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Windows Vista Hits the 60 Million Mark
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At Microsoft's annual meeting with analysts, Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner announced that the software giant had sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista since the product's launch in late January.
Hotmail Maintenance Glitch Locks Users Out
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live Hotmail Webmail service remained inaccessible to a portion of its users for several hours on Friday, but the problem has been resolved.
Microsoft Scoops Up Ad-Exchange Firm
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In what has now become a series of advertising deals this week, Microsoft scooped up an online ad exchange on Thursday. Financial terms of the buyout were not disclosed.
Microsoft Releases Silverlight RC, Other Betas
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft on Friday unveiled a series of Web development tool upgrades, including the second beta version of Visual Studio 2008, the .NET framework 3.5 Beta 2 and the release candidate of the company's intended Flash rival, Silverlight 1.0.
Microsoft Describes Technology Behind Software Plus Services
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. gave some of the clearest examples yet on Thursday of its vision for software plus services.
Microsoft CEO defends move beyond desktop
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070727/tc_nm/microsoft_meeting_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070727/2007_07_26t124907_450x322_us_microsoft_meeting.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=VVdj.6Q5UkTZpYJfrt1_oA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Microsoft Windows Vista software sit on display at a store in New York, January 30, 2007. Microsoft had sold 60 million Windows Vista licenses as of the end of June, including 20 million copies sold since mid-May, the company said on Thursday. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp.
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer defended the software company's
expansion beyond its Windows and office software businesses,
saying Web services and consumer devices are key to the
company's future.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft describes software plus services
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft gave some of the clearest examples yet on Thursday of its vision for software plus services.
Microsoft buying online ad exchange
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070726/tc_afp/technologyusinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070726/capt.sge.fte59.260707224500.photo00.photo.default-512x352.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=_w3DY.0eme7QMfp8Sv2YJw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Microsoft announced Thursday it is adding another weapon to its arsenal in the battle for online advertising dollars with the purchase of Internet ad exchange AdECN Inc.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft announced Thursday it is adding another weapon to its arsenal in the battle for online advertising dollars with the purchase of Internet ad exchange AdECN Inc.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft releases rich media apps betas
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - This week Microsoft is quietly delivering a flurry of updates to its developer community, including the release candidate version of Silverlight, the new rich media competitor to Adobe's Flash Player.
Microsoft's Ballmer asks investors for patience
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft's CEO emphasized the importance of attracting talent and urged shareholders to be patient with the amount of time it might take the company to pursue its various business models, speaking during Microsoft's annual financial analyst meeting on Thursday.
eBay can continue using 'Buy It Now'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070728/ap_on_hi_te/ebay_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070727/2007_07_27t134015_450x284_us_ebay_rolex.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=Pun._S2cdsJ1lWZz4RKBOQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Meg Whitman, eBay President and CEO, delivers the keynote address at eBay Live! in Boston June 14, 2007 file photo. EBay disclosed on Friday that Germany's top court ruled several months ago that the world's largest online auctioneer must do more to halt the sale of counterfeit goods on its site. (Katie McMahon/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge Friday denied a request from a small Virginia company to stop the online auction powerhouse eBay Inc. from using a feature that allows shoppers to purchase items at a fixed price.</p><br clear="all"/>
Navteq charts growth of digital maps
(AP)
AP - Getting lost is getting rarer nowadays, and any yahoo with a keyboard or a GPS device can find precise directions or pinpoint the location of an out-of-town landmark.
Papers losing real estate ads to online
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/newspapers_real_estate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070727/capt.c7f2c72fca634021b2dcfe450024f7c6.newspapers_real_estate_nyml103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=0I.lO3a6vzUeIYclXi7IJw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Real estate advertisements are shown in Newsday, Friday, July 27, 2007 in New York. Whenever the housing market does recover, don't look for real estate ads to bounce back entirely in newspapers. That's because a good amount of that advertising may be gone for good, you guessed it, online. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's bad enough that a cratering housing market is leading to a slump in real estate advertising at newspapers, as a dreary series of earnings reports showed this week.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube preps video fingerprinting
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070723/capt.056e8079686a4c9a8c0525d92e08b057.democrats_debate_ny136.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=Rb7t9VRQWAu0NqscJkqNbw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this video frame grab taken from CNN television, YouTube contributors identified only as Mary and Jen from Brooklyn, N.Y. pose a question to the Democratic presidential hopefuls on stage at the Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Monday July 23, 2007. At lower right is Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. (AP Photo/CNN)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc.'s YouTube hopes recognition technology will be in place in September to stop the posting of copyrighted videos on the popular Web site, a lawyer Friday told a judge presiding over copyright lawsuits.</p><br clear="all"/>
EU charges Intel with monopoly abuse
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/eu_intel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070727/capt.64584e8cd2be45c3b8d0e6eda4c51612.eu_intel_nybz192.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=MK2lhacSDRAGxYXTvPfloQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Shown is the Intel logo outside their Robert N. Noyce building in Santa Clara, Calif., in this July 16, 2007 file photo. EU regulators said Friday, July 27, 2007 they have charged Intel Corp. with monopoly abuse for customer rebates and below-cost pricing that undercut rival computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - EU regulators said Friday they have charged Intel Corp. with monopoly abuse for blocking rival computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s access to customers.</p><br clear="all"/>
Key Bancroft trust voting structure may change: WSJ
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070728/media_nm/dowjones_newscorp_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070728/2007_07_27t133626_450x300_us_dowjones_newscorp.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=QOEO7SD8MAGZe9Uu5jidYQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A copy of the Wall Street Journal is pictured in a newsstand in New York, June 26, 2007. A key branch of the Bancroft family plans to vote against accepting News Corp's $5 billion bid for Dow Jones and Co Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Friday. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lawyers were trying to change the
voting structure of a key Bancroft trust to better reflect the
views of its beneficiaries about News Corp's $5 billion bid for
Dow Jones & Co. Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported on its
Web site on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
PlayStation 2 Is Most-Played Game Platform
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - While video game console makers climb over each other to show that they have the fastest or most innovative platform, a new video game report from Nielsen said that 42 percent of console playing in June was on the last generation's Sony PlayStation 2.
Highfliers In Wireless Take A Fall
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Many highflying wireless phone companies in emerging markets are cruising at lower altitude after reporting lower-than-expected second-quarter earnings and sales last week, a rocky one on world stock markets.
Update: Wikia search engine gains a Web crawler
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Wikia's project to develop an open source search engine got another boost with its acquisition of the Grub distributed Web crawler, the company announced Friday.
Windows Vista Hits the 60 Million Mark
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At Microsoft's annual meeting with analysts, Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner announced that the software giant had sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista since the product's launch in late January.
eBay can continue using 'Buy It Now'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070728/ap_on_hi_te/ebay_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070727/2007_07_27t134015_450x284_us_ebay_rolex.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=Pun._S2cdsJ1lWZz4RKBOQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Meg Whitman, eBay President and CEO, delivers the keynote address at eBay Live! in Boston June 14, 2007 file photo. EBay disclosed on Friday that Germany's top court ruled several months ago that the world's largest online auctioneer must do more to halt the sale of counterfeit goods on its site. (Katie McMahon/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge Friday denied a request from a small Virginia company to stop the online auction powerhouse eBay Inc. from using a feature that allows shoppers to purchase items at a fixed price.</p><br clear="all"/>
Key Bancroft trust voting structure may change: WSJ
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070728/media_nm/dowjones_newscorp_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070728/2007_07_27t133626_450x300_us_dowjones_newscorp.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=QOEO7SD8MAGZe9Uu5jidYQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A copy of the Wall Street Journal is pictured in a newsstand in New York, June 26, 2007. A key branch of the Bancroft family plans to vote against accepting News Corp's $5 billion bid for Dow Jones and Co Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Friday. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lawyers were trying to change the
voting structure of a key Bancroft trust to better reflect the
views of its beneficiaries about News Corp's $5 billion bid for
Dow Jones & Co. Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported on its
Web site on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
HBO to shutter comedy Web site, mulls new business
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pay cable television network HBO plans
to shut its free comedy Web site "This Just In" following a
management shake-up and is considering launching another site
tied more closely to the HBO brand, a source familiar with the
matter said on Friday.
Linden Lab Bans Gambling in Second Life
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Linden Lab, the creator and operator of the enormously popular virtual world "Second Life," announced that the company will no longer allow gambling in its online service. The announcement marks a significant change for Linden Lab, which has generally taken a hands-off policy toward its customers' virtual activities.
Wikia details plans for search rival to Google
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070727/wr_nm/chang_wikia_search_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070728/2007_07_27t191058_450x355_us_chang_wikia_search.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=pKdciuqZ3DePSh8QORxZ9A--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Wikipedia founder and Chairman of Wikia.com Jimmy Wales speaks during a news conference in Tokyo March 8, 2007. Wales said on Friday he is putting the building blocks in place for a community-developed Web search service that would rival search engines such as Google or Yahoo. (Michael Caronna/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
said on Friday he is putting the building blocks in place for a
community-developed Web search service that would rival search
engines such as Google or Yahoo.</p><br clear="all"/>
Papers losing real estate ads to online
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/newspapers_real_estate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070727/capt.c7f2c72fca634021b2dcfe450024f7c6.newspapers_real_estate_nyml103.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=0I.lO3a6vzUeIYclXi7IJw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Real estate advertisements are shown in Newsday, Friday, July 27, 2007 in New York. Whenever the housing market does recover, don't look for real estate ads to bounce back entirely in newspapers. That's because a good amount of that advertising may be gone for good, you guessed it, online. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's bad enough that a cratering housing market is leading to a slump in real estate advertising at newspapers, as a dreary series of earnings reports showed this week.</p><br clear="all"/>
YouTube preps video fingerprinting
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070723/capt.056e8079686a4c9a8c0525d92e08b057.democrats_debate_ny136.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=Rb7t9VRQWAu0NqscJkqNbw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this video frame grab taken from CNN television, YouTube contributors identified only as Mary and Jen from Brooklyn, N.Y. pose a question to the Democratic presidential hopefuls on stage at the Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Monday July 23, 2007. At lower right is Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. (AP Photo/CNN)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc.'s YouTube hopes recognition technology will be in place in September to stop the posting of copyrighted videos on the popular Web site, a lawyer Friday told a judge presiding over copyright lawsuits.</p><br clear="all"/>
Online legislation-writing effort gets good reviews
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A blog launched this month has teamed with a U.S. senator in an effort to write new broadband legislation, and so far, participants have given the process high marks.
Update: Wikia search engine gains a Web crawler
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Wikia's project to develop an open source search engine got another boost with its acquisition of the Grub distributed Web crawler, the company announced Friday.
Apple co-founder backs Internet video venture
(Reuters)
Reuters - An Internet video brainchild of three
twentysomething former University of California grad students
has won big backers, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
and Red McCombs, co-founder of Clear Channel Communications.
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