Google responds to Viacom’s YouTube suit
April 30, 2007
AP - Google Inc. on Monday filed a response to Viacom Inc.’s copyright infringement lawsuit over Google’s massively popular video-sharing sharing site YouTube, arguing that the site’s activities are legal.
Microsoft Adds Open-Source Twist to Silverlight
April 30, 2007
PC World - Microsoft Corp. Monday broadened the developer base and programming capabilities for Silverlight by adding dynamic language support to an alpha version of the browser plug-in technology.
Mix ’07’s sleeper announcement: Cross-platform CLR
April 30, 2007
The biggest Mix ‘07 announcement made on opening day of this week’s show was one that Microsoft didn’t call out in any of its own press releases: Microsoft is making a version of its Common Language Runtime (CLR) available cross-platform.
Apple Splitting ‘ProCare’ into ‘ProCare’ and ‘One-to-One’
April 30, 2007
Apple will be relaunching its ProCare product on Wednesday, splitting the $99 service into two separate $99 services.
Apple’s current ProCare package offers a number of services for a $99/ye…
Microsoft 's Xbox 360 Goes Elite
April 30, 2007
NewsFactor - The Xbox 360 has gone Elite, as Microsoft launched yesterday the high-end version of its video game console. With a larger storage capacity, a sleek matte-black look and a high-definition video port, the Xbox 360 Elite will retail for $479.
Google dubs personal home page ‘iGoogle’
April 30, 2007
AP - Already synonymous with looking things up on the Internet, Google Inc. is creating a new name for stamping a personal touch on its Web site — iGoogle.
Apple To Grant All Labels DRM-Free Distribution
April 30, 2007
SexCaptain writes “MacRumors.com reveals a letter circulated by Apple to all producers of content for the iTunes Store, announcing that from May onward they can sell their music at higher quality and free of DRM. Hopefully this opens the doors for labels like Netwerk. This is a big step in the right direction, although it’s unclear exactly what Apple means by ‘higher quality,’ and there is no mention of price changes. (Apple charges $0.30 more per song for DRM-free content from EMI and encodes it at 256K.) Quoting from the letter: ‘Many of you have reached out to iTunes to find out how you can make your songs available higher quality and DRM-free,” Apple wrote in the communication. “Starting next month, iTunes will begin offering higher-quality, DRM-free music and DRM-free music videos to all customers.”
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Sony Apologizes For Decapitated Goat In 'God Of War' Launch
April 30, 2007
TechWeb - Animal rights groups chide the European event held for one of Sony's most popular video games for the PlayStation 2.
Yahoo snaps up Right Media for $680M
April 30, 2007
AP - Yahoo Inc. added another weapon in its high-stakes duel with its richer Internet rival Google Inc. Monday by snapping up online advertising exchange Right Media Inc. for $680 million.
Microsoft Adds .Net to Give Silverlight a Shine
April 30, 2007
PC World - Microsoft Corp. is integrating the.Net framework into its new Silverlight browser technology for running multimedia applications on the Web, the company revealed Monday. The move is part of an expanded effort to build a significant developer base so Microsoft can catch up to Adobe Systems Inc. in providing a revenue-generating business in the rich Internet applications (RIAs) market.
