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Reports: Google weighs Microsoft antitrust fight
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google may be seeking a reopening of state and federal government antitrust action against Microsoft, but a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official has recommended against it, newspaper reports indicated Sunday.
New Tool Tests for Vista Compatibility
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has launched the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment public beta.
U.S. backs Microsoft against Google complaint: NYT
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070610/bs_nm/microsoft_antitrust_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070610/2007_06_10t133131_450x294_us_microsoft_antitrust.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=YjOxxsVFgWGIChaNhLinIg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California August 18, 2004. Google Inc. slashed the size of its closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less than $2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years. Google shares could make their market debut on the Nasdaq stock market as soon as Thursday, ending the wait for the year's most anticipated IPO. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The top antitrust official at the U.S.
Justice Department last month backed Microsoft Corp.
by urging state prosecutors to reject a confidential complaint
filed by Google Inc. , The New York Times reported on
Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Quietly But Surely, Microsoft Mimics The Salesforce.com Way
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Exchange and SharePoint are available as hosted services, with more on the way.
Beware of fake Microsoft security alerts
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With Microsoft's monthly patch release expected on Tuesday, scammers are sending out fake security bulletins that attempt to install malicious software on victim's computers.
Beware of Fake Microsoft Security Alerts
(PC World)
PC World - With Microsoft Corp.'s monthly patch release expected on Tuesday, scammers are sending out fake security bulletins that attempt to install malicious software on victim's computers.
Microsoft tests tool for assessing hardware with Vista
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has released the beta of a tool that will test business PCs to see if they are compatible with Windows Vista.
Microsoft's art collection grows up
(AP)
AP - Leah Erickson let out an exasperated growl when she spotted a banner advertising "Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007" crookedly thumbtacked above a row of photographs framed and lit with museumlike care.
Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Tom Hanrahan brings to Microsoft 30 years of experience in engineering management and open source community development.
Six Updates Planned for Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Thursday, Microsoft gave I.T. administrators a sneak peak of next week's security updates. June's Patch Tuesday will see six sets of software patches. Four of those six will fix critical flaws in Windows and related software.
Vietnam frees prominent cyber-dissident
(AP)
AP - Vietnam has released a prominent government critic convicted of spying against the communist government, two weeks before Vietnam's president makes a historic visit to the U.S., an official said Sunday.
Watchdog group slams Google on privacy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070610/ap_on_hi_te/google_privacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070609/capt.e21b8d394a8546dfbda8a9f6333bc07d.google_privacy_nybz149.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=upCl161_S7p_yO02yBztNQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Exhibitors of the Google company work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany,in this April 17, 2007 file photo. Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users. In a report released Saturday, June 9, 2007, London-based Privacy International assigned Google its lowest possible grade. The category is reserved for companies with 'comprehensive consumer surveillance and entrenched hostility to privacy.' (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Church of England calls Sony game 'sick'
(AP)
AP - The Church of England accused Sony Corp. on Saturday of using an English cathedral as the backdrop to a violent computer game and said it should be withdrawn from shop shelves.
YouTube's Chen: Better content needed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070609/ap_on_hi_te/taiwan_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.27d550f197b84519aa987630a0fc7ce0.11th_annual_webby_awards___nysc110.jpg?x=130&y=106&sig=v8OiiH_Ghcw3bSDcA0awXQ--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="YouTube founders Steve Chen, left and Chad Hurley,winners of the Webby Person of the Year award, hold the award at the 11th Annual Webby Awards, Tuesday, June 5, 2007 in New York. The Webbys are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - YouTube co-founder Steve Chen said on Saturday consumers in many parts of the world will have access to the popular video-sharing Web site on their mobile phones by next year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Relief in store for cable TV subscribers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070609/ap_on_hi_te/bye_bye_cable_box"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070606/capt.4a6b5d12a7a243e19ea39ab7dfab8bb7.bye_bye_cable_box_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bF1zzGgATjcqA2.0jyp3Uw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photograph provided by Motorola, a 'cable card', used in some applications for cable TV reception, is seen in a Motorola DCH6416 High-Definition Two-Tuner Digital Video Recorder. This is one model of the new set-top boxes cable companies will be required to ship to consumers after July 1. (AP Photo/Motorola)" border="0" /></a>AP - It has been 11 years since Congress voted to break the cable television industry's stranglehold on set-top boxes — the devices that consumers need to receive digital programming and change channels.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google hostile to privacy, group says
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - When it comes to protecting the privacy of its users, Google ranks worse than any other Internet company, according to an interim report by Privacy International. The international watchdog group also accused Google of engaging in a smear campaign in response to its findings and demanded an apology.
Melodeo puts artist-friendly twist on mobile music
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070611/tc_nm/mobile_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070611/2007_06_10t221146_334x450_us_mobile.jpg?x=96&y=130&sig=WpA_cS9obkrb5.mtBMbMsQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="File photo shows a close-up of the ROKR, the world's first mobile phone with iTunes, which was introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at an event in San Francisco on September 7, 2005. Music fans have been slow to buy music on their mobile phones. (Lou Dematteis/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Music fans have been slow to buy music
on their mobile phones. So several companies have responded
with services that let users access from their phones music
that is stored on their computers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Kenya pioneers 'mobile money' in African first
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070610/tc_afp/kenyatelecombanking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070610/capt.sge.lxh04.100607221513.photo00.photo.default-512x346.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=h8j6BgVy6tw8IglP78U1Yg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A man sending money through a pioneering mobile phone service called M-Pesa, in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. M-Pesa [Pesa being swahili for money] has sky-rocketed in popularity for its low costs and convenience as users can send and receive money from remote areas through a mobile handset and at onlt a fraction of the cost of sending money through banks, courier and money transfer services.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Eyeing his cell phone with a mixture of suspicion and amazement, Paul Kangethe reads and rereads the text message he has just received.</p><br clear="all"/>
Pick Your Open Source Poison: Microsoft's Patent Claims Or GPLv3
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Controversy swirls around the revised General Public License, and Microsoft keeps the heat on.
IBM sings Jazz tune for app development
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - IBM will begin delivering on its Jazz vision for collaborative application development Monday with the introduction of collaborative portal software intended to boost team productivity.
Google hostile to privacy, group says
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - When it comes to protecting the privacy of its users, Google ranks worse than any other Internet company, according to an interim report by Privacy International. The international watchdog group also accused Google of engaging in a smear campaign in response to its findings and demanded an apology.
Bon Jovi, Ticketmaster bundle digital album, tickets
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070611/tc_nm/bonjovi_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070611/2007_06_10t173302_450x300_us_bonjovi.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=VJQBb7SU5zmPSmt1eK5i7Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora (L) and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the 10th annual Tiger Jam at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada May 26, 2007. In what's being billed as a first, Bon Jovi is bundling a digital iTunes copy of the band's upcoming album, 'Lost Highway,' with advance tickets for October concerts in Newark, New Jersey. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In what's being billed as a first,
Bon Jovi is bundling a digital iTunes copy of the band's
upcoming album, "Lost Highway," with advance tickets for
October concerts in Newark, New Jersey.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hilton expected to remain in jail medical ward
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070610/en_nm/hilton_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070611/2007_06_09t173401_450x304_us_hilton_prison.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=iPigruakugnHk1364mvMBg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A view of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, June 9, 2007, where Paris Hilton is being held. A sobbing Paris Hilton was ordered back to jail on Friday as a judge overruled a sheriff's decision to place the hotel heiress under house arrest for psychological problems after she spent three days behind bars. The slender 26-year-old celebrity trembled and cried quietly throughout the hearing, then broke into loud sobs when the judge ordered her back into custody. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Paris Hilton, sent back to jail for
violating probation in a drunken-driving case, will finish her
sentence at the medical ward where she ended up after a day of
house arrest, the celebrity Web site TMZ.com reported on
Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google 'hostile to privacy': Privacy International
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070610/tc_afp/usbritainitinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070610/capt.sge.lwu65.100607204841.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=Uupi2ym7mqieK_XU_74L8g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The logo of web search engine Google is seen behing a computer keyboard. Google has the most abysmal privacy policies and is leading a "race to the bottom" by the world's most renowned Internet firms, according to a British human rights advocacy group.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google has the most abysmal privacy policies and is leading a "race to the bottom" by the world's most renowned Internet firms, according to a British human rights advocacy group.</p><br clear="all"/>
Watchdog group slams Google on privacy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070610/ap_on_hi_te/google_privacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070609/capt.e21b8d394a8546dfbda8a9f6333bc07d.google_privacy_nybz149.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=upCl161_S7p_yO02yBztNQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Exhibitors of the Google company work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany,in this April 17, 2007 file photo. Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users. In a report released Saturday, June 9, 2007, London-based Privacy International assigned Google its lowest possible grade. The category is reserved for companies with 'comprehensive consumer surveillance and entrenched hostility to privacy.' (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Search Site Sticks to China
(PC World)
PC World - Baidu.com Inc. Friday said its not planning to expand into Europe, following reports that China's largest search engine would announce such plans later this month.
Paris Hilton not eating or sleeping: report
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070609/en_nm/hilton_prison_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070610/2007_06_08t140912_450x311_us_hilton_prison.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=q61U4o5vxWKtBUtnCrSCDQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Members of the media gather outside the Metropolitan Court as they wait for heiress Paris Hilton to arrive in Los Angeles, June 8, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Paris Hilton has not eaten or slept
since arriving at the medical ward of a Los Angeles jail and is
being given psychoactive drugs, celebrity Web site TMZ.com
reported on Saturday, citing law enforcement sources.</p><br clear="all"/>
iPhone hype has gadget geeks camping and drooling
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070609/tc_nm/apple_iphone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070610/2007_06_09t073257_450x328_us_apple_iphone.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=SIs6aDoMs.2pqi0vR6z_fg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs holds the new iPhone in San Francisco, California January 9, 2007. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With free wireless Internet, a hot
dog stand and a few friends, Daniel Eran Dilger calculates he
could survive for days outside a store in a dogged attempt to
grab the latest must-have consumer gadget.</p><br clear="all"/>
Printing books online: an author you can't refuse
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070609/wr_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070609/2007_06_09t122712_450x310_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=FYNeqqM1o.N5R_ss81pudw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A screengrab of blurb.com taken June 9, 2007. (Screengrab/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller are
among the world's most respected authors, but for a while they
had a hard time finding a publisher.</p><br clear="all"/>
Jewelry merchant on eBay fined $400,000
(Reuters)
Reuters - A jewelry company on eBay Inc. that
allegedly bid on its own auctions to illegally drive up prices
by as much as 20 percent agreed to pay $400,000 in restitution
and penalties, the New York state attorney general's office
said on Saturday.
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