Vietnam's government offices to use licensed computer software in a step to curb rampant piracy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft signs software deal with Vietnam government
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070521/tc_afp/vietnamusitcompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070521/capt.sge.fel16.210507060236.photo00.photo.default-459x512.jpg?x=116&y=130&sig=U3A1Jyq01i9IJ_iBwq.Aig--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (R) shakes hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as they attend a signing ceremony for a strategic partnership agreement and a Microsoft Office licensing agreement in Hanoi, 21 May 2007. The deal would make Vietnam compliant with intellectual property (IP) protection rules and help foster the development of a vibrant information and communication technology (ICT), both sides said in a statement.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US software giant Microsoft on Monday signed an agreement with communist Vietnam to use its licensed programmes in government desktop computers in a bid to reduce rampant software piracy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Reorgs Business Division
(PC World)
PC World - A reorganization at Microsoft Corp., announced Friday, improves the focus of two of the main divisions at the company and could line up a successor to Steve Ballmer, the software giant's CEO.
Microsoft pays $6B for online ad company
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070519/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_aquantive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070518/capt.4c06aff53e40426e8444d7467b1ed37b.microsoft_aquantive_nyml101.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=I23.HasvY.NVwTTRTab5rA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Stock prices for Microsoft and aQuantive are shown at the Nasdaq marketsite on Friday, May 18, 2007 in New York. Microsoft Corp. said Friday it will buy online advertising firm aQuantive Inc. for about $6 billion in cash, paying a premium to catch up with major ad deals by its competitors over the last six weeks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp., not wanting to get left behind rivals in an online advertising boom, agreed to pay $6 billion in cash to acquire aQuantive Inc. on Friday, a leading agency for Internet ads which also has powerful technology that serves display and banner ads to other Web sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
Credit Suisse Disruptive Technology Portfolio: Digital River's Ties To Microsoft And PC Industry Raise Concerns Among Investors
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Stock price takes 9% plunge, biggest of all Disruptive Technology Portfolio companies.
AQuantive deal spurs debate on Microsoft and Yahoo
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070519/bs_nm/aquantive_microsoft_yahoo_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070519/2007_05_18t081902_450x349_us_aquantive_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=8SRxs8e0_3_h_8KttJtA7A--" 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, California, May 9, 2007. Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it would buy aQuantive Inc. for about $6 billion, or $66.50 a share in cash, which represents an 85 percent premium to the online advertising company's closing price on Thursday. (Lou Dematteis/Microsoft Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A $6 billion purchase of Web
advertising agency aQuantive Inc. may distract Microsoft Corp.
from any potential merger with Yahoo Inc. , but it does
not derail the logic of such a deal, analysts said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Aquantive deal no silver bullet for Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's planned acquisition of digital advertising and marketing services agency aQuantive will give the company the tools it needs to dig its heels in as a competitor in the rapidly evolving digital advertising market.
Microsoft Purchase Adds Up To A Test For Google, Yahoo
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft is willing -- and able -- to pay up if it means wresting away some online ad dollars from Google and Yahoo.
AQuantive Deal no Silver Bullet for Microsoft
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp.'s planned acquisition of digital advertising and marketing services agency aQuantive Inc. will give the company the tools it needs to dig its heels in as a competitor in the rapidly evolving digital advertising market.
Two-Step Windows Vista UAC Hack Published
(PC World)
PC World - Another security researcher has found a way through Windows Vista's heavily hyped User Account Control (UAC) feature.
Staples starts computer recycle program
(AP)
AP - Staples Inc. is expanding its electronics waste recycling program by accepting used computers and monitors that can now be dropped off for a $10 fee at any of the office products chain's 1,400 U.S. locations during store hours.
Avis to offer wireless Internet gear
(AP)
AP - Avis Rent A Car System is offering customers a wireless Internet service to use in its rented cars, hotel rooms and other places a traveler might go.
Aerospace firms target today's youth
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070521/ap_on_hi_te/graying_aerospace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070521/capt.nyol59105210159.graying_aerospace_nyol591.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=qVvYxcy1N28fyo_QSyHHuA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Workers assemble a PW500 engine destined for a Cesna Citation at the Pratt and Whitney plant in Longueuil, Quebec in this Dec. 13, 2006 file photo. Faced with an aging work force, aerospace companies have begun targeting young recruits online. The average age of an aerospace worker was 45 in 2005. (AP Photo/Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Justin Wong, an aerospace engineering student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was schmoozing on Facebook.com last fall when he came across a sleek Boeing job ad.</p><br clear="all"/>
Camera phone maker mulls gadget's impact
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070520/ap_on_hi_te/candid_camera"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070519/capt.e25d3daf456f4087be155f2bba4795e1.candid_camera_fx101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=UsN9TvbGnx.wsayd.LXKjw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Philippe Kahn poses for a portrait with a camera phone in Santa Cruz, Calif., Wednesday, March 21, 2007. If Kahn feels a bit like a proud father when he sees people holding up their cell phones to snap pictures, there's good reason. He jury-rigged the first camera phone in a Santa Cruz labor-and-delivery room while his wife was in labor with their daughter.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" 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.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft pays $6B for online ad company
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070519/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_aquantive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070518/capt.4c06aff53e40426e8444d7467b1ed37b.microsoft_aquantive_nyml101.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=I23.HasvY.NVwTTRTab5rA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Stock prices for Microsoft and aQuantive are shown at the Nasdaq marketsite on Friday, May 18, 2007 in New York. Microsoft Corp. said Friday it will buy online advertising firm aQuantive Inc. for about $6 billion in cash, paying a premium to catch up with major ad deals by its competitors over the last six weeks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp., not wanting to get left behind rivals in an online advertising boom, agreed to pay $6 billion in cash to acquire aQuantive Inc. on Friday, a leading agency for Internet ads which also has powerful technology that serves display and banner ads to other Web sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google, Salesforce in talks to form alliance: WSJ
(Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc.
are in talks for an alliance that could help them compete
better against Microsoft Corp., the Wall Street Journal
reported on its Web site on Monday.
Clear Channel launches mobile texting program
(Reuters)
Reuters - Clear Channel Communications Inc.
launched on Monday a free mobile program that enables listeners
to text-message radio stations from their cell phones to make
song requests, get real-time traffic reports and access other
information.
Alltel Corp. agrees to buyout
(AP)
AP - Alltel Corp., owner of the nation's largest cell-phone network in geographic coverage, said Sunday it had agreed to a buyout by a pair of investment firms in a deal worth about $27.5 billion that still must be approved by the company's shareholders.
Google to Enhance Search Appliance
(PC World)
PC World - Google Inc. is developing an open source architecture to improve its Search Appliance's ability to index data in content and document management systems and collaboration platforms.
Microsoft CEO visits Vietnam
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070521/ap_on_bi_ge/vietnam_microsoft_anti_piracy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070521/capt.han10205210415.vietnam_microsoft_han102.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=jDekAigQjArhHSWL0.FgqA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, standing fifth from left, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, sixth from left, witness the signing of a Microsoft Office licensing agreement in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, May 21, 2007. Ballmer was in Vietnam for a one-day trip to help promote information technology in the country. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer witnessed the signing of an agreement Monday requiring all of Vietnam's government offices to use licensed computer software in a step to curb rampant piracy.</p><br clear="all"/>
Avis to offer wireless Internet gear
(AP)
AP - Avis Rent A Car System is offering customers a wireless Internet service to use in its rented cars, hotel rooms and other places a traveler might go.
Google, Salesforce in talks to form alliance: WSJ
(Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc.
are in talks for an alliance that could help them compete
better against Microsoft Corp., the Wall Street Journal
reported on its Web site on Monday.
Kimono retailers go digital
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070519/wr_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070520/2007_05_18t145610_450x327_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=qfc1WOqT_FAM7x1b37Zh1w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Women clad in kimono take part in a parade through Asakusa district at Sanja festival in Tokyo May 18, 2007. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Japanese are getting reacquainted with
the kimono, helped by a host of Web sites that are succeeding
where pushy sales people and kimono schools have failed.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to Enhance Search Appliance
(PC World)
PC World - Google Inc. is developing an open source architecture to improve its Search Appliance's ability to index data in content and document management systems and collaboration platforms.
Catholics say blog spreads BBC "slander" to Italy
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070519/wr_nm/italy_paedophilia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070520/2007_05_19t180518_450x273_us_italy_paedophilia.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=p1CPjYA_lc5jSYqnf3bFtQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Employees walks past the BBC's main offices, in west London, December 7, 2004. Italy's leading Roman Catholic newspaper lashed out at bloggers on Saturday for spreading 'slander' by posting a BBC documentary that alleged a Church cover-up of child sexual abuse. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Italy's leading Roman Catholic newspaper
lashed out at bloggers on Saturday for spreading "slander" by
posting a BBC documentary that alleged a Church cover-up of
child sexual abuse.</p><br clear="all"/>
Verisign Plugin Brings Green Address Bars to Firefox
(PC World)
PC World - Verisign Inc. has brought a new technology, used to identify trusted Web sites, to the Firefox browser.
Verisign plugin brings green address bars to Firefox
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Verisign has brought a new technology used to identify trusted Web sites to the Firefox browser.
Google to enhance, simplify Search Appliance
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google is developing an open-source architecture to improve its Search Appliance's ability to index data in content and document management systems and collaboration platforms.
Google Launches ISP Version of Apps Suite
(PC World)
PC World - Google Inc. has released a version of Google Apps tailored for ISPs (Internet service providers) and Web portals, growing this family of hosted collaboration and communication suites for organizations.
Recent online ad deals
(AP)
AP - Recent major deals in the online advertising space:
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