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Bill Gates delivers a call to arms on global inequities
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Bill Gates returned to Harvard University on Thursday to address its graduating class and receive an honorary degree after dropping out of the college 33 years ago to found Microsoft. He spent much of his address on the issues of global poverty and disease, advancing ideas on how to encourage more people to get involved in trying to resolve those huge problems.
Microsoft buys data management vendor
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has purchased a small, privately held data management company and will use the technology to enhance its SQL Server database, Office, and related business software, the company said Thursday.
Bill Gates Delivers Call to Arms on Global Inequities
(PC World)
PC World - Bill Gates returned to Harvard University on Thursday to address its graduating class and receive an honorary degree after dropping out of the college 33 years ago to found Microsoft Corp. He spent much of his address on the issues of global poverty and disease, advancing ideas on how to encourage more people to get involved in trying to resolve those huge problems.
Four critical Windows fixes coming next week
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft will release six sets of security patches next Tuesday, four of which will fix critical flaws in the Windows operating system.
Microsoft Buys Master Data Management Vendor Stratature
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft said it would withdraw Stratature's +EDM products from the market, and eventually integrate the technology into its own software.
Microsoft Plans Six Security Updates, Two For Windows Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Among the security updates coming in next week's Patch Tuesday are two for Windows Vista flaws and for Internet Explorer.
Microsoft, LG forge Linux amnesty deal
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft inked another cross-licensing patent agreement Wednesday, this time with South Korea's LG Electronics, covering the company's Linux-based embedded devices.
Microsoft Signs Linux Pact with LG Electronics
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - If it were a cowboy movie, this is the point where Microsoft, having warned all the Linux ranchers that it actually has title to their cattle, strikes protection deals with them one by one -- and now reaches LG Electronics.
Microsoft Fixes Windows Mobile Sync
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. has fixed a problem that made it difficult for users of the most recent Windows Mobile devices to synch with PCs running Vista.
Microsoft Strikes Linux Patent Deal With LG Electronics
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Under a deal with LG Electronics, Microsoft will forgo any Linux-related patent claims and in return gain access to certain intellectual property produced by LG.
MySpace page may have been suspect's
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_re_us/missing_teen_suspect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070607/capt.1add0b593bd64bcfab192331853012a2.missing_teen_ksow101.jpg?x=103&y=130&sig=pukI.04SyUoCyAUkicTs_w--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="In this handout photo provided by the Johnson County (Kan.) Sheriff's Office, released Thursday, June 7, 2007, Edwin Roy Hall is shown. Hall, 26, was charged Thursday with premeditated first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping, according to the Johnson County Court Web site. Bond was set at $5 million. The body of Kelsey Smith, 18, who had been missing since Saturday night when she went to a Target store, was found Wednesday in a wooded area, authorities said. (AP Photo/Johnson County Sheriff)" border="0" /></a>AP - Amid mentions of family, a love of fast cars and interests in reading and painting, a MySpace page that appears to be that of a man accused of kidnapping and killing a teenager contains some bizarre references that turn more disturbing in light of the criminal charges.</p><br clear="all"/>
MIT team powers light bulb without wires
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_power"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070607/capt.0460698053ea47c894536e786b629864.wireless_power_nybz102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=EYPjqffYRp2VQGF2MjvFiA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology team that performed an experiment demonstrating wireless power transmission from the coil on the left to the coil on the right, where it powers a 60W light-bulb, are seen. Members of the team that performed the experiment are, front row: Peter Fisher,left, and Robert Moffatt; second row: Marin Soljacic; third row: Andre Kurs, left, John Joannopoulos,and Aristeidis Karalis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers made a 60-watt light bulb glow by sending it energy wirelessly - from a device 7 feet away - potentially heralding a future in which cell phones and other gadgets get their juice without having to be plugged in. (AP Photo/Massachusetts Institute of Technology)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a perfect world, there'd be no wires. They clutter the view, get tangled behind desks and limit how far networks can reach. That's why the telegraph gave way to the radio. Cell phones unstrung telecommunications. Wi-Fi liberated computer data.</p><br clear="all"/>
Some phones with Qualcomm chips banned
(AP)
AP - A federal agency's decision to ban U.S. imports of new cell phones made with Qualcomm semiconductors could slow the introduction of new handsets and lead to higher prices for cell phone users.
EU governments OK lower roaming fees
(AP)
AP - Consumers claimed a victory Thursday as EU governments agreed to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad, paving the way for a cap on roaming fees to be introduced later this summer.
Sony's U.S. video-game unit cuts jobs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070607/ap_on_hi_te/japan_sony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070607/capt.sge.kww45.070607124653.photo00.photo.default-359x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=cIvv3ax5BabYsLbm7x7_Wg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Sony headquarters in Tokyo. Sony Corp.'s game division said Thursday it is cutting jobs in the United States as it seeks to streamline its operations in the face of intense competition between its PlayStation 3 and rival consoles.(AFP/File/Yoshikatsu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sony's U.S. video-game unit is cutting jobs to become more competitive, the company said Thursday, as the PlayStation 3 machine struggles against rival offerings from Microsoft and Nintendo.</p><br clear="all"/>
"Grey's Anatomy" star Washington let go: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070608/en_nm/washington_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070608/2007_06_08t013029_450x309_us_washington.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=.iLUT93HNnHpFKH_wNaf2w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Isaiah Washington arrives at a DVD launch party for 'Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Second Season - Uncut,' in Los Angeles September 5, 2006 file photo. Washington, who used an anti-gay slur against a fellow cast member, will not return for the show's fourth season, Entertainment Weekly magazine reported in its online edition on Friday. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Isaiah Washington, a star of TV
hospital drama "Grey's Anatomy" who used an anti-gay slur
against a fellow cast member, will not return for the show's
fourth season, Entertainment Weekly magazine reported in its
online edition on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Wireless power may cut some wires, batteries: MIT
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070608/tc_afp/ustechnologywireless"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070608/capt.sge.lct53.080607014636.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=gWCf.pOGit2IyIOEu0PmPQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This image released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) demonstrates wireless power transmission from the coil on the left to the coil on the right, where it powers a 60W light-bulb.That's more than enough juice to supply an average laptop, said Marin Soljacic, a professor of physics at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who has been working on this project for several years.The concept behind the technology is simple and based on the idea that two resonant objects on the same resonance frequency can exchange energy efficiently. Members of the MIT team that performed the experiment are, front row: (L-R) Peter Fisher and Robert Moffatt; second row: Marin Soljacic seated; third row: (L-R) Andre Kurs, John Joannopoulos and Aristeidis Karalis.(AFP/MIT-HO)" border="0" /></a>AFP - MIT researchers said Thursday they will soon be able to charge a computer or cell-phone battery from across a room, perhaps making the annoyance of wires or dead batteries a thing of the past.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. bans some cellphone imports in Qualcomm case
(Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. trade agency on
Thursday banned imports of future advanced cellphone models
using Qualcomm Inc. chips, potentially hurting the
country's biggest wireless services.
In Pictures: Mobility Rules at Computex 2007
(PC World)
PC World - Asustek's Eee PCSmall is clearly in this season. Asustek's Eee PC captured a lot of attention at Computex. The prototype shown here looks to compete with products like Palm's recently announced $599 Foleo notebook; both run Linux instead of a Windows operating system. Asustek expects to price the Eee PC at $199 when it ships in the late summer or early fall. The prototype includes a 7-inch display, 512MB of memory, and Wi-Fi (the company did not disclose the processor inside).Via's Palm-sized Mobile ITXNot all motherboards are created equal. ...
Symantec Releases Beta of Norton AntiBot
(PC World)
PC World - New security software supplements antivirus protection by scanning systems for 'bot' malware that can take over unprotected PCs.
"Grey's Anatomy" star Washington let go: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070608/en_nm/washington_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070608/2007_06_08t013029_450x309_us_washington.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=.iLUT93HNnHpFKH_wNaf2w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Isaiah Washington arrives at a DVD launch party for 'Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Second Season - Uncut,' in Los Angeles September 5, 2006 file photo. Washington, who used an anti-gay slur against a fellow cast member, will not return for the show's fourth season, Entertainment Weekly magazine reported in its online edition on Friday. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Isaiah Washington, a star of TV
hospital drama "Grey's Anatomy" who used an anti-gay slur
against a fellow cast member, will not return for the show's
fourth season, Entertainment Weekly magazine reported in its
online edition on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Other possible Dow Jones bidders surface
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070608/media_nm/dowjones_tierney_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070608/2007_06_07t155126_450x294_us_dowjones_tierney.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=i.tvaohDbXxK_DMWCgJ_AA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Dow Jones news ticker in New York's Times Square displays the headline that News Corp. is bidding to buy the company, May 1, 2007. Philadelphia Media Holdings Chief Executive Brian Tierney said on Thursday he is interested in bidding with partners for Dow Jones and Co. Inc. (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall
Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News
Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow
Jones & Co. Inc., an adviser to the Dow Jones employee union
said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Newswires: Cable Channels Forge Alliances With NBCU, News Corp. Venture
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - NEW YORK NBC Universal and News Corp. said that Gemstar-TV Guide and cable channels Fuel TV, Oxygen, Speed and the Sundance Channel would join their online video joint venture set to launch in the summer.
Microsoft Plans Six Security Updates, Two For Windows Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Among the security updates coming in next week's Patch Tuesday are two for Windows Vista flaws and for Internet Explorer.
Dell Denies Plan to Exit LCD TV Business
(PC World)
PC World - Dell Inc. will sell a wider variety of television sets made by other manufacturers over its Web site, but denied reports that it plans to stop making LCD (liquid crystal display) TVs.
NBC Universal Embraces Widgets
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - TV programming used to come in neat, fixed packages that ended on the hour or half-hour. But broadband Internet is changing those neat packages, and on Wednesday NBC Universal announced a new distribution format. Its news, entertainment, and sports programming now will be available for distribution via widgets.
Dell denies plan to exit LCD TV business
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Dell will sell a wider variety of television sets made by other manufacturers over its Web site but denied reports that it plans to stop making LCD TVs.
Online Advertising Revenues Continue Upward Trend
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), online advertising revenues have done it again. Internet-based ad sales have reached a new record of $4.9 billion for the first quarter of 2007.
Amazon to invest more in China shopping website
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070607/tc_afp/chinausinvestcompany"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070607/capt.sge.kzk96.070607160632.photo00.photo.default-512x325.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=YTzRi053mIQmel_C2_wdLQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos talks to the press during a news conference in Shanghai. US online seller Amazon said Thursday it will increase its investment in Joyo.com, one of China's leading online shopping websites.(AFP/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US online seller Amazon said Thursday it will increase its investment in Joyo.com, one of China's leading online shopping websites.</p><br clear="all"/>
It takes a wired village
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - It's impressive that there are 2 billion people connected to the Internet, but having 4 billion not connected is a social issue.
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