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[/url]AP - Forget piddling around a mere few days for an iPhone. Two sisters are in the midst of an 11-day vigil for this summer's hottest, "must have" low-tech phenomenon � the latest Harry Potter novel. Link To Original Article

FT.com - I was quite surprised when I brought my Apple Wi-Fi-enabled iPhone smartphone home last week. I had expected my fashion-conscious children to be most excited about the latest addition to our gadget portfolio. Instead it was my usually technophobic wife who became most animated. "My friend's husband just bought her one and she says it is the easiest phone she has ever used," she explained. Link To Original Article

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ZuneScene, a fan site devoted to Microsoft's portable music player, is reporting on a Microsoft patent filing that describes a system for compensating Zune users for sharing music wirelessly. (Credit: Microsoft) The idea: if I send you a song, it expires after 3 days or 3 plays, regardless of ... Link To Original Article

TechWeb - The software offers enhanced database integration, security, and standards compliance. Link To Original Article

Since the iPhone's June 29 launch, we've seen several teardown reports--some from professionals, some demonstrating more enthusiasm than skill, and some that are just awful (but funny). What's inside? Well, you can read the details in reports from various analyst firms, but it breaks down like this:... Link To Original Article

People have long been the weakest link when it comes to protecting computers. The same applies to mobile phones, a security expert says. Link To Original Article

So here are a few tidbits from my notebooks that didn't make it into our stories from Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver. In addition to talking about some potential new business models for Office, corporate VP Chris Capossela also noted that Microsoft is planning a fall launch ... Link To Original Article

TechWeb - The software will ship this summer. It had been scheduled for February, along with major upgrades of Windows Server and SQL Server. Link To Original Article

There's nothing like allegations of predatory conduct to bring two organizations together. The OLPC: Intel inside? Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project has decided to bring Intel on board as a partner and a possible future supplier, just a few months after Negroponte went on 60 Minutes... Link To Original Article

A Java security threat, the subject of an earlier Australian report, has been addressed and fixed, Sun Microsystems says. Link To Original Article

One more time around the block, James. Microsoft late Thursday revised one of its critical security bulletins from Patch Tuesday, adding another item to its list of affected software. Security bulletin MS07-036 now includes a warning that Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac is also affected. The update is designed ... Link To Original Article

[/url]AFP - Video game makers are intent on winning the hearts and cash of those that prefer trivia, puzzles, mysteries, music or virtual zaniness to animated warfare. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Warner Music Group Corp. said Thursday it dropped a copyright infringement lawsuit against the social networking Web site imeem and agreed to license its music and video content to the site for a slice of its ad revenue. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - For about a week my 6-year-old son, Mark, was having a grand old time on Webkinz, one of several children's Web sites that have exploded in popularity in the last year or so. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Yahoo Inc. took control of online advertising exchange Right Media Inc. on Thursday, giving the slumping Internet portal a head start on rivals Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in a heated race to build more powerful marketing vehicles. Link To Original Article

Reuters - A glut of price comparison Web sites are up for sale at values cementing the industry's coming of age, but which also belie some defensiveness and signs that owners are cashing out at what may be peak valuations. Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - Early iPhone owners are overwhelmingly happy with their devices, a survey out today says, and Apple and AT&T are luring customers from rivals as a result. Link To Original Article

Reuters - Cell phone maker Foxconn International Holdings (2038.HK) a division of top Taiwan electronics parts maker Hon Hai Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - WSO2 is upgrading its open source application server, which has been centered on Web services rather than being of the usual Java variety most common in this product space. Link To Original Article

Back when Windows Live originally released Windows Live Search for Mobile, I absolutely loved it. Windows Live Mobile Search is a killer app, especially if you have a Windows Mobile phone. Version 1 of the application included tight integration with Windows Live Local, with support for both standard and aerial ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Much as the ubiquity of Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office productivity tools has made the software giant a focal point of security research, search giant Google is facing new scrutiny as it diversifies its products and moves further into the business environment. Link To Original Article

Vulnerabilities in the Sun Java Runtime Environment are described by one security expert as being "as bad as it gets." Link To Original Article

DENVER--Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner said Thursday that there was a good reason that partners complained last year that the company was short on details on its "Software Plus Services" strategy. "The reason we didn't share it with you is we didn't have it figured it out," ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Oracle will release 46 patches on Tuesday for products including its Oracle Database 10g, Application Server, and E-Business Suite. Link To Original Article