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  1. A Microsoft Office product box is seen in an undated publicity image. Responding to government requests for interoperability, Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it will offer free software that will allow Word, Excel and PowerPoint to handle documents in rival technology formats. (Handout/Reuters)
    Microsoft allows open document format for software Reuters - Thu Jul 6, 2:22 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Responding to government requests for interoperability, Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it will offer free software that will allow Word, Excel and PowerPoint to handle documents in rival technology formats.

  2. Attendees use wireless computers at a trade show in Atlanta, Georgia March 24, 2004. Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit may offer its full menu of services, including e-mail, free of charge to anyone with a high-speed Internet connection, The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)
    AOL may offer free high-speed Internet Reuters - Thu Jul 6, 4:37 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit may offer its full menu of services, including e-mail, free of charge to anyone with a high-speed Internet connection, The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

  3. Enron founder Ken Lay is surrounded by police and the media as he leaves federal court after he was convicted on all charges in both his fraud and conspiracy and bank fraud trials in Houston in this May 25, 2006 file photo. The death of Lay on Wednesday underscored the challenges facing online encyclopedia Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/), which as the news was breaking offered a variety of causes for his death. (Richard Carson/Files/Reuters)
    Ken Lay's death prompts confusion on Wikipedia Reuters - Wed Jul 5, 5:55 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The death of former Enron Corp. chief Ken Lay on Wednesday underscored the challenges facing online encyclopedia Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/), which as the news was breaking offered a variety of causes for his death.

  4. Verizon Utility worker Brian Roop, pulls a cable as he and co-worker Steve Hammond, in bucket, install fiberoptic cable in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan.19, 2006. Verizon is spending billions to build a massive network bringing video as well as broadband internet and phone services to homes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
    Verizon works on project despite mishap AP - Wed Jul 5, 5:10 PM ET

    RICHMOND, Va. - In Pat Wilcox's yard, Verizon workers laying the groundwork for a revolution in communications quickly turned their efforts to a more pressing project: putting out a fire they sparked by crossing two electric wires.

  5. Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide TechWeb - Thu Jul 6, 3:34 AM ET

    Is it time to find out for yourself whether Linux should play a part in your own or your company's technology mix? We'll help you answer that question and provide some pointers on how to get started.

  6. Apple Computers Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs unveils the the new iMac computer in a Cupertino, Calif. file photo from May 6, 1998. Apple Computer Inc., the first major PC maker to convert to flat-panel displays, has completely rid itself of bulky cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors. The move is part of an industrywide trend both in computers and televisions toward the use of more popular, liquid-crystal display, or LCD, monitors, which are sleeker and more power-efficient than its older CRT counterparts. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
    Apple rids product line of CRT monitors AP - Wed Jul 5, 5:12 PM ET

    SAN JOSE, Calif. - Apple Computer Inc. completely rid its product line of bulky cathode-ray-tube monitors on Wednesday, becoming one of the first major PC makers to sell only flat-panel displays.

  7. Apple computers are seen on the opening day of Paris Apple Expo 2005 September 20, 2005. Apple Computer Inc. said on Wednesday two lawsuits have been filed against the company in federal district courts in Northern California over its awarding of stock option grants. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)
    Investors sue Apple over stock option grants Reuters - Wed Jul 5, 8:07 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc on Wednesday said two lawsuits have been filed against the company, one in federal district court and another in state court in northern California, over its awarding to stock option grants.

  8. Microsoft Hit With 2nd Spyware Suit TechWeb - Wed Jul 5, 7:51 PM ET

    Microsoft gets hit with another class-action lawsuit over its anti-piracy program.

  9. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is seen in this May 22, 2006 file photo. Microsoft will start selling a digital music and video player to compete with Apple's iPod by Christmas, sources close to the matter said on Wednesday. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
    Microsoft to launch iPod rival by Christmas: sources Reuters - Wed Jul 5, 6:52 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft will start selling a wireless digital music and video player to compete with Apple's iPod by Christmas, sources close to the matter said on Wednesday.

  10. Social Networking Site Launches Off-The-Shelf Software TechWeb - Wed Jul 5, 7:22 PM ET

    A new off-the-shelf software platform that intends to give companies a way to launch their own social networking community

  11. Security Company Recommends Macs NewsFactor - Wed Jul 5, 6:30 PM ET

    A new breed of malicious software has replaced viruses and worms as the weapon of choice for Internet criminals looking to steal money from unsuspecting netizens, according to a study published Wednesday by security firm Sophos.

  12. Mac OS X "Phones Home" Too TechWeb - Wed Jul 5, 3:05 PM ET

    A Mac developer claims Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X has joined Microsoft Windows in "phoning home" to distant servers without users' permission.

  13. Apple replaces eMac with $899 iMac for education Macworld.com - Wed Jul 5, 10:12 AM ET

    Apple on Wednesday introduced an $899 version of its 17-inch Intel-based iMac specifically for the educational market. The company took the wraps off the new model at this week’s NECC conference in San Diego, Calif. Apple says the new low-cost iMac is its replacement for the eMac, Apple’s last CRT-based system.

  14. July is Browser Bug Month to Researcher PC World - Wed Jul 5, 7:00 PM ET

    Did a strained relationship with Microsoft prompt release of details about 31 bugs?

  15. Microsoft Hit With Second Lawsuit Over WGA PC World - Wed Jul 5, 10:00 AM ET

    Class-action suit filed in Seattle alleges Windows Genuine Advantage is spyware.

  16. U.S. Gets 7,000 New HotSpots TechWeb - Wed Jul 5, 5:37 PM ET

    In addition to worldwide coverage, the new ervice incorporates data encryption, personal anti-virus and firewall protection.

  17. Technology Gives HD DVD Format Visual Pop TechWeb - Wed Jul 5, 5:26 PM ET

    Thomson has developed a technology that preserves the visual quality of movies shot in film " from production to consumers.

  18. Microsoft Facing Another WGA Lawsuit NewsFactor - Wed Jul 5, 7:50 PM ET

    Despite attempts to address privacy concerns associated with its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) antipiracy software, Microsoft has been hit with a second lawsuit. The latest suit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle by two local businesses and three individuals claiming that WGA is spyware.

  19. Microsoft’s Glidepath to offer Vista, .Net Framework 3.0 guidance InfoWorld - Wed Jul 5, 8:01 PM ET

    San Francisco (InfoWorld) - Microsoft plans to unveil Project Glidepath, a program to help small ISVs get up to speed on the planned Windows Vista operating system and .Net Framework 3.0, according to Microsoft blogs.

  20. A man uses an internet phone next to a laptop in Taipei November 11, 2005. The ratings outlook for incumbent European telecom companies is stable and new technology, like Internet-based telephone services, poses little threat to the sector, according to a Moody's Investors Service report released on Thursday. (Richard Chung/Reuters)
    Web phones pose little threat to telcos: Moody's Reuters - Thu Jul 6, 1:12 AM ET

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The ratings outlook for incumbent European telecom companies is stable and new technology, like Internet-based telephone services, poses little threat to the sector, according to a Moody's Investors Service report released on Thursday.

  21. Some Canadians would bet mortgage in poker hand Reuters - Wed Jul 5, 2:33 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Large numbers of Canadians would make a double-or-nothing bet on a big-ticket item like credit card debt, while 18 percent would gamble on their mortgage, according to a survey conducted for a gaming Web site.

  22. File-Sharing Networks Still Thriving NewsFactor - Wed Jul 5, 2:40 PM ET

    A year ago, when the Supreme Court ruled against Grokster and gave the recording and motion picture industries greater power to sue over illegally shared copyrighted music and movies, file-sharing software seemed destined for the recycle bin.

  23. No WGA Harm, No Foul PC Magazine - Wed Jul 5, 11:13 AM ET

    Opinion: There really are privacy issues in computing, but the hysteria over Windows Genuine Advantage trivializes them.

  24. ADVANCE FOR JULY 5; graphic shows timeline of the Electronic Frontier Foundations major cases. (AP Graphic)
    EFF defends liberties in high-tech world AP - Tue Jul 4, 5:24 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO - In March 1990, when few people had even heard of the Internet, U.S. Secret Service agents raided the Texas offices of a small board-game maker, seizing computer equipment and reading customers' e-mail stored on one machine. A group of online pioneers already worried about how the nation's laws were being applied to new technologies became even more fearful and decided to intervene.

  25. Data: Mothers also like gadgets as gifts AP - Wed Jul 5, 2:48 PM ET

    SAN JOSE, Calif. - Forget the flowers. Moms appreciate electronics gizmos as much as dads, according to newly released retail data.

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