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IBM continues to make waves, this time announcing: IBM is granting universal and perpetual access to intellectual property that might be necessary to implement standards designed to make software interoperable. IBM will not assert any patent rights to its technologies featured in these standards. The company believes its move in this space is the largest of its kind.... Among the technologies included on IBM's list, accessible here, are various standards pertaining to SOAP, SAML, XML Schema and Service Component Architecture. WS-* specifications are featured as well. Bob Sutor writes on his blog: ... Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Video-game makers have devised a growing lineup of add-ons for more realistic experiences. The latest wave of special game add-ons - including some with expected prices of $100 or more - aims beyond the hard-core game audience. Link To Original Article

AP - The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. wrote anonymous online attacks against a smaller rival and questioned why anyone would buy its stock, before Whole Foods announced an offer to buy the other company this year. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Listen to an iPod during a storm and you may get more than electrifying tunes. A Canadian jogger suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning traveled through his music player's wires. Link To Original Article

AP - The Internet was a mere 19 months old when engineers first developed a file-sharing system still in wide use today. Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. posted messages on a Yahoo! chat forum under an alias for years, talking up his own company while predicting a bleak future for Wild Oats Markets Inc., the rival it has since sought to acquire. Link To Original Article

Reuters - (Corrects spelling of Toshiba spokeman's name to Wynendaele in lines 40 and 56) Link To Original Article

AP - Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth-largest mobile phone maker, saw growing profits and market share in the second quarter but said the average selling price of its handsets continued to fall. Link To Original Article

PC World - While Wednesday marked the official unveiling of Oracle Corp.'s 11g database and a look at its new features, pricing and availability information was pretty thin on the ground. All the vendor would confirm is that the Linux version of 11g will ship this quarter, probably in August. Link To Original Article

Last week OPTi announced a patent infringement lawsuit against a bevy of chip companies. At issue are two patents for "Compact ISA-Bus" technology. Check out this and other original content from CNET's Blog network. Link To Original Article

PC World - Nokia Corp. introduced Skype Internet-calling software for its N800 Wi-Fi tablet on Wednesday, providing another alternative to using a cell phone, while a debate in the U.S. over what networks such devices may be able to use in the future heated up. Link To Original Article

"How can laptops holding details of customer accounts be used away from the office without strong encryption?" Richard Thomas scolds. Link To Original Article

Microsoft shows off its Surface computer in May (Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com) DENVER--On Thursday, Microsoft plans to show its partners the Surface computer that it introduced in May. But it will be a little while longer before most partners get a chance to do more than look at ... Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook have been boons for teenagers looking for new friends and people trying to find dates. Now the technology, which lets liked-minded people find each other online, is trickling into investing. Link To Original Article

Analyst says multiple types of software, business controls and processes are key to successful identity and access management. Link To Original Article

It may be virtualization, but we're talking real bucks. Virtualization services are expected to turn into an $11.7 billion market by 2011, more than double its current level, according to a study released Wednesday by IDC. Helping propel this market, which last year generated $5.5 billion, is ... Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - After years of arguing over whose video game machine has the best bells and whistles, Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Microsoft Corp. agree the battle boils down to which one has the best games. Link To Original Article

AP - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it struck a deal to make 35 Disney movies, such as the animated hit "Aladdin" and the action title "Armageddon," available for download on its online video game service. Link To Original Article

AP - Hoping to make it even easier to turn its online maps into collages of local information, Google Inc. is introducing tools that will stitch together applications from a hodgepodge of Web sites. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Microsoft Corp. published six security fixes � half of them rated "critical" � in its regularly scheduled software update Tuesday. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - A security researcher has found a security bug that could be attacked in Internet Explorer. Mozilla said it plans to patch the problem in its next Firefox software update. Link To Original Article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This important security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent specially crafted URL requests to a Web page hosted by Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2. IIS 5.1 is not part of a default install of Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of the affected system. Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Microsoft is counting on the biggest weapon in its video-game arsenal, Halo 3, to boost the Xbox 360's fortunes after the company's warranty problems. At the company's event Tuesday on the eve of the E3 video game industry convention, Bungie Studios showed the first live footage from the second sequel in the best-selling sci-fi combat series. Halo 3, which arrives in stores Sept. 25, will come in three flavors: a $60 standard edition; $70 for a limited edition with a bonus making-of disc and art book; and $130 for a limited "Legendary" edition that comes in a Spartan military helmet case. Link To Original Article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities. Two of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution on client systems with .NET Framework installed, and one could allow information disclosure on Web servers running ASP.NET. Link To Original Article