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Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo 8 May 08, 23:26 ET AP - Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. - a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo. more Free Wi-Fi Expands with AT&T, Cablevision 8 May 08, 23:00 ET PC World - Two giant offers for free Wi-Fi extended, one from AT to iPhone users, and another from Cablevision for its millions of home territory broadband subscribers. more Windows Vista More Vulnerable To Malware Than Windows 2000 8 May 08, 19:20 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - Vista let 639 threats per thousand computers through, compared with 586 for Windows 2000, 478 for Windows 2003, and 1,021 for Windows XP, security vendor PC Tools said. more OpenOffice.org Beta Fails the Office 2007 Test 8 May 08, 19:11 ET PC World - The free office suite's support for Microsoft's XML-based Office 2007 file formats leaves much to be desired. more Apple Reportedly Offers $44 Credit To Canadian iPod Owners 8 May 08, 19:07 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The reward is based on a class-action lawsuit complaining some of the rechargeable batteries in devices bought before June 2004 died after three hours of use. more DARPA Plans Cyberwar 'Matrix' 8 May 08, 18:55 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The agency's National Cyber Range for cyberwar simulation would be similar to Star Trek's holodeck or a Snow Crash-style Metaverse. more Four Microsoft Security Patches Due Next Week 8 May 08, 18:40 ET PC World - Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher and Jet database software next week. more Intel, Sun: So Happy Together, When It Comes To Software 8 May 08, 18:30 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The joint development efforts have been broader and deeper than anticipated, company executives reveal. more Bleeding a Stone: TorrentSpy Loses $110M Case 8 May 08, 18:29 ET NewsFactor - In what the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is calling a significant victory for the major Hollywood studios, a federal judge in Los Angeles has issued a $110 million judgment against file-sharing Web site TorrentSpy for infringing on the copyrights for thousands of popular movies and television shows. more JavaFX Set To Jazz Up Mobile Devices 8 May 08, 18:20 ET NewsFactor - Anyone who still doubts there is a bright future for technologies that create hybrid, online/offline applications need only consider Sun's JavaFX announcement at JavaOne this week. The Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:JAVA) event demonstrates that JavaFX, which was announced last year, is closing in on, or at least gunning for Adobe's AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight, as a developer's tool for producing new applications. more House panel chair offers network neutrality bill 8 May 08, 18:16 ET Reuters - The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday introduced legislation that would bar network providers from discriminating against some Internet content. more Ultra Low-Cost Notebooks Destined As Second Computers 8 May 08, 17:24 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The most compelling reason to own the small device is to avoid carrying around a heavier and bulkier regular notebook, IDC analysts found. more MySpace to allow users to share data with Yahoo, others 8 May 08, 17:21 ET AP - Social networking site MySpace said Thursday it will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with Web sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others. more Extremists hone Internet skills: Senate report 8 May 08, 17:18 ET Reuters - Al Qaeda and other radical groups have dramatically increased their use of the Internet in recent years to lure and train recruits worldwide, a U.S. Senate report warned on Thursday. more With Microsoft mum, analysts mull next moves for Live Search 8 May 08, 17:04 ET AP - Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer. more Microsoft Adds $3 Million to Small-business Subsidies 8 May 08, 17:00 ET PC World - Microsoft has invested several million more dollars into an incentive program it recently unveiled for small businesses... more House Passes Copyright Enforcement Bill 8 May 08, 16:00 ET PC World - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would allow law enforcement authorities to seek the forfeiture... more Best Buy Invests $2.1 Billion in European Retailer 8 May 08, 15:00 ET PC World - U.S. retailer Best Buy is buying a 50 percent stake in an established European retailer to expand its worldwide consumer... more Cablevision plans wireless broadband network 8 May 08, 14:53 ET AP - Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area in the New York region. more Google Cuts Price, Rebrands Postini Security Service 8 May 08, 14:39 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - Google has slashed the cost of its security service by 40% and added an optional protection feature for public Wi-Fi users in its continued efforts to lure businesses to Google Apps. more Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit 8 May 08, 13:12 ET PC Magazine - Comcast is considering a rate hike for broadband customers who consume more than 250 gigabytes of data each month, though there are no immediate plans for implementation. more Intel buys license for Sweden-wide WiMax network 8 May 08, 12:53 ET AP - Intel Corp. dove further into the cellular business on Thursday, becoming one of the winners in Sweden's auction of licenses for nationwide wireless broadband. more AMD tightlipped on company's future 8 May 08, 12:44 ET AP - Grappling with major layoffs and a stock price that's been chopped nearly in half since last year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. kept new details about its turnaround plans close to the vest Thursday in a very brief annual meeting with shareholders. more T-Mobile's 3G Rollout Lags Behind Competitors 8 May 08, 12:24 ET NewsFactor - T-Mobile USA is now joining the 3G club. Earlier this week, the telecommunications company announced that it has begun the commercial rollout of its third-generation wireless network, starting with New York City. more Windows XP SP3 Sows Havoc, Users Complain 8 May 08, 11:58 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The problems with XP SP3 range from spontaneous reboots to outright system crashes. more Analysis: Why Hyundai Turned to Microsoft for Help 8 May 08, 11:31 ET PC Magazine - When it comes to TVs, DVD players, and other consumer electronics, South Korea can go head to head with the best from Japan, China, and the rest of the world. When it comes to car cockpit technology, however, South Korea takes a back seat to everyone else. And that's why Hyundai partnered with Microsoft. more Nokia Says To Sell 35 Million GPS Phones In 2008 8 May 08, 10:44 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, expects to sell 35 million Global Positioning System equipped phones this year, its chief executive said on Thursday. more MySpace's fashionable child launches new designers 8 May 08, 10:24 ET Reuters - Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world's answer to the social networking Web site MySpace.com. more Microsoft to Increase Focus on Handsets for Poor 8 May 08, 09:50 ET PC World - Microsoft will increase its focus on making mobile phones part of its strategy to spread IT to people in developing nations... more Photoshop Express public beta adds Flickr support 8 May 08, 09:15 ET Macworld.com - Editor's Note: On Wednesday night, after this article was published Adobe announced it was delaying the update's release because of a newly discovered bug. Get the details here. more Toshiba Makes MacBook Air Look Like a Brick 8 May 08, 08:53 ET PC Magazine - The Toshiba Portégé laptop sports a 12-inch screen, a full-size keyboard, and yet weighs only 1.7 pounds -- about half the weight of the MacBook Air and ThinkPad X300. more Nintendo Wii makes Yamauchi Japan's richest: Forbes 8 May 08, 08:20 ET Reuters - Soaring sales of Nintendo's Wii game machine have made former Nintendo chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi Japan's richest man, worth $7.8 billion, Forbes magazine said in its annual rankings. more Tethered gadgets threaten Internet future: academic 8 May 08, 07:55 ET Reuters - The rise of gadgets such as the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation which helped to build the Internet, a leading Oxford academic has warned in a new book. more Wilmington, N.C., to test TV change over to digital 8 May 08, 06:41 ET USATODAY.com - Residents of Wilmington, N.C., will soon become laboratory rats in the nation's transition to digital TV. more China 3G System to Grow After Olympics 8 May 08, 06:30 ET PC World - China's 3G (third generation telephony) system will expand service to 10 cities after August's Olympic Games, the nation's... more Facebook users willing to let employers see profiles 8 May 08, 05:35 ET Reuters - While many Facebook users may be secretly surfing the social networking site on the job, many Canadians say they are willing to let their employer look at their profiles, according to a poll released on Wednesday. more China won't guarantee Web freedom over Olympics 8 May 08, 03:15 ET Reuters - China will not guarantee it won't censor the Internet over this summer's Beijing Olympics, nor can it guarantee to stamp out piracy of Olympic-branded goods, officials said on Thursday. more AMD Must Rebuild Momentum, Despite Customer Loyalty 8 May 08, 02:40 ET PC World - Advanced Micro Devices must work hard to rebuild its momentum in the Asian server market, even though the chip maker managed... more Papa John's surpasses $1 billion in online pizza sales 8 May 08, 00:17 ET AP - Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers. more

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