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Microsoft offers $500 Vista PC in India
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_india"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070626/capt.9ce6484f41e44ae7bf5d03020c513164.microsoft___imagine_cup_waap105.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=Gk3ZOzkKIVtx6AJjOjuKDg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates listens to the Imagine Cup finalists during a meeting, Tuesday, June, 26, 2007, in Redmond, Wash. More than 40 university students from 10 countries qualified for the Imagine Cup final, a world technology competition. (AP Photo/Andrei Pungovschi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. will sell "affordable" Windows computers aimed at students in India, but the $500 price tag is more than what U.S. consumers might pay for a basic laptop.</p><br clear="all"/>
Windows Vista Makes Limited Impact On PC Sales, Analysts Reveal
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Unless Microsoft became much more aggressive in its marketing efforts, Vista's market impact was not expected to change in the future, Gartner reports.
IBM Turns To Microsoft For Midmarket Cluster Server
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The two companies partner to offer smaller companies high-performance computer hardware and software.
Microsoft touts supercomputing for the masses
(Reuters)
Reuters - Supercomputing, once the
preserve of top scientific and academic institutions which
needed entire rooms to house their gigantic machines, can now
be had out of a box from Microsoft for $50,000.
Microsoft Sues for Piracy
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. Thursday filed lawsuits against 23 companies in California and Florida, alleging distribution of counterfeit software.
Microsoft pushes OBAs to take Office to next level
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has been quietly adding to the cache of reference applications it hopes will help transform Microsoft Office 2007 from a mere productivity suite to a collaboration tool.
Microsoft moves against California, Florida pirates
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft on Thursday filed lawsuits against 23 companies in California and Florida, alleging distribution of counterfeit software.
Red Hat CEO says he talked patents with Microsoft
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070628/tc_nm/redhat_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070628/2007_06_28t033151_319x450_us_redhat_microsoft.jpg?x=92&y=130&sig=8eUxOSkSUyKta3Ly8nM7Xg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Red Had Chief Executive Matthew Szulik addresses the Reuters Tech Media and Telecoms Summit at the Reuters North American headquarters at Times Square in New York, February 26, 2004. Szulik said his company last year held talks with Microsoft Corp over a patent agreement that broke down before the software giant signed a deal with Red Hat rival Novell Inc. (Henny Ray Abrams hra/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Red Hat Inc. Chief Executive
Matthew Szulik said his company last year held talks with
Microsoft Corp over a patent agreement that broke down
before the software giant signed a deal with Red Hat rival
Novell Inc .</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Ports Main Web Site To Windows Server 2008
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Web security firm Netcraft says Microsoft.com has been switched to the former Longhorn, still in beta.
Windows Live Adds Online Storage and Photo Gallery
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Windows Live family got two new members on Tuesday, when software giant Microsoft launched "managed" beta releases of Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Thousands queue up to buy Apple iPhones
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070628/capt.d60912309bba4e129562e22d21ea4ccb.apple_iphone_caps114.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=ULLv9y5afGA64Z_3r94tsg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A group of people from iWait, wait outside of the Apple store in Walnut Creek, Calif., Thursday, June 28, 2007 to purchase the iPhone. The iPhone is planned to start selling on Friday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - On the eve of the day of reckoning for the most-hyped gadget in recent memory, eager customers lined up Thursday, a few even braving torrential rain, to be among the first to get their hands on the coveted new cell phone from Apple Inc.</p><br clear="all"/>
Smart phone makers brace for iPhone
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_hi_te/earns_smart_phones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070628/capt.a83a6a624db1426b87df917d982e3514.earns_palm_caps108.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=Qx8cGDDtZ0rsJ2Y2ER19rw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="A customer dials his Palm 750p in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, June 28, 2007. Palm Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Thursday, June 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Palm Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. reported starkly different earnings, but the two major smart phone makers both face intense scrutiny from Wall Street about whether they'll withstand competition from Apple Inc.'s iPhone.</p><br clear="all"/>
Taser, iRobot team up to arm robots
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_hi_te/armed_robots"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070628/capt.7a3c929ca8c24b6ba953328cfe1a1780.armed_robots_bx103.jpg?x=116&y=130&sig=hAjMy0xByVt42pB37ejGKw--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="This Feb. 2005 photo released by iRobot Corp., shows the iRobot PackBot. the maker of floor-cleaning robots said Thursday, June 28, 2007, that it is teaming up with stun-gun manufacturer Taser International Inc., to arm track-wheeled robots for use by the police and military. (AP Photo/John Skibbee, iRobot Corp.)" border="0" /></a>AP - RoboCops and robot soldiers got a little closer to reality Thursday as a maker of floor-cleaning automatons teamed up with a stun-gun manufacturer to arm track-wheeled 'bots for the police and the Pentagon.</p><br clear="all"/>
Analysts: Rivals must react to iPhone
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_defense"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070629/capt.b3b837dc7e4e40d49022bc0ab5cdc55b.apple_iphone_nysw106.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=sW66CS6OxqiWMv_JZMDylg--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="A person waiting in line for the new iPhone takes a nap in front of the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York, Thursday, June 28, 2007. The iPhone will be on sale starting tomorrow, Friday, at 6 p.m. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - To hear other wireless carriers tell it, the introduction of Apple Inc.'s iPhone on AT&T Inc.'s network is no real threat.</p><br clear="all"/>
Speculators grab iPhone domain names
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_domain_names"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070629/capt.2f9e5b025f1d45f5a05c07358b734842.apple_iphone_nysw105.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=_TaImOGANyM75sSC08d9_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Apple store on Fifth Avenue is seen at dusk in New York, Thursday, June 28, 2007. The iPhone will be on sale starting tomorrow, Friday, at 6 p.m. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Visit iPhone.com and you'll see ads for various cell phones that play music — but Apple Inc.'s much-hyped iPhone isn't one of them.</p><br clear="all"/>
Homeland Security to host closed-door security forum
(PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Department of Homeland security will host a invite-only conference two months from now that will bring together security experts from law enforcement, Internet service providers, and the technology industry.
Apple's iPhone to hit stores, jolt mobile industry
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070629/wr_nm/iphone_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070629/2007_06_29t001552_317x450_us_iphone.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=tvu0gn0jHZFWeuVM57i_ag--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="A large scale model of an Apple iPhone stands in the window of the Apple store on New York's 5th Avenue June 28, 2007. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple Inc.'s iPhone hits store
shelves on Friday in a consumer spectacle that has whipped
gadget fans into a frenzy over a device that challenges
business as usual in the mobile phone industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
How the iPhone breaks industry rules
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_industry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070628/capt.99095beab0fb478c979521878c30e13b.iphone_industry_caps110.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=CJ1FtStqJTffAtEL4K69lQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The Apple iPhone is shown at the MacWorld Conference after the announcement of the phone in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007. Among consumers, the excitement around Apple Inc.'s iPhone, launching on Friday, centers on its cool looks and innovative interface. In the cell phone industry, the iPhone will be closely watched because it breaks several conventions governing the relationships between handset manufacturers, carriers and consumers. If successful, Apple could end up changing the way phones and the industry work. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Among consumers, the excitement around Apple Inc.'s iPhone, launching on Friday, centers on its cool looks and innovative interface. In the cell phone industry, the iPhone will be closely watched because it breaks several conventions governing the relationships between handset manufacturers, carriers and consumers. If successful, Apple could end up changing the way phones and the industry work.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Desktop finally out for Linux
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google launched a Linux version of Google Desktop on Wednesday, almost three years after the product's launch for the Windows operating system.
IBM Turns To Microsoft For Midmarket Cluster Server
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The two companies partner to offer smaller companies high-performance computer hardware and software.
Homeland Security to host closed-door security forum
(PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Department of Homeland security will host a invite-only conference two months from now that will bring together security experts from law enforcement, Internet service providers, and the technology industry.
Nonprofit garners support with NYC iPhone vigil
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A Brooklyn, New York-based charity is using its position as first in line for the iPhone at the SoHo Apple Store to drum up more support for its plans to auction the gadget on eBay and use the money for charitable purposes.
Experts: Better Broadband Stats Needed
(PC World)
PC World - The U.S. government needs better ways to measure broadband availability and adoption in order to develop policies that focus on ways to use broadband to improve the economy, several telecom experts said Thursday.
Covad to cut workforce by 8 percent
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - As its incumbent rivals get bigger, Internet service provider Covad Communications Group is getting smaller with layoffs of about 8 percent of its employees this quarter.
Experts: Better broadband stats needed
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The U.S. government needs better ways to measure broadband availability and adoption in order to develop policies that focus on ways to use broadband to improve the economy, several telecom experts said Thursday.
Oct. launch planned for `.asia' domain
(AP)
AP - Internet addresses ending in ".asia" will be open to governments and trademark owners starting in October, with general registrations coming in 2008.
Webroot Offers Tips For Keeping Kids Safe Online
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Security company offers parents safety tips, along with a free handbook with a glossary of terms and ideas for keeping children safe online.
Google Strikes New Deals for Search Appliances
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - With more than 9,000 customers for its Google Search Appliance and Google Mini, the search giant has announced a distribution deal with Ingram Micro and a hardware deal with Dell.
Debate on Network Neutrality Rages On
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has weighed in on network neutrality, and has come down on the side of caution in a debate that goes to the heart of Internet technology.
How Much Would You Pay for an iPhone?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On eBay, creative entrepreneurs are offering to stand in line to buy you an iPhone on launch day. Their fee: a cool $100. That's only one-fifth the price of the phone itself.
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