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TechWeb Weekly Update - Thursday, Apr 10, 2008

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Yahoo To Carry Google's Web Search Ads
Officials say the test does not mean Yahoo will join Google's ad network or that 'any further commercial relationship with Google will result.'

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Videotaped Florida Teen Beating Prompts Calls To Block Violent Content
Local authorities are also calling on sites like MySpace and YouTube to stop allowing users to upload similar disturbing videos.

Adobe Joins Content Fray With Media Player 1.0 And Adobe TV
Adobe believes it has an edge over rivals Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, and iTunes by not constraining users by platform or proprietary software.

Build The Ultimate Microsoft Windows Home Media Center
A Windows Vista PC is all you need to set up a high-definition entertainment system complete with digital video recorder, jukebox, photo viewer, gaming, and more.

Yahoo Launches Video On Flickr
Users can upload up to 90 seconds of footage, with a maximum size of 150 MB, from any recording device.

Wii-Style Remote For Xbox 360: Truth Or April Fools'?
MTV's Web site first reported Microsoft's supposed plans, including pictures, to develop a Wii-style controller.

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TechTracker: Office Open XML
Office Open XML is Microsoft's successor to its proprietary Office document format. But is this a brave new standard or a sneaky bid for lock-in?

Learn A Language Using Online And Multimedia Tools
Berlitz, Rosetta Stone, Auralog, Fluenz, and iTunes are offering a new wave of online courses and PC-based apps to help you parlez Francais, and more.

Customize Windows Vista Installations With vLite
Create custom Windows Vista installations by adding or removing system components and automating setup options with vLite. It's unsupported by Microsoft, but vLite is free and will delight Vista enthusiasts.

 


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News of the Week

Learn A Language Using Online And Multimedia Tools
Berlitz, Rosetta Stone, Auralog, Fluenz, and iTunes are offering a new wave of online courses and PC-based apps to help you parlez Francais, and more.

Dell Gears Up To Enter Mini-Notebook Market
The products are expected to be marketed within the "netbooks" category, which others in the industry would call mini-notebooks or ultra-mobile PCs.

Virtualizing Servers on Routers, If Cisco Approves
There's now an SDK and API for Cisco's branch office routers, but customers will need to get apps approved by Cisco.

Inrix Offers Nationwide Traffic Alerts
Data gleaned from mobile handsets and GPS-enabled vehicles will flag congested areas all across the country.


Breaking news

Mickos, As New Sun Exec: Linux Will Stay In LAMP
The former CEO of MySQL is confident that the database technology will have continued commitment to customers and open source developers inside of Sun.

Verizon Sues Time Warner Cable Over Advertising
Complaints say ads falsely imply that Verizon's FiOS video service requires a satellite dish and that it does not include phone, broadband and video.

RSA: Cyber Storm II Builds Network To Defend Against Cyber Crisis
The latest government-sponsored simulated computer security crisis shows there are still some shortfalls in information sharing.

Sun, Fujitsu Target Data-Centers With UltraSparc T2 Plus Servers
The T5140 and T5240 systems allow up to 128 virtual servers per system to help customers in data center consolidation.

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