Cisco offers security for "cloud" computing (Reuters)
Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc on Tuesday introduced new network security products to help protect companies' Web-based software and services from attacks on their networks.
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VMware Partners Line up for VSphere Launch (PC World)
PC World - The speaker list for the launch of VMware's vSphere "cloud operating system" on Tuesday shows how important the company's virtualization software has become to the world of IT: Michael Dell, Cisco's John Chambers, EMC's Joe Tucci and Intel's Pat Gelsinger are all expected to attend the event at VMware's headquarters, along with VMware President and CEO Paul Maritz.
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Sun Sparc's Future Unclear Under Oracle, Analysts Say (PC World)
PC World - Oracle made it clear that it was Sun Microsystem's software business that made it want to buy the company, raising significant questions around the fate of Sun's hardware business, analysts said on Monday.
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Google refines searches for pictures and news (AFP)
AFP - Google on Monday unveiled software tools that let people search the Internet using pictures or chronologically organize results of queries for news.
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After IBM dalliance, Sun goes to Oracle for $7.4B (AP)
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc.'s scramble to find a suitor landed the slumping server and software maker in the arms of Oracle Corp., which agreed to pay $7.4 billion in cash for Sun in a startling marriage that would transform Silicon Valley and the computing industry.
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IBM stumbles on 1Q sales dip; profit beats Street (AP)
AP - IBM Corp.'s first-quarter results slipped as all its major business units suffered declines, but the company backed its bullish outlook for 2009 on Monday, reflecting its belief that a broad mix of services and software will help it weather the recession.
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Software giant Oracle buys Java whiz Sun (AFP)
AFP - Business software giant Oracle announced Monday it was buying Sun Microsystems and its Java programming language for 7.4 billion dollars after IBM abandoned its bid for the struggling tech company.
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JDA Software posts lower 1Q profit, sales (AP)
AP - JDA Software Group Inc., which makes software to help retailers manage their inventories, said Monday its first-quarter profit declined 51 percent amid lower revenue.
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HP Integrates Server and Software with Matrix (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Hewlett-Packard on Monday unveiled new solutions within its Adaptive Infrastructure portfolio. Despite the convergence theme, some analysts said the direct comparison against Cisco's Unified Communications Systems is overstated.
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Caustic Announces Raytracing Card (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On Monday, Caustic Graphics formally unveiled the CausticRT platform, the combination of a software development kit as well as the CausticOne raytracing card.
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Oracle Will Buy Partner Sun Microsystems for $7.4 Billion (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - After a false start with IBM, Sun Microsystems has agreed to be acquired by Oracle for $7.4 billion. Oracle sees long-term advantages to acquiring two key Sun software assets: Java and Solaris.
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Oracle to buy Sun Micro, enters hardware market (Reuters)
Reuters - Oracle Corp plans to enter the computer hardware market by buying Sun Microsystems Inc for more than $7 billion, swooping in after Sun's talks with IBM fell apart.
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Oracle, Entering Hardware Arena, Agrees to Buy Sun for $7.4 Billion (PC World)
PC World - Oracle has signed a deal to purchase Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion, plunging the enterprise software vendor into the hardware market and making Sun the latest company to be subsumed by the Silicon Valley giant.
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Windows 7 Starter Won't Open Any Doors for Android or Linux (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Netbooks couldn't do it, Vista couldn't do it, and Windows 7 won't make a Linux-based operating system a desktop success.
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Criminals Pay Top Money for Hackable Nokia Phone (PC World)
PC World - Criminals are willing to pay thousands of euros for a discontinued Nokia mobile phone with a software problem that can be exploited to hack into online bank accounts, according to a fraud investigator in the Netherlands.
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Adobe extends Flash to TVs, Blu-ray players (AP)
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. is extending its Flash platform to digital home entertainment devices like TV sets, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes.
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Oracle Agrees to Buy Sun for $7.4B (PC World)
PC World - Oracle has signed a deal to purchase Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion, plunging the enterprise software vendor into the hardware market and making Sun the latest company to be subsumed by the Silicon Valley giant.
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Adobe's New Flash Can Stream Internet Content to TVs (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the Internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market.
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Behind the scenes with Windows 7 (AP)
AP - To design Windows 7, Microsoft analyzed billions of pieces of data. It studied exactly what PC users do in front of their screens. It tallied hundreds of thousands of Windows surveys. It got feedback from people all over the world who tried different versions of the software.
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How Adobe Air Apps Work (PC World)
PC World - Most computer users are familiar with Adobe Flash, the browser plug-in responsible for powering much of the Internet's multimedia content--from YouTube videos and Flickr slideshows to addictive Web-based video games. Flash is popular because it works on any operating system and on many mobile devices, and because it handles media and graphics with aplomb.
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