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From TechNewsWorld:

In a move to compete with rival Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Latest News about Google, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Latest News about Microsoft is planning to launch MSN Virtual Earth, a service designed to take local search ePilot Search Engine Advertising - Click here to add your site today. to new depths, according to the software giant.
Company chairman Bill Gates offered 3D conference attendees a sneak peak of his vision for Virtual Earth in Carlsbad, Calif. yesterday. Microsoft will debut the new service this summer, complete with 45-degree-angle views of buildings and neighborhoods and street maps to help users find local businesses.
“MSN Virtual Earth sets forth a new search frontier that extends traditional local searching into a deeply immersive search experience, where consumers see what it’s like to be in a location and explore what they can do there,” said Stephen Lawler, general manager of the MapPoint business unit at Microsoft. “The unique aerial imagery from Pictometry enables Microsoft to deliver a one-of-a-kind immersive local search experience for our customers.”

From TechRepublic:

A tool provided by Microsoft could let people get around a check meant to prevent those with pirated copies of Windows from downloading additional software from the company, according to a security researcher.
Researcher Debasis Mohanty outlined what he said was a technique to trick Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage validation check in a posting to the Full Disclosure security mailing list on Monday. WGA is a software tool that verifies whether a particular copy of the operating system is properly licensed.
Using a secondary Microsoft validation tool called “GenuineCheck.exe,” it may be possible for people to trick the checking mechanism, Mohanty said in the posting. They could then download and run supposedly restricted software from Microsoft’s Download Center on a PC running a pirated version of Windows, Mohanty wrote.

From TechRepublic:

Apple Computer has been in talks that could lead to a decision soon to use Intel chips in its Macintosh line, according to a report published Monday.
The Wall Street Journal, citing two industry executives with knowledge of recent discussions between the companies, reported that Apple will agree to use Intel chips.
Neither company would confirm the report, and an Apple representative told the Journal that the information should be characterized as “rumor and speculation.”
It was unclear whether such a move would signal a large-scale shift away from chips made by IBM, Apple’s longtime supplier, the article said.

From VNU Network:

US researchers have claimed a breakthrough that promises nuclear battery technology with a lifespan measured in decades.
The project, which is in development at the US University of Rochester, has demonstrated an enhanced fabrication method that “in its roughest form” is already 10 times more efficient than current nuclear batteries.
The academics claim that once refined the technology has the potential to be nearly 200 times more efficient.
“Our society is placing ever-higher demands for power from all kinds of devices,” said Philippe Fauchet, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Rochester, and co-author of the research.