Tuesday, April 7, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 07/04/2009



CODA Beefs up Accounting App for Salesforce.com (PC World)
PC World - An emerging battle among accounting software vendors for a piece of Salesforce.com's 50,000-plus-strong customer base intensified Tuesday, as CODA announced the second version of its CODA 2go application.
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Salesforce offers customers free mobile service (Reuters)
Reuters - Business software maker Salesforce.com on Tuesday launched a slimmed-down version of its customer-management services that existing customers will be able to access for free using high-end mobile phones.
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New Buzz Builds Around Next-Gen iPhone, iPod Touch (PC World)
PC World - Since the unveiling of Apple's new iPhone 3.0 software update last month, modern-day gumshoes have been poring through the code to find clues about future devices that could follow. While the virtual trail of bread crumbs is far from a firm road map, it does help feed our insatiable appetite for Apple info -- and today, we have some tasty new morsels to munch on.
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Sun shares drop on failed IBM talks (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc tumbled 23 percent after it rejected a $7 billion buyout bid from IBM, leaving the smaller server and software maker vulnerable to lawsuits from shareholders nervous about its viability as a stand-alone company.
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Microsoft Claims Netbook OS Dominance as Linux Lags (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In the growing netbook market, where it once lagged well behind its open-source competition, Microsoft is now proclaiming operating-system dominance.
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Sun tumbles as IBM talks fail, outlook uncertain (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 - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc tumbled 22.5 percent after it rejected a $7 billion buyout bid from IBM, leaving the smaller server and software maker vulnerable to lawsuits from shareholders nervous about its viability as a stand-alone



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T-Mobile Reported Developing New Android Devices (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Android, Google's open-source operating system for mobile devices, is beginning to spread to other devices. According to a report in Sunday's New York Times, T-Mobile is planning to take the lead in that migration, rolling out Android on a variety of new consumer devices.
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T-Mobile plans Android-based home devices: Times (AFP)

US wireless carrier T-Mobile plans to make a push into the home with communications devices that will run on Google's Android open-source software, The New York Times reported.(AFP/T-Mobile)AFP - US wireless carrier T-Mobile plans to make a push into the home with communications devices that will run on Google's Android open-source software, The New York Times reported on Monday.



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My Fantasy Operating System (PC World)
PC World - Most of us have fantasies about winning the lottery. It's part of being human.
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Microsoft Champions Windows 7-Based Netbooks (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Windows 7 on netbooks? No problem, says Microsoft. The company last week reiterated that its upcoming operating system will run "great" on the low-cost PCs.
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Windows XP Death Date Pushed Beyond Windows 7 Release (PC World)
PC World - Windows XP is the Microsoft OS that refuses to die.
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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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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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