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Novell Tells Terms of Microsoft Linux Deal
(PC World)
PC World - Novell Inc. has published details of its landmark November 2006 partnership agreements with Microsoft Corp.
Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Novell has published details of its landmark November 2006 Linux partnership agreements with Microsoft.
Microsoft sues alleged stock scammers
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Hoping to tackle the growing problem of pump-and-dump stock scams Microsoft has quietly filed lawsuits against at least three alleged perpetrators who it says used its MSN Hotmail networks to promote stocks.
Microsoft Cancels Key Developer Conference
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. has cancelled its fall developer conference, citing inconvenient timing for the show in light of the launch of important new infrastructure and developer-platform products.
Microsoft Sues Alleged Stock Scammers
(PC World)
PC World - Hoping to tackle the growing problem of pump-and-dump stock scams Microsoft Corp. has quietly filed lawsuits against at least three alleged perpetrators who it says used its MSN Hotmail networks to promote stocks.
Microsoft cancels key developer conference
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has cancelled its fall developer conference, citing inconvenient timing for the show in light of the launch of important new infrastructure and developer-platform products.
Microsoft Announces Ship Date For Forza Motorsport 2
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The video game for Xbox coincides with this weekend's running of the 91st Indianapolis 500.
Microsoft Car Stereo Patent To Challenge iPod?
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - While the technology is likely to support Microsoft's Zune portable media player, the patent indicates that the dock also would support third party devices.
Microsoft offers Zune team 'iPod Amnesty Bin'
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In what can be seen as either a joke or a real attempt to get employees to give up Apple iPods in favor of the Zune MP3 player, the team at Microsoft that builds Zune has set up a bin at its headquarters so employees can drop in iPods they don't want to use anymore.
Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Xbox Sparked Fire That Killed Baby
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The suit was filed by Wade Kline's estate and seeks unspecified damages in excess of $50,000.
Virtual tours offer trips through time
(AP)
AP - Kathy Choi touches a kiosk screen, then looks up at a larger wall screen to see digitally created yellowish-brown mounds snaking through bright green grassland dotted with brilliant blue rivers and lakes.
Clinton asks YouTube users for song help
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070526/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_theme_song"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070525/capt.d742dc48a8b642819177c66fe20d1c45.clinton_2008_iacn110.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=i1RevAwQVT2NiiYCXu.Bvw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a town hall meeting, Friday, May 25, 2007, in Mason City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton wants YouTube viewers to pick her campaign theme song — and the response, so far, has been music to her ears.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. colleges retool programming classes
(AP)
AP - The lesson plan was called "Artificial Unintelligence," but it was written more like a comic book than a syllabus for a serious computer science class.
Sony develops film-thin, bending display
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070526/ap_on_hi_te/japan_sony_thin_display"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070525/capt.tok10505250445.japan_sony_thin_display_tok105.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=3x53VTFAXO_7p.c1hBMXdQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Sony Corp., the company's new 0.3 millimeter (0.01 inch) display is shown at Atsugi Technology Center in Atsugi, southwest of Tokyo May 21, 2007. In the race for ever thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all, a razor-thin display that bend like paper while showing full-color video. (AP Photo/Sony Corp., HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all — a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-color video.</p><br clear="all"/>
Infrared fires up backyard barbecues
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070525/ap_on_hi_te/infrared_barbecues"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070525/capt.d2dbfbe217d34490889e7ff4b71d8a91.infrared_barbecues_gagb102.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=RFZrSps5mJ4XaomvgXsOXA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Jim Watson of Atlanta shops for a barbecue grill that has the infrared burner at a Home Depot store in Atlanta, Friday, May 25, 2007. Watson purchased one of the new units saying that he had seen them used and they are 'great'. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)" border="0" /></a>AP - For a quarter century, chefs at pricey steakhouses have been searing meat on burners that cook with infrared energy. Now the high-temperature technology may be coming to a backyard barbecue near you.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google's Data Retention Challenged
(PC World)
PC World - European data protection officials have written to Google warning that the search giant may be in breach of E.U. privacy because of the way it retains data on individual searches.
OLPC Seeks Educational Games for XO Laptop
(PC World)
PC World - The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project is asking software coders to develop free, open-source educational computer games for the XO laptop, continuing its push toward a September launch date.
EarthLink Wins Full Contract for Philadelphia Wi-Fi Net
(PC World)
PC World - Update: Similar San Francisco project is still under discussion.
Novell Tells Terms of Microsoft Linux Deal
(PC World)
PC World - Novell Inc. has published details of its landmark November 2006 partnership agreements with Microsoft Corp.
OLPC seeks educational games for XO laptop
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Project is asking software coders to develop free, open-source educational computer games for the XO laptop, continuing its push toward a September launch date.
Users upset over Google Analytics outage
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The Google Analytics Web site monitoring service suffered an outage that affected some users for more than 24 hours this week, prompting many to vent on blogs and forums their frustration with the situation and with what they perceived as unresponsiveness on Google's part.
Web 2.0 Site Becomes Lobbying Tool For Campaign Appearances
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Eventful.com is fast becoming a popular site for presidential hopefuls to connect with online-savvy voters.
Groups Praise US Broadband Data Bill
(PC World)
PC World - A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would require the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reconsider what bandwidth rates qualify as broadband, a move that won praise from some groups that call current broadband penetration statistics misleading.
Groups praise U.S. broadband data bill
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would require the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reconsider what bandwidth rates qualify as broadband, a move that won praise from some groups that call current broadband penetration statistics misleading.
Online Gambling Firm Pleads Guilty To Racketeering Charges
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - BetonSports pleaded guilty to violating federal racketeering charges and said it would cooperate in the case against the firm's former executives.
Google's share of U.S. search market jumped in April
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070525/wr_nm/google_search_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070525/2007_05_25t134745_450x289_us_google_search.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=CCrMCiGc.kTFeOqPMSX1AA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California is shown in this August 18, 2004 file photo. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. in
April showed a sharp gain in market share among U.S. Web search
users, taking business from its three closest rivals, research
firm comScore Inc. said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU data-privacy officials probing Google
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070525/ap_on_hi_te/eu_google_privacy_probe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070524/capt.sge.gmo26.240507125119.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=5DbKh6xJ4s0nCj_NFPhcFA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A woman works on her computer as on the wall behind is seen the logo of web search engine Google at a fair, October 2005, in Germany. Google on Wednesday launched a test version of a translation tool that enables people to search the Internet in any of a dozen languages and have the results converted into their chosen tongue.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AP - An independent European Union panel is investigating whether Google Inc.'s Internet search engine abides by European privacy rules, which tend to be stricter than those in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>
Connecticut To Require Sex Offender E-Mail Registration
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Connecticut House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation on Thursday that will require convicted sex offenders to register their "electronic mail address, instant message address, or other similar Internet communication identifier" with the state's Commissioner of Public Safety. The penalties for failing to register an e-mail address would be identical to the failure to register a residential address, and include a possible jail sentence of up to five years.
Could Google Translate Help E-Commerce?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google is attempting to jump over language barriers in a single bound. The search king this week launched a new feature to convert search results into 12 different languages. The long-term implications could be a boon for e-commerce.
Avis Rent A Car Is Also Avis Rent A Wi-Fi Connection
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - For $10.95 a day, Avis customers get a small device that creates a Wi-Fi hotspot and connects to the Internet via wireless data connections provided by cell phone service providers.
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