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New tools to help manage and track unstructured data, such as Office documents.

"Atlas" has some reliability problems, but is "incredible piece of code".

Golf made the list, and Football is only #3.

News for Thursday, June 15 2006

Hewlett-Packard Co. has come up with business computing technology that it says could help corporate customers reduce data center costs by 46 percent.

Following a security investigation made by the world's largest anti-virus company Symantec, it appears that the most popular email service on the Web, Yahoo Mail, has been affected by a silent and devious attacker, an Internet worm named Yamanner.

AOL is relaunching Netscape.com, transforming it from a portal into a Dig/Slashdot competitor.

One bad driver can spoil the OS, so Microsoft will provide a Driver Quality Rating (DQR) system to help people identify better drivers.

Now with photo sharing, will it lure people from Flickr?

What's a good distro to develop on?

News for Wednesday, June 14 2006

Several security sources are reporting that "exploit code" -- instructions showing bad guys how to attack vulnerabilities -- has been posted online for several more security flaws for which Microsoft just issued patches.

On the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is working on a secret weapon in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing. Today Oregon, tomorrow Washington, what will be next...

Dot passes to plus sign, exclamation mark!

The monthly visit from Windows Update includes 21 vulnerabilities on 12 updates.

Microsoft has unveiled a pair of Web cameras to its hardware line that includes keyboards and mice.

Soon you'll be able to send or request PayPal payments from directly within Skype. Sounds convenient -- but will it open a gaping hole through which hackers can gain access to your PayPal money?

The number one question at the Windows Live booth at TechEd? "What's Windows Live?"

Customer council will meet twice a year led by Bob Muglia to discuss interoperability issues.

You knew it was true.

Change a name, confuse the customers.

News for Tuesday, June 13 2006

The Snappy Face Recogniser uses a 1.3 megapixel intelligent webcam to capture your facial features and log you, and only you, on to your computer.

Google's steady march into the applications business has serious long-term implications for developers and IT managers on the way software will be delivered in the not-to-distant future.