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Microsoft holds firm on Xbox 360 pricing
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070711/tc_nm/gamesexpo_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070711/2007_07_11t011344_450x273_us_gamesexpo_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=aNdaRM8tRM8S70ujL1MieA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="In this file photo, visitors play 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 Corp. said on Tuesday it will hold firm on pricing for its Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it would respond to a price cut by rival Sony Corp. for the PlayStation 3. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp.
said on Tuesday it will hold firm on pricing for its
Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it
would respond to a price cut by rival Sony Corp. (6758.T) for
the PlayStation 3.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft releases 3 'critical' fixes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070711/2007_07_11t011344_450x273_us_gamesexpo_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=aNdaRM8tRM8S70ujL1MieA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="In this file photo, visitors play 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 Corp. said on Tuesday it will hold firm on pricing for its Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it would respond to a price cut by rival Sony Corp. for the PlayStation 3. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. published six security fixes — half of them rated "critical" — in its regularly scheduled software update Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ballmer Pushes Plan for Software Plus Services
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp.'s top executive Tuesday for the first time outlined the company's plan to transition from a traditional software company to offering software plus services, giving some roadmap details for how the strategy will play out in the next year.
Microsoft patches Active Directory flaw
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft released six sets of security patches Tuesday that address critical flaws in its products, including a bug in Active Directory software.
Ballmer gives his take on software-plus-services plan
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's top executive outlined the company's plan to transition from a traditional software company to offering software plus services for the first time on Tuesday, giving some roadmap details for how the strategy will play out in the next year.
Microsoft served with Xbox 360 lawsuit
(AP)
AP - A Florida man who claims Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 scratches game discs has sued the company, saying the consoles are "negligently designed and manufactured."
Microsoft: Search wins tied to sales compensation
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft is emphasizing areas of its business where it needs to catch up to competitors by tying partner team compensation to specific product deployments, such as enterprise search, a top executive said Tuesday.
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 11 Bugs, 8 Critical
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Security researchers are warning IT managers to turn their attention to two vulnerabilities in Active Directory that could allow for remote code execution.
Microsoft Patches Active Directory
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. released [
Microsoft Maps Shift To In-The-Cloud Software
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Over the next few years, Microsoft will move more toward a services model in which the software resides in the Internet cloud and is delivered over high-speed connections.
Media, tech execs mingle, ponder future
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_hi_te/media_conference"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070710/capt.4824aed137c14a119cba2e12c10cdb43.media_summit_ny113.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=rZAvg5z1_j6mzRe55RlI3A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Casey Wasserman, left, chairman and CEO of Wasserman Media Group, chats with Bob Iger, president and CEO of the Walt Disney Co., in a Friday, July 14, 2006, file photo, at the annual Allen & Co. media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The sun always seems to shine in Sun Valley, a pristine mountain resort in Idaho, when the top brass from media and technology companies convene every July for a deep-think retreat hosted by the investment banker Herbert Allen.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple shares hit high after prediction
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070710/capt.sge.alx80.100707185405.photo00.photo.default-351x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=hlipB0T_3fpR4nyr6swU0w--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="An iPod Nano sits on display at an Apple store. JP Morgan says Apple will replace its popular iPod Nano MP3 player with an inexpensive Nano-style mobile phone by the end of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shares of Apple Inc. hit a new all-time trading high Tuesday after an analyst speculated that the company would come out with a less expensive, smaller iPhone later this year.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Inc. to unite mapping mashups
(AP)
AP - Hoping to make it even easier to turn its online maps into collages of local information, Google Inc. is introducing tools that will stitch together applications from a hodgepodge of Web sites.
Microsoft releases 3 'critical' fixes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070711/2007_07_11t011344_450x273_us_gamesexpo_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=aNdaRM8tRM8S70ujL1MieA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="In this file photo, visitors play 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 Corp. said on Tuesday it will hold firm on pricing for its Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it would respond to a price cut by rival Sony Corp. for the PlayStation 3. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. published six security fixes — half of them rated "critical" — in its regularly scheduled software update Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
TiVo users can get Amazon movies from TV
(AP)
AP - Users of TiVo Inc.'s digital video recorders will be able to order movies from Amazon.com Inc. directly from their TVs starting Tuesday.
Stars on new site plug away, bawdy and blue
(Reuters)
Reuters - Of the countless
promotional opportunities the cast of "Spider-Man 3" engaged
in, none was quite like the one they did for a new Web site, No
Good TV (NGTV.com).
Xbox Live adds Disney movies to its download menu
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070711/wr_nm/media_xbox_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070711/2007_07_11t011344_450x273_us_gamesexpo_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=aNdaRM8tRM8S70ujL1MieA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="In this file photo, visitors play 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 Corp. said on Tuesday it will hold firm on pricing for its Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it would respond to a price cut by rival Sony Corp. for the PlayStation 3. (Victor Fraile/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp.
announced the addition of Walt Disney Co. films to the Xbox
360's download service, Xbox Live, on Tuesday night at the
opening news conference for the E3 Media and Business Summit.</p><br clear="all"/>
FCC chief backs some open access in airwave auction
(Reuters)
Reuters - The head of the Federal
Communications Commission wants to require the winning bidder
in an upcoming auction of valuable wireless airwaves to make
them accessible to consumers using any device or software
application, an FCC source said on Tuesday.
Lenovo Unveils Its Highest Performing Notebook: A Linux Workstation
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The ThinkPad T61p has a 15.4-inch wide screen, runs 10% cooler than previous models, and is three decibels quieter.
Sun Accused of Putting Users at Risk
(PC World)
PC World - Sun Microsystems Inc. is putting millions of Java users at risk by staggering the release of security patches for the software, security vendor eEye Digital Security Inc. said Monday.
Policy group says Google soft on piracy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hoping to see "Blood
Diamond," "Spider-Man 3" or other full-length movies, TV series
and concerts for free online? The National Legal and Policy
Center on Tuesday released a list of the top 50 videos it found
on the Google Video search engine, uploaded by Web users who
might be guilty of copyright infringement.
Google Inc. to unite mapping mashups
(AP)
AP - Hoping to make it even easier to turn its online maps into collages of local information, Google Inc. is introducing tools that will stitch together applications from a hodgepodge of Web sites.
Stars on new site plug away, bawdy and blue
(Reuters)
Reuters - Of the countless
promotional opportunities the cast of "Spider-Man 3" engaged
in, none was quite like the one they did for a new Web site, No
Good TV (NGTV.com).
Hotlines: NBBC Will Merge Into NBCU/News Corp. Venture
(AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - NEW YORK The National Broadband Company, NBC Universal's Web syndication service (NBBC), will merge into the unnamed NBCU/News Corp. joint online video venture.
TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest
(Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - Ignited by the online component (more than 22 million Bingo cards were downloaded overall), ABC has picked up summer reality competition National Bingo Night for a five-night run in December. With National Bingo Night in the mix, ABC.com had more than double the unique users in May than the comparable year-ago month.
Amazon And TiVo Launch PC-Free Download Service
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Only select TiVo subscribers with broadband connections can take advantage of Amazon's Unbox service.
Google Sets Sights on Business E-Mail
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The decision by Google to purchase the messaging security firm Postini for $625 million suggests an acknowledgment by the Mountain View-based Web giant that, before it can fully compete with Microsoft in the office suite market, it needs to beef up its security technology.
Debate Heats Over Spectrum Rules
(PC World)
PC World - Plans for valuable wireless spectrum being considered by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission may not go far enough to encourage a new broadband competitor, said groups calling for open-access rules for part of the spectrum.
Fourth Xbox 360 in the Works?
(PC World)
PC World - An image taken from Microsoft's E3 Press rehearsal and originally published to an online company image gallery shows a peculiar fourth Xbox 360 on stage suggesting that Microsoft will add yet another model to its current line up of three machines.
Nielsen//NetRatings Looks Beyond The Page View
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Changes were needed since Web pages that rely on Ajax technology or present streaming media can serve new content without requiring the user to reload the page, analysts said.
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