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Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL
(AP)AP - Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday.
Icahn sends letter to Yahoo, plans proxy battle
(AP)
 AP - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is setting out to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors for "irresponsible" and "unconscionable" actions that led Microsoft Corp. to withdraw a $47.5 billion offer to buy the slumping Internet pioneer.
Moonlight release puts Silverlight on Linux
(InfoWorld)InfoWorld - The first public release of Moonlight, which provides a Linux client implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application (RIA) technology, was made available this week.
Icahn to fight Yahoo to accept Microsoft bid
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Carl Icahn launched a proxy battle to
force Yahoo Inc to reopen buyout talks with Microsoft
Corp , the billionaire investor said in a letter to the
Internet company on Thursday.
CBS in $1.8B deal for online news, info site CNet
(AP)AP - Media and entertainment company CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet, the companies announced Thursday.
CBS to buy web publisher CNET for $1.8 bln
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS Corp said on Thursday it would buy
web media company CNET Networks Inc for about $1.8 billion to
boost the television broadcaster's reach across the Internet.
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked
(AP)
AP - Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press.
Consumers ditching land-line phones
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Traditional land-line phones, once the bedrock of communications in the USA, are quickly going the way of eight-track tapes as consumers go wireless or choose Internet-based phone calling.
Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, other references
(AP)
AP - Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals.
BT 4Q profit falls costs rise, customers flee
(AP)
AP - BT Group PLC, Britain's biggest telecommunications company, reported a 6.2 percent decline Thursday in its fourth quarter profit, as costs rose and it lost some wholesale customers to broadband services.
EU says Google map images could be a problem
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The ability of Google Inc's map
service to put detailed street-level images on the Internet
could raise concerns in Europe if it was introduced there, the
EU's data protection agency said on Thursday.
Branson's Virgin takes first step in Russia market
(Reuters) Reuters - Britain's Virgin Group made its Russian
debut on Thursday, breaking into the country's expanding
Internet business a few months after it unveiled big plans for
Russia, including setting up an airline by 2010.
Colonel suggests using hackers' tool against them
(AP) AP - Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.
Ask.com buys Dictionary.com parent Lexico
(Reuters)Reuters - Search site Ask.com will announce on
Thursday a deal to buy Lexico, home to popular reference Web
sites Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, a move that will expand
its audience by 11 percent.
Adobe refreshes Flash Player
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Facing serious challenges to its dominance in the RIA (rich Internet application) space, Adobe Systems will refresh its bread-and-butter Flash Player technology Thursday with capabilities that could provide an edge on the RIA battleground.
Comcast to Buy Plaxo for Social Networking
(PC World)
PC World - Comcast will acquire social-networking company Plaxo to power upcoming community features on its TV, broadband data and phone...
Comcast to acquire contact manager Plaxo
(AP)
AP - Comcast Corp. is buying contact management company Plaxo Inc. and plans to incorporate into all its offerings features intended to help people synchronize their address books and connect socially online.
Spammers ordered to pay MySpace 230 mln dlrs
(AFP)
 AFP - A US judge has ordered a pair of accused spammers to pay MySpace about 230 million dollars in what was being billed Wednesday as a record-setting punishment for such Internet abuses.
Philly Won't Fight to Save Wi-Fi Network
(PC World)PC World - The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a...
Apple's Largest U.S. Store Highlights Growth Strategy
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Sandwiched between aging brick buildings, the minimalist 20,000-square-foot store stands out on Boston's historic Boylston Street.
Moonlight release puts Silverlight on Linux
(InfoWorld)InfoWorld - The first public release of Moonlight, which provides a Linux client implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application (RIA) technology, was made available this week.
New York Stock Exchange Runs Trades On Red Hat Linux
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The conversion to Linux followed the acquisition of the Euronext exchange in 2007, and the open source operating system is now powering the NYSE's mission-critical trading systems.
Verizon Wireless, Mozilla Join LiMo Foundation
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The decision to snub Google's Android and its friends intensifies the debate over exactly which firm will have the more "open" cell phone service.
Openness Convert Verizon Joins LiMo Foundation
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The competition between the Android and LiMo open-source mobile platforms heated up as Verizon Wireless joined the LiMo Foundation. On Tuesday, Verizon and the foundation announced that wireless carrier was joining as a core member, with a seat on the board of directors.
Verizon Wireless to introduce Linux phones
(AP)
AP - Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network.
Splashtop Pre-Boot Shell Added to More Mobos
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - DeviceVM said Wednesday that the company has signed a contract with Asus to place its Splashtop Linux multimedia shell onto four more Asus motherboards.
Verizon Wireless joins LiMo Foundation
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday it
joined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating
system expected to rival a mobile system being developed by a
group headed by Google Inc .
Verizon, Mozilla Join Mobile Linux Group
(PC World)PC World - Verizon Wireless is throwing its support behind mobile Linux, becoming the first U.S. operator to join the LiMo Foundation, a...
Fedora 9 Released
(PC World)
PC World - The latest version of the community-supported branch of Red Hat Linux offers new features and an improved UI.
Sun to Clarify JavaFX Open-source Plan Later This Year
(PC World)
PC World - While Sun executives have said that JavaFX, the company's nascent rich Internet application (RIA) development product family...
Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Ian Murdock is vice president of developer and community marketing at Sun Microsystems. Prior to that, he was the founder of the Debian Linux distribution and CTO at the Linux Foundation. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill met with Murdock at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week to talk about open source and how Sun, with its OpenSolaris version of the Solaris Unix platform, will fare in the open-source arena versus Linux.
OpenOffice.org Beta Fails the Office 2007 Test
(PC World)
PC World - The free office suite's support for Microsoft's XML-based Office 2007 file formats leaves much to be desired.
Mozilla: Firefox Plugin Shipped With Malicious Code
(PC World)
PC World - Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded...
OpenOffice 3.0 Public Beta Released
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - OpenOffice.org said Wednesday that it had made the beta version of OpenOffice 3.0 available for download. On tap: a better "Start Center," and improvements in the Calc spreadsheet application.
Artists, developers to synch up in NetBeans
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Capabilities to integrate workflows between software developers and artists are being developed for NetBeans, Sun's open source IDE, Sun Vice President James Gosling said this week.
Response Team Boosts Open Source Security
(PC World)
PC World - A new, volunteer computer emergency response team aims to be a clearinghouse of security information for open source projects.
OLPC Tries to Bridge Gap With Developer Community
(PC World)
PC World - A virtual uprising that broke out among developers questioning One Laptop Per Child's commitment to open-source software has...
Google Puts Open-source Project Back up
(PC World)
PC World - Google has reinstated an open-source project just days after pulling it in response to a copyright-related takedown notice.
Google Backs Open-source CERT Group
(PC World)
PC World - Google has thrown its weight behind a fledgling security reporting group for the open-source community.
Sun cites open source tribulations
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems officials on Monday acknowledged issues the company has had to deal with in offering products such as the OpenSolaris OS and Java via an open source business model.
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