Saturday, December 5, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 05/12/2009



ShareTool extends Bonjour over the 'net
I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to access data and media hosted on a machine that I'm not near--I use Dropbox, LogMeIn, Timbuktu Pro, and Back to My Mac. But now I must add one more tool to my arsenal: Yazsoft's ShareTool. ShareTool lets you securely share, over the Internet, all the services on a particular computer, as well as all the services that computer can reach on its local network.
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Lawsuit alleges Palm Pre violates copyright
Artifex Software is suing Palm over the PDF (Portable Document Format) viewer in Palm's Pre smartphone.
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Microsoft tweaks browser ballot as EU antitrust deal nears
Microsoft has revamped the browser ballot screen demanded by European Union antitrust regulators and may get final approval as early as Dec. 15, a source familiar with the case said.
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7 smartphone predictions for 2010
2009 was a boom year for smartphones, despite the recession. And it looks like 2010 will feature another wild ride for mobile devices. Here are predictions for, among other things, what will happen to AT&T's exclusive iPhone deal, the Android mobile operating system, Net neutrality and e-readers.
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Microsoft: Mobile operators becoming robust PC retailers
Microsoft joined hands with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom on Friday to unveil a new deal to sell netbooks at up to 90 percent off their retail price with a 3G mobile broadband contract.
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BenQ shows e-reader off, joins e-book fray
BenQ put its nReader on display at Taiwan's IT Month exhibition in Taipei and representatives say it will roll out in Taiwan and China this January for NT$8,990 (US$280).
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Pogoplug: A wolf in sheep's clothing
The Pogoplug from Cloud Engines looks like its just a giant wall wart but underneath that bland exterior lies a powerful and dangerous beast.
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Breevy Saves Text-Typing Time and Trouble
Breevy ($30, 30-day free trial) allows for creating abbreviations that, when typed, can substitute in a block of text, launch a program, or open a Web site.
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Thanksgiving Webcam promo leads to malware
The $10 Webcam that Anna Giesman bought her daughter at Office Depot over the Thanksgiving weekend sounds like one of those deals that's too good to be true. And for her, it was.
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No harm, no foul, says judge in Express Script data breach case
A federal court in Missouri has thrown out a consumer class-action lawsuit that was brought against pharmacy benefits company Express Scripts over a 2008 data breach in which millions of customer records were believed to have been illegally accessed.
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