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Microsoft has set July 10 as the date for a launch event for version 3 of its Silverlight Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology and version 3 of the company's Expression design tools. - microsoft has set July 10 as the date for a launch event for version 3 of its Silverlight Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology and version 3 of the company's Expression design tools. In a quot;Save the Date quot; invitation, Microsoft announced the July 10 date as a launch event for Silverli...

Besides high-speed bidirectional communication, the connector will allow an Internet-enabled HDMI device to share its Internet connection with other HDMI devices without a separate cable.

With counterfeit pay TV smart cards just a click away on the Internet, pay TV providers are constantly looking for new ways to protect their digital content from theft, particularly as the June 12 deadline to switch signals from analog to digital looms. A team of tech companies believes it's onto something with an approach to security they hope will improve the encryption and decryption of broadcast signals, ensuring that subscribers have access to only the programs they're paying for, and non-subscribers don't get any access at all. [More]

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Microsoft CEO says company's new internet search engine is 'the way to go.'

The White House has outlined its plans to secure US computer networks from attackPresident Obama has unveiled sweeping new plans to guard vital US computer networks and data from online attack, announcing a new post of 'cyber-tsar' and a strategy for dealing with what he called 'weapons of mass disruption'.After a succession of hacking and other episodes have laid bare the gaping holes in America's online security, Obama called cybersecurity 'one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face,' and said he was establishing a White House office to deal with it.'Cyberspace is real, and so is the risk that comes with it,' the president said, adding that the new cybersecurity chief would oversee and coordinate internet defences across government.Separately, the New York Times reported that the Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare. The unit

Washington - The White House Friday moved to stem escalating cyber crime as threats to internet security and wireless technology grow at an alarming pace. US President Barack Obama announced the creation of a White House office that will coordinate p...

(Telecompaper) Nokia will launch the Nokia 6730 classic mobile phone exclusively across Vodafone's global footprint. The Nokia 6730 classic utilises S60 software and features mobile internet, Vodafone Music Client and personal and business e-mail access along with mobile navigation capabilities. It also provides access to comprehensive point of interest databases and both white and yellow pages information. The Nokia 6730 classic mobile phone with power-saving features will be available in sleek black or white from Vodafone from June. The device is an upgrade for Nokia 6500c or 6300.

quintin3265 writes 'At today's Electronic Entertainment Expo press briefing, microsoft unveiled Project Natal, a technology that eliminates the controller from gaming on the Xbox 360. In one demo, a player used her arms and legs to hit balls in an attempt to destroy a brick wall, and in another game, an employee threw virtual 'paint' on a canvas to create a painting, even drawing an elephant using a silhouette feature. An accompanying video also demonstrated automatic login using facial recognition, videoconferencing with other Xbox Live members, and participating in a gameshow against another family through the Internet using speech recognition.' of this story at Slashdot.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes said on Friday that his company is still leaning toward spinning off AOL to shareholders as the preferred method for divesting the struggling Internet unit.