Monday, April 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 06/04/2009



Sun shares plummet after IBM talks collapse (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc tumbled 23 percent on Monday after the company rejected rival computer and software maker International Business Machines Corp's $7 billion offer.
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New T-Mobile gadgets to sport Google's Android: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Wireless carrier T-Mobile is planning an aggressive push into the home with a variety of communication devices that will use Google's new Android operating software, the New York Times said.
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T-Mobile To Use Google Android OS For Home Devices (PC World)
PC World - T-Mobile is set to launch two new devices running on the Google Android platform early next year. The wireless carrier will introduce a home phone and a tablet computer, both powered by Google's mobile operating system.
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Report: New T-Mobile Gadgets to Sport Android (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Wireless carrier T-Mobile is planning an aggressive push into the home with a variety of communication devices that will use Google's new Android operating software, the New York Times said.
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IBM, Sun Micro talks collapse over price: source (Reuters)

A visitor speaks on his cellphone as he walks past a giant screen near an IBM display at the world's biggest high-tech fair, the CeBIT, in Hanover in March 2009. IBM's seven-billion-dollar takeover bid of Sun Microsystems Inc appears to be on the verge of collapse, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website Sunday, citing people familiar with the talks.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)Reuters - IBM's talks to acquire smaller computer and software rival Sun Microsystems Inc broke down on Sunday after Sun rejected IBM's $7 billion offer, a source with knowledge of the matter said.



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Microsoft Updates E-health Data-aggregation Software (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft on Monday will unveil a new version of its software for aggregating health records that makes it easier for patients and doctors to share information electronically.
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IBM, Sun talks near collapse: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Talks between IBM Corp and computer and software company Sun Microsystems Inc are on the brink of collapse, The Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday.
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Texas Tells Microsoft's Vista To Mosey on Out of Town (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Texas government shouldn't be Vista country, according to its state Senate. That legislative body approved earlier this week a rider to the state budget that would prevent governmental agencies from using the Microsoft Vista operating system without approval from a legislative board.
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Jaspersoft Version 3.5 Adds In-memory Analysis to BI Tool (PC World)
PC World - Jaspersoft is adding integrated in-memory analysis functions and SaaS (software as a service) capabilities to Version 3.5 of its BI tool, released on Wednesday. The move opens the way for application service providers to use it to offer hosted BI services.
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Microsoft sees wide U.S. support for Windows Mobile 6.5 (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp expects several phones on the U.S. market to be powered by its Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system after it launches in the fall of 2009, according to a company executive.
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Clearwire Plans Silicon Valley 'sandbox' WiMax Network (PC World)
PC World - Clearwire is teaming up with Google, Cisco Systems and Intel to build a WiMax network in Silicon Valley for software developers to try out new applications on the fourth-generation mobile broadband technology.
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Clearwire plans Silicon Valley WiMax network (Reuters)
Reuters - Clearwire Corp is building a high-speed wireless network in Silicon Valley this summer in an effort to encourage software developers to create new software applications for its wireless service, according to its co-chairman Benjamin Wolff.
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Apple Revises iPhone SDK To Block Rogue Stores (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple has taken offense at rogue iPhone application stores that are selling unauthorized software.
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New Version of Opera Mobile to Support Google Gears (PC World)
PC World - Opera Software says the next version of its smartphone browser, Opera Mobile 9.7, will be its fastest and most standard-compliant yet. Opera Mobile 9.7 is slated to appear in public beta for Windows Mobile 6.1 devices in May, but will support Windows Mobile 6.5 when it appears.
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EMC unveils SourceOne for archiving, compliance (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - EMC on Thursday unwrapped the SourceOne product family of enterprise archiving, compliance, and e-discovery software.
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Docs to Go Now Available for Android Handsets (PC World)
PC World - DataViz has shipped a version of its Microsoft Office-compatible mobile productivity suite, Docs to Go, for Android handsets--a major boost for the young open-source handset platform's prospects for adoption by corporate users.
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Palm Boosts webOS with SDK Access, Cloud Service (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Palm's efforts to jump-start an ecosystem for its new webOS platform took another step forward Wednesday, when it expanded the release of its Mojo software development kit (SDK). The announcement at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco also included plans for integrating cloud services into the webOS platform, as well as the unveiling of an application that will allow legacy Palm OS programs to run on webOS devices.
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Malicious virus quiet, but attack may be in works (Reuters)
Reuters - Malicious software that has infected millions of computers across the globe failed to wreak havoc on Wednesday as some feared, but researchers warned the powerful Conficker worm could still strike.
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Microsoft Office Coming to the iPhone? (PC World)
PC World - Workaholics tethered to their smartphones have another reason to switch to Apple: Rumors that Microsoft's Office Suite is coming to the iPhone are inching towards reality, and iPhone apps with document and spreadsheet editing capabilities are also on the way.
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Palm Invites Developers to Create Apps for Pre Mobile Phone (PC World)
PC World - Palm is taking what it hopes is the next step in to make its Palm Pre a viable iPhone competitor. On Wednesday, at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Palm opened up its Mojo Software Development Kit (SDK) program to a "broad group of developers." The Mojo SDK allows developers to make applications for Palm's newest operating system, WebOS, which replaces its once popular Palm OS.
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