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USATODAY.com - SEATTLE - Two dozen designers, engineers and strategists toil in an unusual research lab on the Microsoft campus. Awkwardly dubbed the Mobile and Embedded Devices Experience design center, or MEDX, it is where Microsoft plots strategies to sell souped-up cellphones that act a lot like PCs. Link To Original Article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This critical security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in implementations of Active Directory on Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 that could allow remote code execution or a denial of service condition. Attacks attempting to exploit this vulnerability would most likely result in a denial of service condition. However remote code execution could be possible. On Windows Server 2003 an attacker must have valid logon credentials to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts. This is a critical security update for supported editions of Windows 2000 and an important security update for supported editions of Windows Server 2003. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section. This security update addresses the vulnerability by validating the number of convertible attributes in the client LDAP request. Link To Original Article

Xbox Live usernames of E3 attendees are displayed prior to Microsoft's evening press event. Also note the pool. (Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET Networks) Microsoft's media event on Tuesday evening--the first slot on our E3 2007 agendas (aside from picking up our press badges)--came with the company slogan: "... Link To Original Article

TechWeb - The ThinkPad T61p has a 15.4-inch wide screen, runs 10% cooler than previous models, and is three decibels quieter. Link To Original Article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Moderate - This moderate security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow incoming unsolicited network traffic to access a network interface. An attacker could potentially gather information about the affected host. Link To Original Article

Competitors were quick to respond to Microsoft's latest plans for hosted CRM. Microsoft's pricing was clearly aimed squarely at Salesforce.com, which was quick to dismiss Microsoft's entry into the market, noting that the company has been talking about its plans for sometime without actually releasing the ... Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Microsoft hopes to better meet the back-office needs of smaller businesses with a new take on enterprise resource planning (ERP) software called Dynamics Entrepreneur Solution. Link To Original Article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This important security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Microsoft Office Publisher file. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability. Link To Original Article

Last week OPTi announced a patent infringement lawsuit against a bevy of chip companies: AMD, Atmel, Broadcom, Renesas, Silicon Storage Technology, SMSC, STMicroelectronics, and Via Technologies. At issue are two patents for "Compact ISA-Bus" technology. OPTi had recently sued Apple and AMD over three patents for "Predictive Snooping" technology used ... Link To Original Article

DENVER--Confirming what many had expected, Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the next version of its server operating system, Windows Server 2008, won't formally launch until next year. Microsoft said it will launch the product, which it has said will be finalized before the end of the year, at an ... Link To Original Article

FT.com - Rexam (NASDAQ:REXMY), the world's largest manufacturer of beverage cans, with an output of 55bn units a year, is an enthusiastic user of SAP's enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. It has it installed in 52 of its 90 factories worldwide. Too enthusiastic, some might say. Link To Original Article

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This critical update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and two privately reported vulnerabilities in addition to other security issues identified during the course of the investigation. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution i Link To Original Article

Dave Orton came over to Advanced Micro Devices when it acquired ATI Technologies last year, but his tenure at the company will have been brief. AMD announced Tuesday that Orton, the former CEO of ATI and an executive vice president at AMD, is stepping down at the end of this ... Link To Original Article

Learn about and download the latest computer security updates for July 2007. Read tips on protecting your computer by using anti-spyware and anti-spam programs. Link To Original Article

It has been my theory for a little while that sometime in the near future, we are going to see the downfall of physical discs for watching movies. Check out this and other original content on CNET's blog network. Link To Original Article

DENVER--Microsoft on Tuesday detailed the pricing for its Dynamics Live CRM product, the hosted version of its customer relationship management (CRM) software. The professional version of the software will list for $45 per user per month, though during 2008 it will sell for $39 per user per month. The higher-end ... Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it will hold firm on pricing for its Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it would respond to a price cut by rival Sony Corp. (6758.T) for the PlayStation 3. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Major League Baseball's postseason marketing campaign will include a Web site that allows fans to create their own compilations of past playoff highlights. Link To Original Article

AP - Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. are releasing a few tidbits about their ongoing collaboration to make three video games, but most details � including the game's titles � remain a secret. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Google Inc. is buying e-mail security specialist Postini Inc. for $625 million, fortifying the Internet search leader's effort to sell online software services to corporate customers seeking alternatives to Microsoft Corp.'s long-dominant products. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Microsoft*says it set a record for streaming an online event to the most customers after offering the Live Earth concerts on MSN over the weekend. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Laptop PC shipments by the world's two largest contract makers surged in June, rebounding from*a lull in April and part of May*as systems makers awaited the*launch of Intel's Santa Rosa laptop PC chips, an upgrade to its popular Centrino package. Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - NEW YORK - Coming soon could be a wireless broadband world in which consumers get to pick any smartphone or other device and load any software on it - not have to take what the wireless carrier wants to sell. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Microsoft is enlisting Linux distributor TurboLinux to help tailor work being done to translate documents between Open XML and ODF file formats for Japanese and Chinese users. Link To Original Article

DENVER--The temperature may have topped 90 degrees yesterday, but Microsoft got a chilly welcome as it set to kick off its Worldwide Partner Conference on Tuesday. Under the headline "Di-worse-ifying," the Denver Post took the software giant to task for losing its focus on its traditional business as it works ... Link To Original Article