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Microsoft Better at Patching XP Than Vista
(PC World)
PC World - A Microsoft Corp. security executive released data Thursday showing that, six months after shipping Windows Vista, his company has left more publicly disclosed Vista bugs unpatched than it did with Windows XP.
Microsoft Plans To Expand Its Massachusetts Presence
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The firm will lease 136,000 square feet in Cambridge, not far from where the firm's early code was written.
Microsoft Nixes Plans for Vista Home Virtualization
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft's recent back-and-forth waffling about making Windows Vista home editions available for Mac virtualization might be likened more to Prince Hamlet than the actions of a powerful technology king.
Microsoft Clears Antitrust Hurdle in Iowa
(PC World)
PC World - Plaintiffs in 2002 Iowa antitrust case say Microsoft has been complying with settlement.
Microsoft, VMware Agree: They Better Cooperate
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - But so far, it's only virtual kumbaya. Neither vendor is saying how they're going to do it.
Microsoft jumps antitrust hurdle in Iowa
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The latest status report on Microsoft Corp.'s compliance with an antitrust settlement in the U.S. has cleared the company of a separate accusation of not complying with orders to disclose information to make its products more interoperable.
Vista will get easier access to Google's desktop search
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SEATTLE - There was a time when Microsoft would vigorously resist any court-imposed restrictions on Windows. But the software giant has agreed to a court order to make it easier for consumers to choose Google's popular desktop search on Windows Vista computers.
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"/>
'Manhunt 2' video game release suspended
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070622/ap_on_hi_te/games_manhunt2"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070619/capt.9e88e38616be4cc7a9a8b18703ec58d0.games_manhunt_2_dn213.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=FNW4B6AjNSNr.ntJcrtH9A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This image released by Rockstar Games shows a scene from 'Manhunt 2.' The game came under fire Tuesday in United States and Britain, where the government's ratings board banned sales of the title for what it called an 'unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone.' 'Manhunt 2' was scheduled for a July 10 release on Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 2 console. 'Manhunt 2' is the first game to be banned by the British Board of Film Classification since 1997, when it barred the sale of 'Carmageddon,' in which players rack up points by driving vehicles over pedestrians. (AP Photo/Rockstar Games)" border="0" /></a>AP - Players of the video game "Manhunt 2" would have assumed the role of a scientist with amnesia who escapes from an asylum and then goes on a bloody killing spree as he tries to remember his past. But consumers may never see it on store shelves.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hitachi: Move the train with your brain
(AP)
AP - Forget the clicker: A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity.
Touch-screen phones poised for growth
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_touch_screens"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070621/capt.f2f84bbcb1384f5693a08682eb708988.iphone_touch_screens_caps110.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=f71OtzNoHUc7YVxBa6ENSQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Synaptics employee Robyn McElhiney holds up their clear pad technology next to LG Electronics Co.'s LG Prada cell phone at Synaptics headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, June 15, 2007. Synaptics is a touch sensor provider. Synaptics' latest technology is in a growing number of cell phones, including LG Prada touchscreen cell phone, that launched earlier this year and handles gesture-recognition similar to Apple's iPhone. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Get your fingers ready. Apple Inc.'s iPhone is leading a new wave of gadgets using touch-sensitive screens that react to taps, swishes or flicks of a finger. The improvements promise to be slicker and more intuitive than the rough stomp of finger presses and stylus-pointing required by many of today's devices.</p><br clear="all"/>
Video game addiction: A new diagnosis?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_he_me/video_game_addiction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070621/capt.c5299abc70db4875b065ca4c63bfd741.video_game_addiction_txdm101.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=k4cmKaD3fyzmSGmkH.D33g--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Joyce Protopapas, poses at her home in Frisco, Texas, Wednesday, June 20, 2007, by a computer with the web site of the support group On-Line Gamers Anonymous on the screen. Protopapas says video and Internet games transformed her son, Michael, from a courteous, outgoing, academically gifted teen into an aggressive, reclusive manipulator who flunked two 10th grade classes and spent several hours day and night playing a popular online video game. A leading council of the American Medical Association now wants to have this behavior officially classified as a psychiatric disorder, to raise awareness and enable sufferers to get insurance coverage for treatment. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)" border="0" /></a>AP - The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars. The culprit isn't alcohol or drugs. It's video games, which for certain kids can be as powerfully addictive as heroin, some doctors contend.</p><br clear="all"/>
Perezhilton.com shut for several hours
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070622/ap_on_hi_te/gossip_site_yanked"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070622/capt.984113a5a9d1432ca937eff9311053df.gossip_site_yanked_ny122.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=eE7Xy6Le3WSsJcD74O7twA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Perez Hilton is seen outside the Village at the Lift during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in this file photo from Jan. 20, 2007. The popular Internet gossip columnist had his Web site shut down for several hours after the company hosting it received a flurry of complaints about copyrighted photos being posted on PerezHilton.com. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Popular Internet gossip columnist Perez Hilton had his Web site shut down for several hours after the company hosting it received a flurry of complaints about copyrighted photos being posted on PerezHilton.com.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google considers launching YouTube in SKorea
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070622/tc_afp/skoreausitgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070622/capt.sge.pto11.220607060207.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=RiQY5CAApgbXdhDUL19sKA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="YouTube's homepage. The world's top Internet search engine Google is looking to launch YouTube in South Korea later this year to capitalise on the fast-growing user created content market here, a report said Friday(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The world's top Internet search engine Google is looking to launch YouTube in South Korea later this year to capitalise on the fast-growing user created content market here, a report said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple Patent Foretells iPod And iPhone Security
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The patent application envisions several possible tests that could be used to prevent a portable device from being recharged.
NVE Technology Makes Hearing Aids, Pacemakers Work Better
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Until recently, hearing aid wearers had to manually switch modes on their devices when they used a cell phone.
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.
Microsoft Better at Patching XP Than Vista
(PC World)
PC World - A Microsoft Corp. security executive released data Thursday showing that, six months after shipping Windows Vista, his company has left more publicly disclosed Vista bugs unpatched than it did with Windows XP.
Google considers launching YouTube in SKorea
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070622/tc_afp/skoreausitgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070622/capt.sge.pto11.220607060207.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=RiQY5CAApgbXdhDUL19sKA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="YouTube's homepage. The world's top Internet search engine Google is looking to launch YouTube in South Korea later this year to capitalise on the fast-growing user created content market here, a report said Friday(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The world's top Internet search engine Google is looking to launch YouTube in South Korea later this year to capitalise on the fast-growing user created content market here, a report said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Perezhilton.com shut for several hours
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070622/ap_on_hi_te/gossip_site_yanked"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070622/capt.984113a5a9d1432ca937eff9311053df.gossip_site_yanked_ny122.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=eE7Xy6Le3WSsJcD74O7twA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Perez Hilton is seen outside the Village at the Lift during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in this file photo from Jan. 20, 2007. The popular Internet gossip columnist had his Web site shut down for several hours after the company hosting it received a flurry of complaints about copyrighted photos being posted on PerezHilton.com. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster-File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Popular Internet gossip columnist Perez Hilton had his Web site shut down for several hours after the company hosting it received a flurry of complaints about copyrighted photos being posted on PerezHilton.com.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU probe to look at all search engines
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap_on_hi_te/eu_google_privacy_probe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070622/capt.sge.pto11.220607060207.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=RiQY5CAApgbXdhDUL19sKA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="YouTube's homepage. The world's top Internet search engine Google is looking to launch YouTube in South Korea later this year to capitalise on the fast-growing user created content market here, a report said Friday(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AP - A European Union probe triggered by concerns over how long Google Inc. stores user information has widened to include all Internet search engines.</p><br clear="all"/>
CIA to declassify "family jewels" -- 1973 dossier on agency skeletons
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070621/pl_afp/usintelligencecia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070621/capt.sge.psq61.210607232249.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=Xr8eKHDr6rPbxd9.YJXCAQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of its headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The CIA said Thursday it has decided to declassify most of a voluminous 1973 file known as "the family jewels," which details some of the agency's most notorious operations.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The CIA said Thursday it has decided to declassify most of a voluminous 1973 file known as "the family jewels," which details some of the agency's most notorious operations.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.S. general laments Google Earth capability
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070621/wr_nm/usa_military_google_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070622/2007_06_22t014302_450x283_us_usa_military_google.jpg?x=130&y=81&sig=.ehU0fVHE3Kul85XYpYKbQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Iraqi and U.S. soldiers conduct a joint patrol in Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, April 27, 2007. The head of U.S. Air Force intelligence and surveillance on Thursday said data available commercially through online mapping software such as Google Earth posed a danger to security but could not be rolled back. (Bob Strong/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The head of U.S. Air Force
intelligence and surveillance on Thursday said data available
commercially through online mapping software such as Google
Earth posed a danger to security but could not be rolled back.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dell Lets Users Avoid 'Bloatware'
(PC World)
PC World - Dell Inc. is allowing its customers to decline the unwanted software applications loaded on new PCs, after hundreds of users complained about such "bloatware" on a company blog.
Dell lets users avoid 'bloatware'
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Dell is allowing its customers to decline the unwanted software applications loaded on new PCs, after hundreds of users complained about such "bloatware" on a company blog.
EU Examines Search Engines and Privacy Issues
(PC World)
PC World - European data protection officials are expanding their examination of the impact search engines have on privacy, after initially targeting Google Inc. last month, European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx said in an interview late Wednesday.
Government groups oppose permanent Net tax ban
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The U.S. Congress shouldn't permanently extend a moratorium on taxes unique to the Internet because the temporary ban keeps Internet providers from abusing the system, a representative of the National Governors Association said Thursday.
IBM pushes z9 mainframe for small business
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - IBM unveiled a Web site and IT security software application Thursday as part of its effort to compete with Hewlett-Packard and Sun for customers in the fast-growing SMB sector.
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