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Microsoft to provide advertising for Digg
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/wr_nm/microsoft_digg_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070726/2007_07_25t151900_450x311_us_microsoft_digg.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=Ge2OXBC8z6rBiqfdpSugFg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Digg.com, taken on July 25, 2007. Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it reached an agreement to be the exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising on Digg.com, a popular Web site that lets readers recommend online articles to others. (www.digg.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it
reached an agreement to be the exclusive provider of display
and contextual advertising on Digg.com, a Web site that lets
readers recommend articles to others.</p><br clear="all"/>
Digg fires Google for online ads
(AP)
AP - Digg Inc., a reader-powered news site, fired Google Inc. as its online advertising partner Wednesday in favor of a company Digg's top executive described as young and willing to take risks: Microsoft Corp.
Biodiesel fuels build of Microsoft datacenter
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Hydroelectric power isn't the only green energy driving Microsoft's new datacenters in eastern Washington.
Microsoft, Digg Form Advertising Agreement
(PC World)
PC World - In a deal that boosts Microsoft Corp.'s plan to increase revenue from online advertising, the company will be the exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising on the popular Digg Inc. news site.
Digg And Microsoft Strike Ad Deal
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The two companies plan to work together on future technology and advertising initiatives.
Microsoft, Digg form advertising agreement
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In a deal that boosts Microsoft's plan to increase revenue from online advertising, the company will be the exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising on the popular Digg news site.
Microsoft: INCITS standards committee will approve Open XML
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A key U.S. standards committee remains undecided about whether it will support a document standard proposed by Microsoft, even while the company asserted that the committee has already signalled its "yes" in an upcoming vote.
Microsoft Xbox 360 Hit With More 'Disc Scratch' Lawsuits
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Some bloggers have suggested that the scratches occur only when the Xbox 360 is moved from the horizontal to the vertical position while in use.
Windows Vista Sales Show Slow, But Steady Growth
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Market watcher Net Applications says 4.52% of all computers connected to the Internet were running Windows Vista in June, up from 3.74% in May.
Microsoft, EA sign sports game ad deal
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/tc_nm/microsoft_electronicarts1_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070725/2007_07_25t093627_450x326_us_microsoft_electronicarts_1.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=CPRTFN5q_eIe3MoN.ytJeA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A screenshot from the game 'Madden 07' in an image courtesy of Electronic Arts. Microsoft said on Wednesday it will pipe advertisements into a slate of popular sports video games from Electronic Arts, including its best-selling 'Madden' football franchise. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on
Wednesday it will pipe advertisements into a slate of popular
sports video games from Electronic Arts Inc. ,
including its best-selling "Madden" football franchise.</p><br clear="all"/>
Apple Macs fuel record quarterly profit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/earns_apple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070725/capt.70b0b78650c64291ba190a86c73eaf55.earns_apple_caps105.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=meVSQbZpQMdV5o4cU4R4BA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Apple customers use Apple MacBook laptops at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, July 24, 2007. AT&T Inc. wiped some of the glow off Apple Inc.'s iPhone on Tuesday, releasing numbers that showed fewer people than expected signed up for service in the first two days of the multimedia cell phone's release. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - All eyes have recently been on the iPhone, Apple Inc.'s newest family member, but the company's fiscal third-quarter results showed the elder Macintosh computer was still flexing its muscles, helping to drive record profits that blew past Wall Street's expectations.</p><br clear="all"/>
Test your knowledge of online scams
(AP)
AP - Think you're smart at recognizing online scams? Take a quiz to find out.
Nielsen: PS2 most-played console in June
(AP)
AP - More than 68 million people played video games on a console last month, spending much of it on Sony Corp.'s older PlayStation 2, according to Nielsen research.
Study: 1 in 5 adults watch Web videos
(AP)
AP - One in five online Americans view video over the Internet on any given day, thanks to speedier Internet connections and a wider selection of clips, a study finds.
Massive to place ads in 'Madden' game
(AP)
AP - In-game advertising company Massive Inc. will broker ads for some of Electronic Arts Inc.'s top video games this year, including the upcoming "Madden NFL 08" for Xbox 360 and personal computers.
Panel calls for improved veterans care
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/veterans_care_commission"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070725/capt.184c2d3b6e484e7c81754b75050e1cdc.bush_dcpm105.jpg?x=130&y=75&sig=HAZ0BoNN4LCYHHo0OAgpsQ--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="Outgoing Veteran Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson, left, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, sit together in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 25,2007, during a meeting between President Bush, not shown, and the co-chairs of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, not shown. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - A presidential commission on Wednesday urged broad changes to veterans' care that would boost benefits for family members helping the wounded, establish an easy-to-use Web site for medical records and overhaul the way disability pay is awarded.</p><br clear="all"/>
Analysis: Apple sets iPhone sights on the long haul
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Despite Wall Street’s intense focus on sales figures from the iPhone’s first two days on the market, Apple says that it’s focused on the long-term success of its mobile phone.
Qualcomm posts higher profit, raises outlook
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/bs_nm/qualcomm_results_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070726/2007_07_25t181755_300x450_us_qualcomm_results.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=hUwNN5fFuTuQCqhkGW7S0w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm, is seen in an undated publicity photo. Qualcomm Inc posted a quarterly profit that rose 24 percent on Wednesday, handily beating Wall Street estimates on strong demand for high-end mobile phones using its chips and technology licenses. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Qualcomm Inc posted a
quarterly profit that rose 24 percent on Wednesday, handily
beating Wall Street estimates on strong demand for high-end
mobile phones using its chips and technology licenses.</p><br clear="all"/>
Researcher Publishes Attack Code for Mozilla Flaw
(PC World)
PC World - Mozilla Corp. is working on patching its Firefox browser after a hacker posted details of a flaw that could let criminals run unauthorized software on a victim's machine.
E-mail Filtering to Block Porn from Corporate Networks
(PC World)
PC World - Your organization's next e-mail filtering software may come equipped with a blocking component that prevents pornographic content from entering the corporate network.
Panel calls for improved veterans care
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/veterans_care_commission"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070725/capt.184c2d3b6e484e7c81754b75050e1cdc.bush_dcpm105.jpg?x=130&y=75&sig=HAZ0BoNN4LCYHHo0OAgpsQ--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="Outgoing Veteran Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson, left, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, sit together in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 25,2007, during a meeting between President Bush, not shown, and the co-chairs of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, not shown. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - A presidential commission on Wednesday urged broad changes to veterans' care that would boost benefits for family members helping the wounded, establish an easy-to-use Web site for medical records and overhaul the way disability pay is awarded.</p><br clear="all"/>
Test your knowledge of online scams
(AP)
AP - Think you're smart at recognizing online scams? Take a quiz to find out.
Study: 1 in 5 adults watch Web videos
(AP)
AP - One in five online Americans view video over the Internet on any given day, thanks to speedier Internet connections and a wider selection of clips, a study finds.
Amazon shares soar on strong 2Q profit
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/earns_amazon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070724/capt.f21fff26685e4d71b5f03d80bf010458.earns_amazon_fx102.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=Mep7lMaSOH26mwwks7xGmA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="An Amazon.com employee prepares copies of J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,'for shipping at the Amazon.com fulfillment center in Fernley, Nev., Monday, July 16, 2007. Amazon.com Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. (AP Photo/David Calvert)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shares of Amazon.com Inc. soared 26 percent on Wednesday, a day after the Web retailer reported its second-quarter profit more than tripled on strong sales of books, music and electronics.</p><br clear="all"/>
Techbits: Online video use on the rise
(AP)
AP - One in five online Americans view video over the Internet on any given day, thanks to speedier Internet connections and a wider selection of clips, a study finds.
Judge sets deadline in Facebook fraud lawsuit
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/wr_nm/facebook_lawsuit_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070726/2007_07_25t171017_450x314_us_facebook_lawsuit.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=FEjTpBjVg0UZBPXfEKou8g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Cameron (L) and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founders of ConnectU Inc., leave the U.S. District Court in Boston, Massachusetts July 25, 2007 following a court hearing on ConnectU's lawsuit against Facebook Inc. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. judge on Wednesday gave a group
of former Harvard students two weeks to back up their claims
that Facebook Inc.'s founder stole their ideas to create the
fast-growing social networking Web site.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft to provide advertising for Digg
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/wr_nm/microsoft_digg_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070726/2007_07_25t151900_450x311_us_microsoft_digg.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=Ge2OXBC8z6rBiqfdpSugFg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A screenshot of Digg.com, taken on July 25, 2007. Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it reached an agreement to be the exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising on Digg.com, a popular Web site that lets readers recommend online articles to others. (www.digg.com/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it
reached an agreement to be the exclusive provider of display
and contextual advertising on Digg.com, a Web site that lets
readers recommend articles to others.</p><br clear="all"/>
U.N. agency rules for 'The Simpsons'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_hi_te/un_the_simpsons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070725/2007_07_25t102102_450x325_us_internet_simpsons.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=wNrwHKIKKRzDmUUwSCuR7Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Creator of the show 'The Simpsons' Matt Groening (R) waves alongside characters from the show as he arrives for the premiere of the film 'The Simpsons Movie' in Springfield, Vermont, July 21, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Woo-hoo! "The Simpsons Movie" has won its name back on the Internet. A U.N. agency has ruled that ownership of the domain name thesimpsonsmovie.com must be handed to News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox, which owns the rights to the film and the popular TV series.</p><br clear="all"/>
Digg fires Google for online ads
(AP)
AP - Digg Inc., a reader-powered news site, fired Google Inc. as its online advertising partner Wednesday in favor of a company Digg's top executive described as young and willing to take risks: Microsoft Corp.
Users urged to patch serious hole in BIND 9 DNS server
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A security researcher has reported a serious vulnerability in BIND 9, the software widely used in the Internet's DNS addressing system.
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