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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/20070602/2007_06_02t130306_450x300_us_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=dYpM_Oal7ckDuhcRQ0yLCQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A technician adjusts a spotlight at the exhibition stand of Microsoft in Hanover March 12, 2007. Microsoft is introducing an initiative on Monday to promote emerging music acts across its entire digital footprint, Billboard has learned. (Christian Charisius/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.
Ads confirm Apple iPhone 6/29 sale date
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070604/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070530/capt.6c80698f0c9847fd950f326457923d77.apple_r___announces_itunes_r___u_prn2.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=KihNEQJXV.WXsTF9Rsh0Cg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Apple(R) today announced the launch of iTunes(R) U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com) featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities. (PRNewsFoto/Apple)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc.'s highly anticipated iPhone will be available June 29, according to TV commercials broadcast Sunday night and posted on the company's Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web, reality TV help make porn pervasive
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070603/ap_on_hi_te/the_porn_effect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070603/capt.5dc8d552c94a4edbac6e3f4a1e15d0dd.the_porn_effect_cx401.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=uJOPTuhxW9LPT6p1UERXrQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This photo, provided by the Naked Broadcasting Network Inc., shows Holly Eglinton, 31, of Vancouver, B.C., interviewing a pedestrian in Times Square in New York in May 2007 during a 'talent search' contest for the Internet's 'Naked News.' Eglinton was the eventual winner out the three finalists. A self-proclaimed 'poser,' Eglinton sees the chance to take her clothes off online as fun, empowering and a little rebellious -- though others wonder if the trend toward exhibitionism has gone too far. (AP Photo/Naked Broadcasting Network Inc., HO) **NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Porn used to be relegated to a video hidden in the bottom drawer, or a magazine under the mattress. Today, it's part of everyday life.</p><br clear="all"/>
Study: Music, tech search terms riskiest
(AP)
AP - Search terms related to music and technology are most likely to return sites with spyware and other malicious code, a new study finds.
China: No more new Net cafes in 2007
(AP)
AP - China will license no new Internet cafes this year while regulators carry out an industry-wide inspection, the government says, amid official concern that online material is harming young people.
Graduation Webcasts bridge distances
(AP)
AP - Shohei Takagiwa wanted more than anything to see his three friends graduate from college, but he couldn't travel halfway around the world from his native Japan to Northampton Community College in Bethlehem.
Web, computer "widgets" offer branding opportunities
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pop quiz: What technology is on the
cusp of changing the face of Internet advertising as we know
it?
Sony cuts price on new Blu-ray player
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070604/ap_on_hi_te/sony_blu_ray_player"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070601/capt.c0a4cad1671f456e98501a50c9669fa2.sony_blu_ray_player_179nybz.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=jseh3usGhQqDlky3.VQpOg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo provided by Sony Corp. shows the BDP-S300 Blu-ray player. The player is expected to go on sale in June. (AP Photo/Sony Corp.)" border="0" /></a>AP - With dominance of the market for high-definition movie discs still up in the air, Sony Corp. said Monday it is including a small surprise with the new Blu-ray disc player it is shipping this week: a price tag $100 lower than previously announced.</p><br clear="all"/>
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.
Sun stresses multicore chips, Linux with dev tool
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Sun will unveil compiler and tool technologies on Monday that leverage multicore chip architectures and extend to Linux application development.
IBM, China's Kingdee to seal global software tie
(Reuters)
Reuters - IBM and Lehman Brothers
have agreed to pay nearly US$17 million for 7.7 percent
of Kingdee International Software Group Ltd. (0268.HK), aiming
to establish an alliance under which Big Blue will help the
Chinese software firm re-design its products and expand
globally.
Ads confirm Apple iPhone 6/29 sale date
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070604/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070530/capt.6c80698f0c9847fd950f326457923d77.apple_r___announces_itunes_r___u_prn2.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=KihNEQJXV.WXsTF9Rsh0Cg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Apple(R) today announced the launch of iTunes(R) U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com) featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities. (PRNewsFoto/Apple)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc.'s highly anticipated iPhone will be available June 29, according to TV commercials broadcast Sunday night and posted on the company's Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web, computer "widgets" offer branding opportunities
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pop quiz: What technology is on the
cusp of changing the face of Internet advertising as we know
it?
Life's instructions on redesigned VideoJug.com
(Reuters)
Reuters - If you've ever wondered how to give a
man-hug, a newly relaunched online video site, VideoJug, is
here to help.
Company to create Chinese virtual world
(AP)
AP - Swedish software company MindArk, which operates the online game "Entropia Universe," has authorized a Beijing company to create a version of its online game for the Chinese market.
Woman sues eHarmony for discrimination
(AP)
AP - A Northern California woman sued the online dating service eHarmony on Thursday, alleging it discriminates against gays, lesbians and bisexuals.
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.
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.
Google hits the streets, raises concerns
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070603/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"/>
Busy and bored, Adams tames "Tiger"
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Ryan Adams got bored on tour
during 2006, he recorded approximately 11 albums' worth of
material on his laptop and then posted it on his Web site. The
alt-country/rock artist rapped, yodeled, rocked out and even
mocked detractors.
FBI charges Chicago man with "24" piracy
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Chicago man faces up
to three years in prison for illegally uploading pirated
episodes of the Fox series "24" to an online video hub,
according to a criminal complaint filed by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
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