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Google rejects Viacom’s copyright claims Google Inc. has rejected claims that it enables copyright infringement on its YouTube.com Web site, its first response to entertainment giant Viacom Inc.’s $1 billion lawsuit filed in March.
What a Microsoft-Yahoo merger would mean for Google
The potential of a Microsoft-Yahoo blockbuster deal probably doesn’t have rivals at Google shaking in their boots just yet, but if a merger comes to fruition Google may have to worry about its hold on the consumer search and online advertising markets.
Microsoft pencils in seven bug fixes for next week
Microsoft will issue seven security updates next week for Windows, Office, Exchange and BizTalk, the company announced Thursday.
FCC chairman champions wireless broadband access
Broadband has been deemed the FCC top priority, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said at Microsoft offices in Mountain View, Calif., on Thursday.
Privacy groups renew push against Real ID bill
Privacy advocates are making a last-ditch effort to muster public opposition to the controversial Real ID bill, which proposes to create a national standard for issuing state drivers’ licenses and other forms of state-issued identification.
U.S. state to dump touch-screen e-voting systems
In a major shift on e-voting that could ripple to other states, the Florida legislature Friday voted to replace nearly all of the state’s touch-screen voting systems with optical scan devices.
BlackBerry Curve mixes full keyboard, multimedia
One month before Apple is set to release the iPhone, Research In Motion (RIM) has introduced a new BlackBerry smartphone it calls Curve. Also called the 8300, the devices expected to be released this spring (individual carriers will announce prices as the roll out the phone).
Blogs
From Cisco Subnet: Enter to win Routing TCP/IP Vols I and IIJeff’s blog at Cisco Subnet.
We have 15 copies each of both volumes of Jeff Doyle’s Routing TCP/IP book, renowned as a must-have resource for network managers troubleshooting IP routing problems, to give away. Also, check out
From Microsoft Subnet: Enter for a chance to win Essential SharePoint 2007 book:blog on Microsoft Subnet.
Essential SharePoint 2007: Delivering High-Impact Collaboration is published by Addison-Wesley and comes out May 22 and we have 15 copies to give away. Also, check out the co-authors’
From Pearson Education Author Expert Blog: Essential Sharepoint: SharePoint Recycle Bin and Auditors – why the Audit Department might be interested?:
Successful portal solutions are not just about technology, they are more often about changes in business process and organizational metrics than bug-free technology.
