Ahead of the Bell: Autodesk falls after forecast (AP)
AP - Autodesk shares slid Wednesday after the design and engineering software maker's guidance implied higher costs, analysts said, and lower profit than Wall Street had expected.
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House lawmakers push ban on peer-to-peer software (AP)
AP - Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet file-sharing software blamed for the disclosure.
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Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China (AP)
AP - A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier.
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EMC Brings Avamar Backup to PCs, Macs (PC World)
PC World - EMC is extending its Avamar backup software to all parts of an enterprise's infrastructure with clients for PC and Mac desktops and laptops.
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No Chrome OS This Year, But A Google Event Promises To Pull Back The Curtain (PC World)
PC World - It's been four months since Google fired a shot across Microsoft's bow, with the announcement of its Google Chrome OS. The Web-centric operating system targets the perpetually-connected, and will blur the line between browser and operating system. Or so we've been told. Up until now, Google has only dropped morsels of details on its coming OS.
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China court rules against Microsoft in IPR case: report (Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese court has ruled that Microsoft (MSFT.0) infringed a Chinese software maker's intellectual property rights in a surprise decision that has renewed concerns about China's management of IPR disputes, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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Concur posts higher 4Q profit, revenue (AP)
AP - Concur Technologies Inc., which makes corporate expense-management software, said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose as revenue got a boost from a 13 percent increase in subscription revenue.
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Autodesk posts lower 3Q profit, sales, shares fall (AP)
AP - Design and engineering software maker Autodesk Inc. said Tuesday its business looks "increasingly stable" despite posting a sharp drop in third-quarter profit.
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Web security company warns of 'cyber arms race' (AFP)
AFP - Warning of a "cyber arms race," top Web security firm McAfee Inc. said Tuesday that China, France, Israel, Russia and the United States have developed "cyber weapons."
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Microsoft 'cloud' service Azure to launch January 1 (AFP)
AFP - US software giant Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Internet-based cloud computing service Windows Azure will launch on January 1.
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Microsoft Ups Cloud Computing Ante with Azure and 'Dallas' (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft announced that its Azure cloud computing platform will be launched into production on January 1st of 2010. Chief software architect Ray Ozzie also unveiled details of a cloud computing project, codenamed 'Dallas'.
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Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system.
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Microsoft to launch Azure cloud service early next year (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will launch its long-awaited Windows Azure cloud computing system on Jan 1, as it looks to take advantage of the growing interest in internet-based software and services.
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Adobe Releases Betas of AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.2 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The pace of interactive multimedia continues to evolve with the release Tuesday of Adobe Systems' beta versions of its AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 software. The updates are available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. The 10.1 player is also available for x86-based netbooks and, at some point in 2010, for smartphones and other mobile devices.
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Shadowserver to Take Over as Mega-D Botnet Herder (PC World)
PC World - An effort is underway to clean up tens of thousands of computers infected with malicious software known for churning out thousands of spam messages per hour.
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Apple to Offer Big Black Friday Discounts? (PC World)
PC World - Apple might be getting ready to offer some steep discounts on Black Friday that could save you hundreds of dollars on iPods, Mac computers, and Apple software. The only problem is that it's all rumor and conjecture at this point. The source of this supposed watershed sales event is a leaked flyer said to be from Apple that surfaced on Boy Genius Report late Monday.
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Google Updates Google Earth App for iPhone (PC World)
PC World - Google today announced version 2.0 of Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod touch, just over a year after releasing the first edition of the application, a piece of software which quickly turned into the second most popular download in Apple's App Store. But the past year has also been a stormy one for both Google and Apple, as their respective wireless partners, Verizon Wireless and AT&T, start to duke things out in court.
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Microsoft Looks Ahead to Azure, 'Dallas' (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - At Microsoft's yearly grand gathering of geeks, the Professional Developer Conference (PDC), chief software architect Ray Ozzie announced partial availability of the Azure cloud computing platform and the SQL Azure hosted database. He also unveiled a project codenamed Dallas, which gives developer access to third-party information sources.
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Adobe offers upgrades for Flash and AIR (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems will offer on Tuesday beta versions of upgrades to its core Flash Player and Adobe AIR technologies, with Adobe touting mobile device accommodations for the Flash Player.
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Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer (AFP)
AFP - Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported.
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