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Sony, Microsoft see games as key to console race
(Reuters)
Reuters - After years of arguing
over whose video game machine has the best bells and whistles,
Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Microsoft Corp. agree the
battle boils down to which one has the best games.
Sony,Microsoft see games key to console race
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070712/tc_nm/gamesexpo_consoles_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070712/2007_07_11t124205_450x359_us_gamesexpo_consoles.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=m7Nqsi6Q6Enpt6zsTduSNw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="A gamer plays the video game 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour '06' at the 'XBox 360: Zero Hour' event in Palmdale, California November 20, 2005. After years of arguing whose video game machine has the best bells and whistles, Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. agree the battle boils down to which has the best games. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After years of arguing
over whose video game machine has the best bells and whistles,
Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Microsoft Corp. agree the
battle boils down to which one has the best games.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Partners Get New Tools
(PC World)
PC World - At its partner conference this week Microsoft Corp. released new tools to help them navigate two of the company's more complicated offerings: product licensing and the Windows Vista client OS.
Microsoft launches OneCare 2.0 beta
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft released a beta version of its next-generation Windows Live OneCare 2.0 desktop security and management package on July 11, touting a number of improvements made to the product, including the ability to monitor multiple PCs on a local network.
Microsoft Holds Firm On Xbox Pricing
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Analysts had predicted that Microsoft would use E3 in Los Angeles to announce a price reduction.
IE Plus Firefox Equals Security Breach
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft's Internet Explorer, used on a machine with the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browser installed, can create a pass-along security breach, according to security researchers.
Microsoft Shows Off Its CRM Dynamic
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Tuesday in Denver, Microsoft told its Worldwide Partners that the on-demand version of its customer relationship management (CRM) software will be released to early adopters later this summer, and will be available for a full market rollout in the first half of 2008.
Microsoft Making Xbox More Family Friendly
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - E3 announcements of Disney movie downloads and new games aimed at families reflect Microsoft's strategy of broadening the Xbox 360's family appeal.
Microsoft debuts Dynamics Entrepreneur Solution
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft hopes to better meet the back-office needs of smaller businesses with a new take on enterprise resource planning (ERP) software called Dynamics Entrepreneur Solution.
Microsoft offers partner tools for licensing, Vista
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - At its partner conference this week Microsoft released new tools to help partners navigate two of the company's more complicated offerings: product licensing and the Windows Vista client OS.
Military files left unprotected online
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_hi_te/military_online_insecurity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070712/capt.7669db92f644477f90d9a7acdf990b5b.correction_military_online_insecurity_nclh104.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=RHoGJIbp68Ewq4t4Hvf5UQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Christopher Freeman looks at documents from a FTP site of a government contractor at his home in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, June 28, 2007. Freeman has spent several years looking for government and contractor-run FTP sites he thinks should be secure. (AP Photo/Lynn Hey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Detailed schematics of a military detainee holding facility in southern Iraq. Geographical surveys and aerial photographs of two military airfields outside Baghdad. Plans for a new fuel farm at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/>
Ohio: Stolen device contains 859,800 IDs
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_hi_te/data_theft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070711/capt.5664268e1f48466b8f190e6534c76924.data_theft_co102.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=JLdqWt83sw3MMSq0r89xMQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland answers questions during a news conference Wednesday, July 11, 2007, to discuss a computer storage device stolen from a state intern last month in Columbus, Ohio. The names and Social Security numbers of a half million more Ohio taxpayers were on a computer storage device stolen, more than tripling the number previously reported, Strickland said. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)" border="0" /></a>AP - A stolen computer storage device contained more than twice the number of taxpayers' identifications than had been previously reported, Gov. Ted Strickland said Wednesday, but he emphasized there is still no indication the data have been compromised.</p><br clear="all"/>
Whole Foods CEO attacked rival online
(AP)
AP - The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. wrote anonymous online attacks against a smaller rival and questioned why anyone would buy its stock, before Whole Foods announced an offer to buy the other company this year.
Lightning strikes reported by iPod users
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_hi_te/ipods_lightning"><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 - Listen to an iPod during a storm and you may get more than electrifying tunes. A Canadian jogger suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning traveled through his music player's wires.</p><br clear="all"/>
FTP is simple but open to leaks
(AP)
AP - The Internet was a mere 19 months old when engineers first developed a file-sharing system still in wide use today.
Australian regulator takes Google to court over sponsored links
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070712/tc_afp/australiaitinternetcourtcompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070712/capt.sge.ayz83.120707080652.photo00.photo.default-512x481.jpg?x=130&y=122&sig=ghgIFJ63Wc1mHdaUyi5WuA--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="Graphics from popular US website Google released in Sydney, May 2006, shows Kanagroos and the Australian flag illustrated on the company's logo for the launch of Google Australia. Australia's consumer watchdog announced it had launched world-first court action accusing Internet giant Google for misleading web users by misidentifying sponsored links on its search engine.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia's consumer watchdog launched legal action accusing Internet giant Google of misleading web users Thursday in a case that analysts said would "send a shudder" through the global IT industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Sony to offer slimmer PSP to take on DS
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070712/tc_nm/gamesexpo_psp_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070712/2007_07_12t032217_450x298_us_gamesexpo_psp.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=udPJWMKIRB0iHiVR7akZZg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation Portable is seen in this in Tokyo July 12, 2004 file photo. Sony Corp. will launch a slimmer model of its PlayStation Portable handheld game player in September, in its latest attempt to ignite demand for its game hardware and compete better with Nintendo Co. Ltd.. (Eriko Sugita/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T)
will launch a slimmer model of its PlayStation Portable
handheld game player in September, in its latest attempt to
ignite demand for its game hardware and compete better with
Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS).</p><br clear="all"/>
DoCoMo, AT&T partner to build 3G network in Hawaii
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.T) and
Atlanta-based AT&T Inc.'s wireless unit will work
together to build a high-speed mobile network throughout
Hawaii, catering to Japanese tourists.
Oracle 11g: First on Linux
(PC World)
PC World - While Wednesday marked the official unveiling of Oracle Corp.'s 11g database and a look at its new features, pricing and availability information was pretty thin on the ground. All the vendor would confirm is that the Linux version of 11g will ship this quarter, probably in August.
Nokia adds Skype to N800 Tablet
(PC World)
PC World - Nokia Corp. introduced Skype Internet-calling software for its N800 Wi-Fi tablet on Wednesday, providing another alternative to using a cell phone, while a debate in the U.S. over what networks such devices may be able to use in the future heated up.
Military files left unprotected online
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_hi_te/military_online_insecurity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070712/capt.7669db92f644477f90d9a7acdf990b5b.correction_military_online_insecurity_nclh104.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=RHoGJIbp68Ewq4t4Hvf5UQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Christopher Freeman looks at documents from a FTP site of a government contractor at his home in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, June 28, 2007. Freeman has spent several years looking for government and contractor-run FTP sites he thinks should be secure. (AP Photo/Lynn Hey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Detailed schematics of a military detainee holding facility in southern Iraq. Geographical surveys and aerial photographs of two military airfields outside Baghdad. Plans for a new fuel farm at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/>
Whole Foods CEO attacked rival online
(AP)
AP - The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. wrote anonymous online attacks against a smaller rival and questioned why anyone would buy its stock, before Whole Foods announced an offer to buy the other company this year.
Australian regulator takes Google to court over sponsored links
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070712/tc_afp/australiaitinternetcourtcompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070712/capt.sge.ayz83.120707080652.photo00.photo.default-512x481.jpg?x=130&y=122&sig=ghgIFJ63Wc1mHdaUyi5WuA--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="Graphics from popular US website Google released in Sydney, May 2006, shows Kanagroos and the Australian flag illustrated on the company's logo for the launch of Google Australia. Australia's consumer watchdog announced it had launched world-first court action accusing Internet giant Google for misleading web users by misidentifying sponsored links on its search engine.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia's consumer watchdog launched legal action accusing Internet giant Google of misleading web users Thursday in a case that analysts said would "send a shudder" through the global IT industry.</p><br clear="all"/>
Universal, Google are game for "Bourne" deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Universal Pictures and
Google announced a new online game, "The Ultimate Search for
Bourne with Google," that uses such Google tools as Search,
Maps, Images and YouTube and serves as a promotional vehicle
for the upcoming action feature "The Bourne Ultimatum."
AOL to pay $3M, reform cancel policies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_hi_te/aol_settlement"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070626/i/r1848967383.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=81001v5_3CgY39XNA_z3sw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A screenshot of news.aol.com, taken on June 26, 2007. Time Warner Inc. plans to launch a test of its overhauled news portal on Tuesday, drawing influences from the uncluttered design of popular Internet blogs. REUTERS/news.aol.com" border="0" /></a>AP - Averting a looming court battle over how it has handled the exodus from its Internet dial-up service, AOL has agreed to make it easier for its remaining customers to leave as part of a $3 million settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia.</p><br clear="all"/>
Few W.House hopefuls have online vote registration
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070712/wr_nm/usa_politics_votes_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070712/2007_07_12t002630_450x289_us_usa_politics_votes.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=L1YDmeQ.PHQZHRplv5dF8g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidates pose prior to the start of their debate at Howard University in Washington June 28, 2007. In the race for the White House money and voters are key, yet a new study found few of those running in the 2008 presidential race are using their Web sites to provide ready information on how to register to vote. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In the race for the White House
money and voters are key, yet a new study found few of those
running in the 2008 presidential race are using their Web sites
to provide ready information on how to register to vote.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lionsgate catches a Break with $21 million investment
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian ministudio
Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. said on Wednesday that it has
made a strategic investment in online video sharing site
Break.com.
Whole Foods CEO panned Wild Oats in Web postings
(Reuters)
Reuters - The chief executive of Whole Foods
Market Inc. posted messages on a Yahoo! chat forum under an
alias for years, talking up his own company while predicting a
bleak future for Wild Oats Markets Inc., the rival it has since
sought to acquire.
Nokia adds Skype to N800 Tablet
(PC World)
PC World - Nokia Corp. introduced Skype Internet-calling software for its N800 Wi-Fi tablet on Wednesday, providing another alternative to using a cell phone, while a debate in the U.S. over what networks such devices may be able to use in the future heated up.
Online video service Brightcove to launch in UK
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. online video syndication firm
Brightcove announced content deals on Thursday with a host of
media groups in the UK to carry video clips on Web sites,
including online versions of magazines Heat, Nuts and Elle UK.
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