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Research, Patents, And Demos Hint At Microsoft's Future Plans
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Ad-supported software, a new Windows taskbar, and "Web 3.0" are on the drawing board.
No Green Light Yet for Vista Service Pack
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Earlier this week, Microsoft Windows watcher Winbeta.org posted an e-mail from the software giant's Windows Driver Kit team that ended up launching a media feeding frenzy on news sites around the world. According to Microsoft's e-mail to the site, the release of a beta version of the first service pack for Vista was available for download.
Vista SP1 Muddle Blamed on Microsoft Typo
(PC World)
PC World - Rumors of an imminent Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) roll out have been blamed on a typo in an official Microsoft e-mail.
Microsoft Xbox 360 Sales Plunge 60% As Problems Mount
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft said it shipped 700,000 Xbox 360 units in its latest fiscal quarter, compared to 1.8 million in the same quarter in 2006.
Microsoft 4Q profit rises 7 percent
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.6c2c5a468d6e48c79a5a1fb2daafb78f.earns_microsoft_nybz144.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=OgBSXZVCmqsOnppIspM_GA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Mark Bolger, the Director of Marketing for Microsoft Surface Computing, demonstrates an application on a new computer in this May 25, 2007 file photo at the Starwood Hotel in Seattle. Microsoft Corp. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Thursday, July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Andrei Pungovschi, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Windows Vista attracted most of the hype, but Office 2007 was the sleeper hit that bolstered Microsoft Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter results, despite a hefty charge to cover the cost of repairing defective video game consoles.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft earnings up; Vista and Office 'doing well'
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SEATTLE - Microsoft said Thursday it eked out a gain in net profit despite taking a $1 billion charge to pay for repairs to its Xbox 360 game consoles.
Earnings misses, subprime woes punish Wall Street
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070720/2007_07_20t150821_450x329_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=K1Gwf3h3tEi79aqF8XxVPQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 16, 2007. U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, battered by disappointing results from bellwether stocks such as Caterpillar Inc. and Google Inc., and worry that fallout from the risky subprime mortgage market may spread. (Jamie Fine/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday,
battered by disappointing results from such bellwethers as
Caterpillar and Google, and more signals that fallout from the
risky subprime mortgage market may spread.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft Q4 profit up slightly despite Xbox charge
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft managed to earn a slight profit for its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter despite a billion-dollar-plus charge related to expenses the company incurred to fix faulty Xbox360 consoles.
Microsoft profit up on Office, swallows Xbox charge
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/bs_nm/microsoft_results_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070720/2007_07_19t171339_450x311_us_microsoft_results.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=VOShIOtUhhkBOrkz32oVzQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Guests play the Xbox 360 'Halo 3' Multiplayer Beta during a preview party at Quixote Studios in Los Angeles May 15, 2007. Microsoft Corp. eked out a gain in quarterly net profit despite a $1 billion charge to pay for repairs to its Xbox 360 game consoles, and the company slightly raised full-year earnings and revenue forecasts. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp posted a 7
percent gain in net profit as demand for its Office software
and improved results from its online arm more than compensated
for a $1.1 billion charge to repair Xbox video game consoles.</p><br clear="all"/>
PluggedIn: Vista's growing pains leave room for XP
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070719/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070720/2007_07_19t192112_450x322_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=7kbZICzmCH7kX4wYVxiuRA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Microsoft Windows Vista software sit on display at a store in New York January 30, 2007. Problems are part of the normal growing pains that come with every major upgrade to the Windows operating system. To ease those pains, some consumers are seeking out machines equipped with the more compatible Windows XP. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - David Daoud ran into trouble when he
started using Vista, the new version of Windows that Microsoft
Corp. and PC makers have spent millions of dollars
advertising since it came out six months ago.</p><br clear="all"/>
Poker pros to face off with computer
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_on_hi_te/poker_robot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070721/capt.5d6fa20560bf4130a5910f8f5c6dac0e.poker_robot_ny440.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=61i6zF9oFYc1G3VSbnR3zg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Phil Laak plays in the World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel and casino in Las Vegas, in this July 30, 2006 file photo. Laak and partner, Ali Eslami, are scheduled to challenge a computer in the world's first scientific poker showdown between man and machine a two-day contest in Vancouver, Canada, beginning July 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)" border="0" /></a>AP - Poker champion Phil Laak has a good chance of winning when he sits down this week to play 2,000 hands of Texas Hold'em — against a computer.</p><br clear="all"/>
Chips: High tech aids or tracking tools?
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_on_hi_te/chipping_america"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070722/capt.f826f51ad6274732b79a896d48301e41.chipping_america_ny337.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=5c8vItnFs7DpTvIeAlEO7w--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="A VeriChip, held by pair of tweezers, is display in this May 10, 2002, file photo in Boca Raton, Fla. Proponents say the chips when implanted in people offer security and medical identification benefits. Detractors worry that abuse of the chips will eliminate personal privacy in the digital age. (AP Photo/Steve Mitchell)" border="0" /></a>AP - CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself — until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms.</p><br clear="all"/>
Researchers seek cash for software flaws
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_on_hi_te/selling_security_info"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070718/capt.9c8fa7bde8224b098a7e456090aad017.world_series_of_poker_nvjh101.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=wAzZC4K3XV_PB3he3rc9BA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Poker player Jerry Yang, of Temecula, Calif., puts his hands together while playing at the final table of the World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - For some security researchers who uncover flaws in leading computer programs, a nod of appreciation from software companies is no longer enough. Now they want money.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google to bid on wireless airwaves
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_hi_te/google_wireless"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.2c3eaad59bba4143b7628aa3b53c1723.earns_google_fx110.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=fayENf_MsMNPJ20Nc3zyVQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Two women walk past a Google sign at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Google Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Thursday, July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. on Friday said it will bid at least $4.6 billion for wireless airwaves being auctioned off by the federal government — if certain conditions are met.</p><br clear="all"/>
Duke: IPhone didn't cause power outages
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_duke"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.6b8333770f9745bea4e1fe89b9a37e42.tech_test_iphone_market_nybz153.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=JRRxAUnsFvg6cJnP8OCgMg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="The new Apple iPhone is seen in this June 29, 2007 file photo in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A problem with Duke University's wireless network caused outages at the school, officials said Friday, exonerating the initial suspect, Apple Inc.'s new iPhone.</p><br clear="all"/>
Banned Spanish royal sex romp cartoon on sale on eBay
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070721/en_afp/spainroyalsmedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070721/capt.sge.eat56.210707193609.photo00.photo.default-402x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=2FEugI29.xf6x2.ECiE_gQ--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Spain's Crown Prince and Princess Letizia are seen in January 2007. A Spanish satirical magazine that was ordered removed from newsstands because its cover featured a cartoon depicting the heir to Spain's throne having sex with his wife was for sale Saturday on eBay.(AFP/File/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Spanish satirical magazine that was ordered removed from newsstands because its cover featured a cartoon depicting the heir to Spain's throne having sex with his wife was for sale Saturday on eBay.</p><br clear="all"/>
VoIP Woes: Lost Service Without Warning
(PC World)
PC World - On Monday evening, my wife reached me on my mobile phone. She was spending a long weekend with her family in Maine.
Iggy Pop: The New Weirdness
(AP)
AP - Iggy Pop is on his knees, prostrating himself to a Texas audience illuminated by the pale glow of cell phones and digital cameras.
Ready, steady... Sprint! Creating open-source ECM
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Holding focused meetings, also known as "sprints," over several days to develop, test, and document software is proving very helpful to the open-source Plone community in quickly adding more functionality to its content management software.
Lotus Notes Goes Web 2.0
(PC World)
PC World - The next generation of the Lotus Notes client will integrate with the new range of Web 2.0-inspired technologies released with IBM's social software, dubbed Lotus Connections.
Banned Spanish royal sex romp cartoon on sale on eBay
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070721/en_afp/spainroyalsmedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070721/capt.sge.eat56.210707193609.photo00.photo.default-402x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&sig=2FEugI29.xf6x2.ECiE_gQ--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Spain's Crown Prince and Princess Letizia are seen in January 2007. A Spanish satirical magazine that was ordered removed from newsstands because its cover featured a cartoon depicting the heir to Spain's throne having sex with his wife was for sale Saturday on eBay.(AFP/File/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Spanish satirical magazine that was ordered removed from newsstands because its cover featured a cartoon depicting the heir to Spain's throne having sex with his wife was for sale Saturday on eBay.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet entrepreneur details Dow Jones proposal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070721/wr_nm/dowjones_greenspan_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070721/2007_07_20t222907_450x263_us_dowjones_greenspan.jpg?x=130&y=75&sig=omIi5IGO6WqWzplWr7CHmA--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="The Dow Jones news ticker in New York's Times Square displays that News Corp. has made a tentative deal to buy the Dow Jones Company July 17, 2006. Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan outlined a new proposal on Friday to keep Dow Jones out of Rupert Murdoch's hands, saying his plan could help boost the stock price to above $100 (49 pounds). (Jamie Fine/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan
outlined a new proposal on Friday to keep Dow Jones & Co Inc
out of Rupert Murdoch's hands, saying his plan could help boost
the stock price to above $100.</p><br clear="all"/>
Commontales.com Enhances Web Site For Creating Digital Time Capsules
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Brothers Tom and Michael Kane run Commontales.com, which allows families and groups of friends to preserve their history for future generations.
50 Cent sues over 'Shoot the Rapper'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_en_mu/people50_cent"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.f2af7af745614c6e84556c4cfd2915e3.50_cent_nydb101.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=_VBsUrK_9ZYOlytv4rysUw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="In this photo provided by Hard Rock Cafe, rapper 50 Cent performs at an 'MTV Live Powered by Verizon' taping, Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Hard Rock Cafe in New York. (AP Photo/Hard Rock Cafe, Diane Bondareff)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapper 50 Cent sued an Internet advertising company for $1 million Friday, claiming it illegally used his image in a game where the player pretends to shoot him.</p><br clear="all"/>
SEC suspends "terrorist" watch list Web tool
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on Friday suspended its online search tool to help
investors identify companies active in "sponsors of terrorism"
countries after lawmakers and business groups criticized the
site as unfair to some companies.
Rapper 50 Cent Sues in New York over Internet ad
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/en_nm/suit_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.f2af7af745614c6e84556c4cfd2915e3.50_cent_nydb101.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=_VBsUrK_9ZYOlytv4rysUw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="In this photo provided by Hard Rock Cafe, rapper 50 Cent performs at an 'MTV Live Powered by Verizon' taping, Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Hard Rock Cafe in New York. (AP Photo/Hard Rock Cafe, Diane Bondareff)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rapper 50 Cent on Friday sued Internet
advertising company Traffix Inc. for using his image without
permission in the graphic "Shoot the Rapper" ad, which he says
promotes violence and threatens his safety.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google's 2Q profit lets down investors
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_hi_te/earns_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070719/capt.2c3eaad59bba4143b7628aa3b53c1723.earns_google_fx110.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=fayENf_MsMNPJ20Nc3zyVQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Two women walk past a Google sign at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Google Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Thursday, July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have always told Wall Street that positioning the Internet search leader to realize long-term ambitions is more important than hitting the short-term financial targets of investors.</p><br clear="all"/>
Web video sites mined by talent scouts
(AP)
AP - Voice-over work in Indiana wasn't too lucrative, so Daniel Geduld made a classic actor's move: He headed for L.A. And like most Hollywood dreamers, Geduld didn't get hired for much.
When asked, Ask to stop data retention
(AP)
AP - Ask.com became the first major search engine to promise users it won't store data on their queries, giving the privacy conscious the option of conducting research on the Internet in relative anonymity.
YouTube role grows as U.S. election nears
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/wr_nm/youtube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070721/2007_07_20t151234_450x236_us_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=68&sig=0X_iEgyCycWPXPh43cTfLQ--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="Democratic U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Maurice Gravel, William Richardson, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd and Joseph Biden take part in a candidates forum at the NAACP annual convention in Detroit, Michigan July 12, 2007. Politicians have learned to fear and revere YouTube, which didn't exist in 2004, that has become a vital part of the campaign for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - In 2004, YouTube didn't exist. Three
years later, politicians have learned to fear and revere the
video-sharing Web site that has become a vital part of the
campaign for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.</p><br clear="all"/>
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