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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.
AT&T says iPhone activation improving
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070630/capt.84582a2b19be4bc4b72a98868518d44b.apple_iphone_cadd116.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=F8Sl7UuO0QNUreqdnuNO0Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Screenwriter and director Kevin Smith smiles after purchasing two iPhones, Friday, June 29, 2007, at the Apple store at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - While blogs continue to simmer with complaints from people who waited months to buy an iPhone and now are experiencing problems activating it, AT&T Inc. said Sunday that the situation has improved.</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/20070702/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/20070702/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_deprived"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070702/capt.sge.srw47.020707033503.photo02.photo.default-314x512.jpg?x=79&y=130&sig=fEZfs1.psjixZvQvbbfk9A--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Customers inspect the newly released iPhone at the Apple store in Santa Monica, California, 29 June 2007. The future of Apple's much ballyhooed and eagerly anticipated iPhones is finally in the hands of devotees of the iconic company's culture-altering gadgets.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)" 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"/>
Facebook helps iLike stand out in Internet crowd
(Reuters)
Reuters - A month ago, iLike was just another
online music community struggling for relevancy in an
increasingly crowded market.
Amazon.com to sell indie films on demand
(AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc. will begin selling high-definition independent films in the HD DVD format through its on-demand DVD printing service, the company said late Sunday.
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.
Batting practice a new ballgame on Fox Sports
(Reuters)
Reuters - Like to get to the ballpark
early and take in some batting practice? Folks like to watch at
home, too; the ritual before the game represents the latest
frontier of baseball coverage on TV and online.
AT&T says iPhone activation improving
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070630/capt.84582a2b19be4bc4b72a98868518d44b.apple_iphone_cadd116.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=F8Sl7UuO0QNUreqdnuNO0Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Screenwriter and director Kevin Smith smiles after purchasing two iPhones, Friday, June 29, 2007, at the Apple store at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - While blogs continue to simmer with complaints from people who waited months to buy an iPhone and now are experiencing problems activating it, AT&T Inc. said Sunday that the situation has improved.</p><br clear="all"/>
Facebook helps iLike stand out in Internet crowd
(Reuters)
Reuters - A month ago, iLike was just another
online music community struggling for relevancy in an
increasingly crowded market.
HD DVD fights back with new features
(AP)
AP - HD DVD has recently faced some head wind in its struggle to become the high-definition successor to the DVD, but its supporters are playing an ace from their sleeve with the arrival of the first discs that take advantage of its players' built-in Internet connections.
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.
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.
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's Next Challenge: Find a New Leader
(PC World)
PC World - Internet visionary Vint Cerf retires from Net oversight after nearly a decade of setting precedents and policy.
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.
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