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Microsoft to launch Xbox 360 Elite in Japan in Oct
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070705/bs_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070705/2007_07_05t032437_450x273_us_microsoft_xbox.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=mulNhNy1UDK17hldhgARcg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="A file photo of visitors playing with Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game consoles during the opening day of Madrid's International Data Processing, Multimedia and Communications SIMO Fair November 7, 2006. Microsoft said on Thursday it would launch the advanced version of its Xbox 360 game console, Xbox 360 Elite, on October 11 in Japan, a country where sales of its game gear lag far behind rival machines from Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it would
launch the advanced version of its Xbox 360 game console, Xbox
360 Elite, on October 11 in Japan, a country where sales of its
game gear lag far behind rival machines from Nintendo Co. Ltd.
and Sony Corp.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Argues for Right to Comment on Microsoft Case
(PC World)
PC World - Google Inc. still hopes to influence changes that Microsoft Corp. plans to make in Vista's desktop search function, even after the parties involved in Microsoft's 2002 antitrust settlement agreed to alterations to the search system.
Microsoft Apologizes For Silence On Windows Extras
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Director Barry Goffe said work was continuing on the remaining offerings, which would be available by the end of the summer.
Microsoft Struggles With Online Shift, But Remains Huge
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Having missed big opportunities early on in the shift to Internet-based services, Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) now finds itself playing catch-up in the Web 2.0 era.
Google Wants Inclusion In Microsoft Antitrust Deliberations
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The company petitions to Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that the changes Microsoft has promised to make to Vista won't address Google's concerns.
Developers Turning Away From Windows, Survey Reveals
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Evans Data found that 64.8% were targeting Windows, down from the 70% to 74% that the Microsoft platform recorded in the 2006 surveys.
Microsoft Apologizes for Lack of Vista Ultimate Extras
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft on Monday issued an apology for the tardy release of two add-ons to its Windows Vista operating system and promised to have the offerings available by summer's end.
Survey: Windows loses ground with developers
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's Windows platform is losing traction as a target for application developers in North America but still is the dominant platform, according to Evans Data survey results being released on Tuesday.
Mass. Opens The Door To Microsoft In Office Formats Battle
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Previously, the Massachusetts ITD stood by the Open Document Foundation's office format.
Microsoft And Amazon Team Up On High-Def DVDs
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The partnership is part of Amazon's plans to bring as many as 1,000 feature-length indie films to customers using its CustomFlix DVD On Demand technology.
Cable firms to raise set-top box rates
(AP)
AP - Cable companies are planning to charge more for set-top boxes to help pay for new, more expensive versions mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.
Turtles to test wireless network
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_hi_te/turtle_technology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070704/capt.91827c53f9414950adef720e97d9cc4b.turtle_technology_manm502.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=FBKOwlvpLFLpmqtE57XiBg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="University of Massachusetts biologist Mike Jones uses duct tape to secure a GPS beacon to ithe back of a 40-pound snapping turtle for research purposes on June 25, 2007 in Deerfield, Mass. 'We're trying to get a better idea of their range, the routes they take and where they hibernate,' said Jones, who is working on a doctoral degree in biology. 'If you have that information for a good number of turtles, you can predict what their patterns will be for the next 50 years or so.' (AP/Nathan K. Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - From the way he thrashed his head, kicked and tried to make a getaway, M16 made it clear he didn't like human contact. But the researchers wrangling with him could be helping to save his species.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google-DoubleClick deal draws criticism
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_hi_te/google_doubleclick"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070704/capt.sge.tkk10.040707002158.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=xyk9RuYzW0WLQYAFmrPSlw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, May 2006. Google has bought GrandCentral Communications, a fledgling Internet firm that gives people telephone numbers that essentially follow them where ever they go.(AFP/GettyImages/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AP - Europe's major consumer group BEUC said Wednesday that it feared Internet search engine Google Inc.'s takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick Inc. would damage European Union privacy rights and limit consumers' choice of Web content.</p><br clear="all"/>
Tech firms tap into the 'green' movement
(AP)
AP - Being "green" is all the rage with technology companies these days, but what's not clear is whether or not the environment-friendly approach is bringing in more greenbacks.
Study: Broadband growth slowing in U.S.
(AP)
AP - The rate of broadband adoption is slowing in the United States, partly because service providers already have grabbed the easiest converts, a study has found.
China's Baidu sets up online music partnership
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese Web search leader Baidu.com
Inc. has set up a partnership with popular Chinese-language
record label Rock Music Groupto provide an online music
streaming service.
Blackberry coming to China
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070705/tc_afp/canadachinatelecom"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070705/capt.sge.tvm86.050707083825.photo00.photo.default-375x512.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=oDsVnC3d56tiwIzl_tq13g--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="A man checks his Blackberry in Washington, DC. Research in Motion has obtained permission from Beijing to sell its popular Blackberry mobile email device in mainland China, the world's biggest cell phone market, media said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Research in Motion has obtained permission from Beijing to sell its popular Blackberry mobile email device in mainland China, the world's biggest cell phone market, media said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
O2 set to win deal as UK partner for iPhone: papers
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070705/tc_nm/o2_iphone_uk_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070705/2007_07_05t041904_300x450_us_o2_iphone_uk.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=RG6kVfW34PK6MJB4730YnQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A file photo of a customer looking over the Apple iPhone at the Apple store in San Francisco, California June 29, 2007. Mobile phone operator O2, part of Spanish telecoms group Telefonica, is poised to clinch a deal to be the exclusive network partner for Apple Inc.'s iPhone in the UK, newspapers said on Thursday. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Mobile phone operator O2, part of
Spanish telecoms group Telefonica , is poised to clinch
a deal to be the exclusive network partner for Apple Inc.'s
iPhone in the UK, newspapers said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
JBoss adds Google Gadgets to portal software
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - JBoss is introducing an upgrade to its open source portal software on Monday that features integration with Google Gadgets.
Oracle faces long, hard road to prove SAP charges
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070704/bs_nm/sap_oracle_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070705/2007_07_04t121409_450x330_us_sap_oracle.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=KJD9jdWTYTc7HshgcjPh_Q--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Henning Kagermann, Chief Executive of German software maker SAP, gestures during a news conference in New Delhi August 2, 2006. Oracle's search for a smoking gun to prove the truth of its allegations that rival SAP stole its software is likely to be long and arduous, making an out-of-court settlement attractive for both parties. REURERS/Kamal Kishore (Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oracle's search for a
smoking gun to prove the truth of its allegations that rival
SAP stole its software is likely to be long and
arduous, making an out-of-court settlement attractive for both
parties.</p><br clear="all"/>
China's Baidu sets up online music partnership
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese Web search leader Baidu.com
Inc. has set up a partnership with popular Chinese-language
record label Rock Music Groupto provide an online music
streaming service.
"Stargate" star serves "Breakfast" online
(Reuters)
Reuters - MGM is giving a new film
an online debut, making "A Dog's Breakfast" available on iTunes
and Amazon's Unbox on Tuesday.
In Pictures: Warning Signs of an Internet Attack
(PC World)
PC World - Internet Threat Protection GuideInternet attacks have become a business. And as with any business, the product must be ever-changing in attempting to entice you. But where a slick legit ad campaign might sway you into buying a gadget you don't really need, these social engineering techniques try to trick you into infecting your computer with malware you surely don't want. Look through these images of some of the latest tricks from malware pushers and phishers so that you can keep your most important security tool--you--up-to-date. ...
UK-based trio admit inciting terrorism over Web
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070704/wr_nm/britain_security_internet_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070704/2007_07_04t125152_450x300_us_britain_security_internet.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HqEU.n7DoND39AyFeG0seA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A keyboard is seen in a file photo. Three men said to be linked to al Qaeda, including one using an Arabic name meaning 'Terrorist 007', have admitted inciting terrorism over the Internet in the first case of its kind in Britain, police said on Wednesday. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Three men said to be linked to al Qaeda,
including one using an Arabic name meaning "Terrorist 007,"
have admitted inciting terrorism over the Internet in the first
case of its kind in Britain, police said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Argues for Right to Comment on Microsoft Case
(PC World)
PC World - Google Inc. still hopes to influence changes that Microsoft Corp. plans to make in Vista's desktop search function, even after the parties involved in Microsoft's 2002 antitrust settlement agreed to alterations to the search system.
EBay Launches Kijiji Classifieds in U.S.
(PC World)
PC World - EBay Inc. launched its Kijiji International Ltd. classified advertising site in the U.S. Friday.
Risque EU defends Internet orgasm clip
(Reuters)
Reuters - Talk of monetary union and wine quotas
gave way to controversy over orgasms and innuendo at the
European Commission on Wednesday as it defended a risque
Internet video clip highlighting its backing for European
cinema.
Google-DoubleClick deal draws criticism
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_hi_te/google_doubleclick"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070704/capt.sge.tkk10.040707002158.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=xyk9RuYzW0WLQYAFmrPSlw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, May 2006. Google has bought GrandCentral Communications, a fledgling Internet firm that gives people telephone numbers that essentially follow them where ever they go.(AFP/GettyImages/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AP - Europe's major consumer group BEUC said Wednesday that it feared Internet search engine Google Inc.'s takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick Inc. would damage European Union privacy rights and limit consumers' choice of Web content.</p><br clear="all"/>
In China, online gamers raking in the cash
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070704/tc_afp/lifestylechinainternetyouth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070704/capt.sge.tmb93.040707071812.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=F7g45EQERIZdd3PbnFlgFg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A Chinese youth plays an online game at a Internet cafe in Beijing, 18 June 2007. For a law student, Zhao Mengyuan has a peculiar way of making money -- slaying dragons, killing orcs and saving princesses in distress. It all takes place in cyberspace, where earning credits for online gamers who are too busy to do it themselves has become a handy source of extra income for the 21-year-old.(AFP/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - For a law student, Zhao Mengyuan has a peculiar way of making money -- slaying dragons, killing orcs and saving princesses in distress.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google buys Internet telephone firm GrandCentral
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070704/tc_afp/usitinternettelecomcompanygooglegrandcentral"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070704/capt.sge.tkk10.040707002158.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=xyk9RuYzW0WLQYAFmrPSlw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, May 2006. Google has bought GrandCentral Communications, a fledgling Internet firm that gives people telephone numbers that essentially follow them where ever they go.(AFP/GettyImages/File/David Paul Morris)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google has bought GrandCentral Communications, a fledgling Internet firm that gives people telephone numbers that essentially follow them where ever they go.</p><br clear="all"/>
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