Led by JackBe, software makers form mashup alliance (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Here comes another industry alliance -- this time for enterprise mashup technologies.
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Microsoft Aims to Spark New Business for Web Developers (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has launched a program that gives Web development professionals the chance to get free software and technical support to help them get new businesses off the ground.
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Microsoft agrees to invest in SKorea games industry (AFP)
AFP - US software giant Microsoft has agreed to invest more than 19 million dollars to develop South Korea's online games industry, a government agency said Thursday.
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New accounting rules mean boost to Apple, others (AP)
AP - Regulators approved changes to accounting rules Wednesday that in the short term will make sales and profits seem higher at technology companies selling certain gadgets that blend hardware and software.
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Why Microsoft's Elop Isn't Afraid of Google (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's Business Division oversees one of its most successful products, the Office productivity suite, as well as the company's lucrative server and enterprise software businesses. However, like the rest of the company, the division has not been immune to the pressure of the recession, and revenue fell 13 percent in the quarter ending in June.
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Red Hat posts higher 2Q profit, sales (AP)
AP - Red Hat Inc., the software distributor behind the Linux operating system, said Wednesday its fiscal second-quarter profit grew as companies opted for its source products amid the economic downturn.
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Judges in Microsoft-i4i case question damages (Reuters)
Reuters - Appeals court judges hearing the latest round of a long-running patent fight between Microsoft Corp and Toronto technology company i4i on Wednesday questioned a lower court's calculation that the software giant owed $290 million in damages to the smaller firm.
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Netflix Prize 2: What You Need To Know (PC World)
PC World - At least one privacy expert is concerned that Netflix may be on the brink of a major data breach. As a follow-up to its hugely successful Netflix Prize -- a contest to help improve Netflix's software that suggests movies a user might like -- the movie rental company will release anonymous information from 100 million Netflix users to allow researchers to try and predict their movie preferences based on their age, gender, and where they live, according to The New York Times. The problem is, there's a concern that the information Netflix releases could make it very easy to identify specific individuals.
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Intel CEO looks beyond PCs as market matures (Reuters)
Reuters - Intel Corp rolled out a software developers' platform on Tuesday and stressed it will step up efforts to boost revenue from consumer electronics and other markets beyond its core, maturing personal computer business.
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Far EasTone Raises Android Plans on Gphone Anniversary (PC World)
PC World - On the one-year anniversary of the debut of Google's Android mobile software on its first handset, the T-Mobile G1, Taiwanese mobile phone service provider Far EasTone raised the number of Android smartphones it plans to launch this year.
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New Acer Smartphones with Windows Mobile 6.5 Due Next Month (PC World)
PC World - Acer plans to release three new smartphones in October to coincide with the debut of Microsoft's newest Windows Mobile operating system (OS), version 6.5, a company representative said Wednesday.
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PCI Survey Finds Some Merchants Don't Use Antivirus Software (PC World)
PC World - Consumers face a greater risk of losing control of their data when doing business with smaller retailers, as many haven't made investments to comply with the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), according to a new survey.
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Industry group: OK for iTunes to block Palm Pre (AP)
AP - Apple Inc. appears to have clearance from an industry group to block rival Palm Inc.'s Pre phone from connecting with iTunes software.
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Facebook Sued Over Social Networking Patent (PC World)
PC World - Facebook has been sued by a software company in Baltimore that claims the social-networking site is violating a two-year-old patent.
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Picasa Gains Face Recognition Capabilities (PC World)
PC World - The latest version of Google's Picasa photo-management software adds face-recognition features and simplifies geotagging, the company announced Tuesday.
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Intel shows how it's branching out with software (AP)
AP - As Intel Corp. branches beyond its core business of microprocessors for laptop and desktop computers, the chip maker is doubling as a software company. The goal is to make sure many kinds of devices work well with Intel's chips.
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Picasa 3.5 Incorporates Photo Tagging, Google Maps (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Google on Tuesday introduced the latest version of its Picasa photo editing software, which incorporates photo tagging and Google Maps integration for geo-tagging.
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HP Builds Collaboration Tool Into Workstations (PC World)
PC World - Hewlett-Packard is building collaboration software with video, application-sharing and 3-D graphics support into several of its workstation models, giving the high-definition conferencing market an option well below the cost and scale of telepresence.
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Hands On: Microsoft Office Web Apps Preview (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Office Web Apps, now available in an invitation-only Technical Preview, is Microsoft's answer to consumer-level cloud-based document-sharing services such as Google Docs and Zoho Office. We got a very early look at the service.
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Microsoft Buys Software to Bolster Its Core ERP Product (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft is buying technology from four of its partners in order to bolster its Dynamics AX ERP (enterprise resource planning) product with commonly needed functions across various industries, according to a senior company executive.
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