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Xandros joins Novell in licensing Microsoft IP
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has signed another Linux distributor to a patent-licensing and collaboration deal similar to the one it struck with Novell last year.
Microsoft unveils integrated security
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft shared details of its long-term security product strategy as part of its ongoing TechEd 2007 training conference on June 4, lifting the lid on plans to deliver an integrated suite of its software by mid-2009.
Microsoft Paves The Way For Exchange Live and SharePoint Live
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Energizer disclosed its participation in a pilot program with Microsoft, where the software company provides hosted software and security solutions for the battery company's 9,000 users.
Microsoft builds on managed services
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Two years after creating a division that offers managed services, Microsoft has signed three more pilot customers and continues to expand its datacenter investments to pave the way for more deployments.
NXP Unveils 802.11n Module To Network Devices
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The module supports mainstream operating system drivers including Windows XP, Windows Vista, and various Linux offerings.
Xandros Joins Novell in Licensing Microsoft IP
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. has signed another Linux distributor to a patent-licensing and collaboration deal similar to the one it struck with Novell Inc. last year.
Microsoft Signs Linux Deal with Xandros
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - If Microsoft were a country, its Linux strategy might be described as declaring war on all Linux nations, and then, one by one, signing peace treaties. On Monday, Microsoft announced another intellectual property agreement with Linux server and desktop provider Xandros.
Microsoft Acquires Application Integrator Engyro
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Cincinnati-based Engyro's products include components that allow users to connect applications built by a range of developers.
Microsoft Stirling Promises Integrated Forefront Security Info
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Product announced Monday promises to deliver security information about clients, servers, and networks to a single console.
Microsoft Goes Back To The Future As Web 2.0 Looms
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - At Tech Ed, the company invoked an iconic 80s movie to help show that the software maker needs to focus on building good products instead of vaguely defined "visions."
Lala.com to send songs directly to iPods
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_hi_te/digital_music_lala_com"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070605/capt.67bd6dd7c1dd47d48c4729c47aacd4ec.digital_music_lala_com_caps103.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=XvaXVJdmyZU9yucvASjc.w--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Lala.com business developer John Kuch poses next to a huge CD collection at his office in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, June 4, 2007. Entrepreneurs behind Silicon Valley startup Lala.com hope to transform the CD-swapping site into a music portal where members can download songs directly to their iPods, bypassing computer the hard drives where most music is stored. The Palo Alto-based company has an agreement in principal to sell nearly 200,000 songs from Warner Music Group for 99 cents each, starting Tuesday. Lala.com will also stream Warner's songs for free and pay the label a penny each time members hear a track. Lala will also allow members of the site, which has no registration or monthly fees, to upload digital music collections from their PC hard drives to the company's servers. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Entrepreneurs behind Silicon Valley startup Lala.com hope to transform the CD-swapping site into a music portal where members can download songs directly to their iPods, bypassing the computer hard drives where most music is stored.</p><br clear="all"/>
Concerns emerge over iTunes user data
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_hi_te/apple_itunes_plus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070605/capt.667f3d0b81384ee4ad150cb347cf3746.apple_itunes_plus_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=39UslGcHerceorU.vBCgaA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In a file photo Nessia Frazier listens on a Apple Computer iPod nano at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. The recent rollout of songs without copy protection software at Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store has given consumers new flexibility, but questions emerge over the company's inclusion of personal data in purchased music tracks. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc.'s recent rollout of songs without copy protection software at its iTunes Store has given consumers new flexibility, but questions have emerged over the company's inclusion of personal data in purchased music tracks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ask.com brings new dimension to Web search
(AP)
AP - Internet search engine Ask.com has been chasing market leader Google Inc. for years without making much headway, but that hasn't deterred its engineers from trying to set the pace for innovation.
Salesforce.com creates Google ad channel
(AP)
AP - Online software pioneer Salesforce.com Inc. will help Internet search leader Google Inc. sell ads as part of a partnership that falls short of Wall Street's anticipation since word of the alliance leaked last month.
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.
Amazon buys out China online shopping platform
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said on
Tuesday it had bought out Joyo.com after it raised its
investment in the company, one of China's leading online
shopping platforms.
Intel, Asustek announce plans for low-cost laptop
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070605/tc_nm/intel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070605/2007_06_05t030502_450x300_us_intel.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=m1J1SalYmG6YNweFFtucIA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman checks her mobile phone as she walks past an Intel Core Duo advertisement outside a computer shop in Beijing March 26, 2007. Intel Corp. detailed plans on Tuesday to team up with Asustek Computer Inc., the world's largest maker of computer motherboards, to make a notebook PC that would cost as little as $200 aimed at the education market in developing countries. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Intel Corp. detailed
plans on Tuesday to team up with Asustek Computer Inc.
(2357.TW), the world's largest maker of computer motherboards,
to make a notebook PC that would cost as little as $200 aimed
at the education market in developing countries.</p><br clear="all"/>
Melodeo plans music service from iTunes playlists
(Reuters)
Reuters - Melodeo Inc. said on Tuesday it plans
to help music fans expand use of their iTunes digital music
collections beyond their desktop computer and iPod by streaming
songs in personal libraries to mobile phones.
Xandros joins Novell in licensing Microsoft IP
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has signed another Linux distributor to a patent-licensing and collaboration deal similar to the one it struck with Novell last year.
Investment firm attracted to Palm's software expertise
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - One of the main attractions of Palm's business was its software expertise, according to private-equity firm Elevation Partners, which plans to acquire about 25 percent of the struggling mobile device maker.
Concerns emerge over iTunes user data
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_hi_te/apple_itunes_plus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070605/capt.667f3d0b81384ee4ad150cb347cf3746.apple_itunes_plus_ny108.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=39UslGcHerceorU.vBCgaA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In a file photo Nessia Frazier listens on a Apple Computer iPod nano at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006. The recent rollout of songs without copy protection software at Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store has given consumers new flexibility, but questions emerge over the company's inclusion of personal data in purchased music tracks. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc.'s recent rollout of songs without copy protection software at its iTunes Store has given consumers new flexibility, but questions have emerged over the company's inclusion of personal data in purchased music tracks.</p><br clear="all"/>
Amazon buys out China online shopping platform
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said on
Tuesday it had bought out Joyo.com after it raised its
investment in the company, one of China's leading online
shopping platforms.
Salesforce.com creates Google ad channel
(AP)
AP - Online software pioneer Salesforce.com Inc. will help Internet search leader Google Inc. sell ads as part of a partnership that falls short of Wall Street's anticipation since word of the alliance leaked last month.
Melodeo plans music service from iTunes playlists
(Reuters)
Reuters - Melodeo Inc. said on Tuesday it plans
to help music fans expand use of their iTunes digital music
collections beyond their desktop computer and iPod by streaming
songs in personal libraries to mobile phones.
Joost names former Cisco executive new CEO
(Reuters)
Reuters - Internet television service Joost
named former Cisco senior executive Mike Volpi as its new chief
executive on Tuesday, choosing a telecoms veteran to lead the
company as it courts big media to show programming on its site.
Ask.com brings new dimension to Web search
(AP)
AP - Internet search engine Ask.com has been chasing market leader Google Inc. for years without making much headway, but that hasn't deterred its engineers from trying to set the pace for innovation.
Yahoo Panama ads charge by quality of ad audience
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070605/wr_nm/yahoo_advertising_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070509/capt.sge.ble52.090507055111.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=cvfVEMshF8TR9GgHJEhVzQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The entrance of Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA, August 2005. Yahoo has launched a new personalized version of its travel planning website that merges online community, bargain hunting, and Internet mapping technology.(AFP/File/Hector Mata)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. is introducing a new
pricing feature for customers of its recently upgraded Web
search advertising system that allows them to pay for online
ads based on the quality of each site's audience.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online porn merchants dodge Internet dragnet
(Reuters)
Reuters - China's Internet police have claimed
tangible results in the "people's war" against online
pornography with the help of tip-offs, but they only scratched
the surface, state media reported on Tuesday.
Lala rolls out music site with free play on Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - Lala.com, a Silicon Valley-based
digital music start-up, said on Monday it is launching an
iPod-compatible online music service that offers free online
song play in a bid to get customers to buy music downloads.
McAfee: Search results can be dangerous
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The odds of a search engine directing you to a risky Web site are getting slimmer, but some companies are better at filtering out bad links than others, McAfee reported Monday.
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