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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 Microsoft Disbands Board Slate For Yahoo 8 May 08, 19:15 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft withdrew its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo last weekend after the two sides failed to agree on price. more Vonage Reports 1Q Loss, Slow Customer Growth 8 May 08, 19:15 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The VoIP operator added only 30,000 net subscriber lines in the quarter, a sharp decline from 56,000 additions in the previous three months. 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 Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo 8 May 08, 18:58 ET AP - Google Inc.'s top executives on Thursday expressed hope 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 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 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 Google sees YouTube products soon, warm on Yahoo 8 May 08, 17:58 ET Reuters - Google Inc expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo Inc, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Thursday. 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 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 Video games don't create killers, new book says 8 May 08, 16:26 ET Reuters - Playing video games does not turn children into deranged, blood-thirsty super-killers, according to a new book by a pair of Harvard researchers. more Intel buys license for Sweden-wide WiMax network 8 May 08, 16:26 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 Free software takes on Microsoft Office 8 May 08, 15:50 ET Reuters - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony -- a free suite that he downloaded from an International Business Machines Corp website (http://symphony.lotus.com). more T-Mobile USA adds nearly 1 million customers in 1Q 8 May 08, 15:46 ET AP - T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the country, said Thursday it added 981,000 customers in the first quarter, which along with an acquisition brought its total to 30.8 million. more MySpace to allow users to share data with Yahoo, others 8 May 08, 15:07 ET AP - The popular online hangout MySpace will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with other sites, including Yahoo and eBay. 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 Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards 8 May 08, 14:36 ET AP - Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday. 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 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 Panasonic Intros New Home Theater in a Box, Blu-ray Player 8 May 08, 11:02 ET PC Magazine - Panasonic has introduced the latest version of its home theater in a box (HTiB) system, the first such unit to include an integrated Blu-ray player. more Best Buy Buys Half of Carphone Warehouse for $2.1B 8 May 08, 10:58 ET PC Magazine - Best Buy is heading across the pond to form a new company with British consumer electronics leader, Carphone Warehouse. 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 Google looking golden again after challenging stretch 8 May 08, 08:54 ET AP - It's hard to believe Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45 percent from its peak. And its two biggest rivals, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., appeared poised to combine forces and launch a double-barreled attack. 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 Photoshop Express public beta adds Flickr support 8 May 08, 08:00 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 Sun defends JavaFX Script 8 May 08, 08:00 ET InfoWorld - In a world where the list of scripting languages for application development seems endless, is Sun's JavaFX Script one too many? 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 Nintendo Wii makes Yamauchi Japan's richest: Forbes 8 May 08, 06:40 ET Reuters - Soaring sales of Nintendo's Wii game machine have made former Nintendo (7974.OS) chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi Japan's richest man, worth $7.8 billion, Forbes magazine said in its annual rankings. more Japan Eyes Adding Copyright Fee to IPod Price 8 May 08, 06:00 ET PC World - Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency has proposed adding a fee to the price of Apple iPods and other digital music and video... 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 Yahoo India Search Results Combine Text, Video, and Images 8 May 08, 04:30 ET PC World - Yahoo has chosen India for the beta test of its new search concept that aggregates text, images, and video results on a single... 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 Five Software Tools to Speed Up Your Day 8 May 08, 01:00 ET PC World - Check out a handful of the Geek's favorite productivity-boosting applications, plug-ins, and Web services. 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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