Microsoft extends Dynamics support ... Google to use Nielsen TV audience data ... YouTube gets anti-piracy religion

Microsoft extends Dynamics support, promises roadmaps
Microsoft announced on Wednesday a major support upgrade, clearer road maps for its Dynamics range of business applications and new financing.

Ahead of merger, earnings fall at Business Objects
Business Objects SA reported a 19 percent rise in revenue for the third quarter, driven by services, but earnings were dragged down by a shortfall in license revenue, recent acquisitions and legal costs.

1Gb DRAM is now industry standard; most new PCs can use Vista
The 1G bit DRAM is now the industry standard, a sign most PCs coming off production lines can now use Microsoft's Vista OS.

First BlackBerry comes to China, with Alcatel-Lucent's help
RIM is showing off the first BlackBerry handset to be available in China, the BlackBerry 8700, at the PT/Expo Comm China 2007 exhibition this week in Beijing. But getting the device into the world's largest mobile-phone market wasn't easy.

BEA to Oracle: We're not opposed to a reasonable offer
BEA Systems Inc. has told Oracle Corp. the two companies can still make a deal -- just not the one on the table.

Rejected by BEA, Oracle sets bid deadline
Oracle Corp. Tuesday morning said that BEA Systems Inc. has officially rejected its offer to acquire the company. BEA had previously said the offer was too low.

MySQL to get injection of Google code
MySQL laid out its software road map through 2009, including code contributed by Google and security improvements due in MySQL 7.0.

Google to use Nielsen TV audience data
Google Inc., the new kid on the block in TV advertising, has signed up with The Nielsen Co., the venerable TV audience measurement company, in a deal that will increase the data available to participants in the Google TV Ads program.

Court turns tables on alleged ID thief, leaks his personal info
A man charged in connection with an ID theft has had his social security number exposed via the court's Electronic Case Files system.


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YouTube gets anti-piracy religion
By Dan Blacharski, ITworld

I've wondered aloud and within this space on numerous occasions, just what Google had in mind - and if they were in fact in their right mind - when they bought YouTube. At the time of the acquisition, YouTube was a vehicle for marginally useful home-made videos of poor quality, with no apparent revenue model. But it seems that the Googlers may have been crazy like a fox in the acquisition, and it may yet transform YouTube into something worthwhile, and maybe even profitable. ...continue reading 'YouTube gets anti-piracy religion'


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Texting driver broadsides train
Robert Gillespie was driving through Eugene, Oregon at 2 a.m. and trying to pull a trifecta: operating his car, sending a text message, and processing all the alcohol he had put into his system. Sadly, something had to give, and he ended up running into the side of a moving train. Nobody was hurt, but hopefully a lesson regarding text messaging (and booze) was learned. ...read more

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