| | |
Microsoft Search Compromise Could Hinder Innovation
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - An antitrust complaint filed by Google is forcing Microsoft to change the way its Windows Vista operating system handles desktop search queries ... and perhaps its future.
Review: PC Safari spartan, not essential
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_safari3"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070620/capt.76ae84dd9db04b40a63bce7c8d7b2b50.tech_test_safari_3_nybz148.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=Y_OWYqzRz9w8P_PGNlQeVw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Apple Inc. a screen shot of Safari for Windows is seen. (AP Photo/Apple Inc., file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Computer users can be forgiven for yawning at Apple's recent decision to bring its Safari Web browser to machines running Microsoft Windows.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft changing Vista desktop search
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070613/capt.sge.mvf77.130607122205.photo00.photo.default-512x454.jpg?x=130&y=115&sig=mDULHDgOLKALux5Pzvq0cQ--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Microsoft's Windows Vista operating-system software is on display at a store in Fairfax, Virginia. Microsoft is defending itself against charges by Google that it rigged its new Vista operating system to give its desktop search software an unfair edge over that of its rivals.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft fended off Google's antitrust complaints by agreeing to make it easier for computer users to choose competitors' programs, an increasingly common response from a company long accused of using its operating system's dominance to choke competition.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Remedies Health Plans With Free SOA Framework
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The new service-oriented architecture can help health plans interconnect legacy systems without having to develop new interfaces for each connection, the company said.
Microsoft to change Vista desktop search by year end
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft will change how desktop search works in its Vista operating system by the end of the year, in response to an antitrust complaint by rival Google Inc., the company said in court documents released late Tuesday.
Microsoft Adds Web 2.0 Enhancements To SharePoint
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft is unveiling a series of upgrades and additions to SharePoint that it believes will appeal to business users as well as to individual consumers.
Update: Microsoft to change Vista by year's end
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft will make changes to its desktop search program following a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) by Google.
Microsoft Agrees To Open Windows Vista Search
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Under pressure from Google, Microsoft has agreed to make it easier for users of Windows Vista to choose third-party software tools to search their hard drives. The change will be included in a significant update scheduled for release sometime later this year.
Google Complaint Triggers Vista Desktop Search Revision
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. will change how desktop search works in its Vista operating system by the end of the year, in response to an antitrust complaint by rival Google Inc., the company said in court documents released late Tuesday.
California gets Microsoft to change Vista
(PC World)
PC World -
France warns officials on BlackBerry use
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_hi_te/france_blackberry_ban"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070620/capt.a0b10d34332d47cd82e82f7df17b83f3.france_blackberry_ban_par117.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=dUwYQ3yoFLFH5ATdLNJrhQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="The Siemens SK65 phone with BlackBerry software is displayed during the 3GSM World Congress 2005 in Cannes, southeastern France, in this Feb. 15, 2005 file photo. BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful, and now, a threat to French state secrets. French government security experts have reportedly banned, with mixed success, the use of BlackBerries in ministries and in the presidential palace, for fear that they are vulnerable to snooping by U.S. intelligence. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)" border="0" /></a>AP - BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful — and now, a threat to French state secrets. That, at least, is the fear of French government defense experts, who have advised against their use by officials in France's corridors of power, reportedly to avoid snooping by U.S. intelligence agencies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Swiss Internet terror trial opens
(AP)
AP - A North African man and his wife went on trial Wednesday on charges they ran Web sites that supported al-Qaida-linked groups with videos of people killed by terrorists and information on how to make bombs.
Yahoo buys college sports site
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_acquisition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070620/capt.sge.pah75.200607071607.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=rRcvcgY0KwVIqjO74DMD1g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="The Yahoo corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo on Wednesday announced partnership agreements with six leading Asian mobile phone operators with a combined subscriber base of nearly 100 million.(AFP/File/Brian McGuiness)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's not the blockbuster that some industry analysts envisioned, but Yahoo Inc. has sealed its first deal under new Chief Executive Jerry Yang. Hoping to deepen its appeal to hard-core sports fans, Yahoo is buying Rivals.com, a Web site that provides extensive coverage of collegiate athletics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Thieves steal Herman Munster's identity
(AP)
AP - Did Internet thieves steal Herman Munster's MasterCard number? Crooks in an underground chat room for selling stolen credit card numbers and personal consumer information offered pilfered data purportedly about Herman Munster, the 1960s Frankenstein-like character from "The Munsters" TV sitcom.
Report: News Corp. in Yahoo talks
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_hi_te/britain_news_corp_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_21t005335_450x314_us_yahoo_sports.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=CHOXf8JK1wykukkKef8VxA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Rivals.com, taken on June 21, 2007. Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday it would acquire Rivals.com, a site for fans of college and high school teams, bolstering the Internet media company's place as the top U.S. sports site in audience terms. (www.rivals.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is discussing swapping social networking Web site MySpace for a 25 percent stake in Yahoo Inc., The Times newspaper reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
We're all celebrities in post-privacy age
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070621/wr_nm/privacy_celebrity_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_21t032204_450x305_us_privacy_celebrity.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=mfTo7rQcHOjhRZOSJCj_og--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A file photo of people using computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province June 20, 2007. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Move over, Paris Hilton. We all
have celebrity issues in an age when anyone can create an
online profile, post confessional videos on YouTube, or make
snarky online comments about other people.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony sees 380 new PS3 software titles in 2007/08
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070621/tc_nm/sony_ps3_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_21t024839_450x235_us_sony_ps3.jpg?x=130&y=67&sig=_WPt8AgXqx542PK_JUubeA--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="People play a game on the Sony Playstation 3 at a party held by Sony celebrating the game console, in Berlin March 22, 2007. Sony Corp. said it expects at least 380 new PlayStation 3 software titles to become available in the current business year, on top of more than 100 titles currently on the market, driving demand for its latest console that saw a slow start. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) said it expects at
least 380 new PlayStation 3 software titles to become available
in the current business year, on top of more than 100 titles
currently on the market, driving demand for its latest console
that saw a slow start.</p><br clear="all"/>
For Phone Carriers, Video, Not Voice, Takes Starring Role
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - After spending billions to upgrade their infrastructure for broadband communications, telecom firms are fast filling their wireless and fiber networks with video traffic.
Red Hat, Ubuntu, Reject Talks With Microsoft
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Earlier this month, Linspire, which also distributes a desktop version of Linux, became the latest open-source software distributor to sign a pact with Microsoft.
Sony to boost PS3 software to reverse slump: Nikkei
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) expects a sharp
increase in the number of games released for the PlayStation 3
this business year, in a move that should help the game
console's slumping sales, the Nikkei business daily quoted the
head of Sony's game division as saying in an interview.
We're all celebrities in post-privacy age
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070621/wr_nm/privacy_celebrity_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_21t032204_450x305_us_privacy_celebrity.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=mfTo7rQcHOjhRZOSJCj_og--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A file photo of people using computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province June 20, 2007. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Move over, Paris Hilton. We all
have celebrity issues in an age when anyone can create an
online profile, post confessional videos on YouTube, or make
snarky online comments about other people.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web spending seen rising by double digits to 2011
(Reuters)
Reuters - Internet advertising and access
spending by U.S. consumers will rise each year by double digits
on average through 2011, fuelled by high-speed connections and
social networking and entertainment sites, according to a
forecast released on Thursday.
Swiss Internet terror trial opens
(AP)
AP - A North African man and his wife went on trial Wednesday on charges they ran Web sites that supported al-Qaida-linked groups with videos of people killed by terrorists and information on how to make bombs.
Yahoo acquires U.S. sports media site Rivals.com
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070621/wr_nm/yahoo_sports_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_21t005335_450x314_us_yahoo_sports.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=CHOXf8JK1wykukkKef8VxA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Rivals.com, taken on June 21, 2007. Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday it would acquire Rivals.com, a site for fans of college and high school teams, bolstering the Internet media company's place as the top U.S. sports site in audience terms. (www.rivals.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday it
would acquire Rivals.com, a site for fans of college and high
school teams, bolstering the Internet media company's place as
the top U.S. sports site in audience terms.</p><br clear="all"/>
Yahoo buys college sports site
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_acquisition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070620/capt.sge.pah75.200607071607.photo00.photo.default-512x358.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=rRcvcgY0KwVIqjO74DMD1g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="The Yahoo corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo on Wednesday announced partnership agreements with six leading Asian mobile phone operators with a combined subscriber base of nearly 100 million.(AFP/File/Brian McGuiness)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's not the blockbuster that some industry analysts envisioned, but Yahoo Inc. has sealed its first deal under new Chief Executive Jerry Yang. Hoping to deepen its appeal to hard-core sports fans, Yahoo is buying Rivals.com, a Web site that provides extensive coverage of collegiate athletics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Search Compromise Could Hinder Innovation
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - An antitrust complaint filed by Google is forcing Microsoft to change the way its Windows Vista operating system handles desktop search queries ... and perhaps its future.
Amazon, eBay, Apple worst on climate change list
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Bad news for environmentally conscious people who want an iPhone: Apple is near the bottom of a new list that rates companies based on their efforts to stop climate change.
McAfee: Infrastructure, Digital Home Attacks Coming
(PC World)
PC World - Online criminals looking for new areas to attack in the next few years will find green fields in the Internet infrastructure and the digital home, researchers with McAfee Inc.'s AVERT labs said Tuesday.
Report: News Corp. in Yahoo talks
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_hi_te/britain_news_corp_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070621/2007_06_21t005335_450x314_us_yahoo_sports.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=CHOXf8JK1wykukkKef8VxA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Rivals.com, taken on June 21, 2007. Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday it would acquire Rivals.com, a site for fans of college and high school teams, bolstering the Internet media company's place as the top U.S. sports site in audience terms. (www.rivals.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is discussing swapping social networking Web site MySpace for a 25 percent stake in Yahoo Inc., The Times newspaper reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nokia announces corporate restructuring
(AP)
AP - Nokia Corp. unveiled plans Wednesday to reorganize its corporate structure next year, saying the move would help it take advantage of new opportunities in the convergence of mobile communications and Internet technologies.
|
|
|
|
