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Microsoft copy protection cracked again
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_drm_hacked"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070626/capt.sge.qyv66.260607134349.photo00.photo.default-512x454.jpg?x=130&y=115&sig=taOppjqtQGyBGbEbA6X9rA--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Shelves are organized shortly before the official release of the new Microsoft windows operating system called "Vista" and "Office 2007" in this January 2007 file photo at the MicroCenter computer store in Fairfax, Virginia. Google, dissatisfied with changes Microsoft is making to its new desktop search feature in response to an antitrust complaint, is pushing for further changes and more judicial oversight of Microsoft's practices.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hacker Unlocks Microsoft's DRM Platform
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A member of the Doom9 Forum known only as "Divine Tao" claims to have defeated Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform for securing the distribution of digital media files over the Internet. According to other Forum members who have already downloaded it, the new utility program for PCs running Windows XP and Vista not only works wonderfully but can even run on Microsoft's Zune player.
Microsoft Research Explores Location Technologies
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. researchers are working on a variety of location-based tools, some of which could turn into interesting commercial applications.
Microsoft Research explores location technologies
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft researchers are working on a variety of location-based tools, some of which could turn into interesting commercial applications.
Microsoft researchers show off wireless projects
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft Research workers showed off some of their projects, including several that find new uses for mobile phones, on Monday at a summit in Redmond, Wash.
Google Loses Search Share, Microsoft Gains
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The overall volume of U.S. search queries reached 8 billion in June, up 6% from May and 26% from June 2006, according to comScore.
Microsoft Researchers Show off Wireless Projects
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Research workers showed off some of their projects, including several that find new uses for mobile phones, on Monday at a summit in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Patents May Hint At The Future Of Windows
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - One patent application details advertising software that uses applications and data on a computer to provide context for and trigger advertising.
6 months later, a report card on Vista
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vista"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070712/capt.4b01d4b520a34e4db66b1298b2be43a7.microsoft_vista_waap101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=YU27ayU_5eVcqfKeQbH..A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chris Pirillo poses for a portrait Tuesday, July, 10, 2007, at his home office in Issaquah, Wash. Pirillo posted a 52-minute video rant on YouTube in March, complaining about Window Vista. He runs a network of blogs about technology called Lockergnome, and was one of several 'Windows enthusiasts' Microsoft asked for Vista feedback early on. (AP Photo/Andrei Pungovschi) (AP Photo/Andrei Pungovschi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Chris Pirillo leaned away from his webcam and pointed to his printer/scanner/fax machine, which stopped scanning and faxing after he installed Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista operating system.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft, Sony to play Nintendo's game
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_expo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070711/capt.06b48656c49545eab16478891f7034b4.video_game_expo_casp106.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=nj7aD8eguwV1vvFfeUTYNg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto introduces the new pressure sensitive Wii Balance Board for the active-play video game Wii Fit during the E3 media briefing held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif., Wed, July 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)" border="0" /></a>AP - Legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto knows when his grand vision of video games for the masses has arrived.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft copy protection cracked again
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_drm_hacked"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070626/capt.sge.qyv66.260607134349.photo00.photo.default-512x454.jpg?x=130&y=115&sig=taOppjqtQGyBGbEbA6X9rA--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Shelves are organized shortly before the official release of the new Microsoft windows operating system called "Vista" and "Office 2007" in this January 2007 file photo at the MicroCenter computer store in Fairfax, Virginia. Google, dissatisfied with changes Microsoft is making to its new desktop search feature in response to an antitrust complaint, is pushing for further changes and more judicial oversight of Microsoft's practices.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AP - Microsoft Corp. is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to unveil business search engine
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_on_hi_te/google_business_search"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070716/capt.sge.cii68.160707234810.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=LwZmZjiwJAe0Y1fn2uoGRg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The logo of web search engine Google is seen behing a computer keyboard. Google announced Monday that it is shortening the lives of software "cookies" used to track users' online preferences.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. is offering to run the search engines of small Web sites for as little as $100 per year, marking the company's latest attempt to make more money off technology that already steers much of the Internet's traffic.</p><br clear="all"/>
VoIP provider SunRocket suddenly closes
(AP)
AP - Internet phone service provider SunRocket, which had as many as 200,000 customers nationwide, has ceased operations without warning.
Progress seen on Internet radio talks
(AP)
AP - Internet radio broadcasters and the music industry appeared to be moving closer Monday to resolving a dispute over a new system mandating higher royalty fees for streaming music online.
Iran's new game: `Rescue Nuke Scientist'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_hi_te/iran_us_video_game"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070716/capt.20a6beb8ec8b4064ad8f08743941b7ab.iran_nuclear_game_xhs106.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=Dd_oJWnb1FH_pz5HAMps4Q--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Iranian Alireza Masaeli, designer of the first Iranian made Nuclear Energy computer game 'The Special Operation' speaks during presentation of the game in Tehran Monday July 16, 2007. The Persian words in background signs are: Presentation of the first Iranian made Nuclear Energy computer game 'The Special Operation'. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Iranian hard-line student group unveiled a new video game Monday that simulates an attempt to rescue two Iranian nuclear experts kidnapped by the U.S. military and held in Iraq and Israel.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet looms in new Hollywood contract talks
(Reuters)
Reuters - On Day 1 of Hollywood
writers' contract talks Monday, management detailed its
proposal for reworking residual arrangements to allow for
studio cost-recoupments, while the Writers Guild of America
stuck to its guns on pay boosts and other anticipated demands.
TiVo ratings show film ads get watched, not skipped
(Reuters)
Reuters - Good news for film
studios: Even television viewers with the ability to skip
commercials are watching ads for movies.
Telecom ETFs Rise On Rumor Of Buyout
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - It turns out the rumors were false. Vodafone , the planet's largest wireless-network firm, denied that it wanted to buy Verizon Communications for $160 billion.
Open source JBoss Rules gains speed
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - JBoss is announcing Monday a faster version of JBoss Rules, the company's open source business rules engine.
Hacker Unlocks Microsoft's DRM Platform
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A member of the Doom9 Forum known only as "Divine Tao" claims to have defeated Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform for securing the distribution of digital media files over the Internet. According to other Forum members who have already downloaded it, the new utility program for PCs running Windows XP and Vista not only works wonderfully but can even run on Microsoft's Zune player.
Internet looms in new Hollywood contract talks
(Reuters)
Reuters - On Day 1 of Hollywood
writers' contract talks Monday, management detailed its
proposal for reworking residual arrangements to allow for
studio cost-recoupments, while the Writers Guild of America
stuck to its guns on pay boosts and other anticipated demands.
Hackers steal govt, corporate data from PCs
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070717/wr_nm/internet_attack_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070717/2007_07_17t021017_450x285_us_internet_attack.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=5O94EbNnWLU8xHmmz5X7nQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="An undated file photo of the Hewlett Packard headquarters in Palo Alto. Hackers stole information from the U.S. Department of Transportation and several U.S. corporations by seducing employees with fake job-listings on ads and e-mail, a computer security firm said on Monday. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hackers stole information from the U.S.
Department of Transportation and several U.S. corporations by
seducing employees with fake job-listings on ads and e-mail, a
computer security firm said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
VoIP provider SunRocket suddenly closes
(AP)
AP - Internet phone service provider SunRocket, which had as many as 200,000 customers nationwide, has ceased operations without warning.
Google to unveil business search engine
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_on_hi_te/google_business_search"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070716/capt.sge.cii68.160707234810.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=LwZmZjiwJAe0Y1fn2uoGRg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The logo of web search engine Google is seen behing a computer keyboard. Google announced Monday that it is shortening the lives of software "cookies" used to track users' online preferences.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. is offering to run the search engines of small Web sites for as little as $100 per year, marking the company's latest attempt to make more money off technology that already steers much of the Internet's traffic.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google offers site-specific search for businesses
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070717/wr_nm/google_smallbusiness_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070717/2007_07_17t001632_450x289_us_google_smallbusiness.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=UdYcixnJPErRjoP1qI_F_A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="The logo of Google Inc. is seen outside their headquarters building in Mountain View, California August 18, 2004. Google Inc. (Clay McLachlan/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc., the world's top
provider of Web search and online advertising, said on Monday
it is offering small business Web sites a service that lets
visitors search for information within their sites.</p><br clear="all"/>
NBC to expand Web presence
(Reuters)
Reuters - NBC Universal will be
introducing social networking tools on its Web site later this
year along with streaming episodes of "Late Night With Conan
O'Brien," NBC Digital Entertainment said Monday.
Hundreds Weigh in on Net Neutrality
(PC World)
PC World - Hundreds of groups and individual Internet users sounded off to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on net neutrality in comments filed Monday, the deadline for responding to the agency's inquiry into the proposed regulation.
Hacker Unlocks Microsoft's DRM Platform
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A member of the Doom9 Forum known only as "Divine Tao" claims to have defeated Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform for securing the distribution of digital media files over the Internet. According to other Forum members who have already downloaded it, the new utility program for PCs running Windows XP and Vista not only works wonderfully but can even run on Microsoft's Zune player.
Sony Takes a Crack at Dominating Video Online
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Lights, camera, upload! Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) announced today that its Grouper video-sharing site has been converted into a full-blown, multichannel "streaming entertainment network" for independent video creators, and is now called Crackle.
Google trims lifespan of user-tracking 'cookies'
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070716/tc_afp/technologyusrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070716/capt.sge.cii68.160707234810.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=LwZmZjiwJAe0Y1fn2uoGRg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The logo of web search engine Google is seen behing a computer keyboard. Google announced Monday that it is shortening the lives of software "cookies" used to track users' online preferences.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google announced Monday that it is shortening the lives of software "cookies" used to track users' online preferences.</p><br clear="all"/>
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