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Microsoft plugs single sign-on again with Windows Live ID Web Authentication 1.0
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has released a software development kit for a service that enables users who log in through one Web site to be authenticated on many others.
Forrester: Good News For Microsoft Office, Mixed News For Windows Vista
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Despite aggressive plans for Vista rollouts before the operating system was released, one analyst found many companies are pushing those plans back.
Google Now on a Collision Course with Microsoft
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At an investors' conference in March, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told analysts eager to see the search giant diversify beyond advertising that several new revenue contributors were in the works. "The next really big one is actually an extension of Google Apps," he said.
TSMC says Microsoft to use its 90 nm DRAM process for Xbox
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/tc_nm/tsmc_microsoft_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070816/2007_08_16t034344_450x298_us_tsmc_microsoft.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=pa9DUN723Ry4buLcRUxilg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A gamer plays on an the Xbox 360 in a 2006 photo. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's top contract chip maker, said on Thursday Microsoft has started using TSMC's 90-nanometre-embedded-DRAM process technology for the production of the Xbox 360 game console. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
(TSMC) (2330.TW), the world's top contract chip maker, said on
Thursday Microsoft Corp. has started using TSMC's
90-nanometre-embedded-DRAM process technology for the
production of the Xbox 360 game console.</p><br clear="all"/>
Microsoft ups Hotmail storage to 5 GB
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. will soon let users of its Hotmail service store 5 gigabytes of photos and other e-mail messages, more than double the previous limit.
Xandros expands Microsoft partnership
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Linux distributor Xandros is licensing messaging protocols from Microsoft as part of an expansion of the partnership the two companies forged in June.
Microsoft One-Ups Google with Hotmail Makeover
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is boosting the amount of free storage space that Hotmail users receive to 5 GB. Paying Hotmail users will see their e-mail storage capacity, which costs $15 per year, grow from 4 GB to 10 GB. In contrast, Google currently provides 2.8 GB of free Gmail storage space and sells 6 GB of extra capacity for $20 per year.
Xandros Licenses Microsoft Exchange Protocols
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The agreement means the Scalix mail server will be able to synchronize data better with platforms that use Exchange Server.
Microsoft Gives Windows Live Hotmail A Storage Boost
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Other enhancements include boosting the e-mail service's speed and making it easier to view images and links in messages.
Microsoft releases super bundle of security patches
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has released what security experts are calling one of it most significant security fixes this year.
Technology helps reinvent cell phone ads
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070818/ap_on_hi_te/mobile_phone_ads"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070817/capt.f702c9570525480da699b5d0644006b2.mobile_phone_ads_xwm104.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=5WKYui2uOPepXGmZfkrEaA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A Muslim girl tries out new mobile phone models during a communication and broadcast exhibition in Singapore Wednesday, June 20, 2007. Advertisers are finding new ways to put their sales pitches in the pockets of cell phone users — through video and music pumped to your handsets. As mobile networks become faster and phones smarter, analysts say the time is ripe for advertising on mobile phones to finally take off. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mobile phones are a potential gold mine for advertisers, the most personal and intimate way to communicate and engage with subscribers — more than 2 billion of them and counting worldwide. Yet the advertisers' two-liner text pitches have largely fueled a growing hate club, with recipients quickly equating the messages with spam they abhor on desktops.</p><br clear="all"/>
Compact Disc celebrates 25th anniversary
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_on_hi_te/compact_disc_anniversary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.d99fbff3ee694783bddb4ed78b2feba5.netherlands_compact_disc_ams101.jpg?x=130&y=100&sig=rLtpUKrzDRkuqRJJi4eNGg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Pieter Kramer poses for photographers in Eindhoven, Netherlands on Monday Aug. 13, 2007. Kramer was a leading engineer on the team that developed the CD, which was launched 25 years ago this Friday, in a joint project by Royal Philips Electronics NV and Sony Inc. of Japan. Kramer is holding a show model of the Compact Disc player, which was introduced in August 1982. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)" border="0" /></a>AP - It was Aug. 17, 1982, and row upon row of palm-sized plates with a rainbow sheen began rolling off an assembly line near Hanover, Germany. An engineering marvel at the time, today they are instantly recognizable as Compact Discs, a product that turns 25 years old on Friday — and whose future is increasingly in doubt in an age of iPods and digital downloads.</p><br clear="all"/>
Distraction looms for Dell in SEC probe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_on_hi_te/dell_restatement"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070816/capt.947eababc0f04c2f95a3861958f19d1e.dell_restatement_dn501.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=jJ91nD5uREjAY7FLkUAuig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chairman of Dell Inc., Michael Dell replies to a question at a press conference in Bangalore, India, in this Monday, March 20, 2006 file photo. Dell Inc. on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, said it will reduce more than four years' worth of earnings by up to $150 million after an internal probe found the company misled its auditors and manipulated results to meet performance goals. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dell's internal investigation into its accounting problems is over, leaving up to a $150 million hit on earnings in its wake. Now, it may be the feds' turn.</p><br clear="all"/>
Nokia seeks import ban of Qualcomm chips
(AP)
AP - Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, said Friday that it has asked the United States to ban imports of chipsets made by Qualcomm Inc. along with phones and other products made with those chipsets.
New challenges for EMC after VMware IPO
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_on_hi_te/emc_vmware"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070817/capt.209902f5cb7947efa2e9f373ca467cac.emc_vmware_nybz175.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=i9WWc5ySVw01FoVSZr7CzA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Diane Greene, president and CEO of VMware Inc., listens to NYSE CEO John Thain on the bell podium before New York Stock Exchange opening bell ceremonies, in this Aug. 14, 2007 file photo, during ceremonies for the company's initial public offering. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - EMC Corp. can't celebrate too long after spinning off a 10 percent stake of its VMware Inc. software unit in what became the biggest technology stock offering since Google Inc. went public three years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>
CIA and Vatican edit Wikipedia entries
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070818/tc_afp/technologyusinternetspyreligioncompanywikipedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070818/capt.sge.lvp17.180807075110.photo00.photo.default-512x501.jpg?x=130&y=127&sig=ic6OQmiq0Q7uJd57XXNfFA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="Jimmy Wales, co-founder of online collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia, appears at a press conference in Tokyo, in March. A US hacker's homemade program to pinpoint origins of Wikipedia edits indicates that alterations to the popular online encyclopedia have come from the CIA and the Vatican.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US hacker's homemade program to pinpoint origins of Wikipedia edits indicates that alterations to the popular online encyclopedia have come from the CIA and the Vatican.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google Gadgets can be misused by phishers
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The domain used to host small Google Gadget applications written by Web developers could be misused by phishers, a Web security researcher said Friday.
AT&T cell phone service suit to proceed
(AP)
AP - A lawsuit alleging that AT&T Inc.'s cell phone customers received inferior service after the company's wireless division was sold to Cingular Wireless can proceed as a class action, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Sourcefire acquires ClamAV open-source anti-malware project
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Network security specialist Sourcefire announced Friday that it has acquired ClamAV, an open-source gateway anti-malware project whose technologies are used in the products of a number of other vendors.
Skype Outage Continues For Some, Businesses Affected
(PC World)
PC World - Almost 36 hours after a software problem caused widespread outages in eBay Inc.'s Skype service, engineers continue to work to fully restore this extremely popular Internet telephony and instant messaging service, while many business users deal with work disruptions.
CIA and Vatican edit Wikipedia entries
(AFP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070818/tc_afp/technologyusinternetspyreligioncompanywikipedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070818/capt.sge.lvp17.180807075110.photo00.photo.default-512x501.jpg?x=130&y=127&sig=ic6OQmiq0Q7uJd57XXNfFA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="Jimmy Wales, co-founder of online collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia, appears at a press conference in Tokyo, in March. A US hacker's homemade program to pinpoint origins of Wikipedia edits indicates that alterations to the popular online encyclopedia have come from the CIA and the Vatican.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US hacker's homemade program to pinpoint origins of Wikipedia edits indicates that alterations to the popular online encyclopedia have come from the CIA and the Vatican.</p><br clear="all"/>
Rascal Flatts "Feels Good" about new CD
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070818/en_nm/rascal_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070818/2007_08_18t014136_450x326_us_rascal.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=fEAunXInRliUuFMHPhxGyA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Rascal Flatts members, Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney, and Jay DeMarcus pose backstage with their award at the 33rd annual People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles January 9, 2007. The clock on Rascal Flatts' Web site counts down the days, hours, minutes and even seconds until the September 25 release of the superstar band's fifth studio album, 'Still Feels Good.' There's no doubt the date is circled on many music industry calendars. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The clock on Rascal Flatts' Web
site counts down the days, hours, minutes and even seconds
until the September 25 release of the superstar band's fifth
studio album, "Still Feels Good." There's no doubt the date is
circled on many music industry calendars.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google opens click-fraud Web site
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google has unveiled a Web site "resource center" focused on the thorny issue of click fraud, which many consider a potential threat to the company's main source of revenue: Pay-per-click advertising.
Google Gadgets can be misused by phishers
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The domain used to host small Google Gadget applications written by Web developers could be misused by phishers, a Web security researcher said Friday.
EBay Says Skype Was not Attacked
(PC World)
PC World - Skype has not been attacked, eBay Inc. said Friday, dispelling rumors that Russian hackers took down its popular online telephony service.
Skype Outage Continues For Some, Businesses Affected
(PC World)
PC World - Almost 36 hours after a software problem caused widespread outages in eBay Inc.'s Skype service, engineers continue to work to fully restore this extremely popular Internet telephony and instant messaging service, while many business users deal with work disruptions.
Skype outage continues, business users affected
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Some 30 hours after the problem erupted, eBay's Skype engineers continue to work to fully restore this extremely popular Internet telephony and instant messaging service, while many business users deal with work disruptions.
Airline sues Google over keyword ads
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_on_hi_te/american_airlines_google"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070818/2007_08_17t155113_450x290_us_google_amr.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=DpOIrVKiz5UPHkVGgEW6_g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An aircraft from American Airlines sits at JFK International Airport in New York, August 10, 2006. American Airlines, the world's largest airline, said on Friday it was seeking damages from Internet search leader Google Inc for selling search words involving its name. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - American Airlines is suing Google Inc. over the Internet company's sale of keywords ads for rivals triggered by its own trademarks.</p><br clear="all"/>
American Airlines sues Google over search words
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/wr_nm/google_amr_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070818/2007_08_17t155113_450x290_us_google_amr.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=DpOIrVKiz5UPHkVGgEW6_g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An aircraft from American Airlines sits at JFK International Airport in New York, August 10, 2006. American Airlines, the world's largest airline, said on Friday it was seeking damages from Internet search leader Google Inc for selling search words involving its name. (Chip East/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - American Airlines, the world's
largest airline, said on Friday it sued Internet search leader
Google Inc for selling search words involving its name.</p><br clear="all"/>
Game-Playing Eclipses Social Networks, Online Video
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Year-over-year growth rate for frequent online gamers was 79%, while the growth rate for users of social networking stood at 46%, according to Parks Associates researchers.
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