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Xbox 360 repairs will cost Microsoft $1B
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070707/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xbox_warranty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070706/capt.4a036f6310254e079a5c7dabfa79421c.microsoft_xbox_warranty_nybz154.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=qdwiX9BjOs7pwsvfSwYffA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Christine Canasa plays 'Kameo' using the new Xbox 360 at Micro Center computer store in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Feb. 28, 2006 file photo. In another setback for Microsoft Corp.'s unprofitable entertainment and devices division, the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - In another setback for Microsoft Corp.'s unprofitable entertainment and devices division, the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft mum on details about Xbox
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. will not say what went wrong inside of its Xbox 360 video game consoles that could lead to $1 billion (euro740 million) in repairs, but bloggers and their online readers seem to have their own answer:
Microsoft quiet on Xbox 360 problems
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. won't say what went wrong inside of its Xbox 360 video game consoles that could lead to $1 billion in repairs, but bloggers and their online readers seem to have their own answer: Heat stroke.
FTC OKs aQuantive buyout by Microsoft
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_aquantive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070706/capt.4a036f6310254e079a5c7dabfa79421c.microsoft_xbox_warranty_nybz154.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=qdwiX9BjOs7pwsvfSwYffA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Christine Canasa plays 'Kameo' using the new Xbox 360 at Micro Center computer store in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Feb. 28, 2006 file photo. In another setback for Microsoft Corp.'s unprofitable entertainment and devices division, the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of online advertising group aQuantive Inc. has cleared an antitrust regulatory hurdle, the companies said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Not Playing GPLv3's Game
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has made its position crystal clear regarding the new version of the GPL, saying that none of its actions are to be misinterpreted as "accepting status as a contracting party of GPLv3 or assuming any legal obligations under such license."
Microsoft Puts Limits On Novell Linux Deal, Cites GPLv3 Legal Concerns
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Customers that buy Linux through Microsoft's Novell alliance program will receive products and services only for open source software covered by GPLv2.
Microsoft Readies Six Security Updates
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is getting ready to release six security updates on Tuesday in a release that will include fixes for critical vulnerabilities in Windows, Excel, and .NET. Specifically, July's Patch Tuesday will offer three updates for Windows, two for the Office productivity suite, and one for .NET.
Linux official, Microsoft give thumbs-down to GPLv3
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The new GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 is not a fit for Linux because switching would require permission from the kernel's thousands of de facto owners, a maintainer of the SCSI portion of the kernel said on Thursday. Also, Microsoft released a statement that the company has no GPLv3 obligations.
Microsoft extends Xbox 360 warranty
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Microsoft said Thursday "an unacceptable number of repairs" to its Xbox 360 will force it to take a charge of more than $1 billion for its most recent quarter, and it announced a new, extended warranty for the video game console.
Defective Xbox 360 consoles to cost Microsoft a billion dollars
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070706/tc_afp/usitgamecompanymicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070706/capt.sge.uen60.060707073915.photo00.photo.default-432x512.jpg?x=109&y=130&sig=UvKszDpkrKMlk4B3Guu.Kw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="An Xbox 360. Microsoft announced Thursday it expects to spend more than a billion dollars fixing flawed Xbox 360 video game consoles, which have logged "an unacceptable number of repairs."(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced Thursday it expected to spend more than a billion dollars fixing flawed Xbox 360 video game consoles after logging what it called "an unacceptable number of repairs."</p><br clear="all"/>
Xbox 360 repairs will cost Microsoft $1B
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070707/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xbox_warranty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070706/capt.4a036f6310254e079a5c7dabfa79421c.microsoft_xbox_warranty_nybz154.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=qdwiX9BjOs7pwsvfSwYffA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Christine Canasa plays 'Kameo' using the new Xbox 360 at Micro Center computer store in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Feb. 28, 2006 file photo. In another setback for Microsoft Corp.'s unprofitable entertainment and devices division, the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - In another setback for Microsoft Corp.'s unprofitable entertainment and devices division, the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console.</p><br clear="all"/>
FTC OKs aQuantive buyout by Microsoft
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_aquantive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070706/capt.4a036f6310254e079a5c7dabfa79421c.microsoft_xbox_warranty_nybz154.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=qdwiX9BjOs7pwsvfSwYffA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Christine Canasa plays 'Kameo' using the new Xbox 360 at Micro Center computer store in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Feb. 28, 2006 file photo. In another setback for Microsoft Corp.'s unprofitable entertainment and devices division, the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of online advertising group aQuantive Inc. has cleared an antitrust regulatory hurdle, the companies said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Restaurants test table card readers
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_hi_te/dine_and_dash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070706/capt.b147dfd3f55b4bb39018b9486e7a8293.dine_and_dash_ax101.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=7aVUn4sukbkJ1gyfPXPCeg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="In this still taken from video, Wayne Smith, a patron at Rays Killer Creek restaurant in Alpharetta, Ga., swipes his credit card through a device that allows customers to pay for their meal at the table, Wednesday, May 8, 2007 . Pay at the table systems are popular in Europe and other parts of the world, but they haven't yet caught on in the U.S., mostly because manufacturers have never been able to show restaurant owners how an investment in these systems can benefit them. (AP Photo/Jason Bronis)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's become routine for customers to swipe their credit or debit cards at consoles in fast-food joints, gas stations and grocery stores. So why do we still hand over the plastic at sit-down restaurants?</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony: Sorry about cathedral appearance
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_hi_te/britain_cathedral_sony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070615/capt.sge.nun70.150607213941.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=uKOHtjtN4eZxHjiHmUOHOQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Entertainment giant Sony has apologised to the Church of England for featuring a prominent British cathedral in a violent video game, a spokesman for the church said Friday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sony issued a public apology Friday for a violent video game that features a bloody shootout inside an Anglican cathedral, but it did not address the Church of England's demands that the company withdraw the game.</p><br clear="all"/>
UCLA student has old Hilton cell number
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_hi_te/paris_hilton_cell_phone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070706/i/r1952280330.jpg?x=130&y=101&sig=lQxYbEmuJyMIi4WEQgKEHQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Socialite Paris Hilton at the 2005 American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles November 22, 2005 file photo. Days after college student Shira Barlow got her new cell phone number, the party inquiries, birthday wishes and late-night calls started arriving. Barlow had unwittingly inherited Hilton's old phone number -- and messages from well-wishers and foes alike are still flooding in five months later. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0" /></a>AP - For months, Shira Barlow's cell phone was flooded with wrong-number calls and text messages, mostly between 2 and 4 a.m. on weekends. Told they had reached a college student, callers refused to believe it.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft quiet on Xbox 360 problems
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. won't say what went wrong inside of its Xbox 360 video game consoles that could lead to $1 billion in repairs, but bloggers and their online readers seem to have their own answer: Heat stroke.
Insurer may jump in to cover iPhones
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A company that insures laptops and smartphones may save the day for iPhone owners worried about their pricey handsets getting stolen or damaged.
U.K. to Test Improved Indoor 3G Coverage by Year-End
(PC World)
PC World - Third-generation (3G) network operators in the U.K. could begin testing a technology to improve indoor network coverage before the end of the year.
Sun Micro to revamp Solaris with Linux features
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc. is
revamping its Solaris operating system, incorporating key
pieces of rival Linux software in a move that could gain better
support from developers who have massed behind Linux.
OpenLogic expands its open-source library
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - OpenLogic announced Friday it has expanded its library of open-source software packages as part of its OpenLogic Enterprise 4.6 platform, adding key AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) technologies.
Microsoft quiet on Xbox 360 problems
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. won't say what went wrong inside of its Xbox 360 video game consoles that could lead to $1 billion in repairs, but bloggers and their online readers seem to have their own answer: Heat stroke.
Yahoo sites hit by availability problems
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Yahoo suffered availability problems on Friday that affected its home page as well as some of its other Web sites and services for a sustained period of time.
Nokia Upgrades Internet Tablet OS
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The installation requires a person to first download and run the software on a Windows, Mac OS X or Linux computer, and then connecting the device to the machine for the update.
FTC OKs aQuantive buyout by Microsoft
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_aquantive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070706/capt.4a036f6310254e079a5c7dabfa79421c.microsoft_xbox_warranty_nybz154.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=qdwiX9BjOs7pwsvfSwYffA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Christine Canasa plays 'Kameo' using the new Xbox 360 at Micro Center computer store in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Feb. 28, 2006 file photo. In another setback for Microsoft Corp.'s unprofitable entertainment and devices division, the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of online advertising group aQuantive Inc. has cleared an antitrust regulatory hurdle, the companies said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Dutch museums put their surplus art on eBay
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070706/tc_afp/entertainment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070706/capt.sge.ula62.060707193921.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=vDJgtSzwkELFmvATwA.68g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Entrance of eBay headquarters in San Jose, California. Part of the Dutch national art collection featuring some 1,000 paintings, statues and other objects has gone on sale through Internet auction site eBay.(AFP/File/Hector Mata)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Part of the Dutch national art collection featuring some 1,000 paintings, statues and other objects has gone on sale through Internet auction site eBay, officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Startup Techrigy Tackles Web 2.0 Compliance Concerns
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Techrigy's SM2 offering will scour the blogosphere and a company's internal networks to find out who's saying what about the company and when someone is saying something he shouldn't.
Filesharing ruling against ISP hailed as precedent
(Reuters)
Reuters - Copyright groups have hailed a Belgian
court decision making an Internet service provider responsible
for illegal file-sharing on its network as a European first
that could help the music industry.
Security company launches eBay for bugs
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Psst. Want to buy a zero-day? A Swiss startup called WabiSabiLabi has some for sale, but to qualified buyers only.
Sony: No Plans for PlayStation 3 Price Cuts
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A "Study Break" promotional sales flyer, reportedly leaked to a Web site, is clever and to the point. The "Study" side shows an HP computer and its sale price, and the "Break" side shows a Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), with $100 off. Sony is denying that the flyer is accurate, even as the rumor is running rampant around the Internet.
PluggedIn: Facebook lets friends share private view of Web
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070706/wr_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070706/2007_07_06t132815_411x450_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=118&y=130&sig=tnGuAeAW_glViHqO0z_vBg--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="A Facebook profile is seen in an undated publicity photo. Apple's iPhone may be big news, but in Silicon Valley all eyes are on Facebook. The all-ages private Internet club that began as a college student hangout has become the tech industry's hottest ticket. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Apple's iPhone may be big
news, but in Silicon Valley all eyes are on Facebook. The
all-ages private Internet club that began as a college student
hangout has become the tech industry's hottest ticket.</p><br clear="all"/>
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