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Texas Company Files Patent Suit Against Microsoft, Adobe
(PC World)
PC World - A Texas-based company has filed a suit against Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. for allegedly infringing on two patents for technologies that display content in a Web browser in key software products, including Microsoft's Windows Vista.
Texas company files suit against Microsoft, Adobe
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A Texas-based company has filed a suit against Microsoft and Adobe for allegedly infringing on two patents for technologies that display content in a Web browser in key software products, including Microsoft's Windows Vista.
Red Hat Officials Confirm Desktop OS Delay
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Red Hat is positioning its Global Desktop Linux as a low-cost alternative to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.
Update: Microsoft cuts Windows Vista price in China
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has dramatically cut the price of Windows Vista in China in a bid to boost sales of its new operating system.
In Reversal, Massachusetts OKs Microsoft Office 2007 Format
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Massachusetts' reversal on whether to allow use of OOXML is sure to provoke controversy.
Microsoft, Apple Strike Font Agreement
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Such cross-licensing agreements allow developers and online publishers to specify certain fonts with the knowledge that they will display correctly regardless of the type of system used.
Microsoft Cuts Vista Price to $66 in China
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. has dramatically cut the price of Windows Vista in China in a bid to boost sales of its new operating system.
Microsoft halves Vista retail price in China
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/tc_nm/microsoft_china_price_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070803/2007_08_03t072103_450x322_us_microsoft_china_price.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=3_xxy4U3lufQB4nEI2wFWA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Microsoft Windows Vista software sit on display at a store in New York January 30, 2007. Microsoft Corp. has more than halved the retail price of its Vista home basic computer operating software package in China to 499 yuan ($66) from 1,521 yuan, and the price of its premium package to 899 yuan from 1,802 yuan, effective from August 1. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. has more than
halved the retail price of its Vista home basic computer
operating software package in China to 499 yuan ($66) from
1,521 yuan, and the price of its premium package to 899 yuan
from 1,802 yuan, effective from August 1.</p><br clear="all"/>
Red Hat delays release of Linux software
(Reuters)
Reuters - Software maker Red Hat Inc said
on Thursday it delayed its August release of a version of its
Linux software for personal computers that would compete with
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
MP3 Audio Files Most Common On Computers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The typical American PC also contained 197 Microsoft Word files, 100 PDF files, 77 Microsoft Excel files, and 36 Windows Media files, a new comScore survey finds.
Hackers: Social networking sites flawed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_on_hi_te/social_networking_vulnerabilities"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.f40aac1c331a4724bf35d556e5ed4ea0.social_networking_vulnerabilities_nvjh102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HCbZFyK3hHdl.y0y2MeLkA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Patrik Karlsson,IT security expert and founder of Inspect it, gives a presentation on SQL injection and out-of-band channeling during the Defcon 15 hacker convention at the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals.</p><br clear="all"/>
'LonelyGirl15' season ends with a twist
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_on_en_ot/lonelygirl15_finale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070804/capt.ca017ce32ba6416e9f18b1487d53a902.lonelygirl15_finale_ny129.jpg?x=112&y=130&sig=BaF.Z1_C_Czkr4Qz3X7S7A--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="The fate of Bree, the Web's 'LonelyGirl15' star portrayed by Jessica Lee Rose of New Zealand, seen here in a file photo taken in New York on June 5, 2007, was revealed Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. After more than a year and 260 episodes, 16-year old Bree, was killed off Friday at the hands of the religious cult that had chased her for the life-giving qualities of her rare blood type. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - After more than a year and 260 episodes, 16-year old Bree, the main character on the Web drama "LonelyGirl15," was killed off Friday at the hands of the religious cult that had chased her for the life-giving qualities of her rare blood type.</p><br clear="all"/>
Printers found to kick up particles
(AP)
AP - Should laser printers come with a surgeon general's warning?
Virtual reality returns soldiers to Iraq
(AP)
AP - Staff Sgt. Jeff Ebert's entire body flinches as a roadside bomb explodes near his vehicle. Smoke obscures his view. Gunfire rattles around him.
Lawmaker wants Yahoo probe
(AP)
AP - Congressional investigators plan to look into whether Yahoo officials misrepresented the Internet company's role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist sentenced to a decade in jail.
Wi-Fi Hotspots Continue To Pose E-Mail Security Risk
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Researchers demonstrated on Friday at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas that Web-based e-mail accounts hosted by MySpace, Facebook, Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail are vulnerable to hacker attacks when account holders use unencrypted Wi-Fi hotspots.
Nintendo Wii outsells Sony's PS3 in Japan in
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070804/tc_nm/nintendo_sony_game_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070804/2007_08_03t061545_450x318_us_nintendo_sony_game.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=szDDRvMHokyfKvyw8_WhKw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Men walk near a display showing Nintendo's 'Wii' game console at a game shop in Tokyo's Akihabara electronic district June 25, 2007. Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 by a ratio of over 4 to 1 in Japan in July, game magazine publisher Enterbrain said on Friday. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii game console
outsold Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 by the ratio of over 4 to 1
in Japan in July, game magazine publisher Enterbrain said on
Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Vivo seizes lead in Brazilian telecoms
(FT.com)
FT.com - Vivo, the Brazilian mobile phone operator, Friday bought two smaller operators, marking a further step in the consolidation of the country's hotly contested telecommunications sector.
Mozilla shares scanning tool, Firefox 3 features
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Open source browser maker Mozilla has developed a wide array of secure coding analysis tools as part of its internal development process, and now it's beginning to share those programs with the outside world.
Hackers bite into "cookies" to plunder user data from websites
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/tc_afp/technologyitinternetsoftwarecrimecompanymyspace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070804/capt.sge.icf08.040807043934.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=9F5eTOntyJlV4A2Wd8o72A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A customer types as he uses wireless internet access at a coffee shop, in 2006, in San Francisco, California. Hackers and computer security specialists gathered in Las Vegas on Friday took aim at popular social networking websites, exposing ways to plunder data from software "cookies" used to track users.(AFP/File/Justin Sallivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hackers and computer security specialists gathered in Las Vegas on Friday took aim at popular social networking websites, exposing ways to plunder data from software "cookies" used to track users.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hackers: Social networking sites flawed
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070804/ap_on_hi_te/social_networking_vulnerabilities"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070803/capt.f40aac1c331a4724bf35d556e5ed4ea0.social_networking_vulnerabilities_nvjh102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HCbZFyK3hHdl.y0y2MeLkA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Patrik Karlsson,IT security expert and founder of Inspect it, gives a presentation on SQL injection and out-of-band channeling during the Defcon 15 hacker convention at the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals.</p><br clear="all"/>
Lawmaker wants Yahoo probe
(AP)
AP - Congressional investigators plan to look into whether Yahoo officials misrepresented the Internet company's role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist sentenced to a decade in jail.
Wi-Fi Hotspots Continue To Pose E-Mail Security Risk
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Researchers demonstrated on Friday at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas that Web-based e-mail accounts hosted by MySpace, Facebook, Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail are vulnerable to hacker attacks when account holders use unencrypted Wi-Fi hotspots.
Feds Bust 18 For Running Allegedly Illegal Online Drug Network
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A 313-count indictment shows that the alleged fraudsters sold drugs to people without prescriptions and sometimes without any need for them.
Plan for Broadband on Unused TV Spectrum Hits Snag
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A new report from the FCC casts doubt on the ability of next-generation mobile devices to transmit over unoccupied spectrum called "white space," which occupies the same frequency range used by today's digital TV broadcasters.
Amazon.com Tests Web Service For Flexible Payments
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Amazon.com is testing a set of new Amazon Web Services APIs for moving money between people or computers.
U.S. man sentenced to two years on copyright violations
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - An Illinois man was sentenced to two years in prison for violating copyright law through the unauthorized sale of video games on his Web site, the U.S. Department of Justice announced late Thursday.
IBM to bury BlackIce by next year
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - IBM will stop selling the BlackIce PC Protection security suite, a product that came under its wing after buying Internet Security Systems (ISS) a year ago for $1.3 billion.
Notorious Spammer And 'Drug Kingpin' Sentenced To 30 Years
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A man who made about $24 million illegally selling pharmaceuticals online and then fled the country to avoid prosecution faces 30 years in prison.
Is Google Really Planning an iPhone Killer?
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google has developed a prototype cell phone that could be in the hands of consumers within a year, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The Journal indicated that Google plans to offer free mobile subscriptions, subsidized by ads in search results and software applications.
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