Wednesday, June 24, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 24/06/2009



Adobe Issues Security Update for Shockwave Player (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems has released a patch for its Shockwave Player to fix a critical vulnerability, the company wrote on its security blog on Tuesday.
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Oracle profit beats forecast, margin at record (Reuters)

Team Oracle pilot Sean D. Tucker (top) flies with his son Eric W. D. Tucker over Chicago in this August 16, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/John GressReuters - Oracle Corp reported quarterly earnings above expectations as the No. 3 software maker's profit margin hit a record thanks to robust growth in its maintenance business, sending shares up 2.7 percent.



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Oracle tops forecasts despite sales, profit dip (AP)

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's yacht is shown in a lake in front of Oracle headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., Tuesday, June 23, 2009.  Oracle is expected to release quarterly earnings after the market closes Tuesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Software maker Oracle Corp.'s results for its latest quarter topped Wall Street's forecast Tuesday, despite a 5 percent drop in sales and a 7 percent decline in profit.



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Software Sales Drop, but Oracle Beats Expectations (PC World)
PC World - Oracle reported a 13 percent dip in new software sales Tuesday, but posted quarterly financial results that were ahead of analyst expectations.
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Jive, SAP Partner on 'social BI' (PC World)
PC World - SAP and enterprise social-networking vendor Jive said Tuesday they have formed an agreement that will see SAP's BusinessObjects BI OnDemand software integrated with Jive's community and collaboration platform.
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Trade Group: Free-to-obtain Software Has Long-term Costs (PC World)
PC World - Government agencies looking to save money by using software with no up-front purchase cost should fully consider the long-term expenditures for using those products, a new report said.
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NetSuite names former Motorola CEO to board (AP)
AP - Business software maker NetSuite Inc. said Tuesday it has named former Motorola Inc. CEO Ed Zander to its board.
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Ruby use grows in developer survey (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Use of the Ruby programming language increased 40 percent among North American software developers in an Evans Data survey being unveiled on Tuesday.
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Spotting the Antivirus Rogue (PC World)
PC World - Fake antivirus programs have become a favorite bad-guy scam for worming into your wallet, with a plethora of false reports of malware infections meant to to scare the unsuspecting into shelling out $50 for worthless software.
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China says Web filtering software launch unchanged (AP)
AP - China is sticking to its planned launch of a controversial Internet censoring software in about one week, an official newspaper said Tuesday, despite Washington's concerns over the move's possible impact on trade and access to information.
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McAfee Expands in China for Expected Security Boom (PC World)
PC World - McAfee is expanding its staff in China amid a boom in the country's security market fueled by the launch of next-generation mobile networks.
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Free Security Product Vets Twitter Links (PC World)
PC World - As Twitter becomes increasingly abused by hackers, Finjan Software released on Tuesday a free browser add-on with a new feature that scans links and warns if they point to a page containing malware.
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Coming Soon: Adobe Flash on Android, WinMo, and WebOS (PC World)
PC World - Adobe is set to introduce Flash Player 10 for most mobile operating systems later this year, including Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian, and Palm WebOS.
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Users: Upgrading to iPhone OS 3.0 Causing Issues (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The majority of the responses we have received seem to suggest that the iPhone 3.0 software works well when preinstalled on the new 3G S. When users download and install it themselves, however, they've reported problems with battery life and speed.
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China Stands by Web Filter Program Despite Protests (PC World)
PC World - China's deadline for the installation of Web filtering software on new PCs hasn't changed, it said Tuesday, despite growing protests from the U.S. government and Chinese Internet users.
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Moblin Center Seeks to Popularize Software in Taiwan, China (PC World)
PC World - A development center built through a partnership between the Taiwan government and chip maker Intel plans to make the Moblin Linux operating system popular in small devices by creating applications as well as incubating a developer base on the island and in China.
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China to stick to controversial software rule (AFP)

A woman surfs the internet on a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. China will not back away from a new rule requiring that Internet filtering software be shipped with all computers sold in the country despite heavy criticism of the plan, state media has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will not back away from a new rule requiring that Internet filtering software be shipped with all computers sold in the country despite heavy criticism of the plan, state media has said.



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Impatient Palm Pre Developers Are Hacking webOS (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Palm indicated last week that is working to make its Mojo software development kit for the new Palm Pre available to all developers before the end of the summer. Though Palm initially restricted SDK access to a limited number of partners, the company now says it is ready to take a limited number of applications from developers.
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T-Mobile's myTouch 3G Is Its Second Android Phone (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The number of Android phones available in the U.S. doubled with T-Mobile's launch Monday of the myTouch 3G. The smartphone follows the successful launch last year of the T-Mobile G1, the first device to use the Google-backed, open-source mobile operating system.
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New 'Google phone' coming in August (AFP)

US telecom carrier T-Mobile announced on Monday that the latest version of a touch-screen smartphone featuring Google's Android software would be available in August.(Google)AFP - US telecom carrier T-Mobile announced on Monday that the latest version of a touch-screen smartphone featuring Google's Android software would be available in August.



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