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Vista Not Driving PC Market, Gartner Says
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Although the PC market is expected to grow during 2007, Microsoft's Windows Vista is not expected to be a strong driver, the analyst firm said this week.
Microsoft Solves iPhone E-Mail Flaw
(PC World)
PC World - An update to Exchange 2007 released by Microsoft should solve problems that may have prevented e-mail from Exchange Server 2007 from being received by Apple's iPhone.
Can Microsoft Office Front-End Your Business Processes?
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft is set to kick off an Office-for-business-processes strategy, focusing on composite apps called Office Business Applications, or OBAs, starting next month.
White House Sets Single Security Configuration For Windows Computers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A White House mandate to conform to one security configuration on Windows XP and Windows Vista systems should "radically reduce" vulnerabilities.
Microsoft.co.uk Succumbs to SQL Injection Attack
(PC World)
PC World - A hacker successfully attacked a Web page within Microsoft Corp.'s U.K. domain on Wednesday, resulting in the display of a photograph of a child waving the flag of Saudi Arabia.
Microsoft.co.uk succumbs to SQL injection attack
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A hacker successfully attacked a Web page within Microsoft's U.K. domain on Wednesday, resulting in the display of a photograph of a child waving the flag of Saudi Arabia.
Microsoft, AMD Partner on PC for School Kids
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The IQ PC will include a selection of software from Microsoft and its partners that includes Windows.
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.
Some iPhone customers put on hold
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070701/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070630/capt.15c859c331184c42b6a0d0e0e0d7ba6f.apple_iphone_nyjd120.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=V2CR.YnW7EXnADggu4L6fQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="The new Apple iPhone is seen Friday, June 29, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)" border="0" /></a>AP - While many who snapped up Apple Inc.'s iPhone were using the latest must-have gadget even before leaving the store, some buyers were put on hold as they experienced frustrating delays in activating their cell phone service.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cyber attacks engulf Kremlin's critics
(AP)
AP - A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial.
Ohio's laptops often stolen or missing
(AP)
AP - In Dayton, a state employee returns to work to find a $2,000 computer stolen. In Cleveland, someone walks into an unlocked office and takes a $2,200 laptop belonging to the state auditor's office.
$650,100 bid wins lunch with Buffett
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070701/ap_on_re_us/people_buffett"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070630/capt.57587f764b8747ffa09c39744e9d7016.people_buffett_ny108.jpg?x=87&y=130&sig=1X1OXsT5ORTLIFbzkMx.Qg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Warren Buffett speaks at a forum/ fundraiser in this June 26, 2007 file photo in New York. The winning bid to break bread with Warren Buffett came in at $650,100, which is $30,000 more than the top bid at last year's charity auction. The winner of the auction, which ended Friday night June 29, 2007, was identified only by the eBay user name 'mpabrai.' The auction benefits the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two investors put in the winning bid of $650,100 in a charity auction to break bread with billionaire Warren Buffett.</p><br clear="all"/>
IPhone frenzy on hold for some
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_deprived"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070630/2007_06_29t183348_450x396_us_iphone.jpg?x=130&y=114&sig=cSvgod2Mo7.QADPEYbE1rw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="Surrounded by cheering Apple Store employees, one of the first iPhone buyers leaves the store on Fifth Avenue in New York, June 29, 2007. (Jeff Zelevansky/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - For 21-year-old Kelsy Martin, two words — "incredibly disappointed" — sum up how she feels about living in an area where the new iPhone can't be used.</p><br clear="all"/>
ICANN Ponders International Domain Names
(PC World)
PC World - Participants made good progress discussing changes to Internet governance during an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting in Puerto Rico that closed on Friday, leaders of the organization said.
Most iPhone owners gush but some have glitches
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070630/wr_nm/iphone_att_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070630/2007_06_30t003306_450x314_us_iphone_att.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=6t7l7lyVGyEcIZqsAsCsaw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A customer holds two iPhones after being among the first to purchase them at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York June 29, 2007. AT and T Inc. sold almost all its initial stock of Apple Inc.'s iPhone within hours of the device going on sale, an AT and T spokesman said on Saturday. (Jeff Zelevansky/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Proud owners of Apple Inc.'s
iPhone raved about their first day with the device on Saturday,
but a glitch took the shine off the year's most anticipated
device for a few unlucky customers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Woman pleads to stalking singer
(AP)
AP - A former national laboratory worker has admitted that she used government computers to access the e-mail account of Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington and hacked into a cell phone company's Web site to obtain his phone number.
GPLv3 Emerges After Long Debate, Opposition Muted
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - One of the early adopters of GPL 3 will be the Samba Server project, which supplies file translation code between Linux and Windows.
GPLv3 author: Business needs free software
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Free Software Foundation (FSF) leader Richard Stallman said at the launch of the group's new version 3 of the General Public License (GPLv3) that businesses are "foolish" not to adopt nonproprietary technologies as he contends that the continued use of paid products limits companies' innovation and weakens security of their IT operations.
Cyber attacks engulf Kremlin's critics
(AP)
AP - A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial.
ICANN Ponders International Domain Names
(PC World)
PC World - Participants made good progress discussing changes to Internet governance during an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting in Puerto Rico that closed on Friday, leaders of the organization said.
Attack on Estonia puts cyber security on EU agenda
(Reuters)
Reuters - The European Union will address cyber
security issues after attacks on the Internet sites of Estonia,
EU Information Society commissioner Viviane Reding said on
Saturday.
Q&A: Storm brewing over Starbucks disc surprises Moore
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070630/en_nm/moore_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070630/2007_06_29t204351_369x450_us_moore.jpg?x=106&y=130&sig=_Q2Xp_kbtGE3SicsqD.CBA--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is shown on the poster for his new film about the problems with the health care system in the U.S., entitled 'Sicko,' in this undated publicity photograph. The film opens in the U.S. on June 29, 2007. (The Weinstein Co./Handout - UNITED STATES. NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES./Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In an interview published recently
in Pitchfork, Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore mentioned
that the band needed to record a new song for a Starbucks
compilation. Within minutes of his remarks hitting the
Internet, chat rooms and the band's fan sites were awash in
cries of "foul" and "sellouts."</p><br clear="all"/>
Woman pleads to stalking singer
(AP)
AP - A former national laboratory worker has admitted that she used government computers to access the e-mail account of Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington and hacked into a cell phone company's Web site to obtain his phone number.
Early iPhone buyers strain to resell them online
(Reuters)
Reuters - Many people who lined up to be
the first buyers of Apple Inc.'s iPhone made good on promises
to try to flip the gadgets online at inflated prices, but a
quick buck appeared out of reach for many.
Amazon.com to offer downloads on drama
(AP)
AP - The Web-based teen soap opera "Prom Queen" is being offered as a full-length download on Amazon.com Inc.'s Unbox video store, taking its place for the first time along Hollywood films and TV shows.
Neteller founder guilty of conspiracy
(AP)
AP - The co-founder of Neteller, which processed billions of dollars in Internet gambling transactions for Americans, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of criminal conspiracy.
ICANN moves ahead with international domain names
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Participants made good progress discussing changes to Internet governance during an ICANN meeting in Puerto Rico that closed on Friday, leaders of the organization said.
Non-English domains could take 2 years
(AP)
AP - The Internet's key oversight agency is on track to start testing addresses entirely in foreign characters by November, but rules for determining which ones to permit likely will take another year or two to develop.
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