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Microsoft starts Ignition for music promotion
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070602/tc_nm/microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070601/2007_05_31t114104_450x253_us_videogames_column_tech.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=OxmomPW26WAljvUUFYW_EQ--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="An undated screenshot from the video game 'Shadowrun.' The summer video game doldrums are almost here, but a small flurry of new titles over the next couple of weeks may help tide gamers over until the fall bounty. (Microsoft Corporation/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft is introducing an initiative
on Monday to promote emerging music acts across its entire
digital footprint, Billboard has learned.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft adds copyrighted books to online library
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070601/tc_afp/usitinternetbook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070601/capt.sge.jeu60.010607231206.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=i9FArLeB9u4dHbFNW96IDA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="the logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft on Friday added copyrighted books to its online library, saying it has permission to offer the works to searchers on the Internet.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft on Friday added copyrighted books to its online library, saying it has permission to offer the works to searchers on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Patent Office reopens Microsoft-Eolas case
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Just when it seemed certain Microsoft had lost its now 8-year-old patent dispute with Eolas Technologies, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has reopened the case, giving Microsoft a chance to prove that Eolas' patent for browser plug-ins should not be valid.
Patent Office Reopens Microsoft-Eolas Case
(PC World)
PC World - Just when it seemed certain Microsoft Corp. had lost its now 8-year-old patent dispute with Eolas Technologies Inc., the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has reopened the case, giving Microsoft a chance to prove that Eolas' patent for browser plug-ins should not be valid.
Microsoft Sued Over Ultimate TV DVR System
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A group of inventors maintain that Microsoft misled them during negotiations to purchase intellectual property related to interactive television.
Microsoft adds copyrighted works to book search engine
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft will expand its books search engine by including copyrighted works in its index for the first time starting Thursday evening.
Microsoft, Google Take Search Wars to Books
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft on Thursday unveiled improvements to its online book search program that include an increase in available material and more comprehensive search options. Google fired back with its own response.
Microsoft to offer improved tools to search books
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070601/wr_nm/microsoft_books_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070601/2007_06_01t010100_450x305_us_microsoft_books.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=T_S93KXpZE3MjHad8XDtmw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivers a speech at Peking University in Beijing April 20, 2007. Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it would offer improved capacity to search copyrighted books on the Internet as the company battles Google Inc. for advertising dollars from Web-based services. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday
it would offer improved capacity to search copyrighted books on
the Internet as the company battles Google Inc. for advertising
dollars from Web-based services.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ballmer translates 'software and service'
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Speaking at a lunch meeting in Seattle on Thursday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried to explain the difference between the words "as" and "and" when placed between the words "software" and "service."
Cisco, Microsoft, Others Get Together On Security
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Tech firms have spent years designing a road map for how to better secure networks. Now, they're building the intersections needed for broad use of those plans.
Egypt frees Muslim Brotherhood blogger
(AP)
AP - A Muslim Brotherhood blogger was released Saturday after a 45-day detention, but the crackdown against the group continued, with 51 Brotherhood members arrested in recent days, police said.
Poll: A fifth vacation with laptops
(AP)
AP - Sun block. Beach umbrella. Laptop. One in five people toted laptop computers on their most recent vacations, an AP-Ipsos poll released Friday said. Along with the 80 percent who said they brought along their cell phones, the survey shows going on vacation no longer means being out of the electronic loop.
Google hits the streets, raises concerns
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_hi_te/google_candid_camera"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070531/capt.3d4a414fadc34601ac4bfb87b29f6df1.google_developer_day_cams103.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=vVg.Ue0t_GDT9IzJR4sR.A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Hewlett-Packard employee Jamie El-Fattal , left, checks out the Google maps program during Google Developer Day 2007 in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 31, 2007. The gathering is organized by Google to expose web developers throughout the world to the company's technologies. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. bills the latest twist on its online maps as "Street View," but it looks a bit like "Candid Camera" as you cruise through the panorama of pictures that captured fleeting moments in neighborhoods scattered across the country.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sweden cracks down on web credit checks
(AP)
AP - Swedes will no longer be able to snoop through each other's finances anonymously after a popular Web site agreed to tighten the rules on its credit information services, officials said Friday.
Firms race to update E. Africa telecom
(AP)
AP - Plans to lay an undersea fiber-optic cable off eastern Africa could be the beginning of the end of crackling long-distance calls, slow dial-up Internet connections and universities without e-mail.
iTunes crosses language barrier with Foreign Exchange
(Reuters)
Reuters - Apple's iTunes Music Store is
introducing a new original programming feature designed to
promote foreign-language music in its stores around the world,
Billboard has learned.
Apple iPhone Buzz Prompts New Production Reports
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Apple is reported to have turned to longtime manufacturer Quanta Computer to ramp up production.
Chinese Travel Web Site Beats Rivals With Better Customer Service
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Shaun Rein, a frequent business traveler and head of a Shanghai market research firm, says he doesn't waste time sitting in front of a computer to book hotels and flights for his business trips. Instead, he calls Ctrip.com International. In less than 10 minutes, he is on his way to the airport, while his cell phone takes a text message confirming his hotel reservation.
A Search Engine for Open-Source Code
(PC World)
PC World - Krugle aspires to be the Google of software code search, even referring to itself as a verb. And recently, Krugle has started to become the go-to search site for open-source developers, partnering with key websites, including SourceForge.net, the leading repository for open-source software projects, to embed Krugle search. Krugle also announced a similar partnership with CollabNet, a community of 1 million developers.
A search engine for open source code
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Krugle aspires to be the Google of software code search, even referring to itself as a verb. And recently, Krugle has started to become the go-to search site for open source developers, partnering with key Web sites, including SourceForge.net, the leading repository for open source software projects, to embed Krugle search. Krugle also announced a similar partnership with CollabNet, a community of 1 million developers.
iTunes crosses language barrier with Foreign Exchange
(Reuters)
Reuters - Apple's iTunes Music Store is
introducing a new original programming feature designed to
promote foreign-language music in its stores around the world,
Billboard has learned.
A Search Engine for Open-Source Code
(PC World)
PC World - Krugle aspires to be the Google of software code search, even referring to itself as a verb. And recently, Krugle has started to become the go-to search site for open-source developers, partnering with key websites, including SourceForge.net, the leading repository for open-source software projects, to embed Krugle search. Krugle also announced a similar partnership with CollabNet, a community of 1 million developers.
A search engine for open source code
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Krugle aspires to be the Google of software code search, even referring to itself as a verb. And recently, Krugle has started to become the go-to search site for open source developers, partnering with key Web sites, including SourceForge.net, the leading repository for open source software projects, to embed Krugle search. Krugle also announced a similar partnership with CollabNet, a community of 1 million developers.
Groups call for competitive spectrum auction
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - New broadband providers should be given a better chance of winning pieces of valuable wireless spectrum to be auctioned by early next year, several groups said Friday.
Microsoft adds copyrighted books to online library
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070601/tc_afp/usitinternetbook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070601/capt.sge.jeu60.010607231206.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=i9FArLeB9u4dHbFNW96IDA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="the logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft on Friday added copyrighted books to its online library, saying it has permission to offer the works to searchers on the Internet.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft on Friday added copyrighted books to its online library, saying it has permission to offer the works to searchers on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google's Book Search available in publisher sites
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google is making its controversial Book Search engine available to publishers interested in putting it on their Web sites.
Google hits the streets, raises concerns
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_hi_te/google_candid_camera"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070531/capt.3d4a414fadc34601ac4bfb87b29f6df1.google_developer_day_cams103.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=vVg.Ue0t_GDT9IzJR4sR.A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Hewlett-Packard employee Jamie El-Fattal , left, checks out the Google maps program during Google Developer Day 2007 in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 31, 2007. The gathering is organized by Google to expose web developers throughout the world to the company's technologies. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. bills the latest twist on its online maps as "Street View," but it looks a bit like "Candid Camera" as you cruise through the panorama of pictures that captured fleeting moments in neighborhoods scattered across the country.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google buys Internet news delivery firm FeedBurner
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070601/tc_afp/usitinternetmedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070601/capt.sge.jet48.010607224255.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=AA3ki8kTfnhlUz2hcudP9Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google announced Friday that it bought FeedBurner, a firm specializing in delivering podcasts, weblogs, news and advertising to Internet browsers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google announced Friday that it bought FeedBurner, a firm specializing in delivering podcasts, weblogs, news and advertising to Internet browsers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Just one day after a security researcher showed how Google's Firefox toolbar could be exploited in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in the Google Desktop.
Google acquires Web media distributor Feedburner
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070601/wr_nm/google_feedburner_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070601/2007_06_01t154225_450x299_us_google_feedburner.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=b4ODB1pOKtGhBRNkTrnDDw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Google employees in an undated photo. Google said on Friday it is acquiring Feedburner Inc., bolstering the Internet advertising leader's capacity to distribute both media and advertising to blogs via Web syndication technology. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc. said on Friday it is
acquiring Feedburner Inc., bolstering the Internet advertising
leader's capacity to distribute both media and advertising to
blogs via Web syndication technology.</p><br clear="all"/>
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