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Survey: Half Of Windows Vista Adoption Driven By Security
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A new study shows that IT managers are intrigued about Vista's new on-board security, along with user account control and an overall sense of better safeguards.
Microsoft, Chungwa to Offer IPTV, VOIP in Taiwan, China
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. has formed a joint venture with Taiwan's Chungwa Telecom Co. Ltd. to bring VOIP to small and midsize businesses in China and Taiwan, as well as to offer customers in those regions next-generation telecom services including IPTV.
Red Hat Szulik to Microsoft: "We Have Always Been Respectful Of IP"
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The Red Hat chairman, however, warned that patents can be wielded by their holders as a legal weapon.
Microsoft, Partners Take VoIP And Unified Communications To PBX Systems
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - By combining technologies from Microsoft and its partners, businesses won't need to rip out and replace an existing phone system to add new capabilities.
Telephony Vendors Line Up Behind Microsoft
(PC World)
PC World - If Microsoft Corp. is muscling in on enterprise telephony vendors' turf, most of those companies right now are just trying to get along.
Microsoft Tools Keep Bad Office Files at Bay
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. released a pair of tools on Monday that help protect computers from Office 2003 files containing malicious software code.
Telephony vendors line up behind Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - If Microsoft is muscling in on enterprise telephony vendors' turf, most of those companies right now are just trying to get along.
New T-Mobile phone runs Windows Mobile 6
(AP)
AP - T-Mobile USA on Tuesday will launch the first cell phone in the U.S. to come with Microsoft's latest version of Windows Mobile, with improved handling of e-mail and tougher security.
Microsoft tools keep bad Office files at bay
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft released a pair of tools on Monday that help protect computers from Office 2003 files containing malicious software code.
Google, Salesforce Said To Be Talking, Targeting Microsoft
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - They say the enemy of my enemy is my friend, which appears to be the case in the fast-moving world of business software.
Sony may sell 80-gig Playstation 3 in US
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070523/ap_on_hi_te/japan_sony_playstation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070523/capt.tok10805230552.japan_south_korea_sony_playstation_tok108.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=saDx0ecTXQeNI9uIFQ5XfQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="The PlayStation 3 video game console from Sony is shown in this Feb. 22, 2007 file photo, in New York. Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console will come with a beefed up 80-gigabyte hard-desk drive in South Korea, and that model is being considered for the U.S. and other markets, a company official said Wednesday, May 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console will come with a beefed up 80-gigabyte hard-disk drive in South Korea, and that model is being considered for the U.S. and other markets, a company official said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Europeans may get cheaper roaming rates
(AP)
AP - Mobile phone users in Europe could enjoy cheaper calls made and received abroad as early as this summer, EU officials said Wednesday, as the European Parliament was set to vote in favor of capping mobile phone roaming charges.
Sprint to offer Pandora streaming radio
(AP)
AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. has teamed with Pandora Media Inc., a popular online music service, to deliver personalized streaming radio to its mobile phone users.
Hate your cell company? Start your own
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070522/ap_on_hi_te/business_of_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070522/capt.123598a8ed754154bb02d2e3557b6b8c.business_of_life_ohjp101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=k112uY2rabzp9w80zDrO5g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Rod Farthing, right, is seen with is son, Kevin, Friday, May 18, 2007 at their home in Toledo, Ohio. Rob Farthing created Farthing Mobile through Sonopia, a new 'do-it-yourself' service that enables groups and individuals to design their own cell brands with a healthy dose of social networking gone mobile. (AP Photo/J.D. Pooley)" border="0" /></a>AP - Maybe it's time to stop grumbling about your cell phone company and just start your own.</p><br clear="all"/>
XM restores radio service after glitch
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070522/ap_on_bi_ge/xm_outage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070522/capt.c4891e9bc2384bfd80e9d9ce9be69d29.xm_outage_nybz128.jpg?x=130&y=68&sig=wczF5UJOk045Qdy7tT1Geg--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="A Chrysler Jeep drives past an advertisement for XM Satellite Radio at the New York International Auto Show in this April 13, 2007 file photo in New York. XM Satellite Radio experienced a second day of outages Tuesday after software problems resulted in the loss of one of the network's four satellite signals, the company said. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - XM Satellite Radio restored service Tuesday after a software glitch knocked out the signal from one of its four satellites and disrupted service to many of the company's 8 million subscribers for about a day.</p><br clear="all"/>
South Korea to introduce Internet code of ethics
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070523/tc_afp/skoreainternetportalpornography"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070523/capt.sge.fzw56.230507093417.photo00.photo.default-512x393.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=tafZkB5j5jpzmB4Dt2a9nw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A man surfs a pornographic website. South Korea will introduce an Internet code of ethics to curb the distribution of pornographic material and other information deemed inappropriate.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Korea will introduce an Internet code of ethics to curb the distribution of pornographic material and other information deemed inappropriate, officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Korean phone firm gets fishermen hooked
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070523/tc_afp/skoreaitphonefishingoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070523/capt.sge.fyh69.230507061746.photo00.photo.default-512x427.jpg?x=130&y=108&sig=Nzozk3gXs58hd8cz7HBL5A--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="A fisherman and his new device using a float-shaped ultrasonic transmitter (red objects). With most South Koreans already hooked on mobile phones, the mobile phone operator has introduced the service to help fishermen locate their catches.(AFP/STR/STR)" border="0" /></a>AFP - With most of South Korea's people already hooked on mobile phones, one operator has found a new market -- helping fishermen locate their catches.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU plans to cap mobile roaming rates face key vote
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070523/bs_afp/eutelecommobilesector"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070523/capt.sge.fzn41.230507085523.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=wm7MozZoMrowsxEDJHY1Ig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man makes a call on a mobile phone. Lawmakers at the European Parliament were poised to adopt hotly-disputed plans to cap the price of cross-border mobile phone calls in the EU, lifting the last major hurdle.(AFP/File/Marja Airio)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Lawmakers at the European Parliament were poised on Wednesday to adopt hotly-disputed plans to cap the price of cross-border mobile phone calls in the EU, lifting the last major hurdle.</p><br clear="all"/>
Open-source firms MuleSource, Zmanda net extra funding
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Two open-source companies had reason to celebrate Tuesday as each announced more venture capital funding to grow their businesses.
NCircle Buys Compliance Vendor Cambia
(PC World)
PC World - Software vendor nCircle Network Security Inc. has acquired Cambia Security Inc., a provider of risk and compliance management software.
South Korea to introduce Internet code of ethics
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070523/tc_afp/skoreainternetportalpornography"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070523/capt.sge.fzw56.230507093417.photo00.photo.default-512x393.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=tafZkB5j5jpzmB4Dt2a9nw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A man surfs a pornographic website. South Korea will introduce an Internet code of ethics to curb the distribution of pornographic material and other information deemed inappropriate.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Korea will introduce an Internet code of ethics to curb the distribution of pornographic material and other information deemed inappropriate, officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
China sees more backing for home-grown encryption standard
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070523/tc_afp/chinatelecomtechnology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070523/capt.sge.fyp33.230507070103.photo00.photo.default-512x360.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=KP40MhDEGViB6UjrZxSzDA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A promotion girl shows off China's largest computer maker Lenovo's data board, at exhibition in Beijing, May 2005. A growing number of Chinese telecom and computer companies are supporting a local encryption standard for wireless Internet that challenges US technology in the field, with Lenovo amongst them.(AFP/STR/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A growing number of Chinese telecom and computer companies support a local encryption standard for wireless Internet that challenges US technology in the field, state media said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
CBS buys Wallstrip finance site
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS Corp. on Tuesday
announced the acquisition of Wallstrip, an online property that
syndicates an irreverent daily Web show on finance news.
China's bloggers set for rare censorship reprieve
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070523/tc_afp/chinainternetrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070523/capt.sge.fxw02.230507042615.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=u8SWAOFVqihImloat64tDA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="An internet cafe in Shanghai. China's Internet bloggers look set for a rare reprieve from state censorship with the government abandoning a plan to force them to register their real names online.(AFP/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China's Internet bloggers look set for a rare reprieve from state censorship with the government abandoning a plan to force them to register their real names online, state press reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sprint to offer Pandora streaming radio
(AP)
AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. has teamed with Pandora Media Inc., a popular online music service, to deliver personalized streaming radio to its mobile phone users.
Bancrofts plan meeting on Murdoch bid: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Members of the Bancroft family, which
controls Dow Jones & Co., are planning a private meeting
Wednesday to discuss options after a $5 billion bid by Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp. for the company, the Wall Street Journal
reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
Google backs biotech firm started by founder Sergey Brin's wife
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070523/tc_afp/usitinternetbiotechcompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070523/capt.sge.fxh71.230507011848.photo00.photo.default-512x381.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=MlTLprMOf.RMmZ0f.q3vAA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Google co-founders Sergey Brin (R) and Larry Page (L) during a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany, October 2004. Google is backing a fledgling biotech firm started by the bride of Sergey Brin. Google has revealed it invested approximately 3.9 million dollars in 23andMe, a company co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, in 2006.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google is backing a fledgling biotech firm started by the bride of the world-renowned Internet search engine's co-founder Sergey Brin.</p><br clear="all"/>
McCartney No-Show on iTunes
(PC World)
PC World - Apple Inc., which made a big deal earlier this month about offering Paul McCartney's 25-album catalog to its iTunes music store, was the odd man out Tuesday as most other online sellers and subscription services added the former Beatle to their portfolios.
TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest
(Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - ABC's World News webcast has shifted from 3 p.m. ET to 12:30 p.m. ET on ABCNews.com and ABC News Now. On-demand viewing is also available via Apple's iTunes and RSS readers, and on mobile phones.
Enterprise looks to consumer sites for Web design
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The consumerization of the enterprise is continuing at a rapid pace, forcing traditional companies to modernize their Web sites in order to capture the hearts and minds of future employees.
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