Windows 7 RC Adds New Remote Media Streaming, Virtual Windows XP Mode (PC World)
PC World - The Windows 7 Release Candidate leaked earlier today contains a lot of minor tweaks to previous beta versions of the new operating system, but Microsoft says that it also has a couple of new features: A Windows 7 PC will now be able to stream media from your home to any Internet-connected Windows 7 PC, and for the first time the OS supports (via an optional download) a virtual Windows XP environment for running legacy Windows XP apps.
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Microsoft to release version of Windows 7 next week (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Friday a version of its long awaited Windows 7 operating system will be made available from next week.
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Developers to Get Windows 7 RC Next Week (PC World)
PC World - Some Microsoft developers will be able to download a near-final version of the company's Windows 7 operating system next week, Microsoft said Friday.
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Hollywood in showdown over DVD 'ripper' (AP)
AP - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market آ— software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.
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Cost-cutting saves Microsoft stock after rough 3Q (AP)
AP - Shares of Microsoft Corp. jumped more than 10 percent Friday, the first trading session since the software maker said sinking personal computer shipments pushed sales and earnings down significantly from a year ago.
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DVD software backups challenged in U.S. court (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood movie companies told a federal judge on Friday that RealNetworks violated copyright law by selling software that allows people to make backups of their DVDs on a home computer.
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Conficker virus begins to attack PCs: experts (Reuters)
Reuters - A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.
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Trial Under Way for RealDVD Copying Software (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Late last year, RealNetworks released RealDVD, which allowed users to make a personal backup copy of their DVDs. The software was only available for a few days before the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) filed a copyright-infringement suit, alleging that RealDVD violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by allowing consumers to bypass DVD content-scrambling systems.
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Judge in RealNetworks Case Seals Court (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - U.S. District Court Marilyn Patel sealed the San Francisco courtroom Friday where RealNetworks and several Hollywood studios began squaring off over the issue of whether Real's RealDVD software can be legally sold.
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Microsoft Invites Businesses To Test Apps on Windows 7 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Businesses will have a chance to test the waters before diving into Microsoft's next operating systems, Windows 7. The software giant is inviting businesses to test their applications on Windows 7 during a free trial at Microsoft's TechEd Conference on May 11-15 in Los Angeles.
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Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate: An Early Look (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The Release Candidate puts some finishing touches on some new features and adds a good deal of polish to the OS.
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RealNetworks vs. Hollywood in DVD 'Ripping' Case Starts (PC World)
PC World - RealNetworks and Hollywood studios are squaring off today in a U.S. District Court in San Francisco where Judge Marilyn Hall Patel will determine if the program RealDVD violates laws created to prevent the copying of DVDs that use digital-rights-management technology. RealDVD is a $30 software program that allowed you to copy DVDs onto your computer. Last year a judge halted the sale of the program.
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Microsoft still sees potential in Yahoo partnership (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. software company Microsoft still sees value in a potential partnership with Yahoo even though it is no longer wants to buy it, chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Friday.
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Conficker Virus Starts to Attack PCs, Experts Say (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.
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Microsoft's sales show fallout of recession (AP)
AP - The link between Microsoft Corp.'s fortune and the health of the personal computer market has rarely been clearer than in the software maker's fiscal third quarter.
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Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying (AP)
AP - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market آ— software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.
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Microsoft Still Sees Potential in Yahoo Partnership (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - U.S. software company Microsoft still sees value in a potential partnership with Yahoo.
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Conficker Hype a 'Problem,' Says FBI Cyber-Chief (PC World)
PC World - Mainstream media hype leading up to the Conficker worm's April 1 software update may have distracted people from legitimate cyber threats, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's head of cyber security said Thursday.
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Microsoft cuts costs, says Windows 7 on track (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's quarterly profit fell 32 percent, but its shares rose as investors welcomed continuing efforts to cut costs and news that the release of its Windows 7 operating system is on track.
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Apple, Bring Back the Butterfly Keyboard for Netbooks (PC World)
PC World - There goes Apple, trash-talking netbooks again. Tim Cook, the companyأ¢آ€آ™s chief operating officer, had harsh words yesterday for the current crop of inexpensive mini-notebooks, calling them أ¢آ€آœjunkyأ¢آ€آ with cramped keyboards and bad software. أ¢آ€آœItأ¢آ€آ™s a stretch to call them a personal computer,أ¢آ€آ he said.
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